Diablo IIIPatch 2.1.2 Data ArchiveWizard Runes

Wizard Runes by Popularity in Patch 2.1.2

Archive of the Wizard runes for active skills at level 70 during patch 2.1.2

Note: This is historical data from characters at the end of Diablo III PC patch 2.1.2. See the current Wizard Runes charts for the latest data, from the current Diablo III patch.
These are charts of all the Diablo III Wizard runes, ranked from the most to least popular rune, as of the end of Patch 2.1.2.
This data is archived from more than 6 million Diablo III characters in patch 2.1.2. See the Patch 2.1.2 Data Archive for details on the data.

Index

1 All Wizard Runes by Popularity
2 Top Rune for Each Wizard Skill

Charts Last Updated: April 28, 2015

All Wizard Runes Ranked by Popularity

These charts show every Wizard rune, based on their popularity by level 70 Wizards in patch 2.1.2. As players choose the best Wizard runes for their skills, those choices generate data of the most popular Wizard runes.
The chart on the left ranks the runes by popularity of use of softcore Wizards, while the chart on the right lists them by popularity among hardcore Wizards.
The Percent column in these charts is the percentage of all Wizards who use that particular rune, of the level 70 Wizards active in patch 2.1.2.
Select any rune or skill to view full information and statistics about it.

Runes by Popularity - Wizard Softcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Force Weapon	Magic Weapon	56.30
2	Blazar	Black Hole	37.80
3	Apocalypse	Blizzard	37.50
4	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	34.50
5	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	33.50
6	Wormhole	Teleport	31.30
7	Sparkflint	Familiar	24.30
8	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	15.10
9	Conflagrate	Magic Missile	10.20
10	Safe Passage	Teleport	9.40
11	Spellsteal	Black Hole	8.10
12	Improved Archon	Archon	7.60
13	Frozen Orb	Arcane Orb	6.40
14	Force Armor	Energy Armor	6.20
15	Meteor Shower	Meteor	5.60
16	Surge of Power	Electrocute	5.50
17	Supermassive	Black Hole	5.40
18	Glacial Spike	Magic Missile	5.20
19	Event Horizon	Black Hole	4.80
20	Deflection	Magic Weapon	4.64
21	Ignite	Magic Weapon	4.63
22	Arcanot	Familiar	4.60
23	Duplicates	Mirror Image	4.40
24	Conduit	Magic Weapon	4.30
25	Absolute Zero	Black Hole	4.20
26	Molten Impact	Meteor	4.03
27	Convergence	Disintegrate	4.00
28	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	3.90
29	Combustion	Archon	3.72
30	Calamity	Teleport	3.70
31	Fracture	Teleport	3.50
32	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	3.04
33	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	3.00
34	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	2.92
35	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	2.91
36	Blazing Hydra	Hydra	2.90
37	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	2.80
38	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	2.60
39	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	2.54
40	Heat Wave	Wave of Force	2.54
41	Chain Lightning	Electrocute	2.50
42	Crystallize	Ice Armor	2.40
43	Pure Power	Archon	2.32
44	Flame Blades	Spectral Blade	2.30
45	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	2.21
46	Frost Hydra	Hydra	2.20
47	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	1.95
48	Static Discharge	Arcane Torrent	1.95
49	Intensify	Disintegrate	1.90
50	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	1.80
51	Point of No Return	Slow Time	1.70
52	Flame Ward	Arcane Torrent	1.63
53	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	1.60
54	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	1.60
55	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	1.50
56	Lightning Hydra	Hydra	1.45
57	Time Warp	Slow Time	1.42
58	Crystal Shell	Diamond Skin	1.41
59	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	1.40
60	Slow Time	Archon	1.35
61	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	1.35
62	Electrify	Magic Weapon	1.33
63	Scorch	Arcane Orb	1.33
64	Gale Force	Energy Twister	1.32
65	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	1.30
66	Cannoneer	Familiar	1.10
67	Stretch Time	Slow Time	1.03
68	Entropy	Disintegrate	1.00
69	Thunder Storm	Storm Armor	0.96
70	Icicle	Familiar	0.96
71	Fire Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.95
72	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	0.95
73	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	0.93
74	Snow Blast	Ray of Frost	0.92
75	Teleport	Archon	0.92
76	Lightning Storm	Blizzard	0.92
77	Comet	Meteor	0.90
78	Thunder Crash	Meteor	0.85
79	Seeker	Magic Missile	0.80
80	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	0.75
81	Mirror Mimics	Mirror Image	0.74
82	Scramble	Storm Armor	0.74
83	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	0.73
84	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	0.73
85	Chilling Aura	Ice Armor	0.72
86	Split	Magic Missile	0.72
87	Snowbound	Blizzard	0.70
88	Cold Blood	Ray of Frost	0.70
89	Barrier Blades	Spectral Blade	0.70
90	Spark	Arcane Orb	0.64
91	Short Fuse	Explosive Blast	0.62
92	Volatility	Disintegrate	0.62
93	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	0.61
94	Ice Blades	Spectral Blade	0.60
95	Time Shell	Slow Time	0.55
96	Reactive Armor	Storm Armor	0.54
97	Siphoning Blade	Spectral Blade	0.53
98	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	0.51
99	Arcane Orbit	Arcane Orb	0.50
100	Time and Space	Slow Time	0.45
101	Power Affinity	Shock Pulse	0.45
102	Extension of Will	Mirror Image	0.44
103	Star Pact	Meteor	0.43
104	Static Pulse	Wave of Force	0.42
105	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	0.41
106	Diamond Shards	Diamond Skin	0.40
107	Living Lightning	Shock Pulse	0.35
108	Unleashed	Explosive Blast	0.34
109	Explosive Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.34
110	Prism	Diamond Skin	0.34
111	Reversal	Teleport	0.33
112	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.33
113	Shatter	Frost Nova	0.32
114	Sleek Shell	Diamond Skin	0.32
115	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	0.31
116	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	0.30
117	Ancient Guardian	Familiar	0.25
118	Arcane Mines	Arcane Torrent	0.25
119	Storm Chaser	Energy Twister	0.25
120	Mocking Demise	Mirror Image	0.23
121	Impactful Wave	Wave of Force	0.23
122	Arcane Attunement	Wave of Force	0.22
123	Flash	Explosive Blast	0.22
124	Absorption	Energy Armor	0.20
125	Mistral Breeze	Energy Twister	0.15
126	Raging Storm	Energy Twister	0.15
127	Jagged Ice	Ice Armor	0.14
128	Debilitating Force	Wave of Force	0.14
129	Simulacrum	Mirror Image	0.13
130	Death Blossom	Arcane Torrent	0.10
Rune		Skill	Percent

Runes by Popularity - Wizard Hardcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Force Weapon	Magic Weapon	57.40
2	Wormhole	Teleport	55.50
3	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	48.00
4	Apocalypse	Blizzard	43.80
5	Blazar	Black Hole	40.90
6	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	40.80
7	Sparkflint	Familiar	14.70
8	Safe Passage	Teleport	11.00
9	Conflagrate	Magic Missile	8.90
10	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	8.20
11	Surge of Power	Electrocute	5.70
12	Deflection	Magic Weapon	5.60
13	Glacial Spike	Magic Missile	5.54
14	Crystallize	Ice Armor	5.50
15	Frozen Orb	Arcane Orb	5.40
16	Spellsteal	Black Hole	5.16
17	Supermassive	Black Hole	5.16
18	Event Horizon	Black Hole	5.10
19	Arcanot	Familiar	5.00
20	Convergence	Disintegrate	4.80
21	Meteor Shower	Meteor	4.60
22	Duplicates	Mirror Image	4.30
23	Improved Archon	Archon	4.20
24	Force Armor	Energy Armor	4.20
25	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	4.10
26	Conduit	Magic Weapon	4.00
27	Ignite	Magic Weapon	3.93
28	Fracture	Teleport	3.90
29	Absolute Zero	Black Hole	3.70
30	Heat Wave	Wave of Force	3.30
31	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	3.00
32	Chain Lightning	Electrocute	2.90
33	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	2.84
34	Frost Hydra	Hydra	2.81
35	Combustion	Archon	2.80
36	Molten Impact	Meteor	2.73
37	Calamity	Teleport	2.70
38	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	2.60
39	Static Discharge	Arcane Torrent	2.55
40	Blazing Hydra	Hydra	2.50
41	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	2.31
42	Crystal Shell	Diamond Skin	2.30
43	Flame Blades	Spectral Blade	2.10
44	Flame Ward	Arcane Torrent	2.03
45	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	2.00
46	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	1.94
47	Teleport	Archon	1.92
48	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	1.90
49	Intensify	Disintegrate	1.83
50	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	1.82
51	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	1.82
52	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	1.80
53	Lightning Hydra	Hydra	1.75
54	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	1.70
55	Pure Power	Archon	1.62
56	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	1.60
57	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	1.51
58	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	1.50
59	Point of No Return	Slow Time	1.44
60	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	1.40
61	Electrify	Magic Weapon	1.33
62	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	1.30
63	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	1.20
64	Cold Blood	Ray of Frost	1.10
65	Chilling Aura	Ice Armor	1.10
66	Thunder Storm	Storm Armor	1.06
67	Slow Time	Archon	1.05
68	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	1.03
69	Snow Blast	Ray of Frost	1.02
70	Scorch	Arcane Orb	1.00
71	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	0.95
72	Entropy	Disintegrate	0.95
73	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	0.93
74	Lightning Storm	Blizzard	0.92
75	Time Warp	Slow Time	0.92
76	Barrier Blades	Spectral Blade	0.90
77	Comet	Meteor	0.85
78	Thunder Crash	Meteor	0.85
79	Cannoneer	Familiar	0.85
80	Snowbound	Blizzard	0.80
81	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	0.80
82	Fire Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.75
83	Reactive Armor	Storm Armor	0.74
84	Gale Force	Energy Twister	0.72
85	Volatility	Disintegrate	0.72
86	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	0.70
87	Icicle	Familiar	0.66
88	Reversal	Teleport	0.63
89	Siphoning Blade	Spectral Blade	0.63
90	Split	Magic Missile	0.62
91	Seeker	Magic Missile	0.61
92	Ice Blades	Spectral Blade	0.60
93	Spark	Arcane Orb	0.54
94	Stretch Time	Slow Time	0.53
95	Static Pulse	Wave of Force	0.52
96	Short Fuse	Explosive Blast	0.52
97	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	0.51
98	Mirror Mimics	Mirror Image	0.50
99	Time Shell	Slow Time	0.45
100	Extension of Will	Mirror Image	0.44
101	Explosive Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.44
102	Prism	Diamond Skin	0.44
103	Arcane Orbit	Arcane Orb	0.40
104	Diamond Shards	Diamond Skin	0.35
105	Power Affinity	Shock Pulse	0.35
106	Scramble	Storm Armor	0.34
107	Star Pact	Meteor	0.33
108	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.33
109	Shatter	Frost Nova	0.32
110	Sleek Shell	Diamond Skin	0.32
111	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	0.31
112	Absorption	Energy Armor	0.30
113	Living Lightning	Shock Pulse	0.25
114	Time and Space	Slow Time	0.25
115	Unleashed	Explosive Blast	0.24
116	Impactful Wave	Wave of Force	0.23
117	Arcane Attunement	Wave of Force	0.22
118	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	0.21
119	Ancient Guardian	Familiar	0.20
120	Death Blossom	Arcane Torrent	0.15
121	Mistral Breeze	Energy Twister	0.15
122	Raging Storm	Energy Twister	0.15
123	Storm Chaser	Energy Twister	0.15
124	Jagged Ice	Ice Armor	0.14
125	Debilitating Force	Wave of Force	0.14
126	Mocking Demise	Mirror Image	0.13
127	Flash	Explosive Blast	0.12
128	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	0.11
129	Arcane Mines	Arcane Torrent	0.10
130	Simulacrum	Mirror Image	0.00
Rune		Skill	Percent

Top Rune for Each Wizard Skill

These charts show the single most popular rune for each Wizard active skill, among level 70 Wizards active in patch 2.1.2. The runes are listed from the most popular for their skill, to the least popular. This makes it easy to see which active skills have one rune that is extremely popular at level 70.
The chart on the left shows the rune choices by softcore Wizards, and the chart on the right lists the most popular runes among hardcore Wizards.
Select any rune or skill to view the full information and statistics about it.

Top Rune per Skill - Wizard Softcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Blizzard	Apocalypse	89.40
Hydra	Mammoth Hydra	83.80
Magic Weapon	Force Weapon	80.00
Wave of Force	Heat Wave	77.20
Familiar	Sparkflint	76.60
Mirror Image	Duplicates	74.60
Arcane Orb	Frozen Orb	67.80
Black Hole	Blazar	67.30
Teleport	Wormhole	64.00
Explosive Blast	Chain Reaction	63.80
Energy Twister	Gale Force	62.60
Energy Armor	Prismatic Armor	59.70
Magic Missile	Conflagrate	55.00
Spectral Blade	Flame Blades	48.10
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	47.61
Archon	Improved Archon	47.60
Meteor	Meteor Shower	45.90
Disintegrate	Convergence	44.50
Frost Nova	Bone Chill	41.80
Storm Armor	Power of the Storm	38.10
Ice Armor	Frozen Storm	37.30
Slow Time	Point of No Return	36.00
Arcane Torrent	Static Discharge	34.90
Shock Pulse	Fire Bolts	34.30
Electrocute	Surge of Power	34.00
Ray of Frost	Sleet Storm	26.80
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Top Rune per Skill - Wizard Hardcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Blizzard	Apocalypse	89.70
Hydra	Mammoth Hydra	83.80
Magic Weapon	Force Weapon	80.60
Mirror Image	Duplicates	77.90
Energy Armor	Prismatic Armor	77.40
Wave of Force	Heat Wave	75.90
Teleport	Wormhole	74.70
Black Hole	Blazar	72.00
Arcane Orb	Frozen Orb	69.20
Familiar	Sparkflint	67.70
Energy Twister	Gale Force	60.90
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	57.80
Ice Armor	Crystallize	54.00
Magic Missile	Conflagrate	51.50
Explosive Blast	Chain Reaction	51.00
Meteor	Meteor Shower	48.90
Disintegrate	Convergence	45.30
Frost Nova	Cold Snap	43.40
Spectral Blade	Flame Blades	40.90
Slow Time	Point of No Return	40.60
Arcane Torrent	Static Discharge	40.10
Archon	Improved Archon	36.50
Storm Armor	Power of the Storm	35.50
Shock Pulse	Fire Bolts	33.90
Electrocute	Surge of Power	32.90
Ray of Frost	Sleet Storm	28.90
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Want more historical data from patch 2.1.2? See the Patch 2.1.2 Data Archive for other charts.

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