Explosive Blast Class: Wizard Required Level: 19 Skill Category: Mastery Active Cost: 20 Arcane Power Cooldown: 6 seconds Gather an infusion of energy around you that explodes after 1.5 seconds for 945% damage as Arcane to all enemies within 12 yards. Damage Type: Arcane Other Stats: Does not interrupt casting; Can be cast on the move  |
Explosive Blast is an Arcane spell used by Wizards in Diablo III.
In-game
Upon casting, Explosive Blast charges up for 1.5 seconds (Wizard is free to move or perform any other actions while it is powering up) and then unleashes an explosion for high Arcane damage around the Wizard (using their current, not original, location). The Wizard may charge multiple blasts independently, provided they manage to bring the cooldown of this skill below 1.5 seconds.
This spell is very useful when combined with Black Hole or any other immobilizing spell. It is also often chosen for melee builds, coupled with Audacity.
Runes:
- Unleashed: damage increases to 1485%.
- Flash: damage type changes to Lightning, and cooldown reduces to 3 seconds.
- Short Fuse: no charge time, explosion is released immediately.
- Obliterate: damage type changes to Cold, damage increases to 990%, and blast range to 18 yards.
- Chain Reaction: damage type changes to Fire, damage decreases to 520%, but releases 3 explosions with 0.35 seconds interval. Proc Coefficient of each blast is also reduced three times.
Chain Reaction blast
Non-rune enhancements:
- Wand of Woh (Legendary Wand): increases damage by 75-100% and each cast releases not one, but four Explosive Blasts, with 0.5 seconds interval (twelve with Chain Reaction rune, one every 0.15 seconds), Arcane Power cost and cooldown do not change.
- Orb of Infinite Depth (Legendary Source): cast damaging cast increases damage done by 4-5% and reduces damage taken by 15% for 6 seconds, stacking up to 4 times. Chain Reaction blasts count as separate casts each.
- Hexing Pants of Mr. Yan (Legendary Pants): Arcane Power generation and damage are increased by 25% while moving (and reduced by 20-25% while standing still).
- Delsere's Magnum Opus Set (Set Bonus for 2 items): casting Explosive Blast reduces the remaining cooldown of Slow Time by 2 seconds.
- Delsere's Magnum Opus Set (Set Bonus for 6 items): enemies affected by Slow Time take +2000% increased damage from Explosive Blast.
Obsolete
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Before patch 2.0., it was one of the few magical spells in game that used Physical damage, and was very popular as a part of Critical Mass melee builds.
Primary Skills
Magic Missile • Shock Pulse • Spectral Blade • Electrocute
Secondary Skills
Ray of Frost • Arcane Orb • Arcane Torrent • Disintegrate
Defensive Skills
Frost Nova • Diamond Skin • Slow Time • Teleport
Force
Wave of Force • Energy Twister • Hydra • Meteor • Blizzard
Conjuration
Ice Armor • Storm Armor • Magic Weapon • Familiar • Energy Armor
Mastery
Explosive Blast • Mirror Image • Archon • Black Hole
Passive Skills
Power Hungry • Blur • Evocation • Glass Cannon • Prodigy • Astral Presence
Illusionist • Cold Blooded • Conflagration • Paralysis • Galvanizing Ward • Temporal Flux
Dominance • Arcane Dynamo • Unstable Anomaly • Unwavering Will • Audacity • Elemental Exposure
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Critical Mass