Most Popular Wizard Runes in Patch 1.0.4

Note: This is not current data! This is a snapshot of historical data from characters during patch 1.0.4.
See the main Popular Builds and Skills charts for the current info.

This set of charts lists all the Diablo III Wizard runes. The runes are ranked from the most popular rune to the least popular, based on historical data from active level 60 Wizards in patch 1.0.4.
See the Popular Builds and Skills Archive for Patch 1.0.4 overview for more information on how this data was gathered.
The most popular active skills that these runes are attached to, are listed on the Popular Wizard Active Skills in Patch 1.0.4 chart.
Select any rune or skill below, to see the current data on that skill.

All Runes by Popularity - Wizard Softcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Crystal Shell	Diamond Skin	61.40
2	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	59.90
3	Force Weapon	Magic Weapon	43.80
4	Storm Chaser	Energy Twister	30.20
5	Improved Archon	Archon	29.90
6	Sparkflint	Familiar	25.50
7	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	21.20
8	Wormhole	Teleport	18.30
9	Fracture	Teleport	18.30
10	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	17.10
11	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	16.60
12	Force Armor	Energy Armor	15.60
13	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	12.70
14	Venom Hydra	Hydra	11.40
15	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	11.00
16	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	10.00
17	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	8.50
18	Tap the Source	Arcane Orb	8.00
19	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	7.40
20	Snowbound	Blizzard	7.30
21	Seeker	Magic Missile	6.60
22	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	6.10
23	Arcane Destruction	Archon	6.00
24	Blood Magic	Magic Weapon	5.50
25	Stark Winter	Blizzard	5.20
26	Celestial Orb	Arcane Orb	5.10
27	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	4.20
28	Lightning Hydra	Hydra	4.10
29	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	4.00
30	Diamond Shards	Diamond Skin	4.00
31	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	3.50
32	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	3.23
33	Intensify	Disintegrate	3.20
34	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	3.11
35	Chain Lightning	Electrocute	3.10
36	Teleport	Archon	2.62
37	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	2.60
38	Surge of Power	Electrocute	2.50
39	Healing Blades	Spectral Blade	2.45
40	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	2.41
41	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	2.41
42	Calamity	Teleport	2.40
43	Safe Passage	Teleport	2.30
44	Prism	Diamond Skin	2.20
45	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	2.11
46	Frost Hydra	Hydra	2.10
47	Duplicates	Mirror Image	2.03
48	Star Pact	Meteor	2.03
49	Deep Cuts	Spectral Blade	2.00
50	Short Fuse	Explosive Blast	1.80
51	Pure Power	Archon	1.70
52	Time Warp	Slow Time	1.62
53	Living Lightning	Shock Pulse	1.60
54	Volatility	Disintegrate	1.50
55	Mistral Breeze	Energy Twister	1.45
56	Disruption	Arcane Torrent	1.43
57	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	1.43
58	Convergence	Disintegrate	1.41
59	Cold Blood	Ray of Frost	1.40
60	Stretch Time	Slow Time	1.33
61	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	1.30
62	Molten Impact	Meteor	1.00
63	Meteor Shower	Meteor	0.90
64	Attunement	Magic Missile	0.84
65	Scramble	Storm Armor	0.84
66	Impactful Wave	Wave of Force	0.83
67	Arcane Nova	Arcane Orb	0.80
68	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	0.75
69	Exploding Wave	Wave of Force	0.74
70	Shatter	Frost Nova	0.72
71	Conduit	Magic Weapon	0.72
72	Mirror Skin	Diamond Skin	0.72
73	Split	Magic Missile	0.72
74	Arcanot	Familiar	0.70
75	Mirror Mimics	Mirror Image	0.64
76	Siphoning Blade	Spectral Blade	0.63
77	Venom	Magic Weapon	0.63
78	Gale Force	Energy Twister	0.62
79	Grasping Chill	Blizzard	0.62
80	Comet	Meteor	0.60
81	Slow Time	Archon	0.55
82	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	0.54
83	Force Affinity	Wave of Force	0.54
84	Electrify	Magic Weapon	0.53
85	Forceful Wave	Wave of Force	0.52
86	Crystallize	Ice Armor	0.50
87	Fire Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.45
88	Liquefy	Meteor	0.45
89	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	0.40
90	Death Blossom	Arcane Torrent	0.35
91	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	0.35
92	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	0.35
93	Cannoneer	Familiar	0.35
94	Extension of Will	Mirror Image	0.34
95	Penetrating Blast	Magic Missile	0.34
96	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	0.34
97	Mocking Demise	Mirror Image	0.33
98	Snow Blast	Ray of Frost	0.32
99	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	0.30
100	Arcane Mines	Arcane Torrent	0.25
101	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	0.25
102	Jagged Ice	Ice Armor	0.24
103	Unleashed	Explosive Blast	0.24
104	Perpetuity	Slow Time	0.24
105	Strike Back	Storm Armor	0.24
106	Reversal	Teleport	0.23
107	Chilling Aura	Ice Armor	0.22
108	Ancient Guardian	Familiar	0.20
109	Time Shell	Slow Time	0.15
110	Dartling	Familiar	0.15
111	Power Stone	Arcane Torrent	0.15
112	Miasma	Slow Time	0.15
113	Entropy	Disintegrate	0.15
114	Lightning Affinity	Shock Pulse	0.15
115	Raging Storm	Energy Twister	0.15
116	Reactive Armor	Storm Armor	0.14
117	Explosive Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.14
118	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	0.13
119	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.13
120	Simulacrum	Mirror Image	0.13
121	Impactful Blades	Spectral Blade	0.12
122	Teleporting Wave	Wave of Force	0.12
123	Time Bomb	Explosive Blast	0.12
124	Arcane Orbit	Arcane Orb	0.10
125	Absorption	Energy Armor	0.00
Rune		Skill	Percent

All Runes by Popularity - Wizard Hardcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	85.90
2	Crystal Shell	Diamond Skin	75.60
3	Wormhole	Teleport	53.60
4	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	45.30
5	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	36.30
6	Fracture	Teleport	24.60
7	Force Weapon	Magic Weapon	20.80
8	Snowbound	Blizzard	15.00
9	Venom Hydra	Hydra	12.80
10	Improved Archon	Archon	10.30
11	Storm Chaser	Energy Twister	9.10
12	Teleport	Archon	8.82
13	Stark Winter	Blizzard	8.80
14	Tap the Source	Arcane Orb	8.20
15	Sparkflint	Familiar	8.10
16	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	7.90
17	Seeker	Magic Missile	6.81
18	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	6.80
19	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	6.50
20	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	6.30
21	Duplicates	Mirror Image	6.00
22	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	5.80
23	Chain Lightning	Electrocute	5.50
24	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	5.40
25	Celestial Orb	Arcane Orb	5.10
26	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	4.70
27	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	4.40
28	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	4.30
29	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	4.23
30	Blood Magic	Magic Weapon	4.20
31	Lightning Hydra	Hydra	3.70
32	Disruption	Arcane Torrent	3.60
33	Arcane Destruction	Archon	3.40
34	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	3.31
35	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	3.30
36	Force Armor	Energy Armor	3.20
37	Intensify	Disintegrate	2.90
38	Prism	Diamond Skin	2.60
39	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	2.50
40	Convergence	Disintegrate	2.50
41	Impactful Wave	Wave of Force	2.40
42	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	2.11
43	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	2.10
44	Safe Passage	Teleport	2.00
45	Star Pact	Meteor	1.93
46	Healing Blades	Spectral Blade	1.90
47	Living Lightning	Shock Pulse	1.85
48	Volatility	Disintegrate	1.82
49	Frost Hydra	Hydra	1.80
50	Grasping Chill	Blizzard	1.72
51	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	1.70
52	Surge of Power	Electrocute	1.62
53	Cold Blood	Ray of Frost	1.60
54	Calamity	Teleport	1.50
55	Attunement	Magic Missile	1.40
56	Time Warp	Slow Time	1.32
57	Diamond Shards	Diamond Skin	1.30
58	Molten Impact	Meteor	1.23
59	Deep Cuts	Spectral Blade	1.20
60	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	1.14
61	Extension of Will	Mirror Image	1.10
62	Split	Magic Missile	1.00
63	Pure Power	Archon	0.90
64	Mirror Mimics	Mirror Image	0.84
65	Short Fuse	Explosive Blast	0.82
66	Arcane Nova	Arcane Orb	0.80
67	Shatter	Frost Nova	0.72
68	Mistral Breeze	Energy Twister	0.70
69	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	0.65
70	Comet	Meteor	0.65
71	Exploding Wave	Wave of Force	0.64
72	Mocking Demise	Mirror Image	0.63
73	Arcanot	Familiar	0.60
74	Death Blossom	Arcane Torrent	0.55
75	Penetrating Blast	Magic Missile	0.54
76	Scramble	Storm Armor	0.54
77	Force Affinity	Wave of Force	0.54
78	Siphoning Blade	Spectral Blade	0.53
79	Venom	Magic Weapon	0.53
80	Crystallize	Ice Armor	0.50
81	Fire Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.45
82	Slow Time	Archon	0.45
83	Mirror Skin	Diamond Skin	0.42
84	Ancient Guardian	Familiar	0.40
85	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	0.35
86	Liquefy	Meteor	0.35
87	Meteor Shower	Meteor	0.35
88	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	0.34
89	Explosive Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.34
90	Electrify	Magic Weapon	0.33
91	Simulacrum	Mirror Image	0.33
92	Conduit	Magic Weapon	0.30
93	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	0.25
94	Arcane Mines	Arcane Torrent	0.25
95	Cannoneer	Familiar	0.25
96	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	0.25
97	Jagged Ice	Ice Armor	0.24
98	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	0.24
99	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	0.24
100	Strike Back	Storm Armor	0.24
101	Stretch Time	Slow Time	0.23
102	Gale Force	Energy Twister	0.22
103	Forceful Wave	Wave of Force	0.22
104	Chilling Aura	Ice Armor	0.22
105	Absorption	Energy Armor	0.20
106	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	0.15
107	Dartling	Familiar	0.15
108	Power Stone	Arcane Torrent	0.15
109	Miasma	Slow Time	0.15
110	Entropy	Disintegrate	0.15
111	Lightning Affinity	Shock Pulse	0.15
112	Raging Storm	Energy Twister	0.15
113	Reactive Armor	Storm Armor	0.14
114	Perpetuity	Slow Time	0.14
115	Reversal	Teleport	0.13
116	Impactful Blades	Spectral Blade	0.12
117	Teleporting Wave	Wave of Force	0.12
118	Snow Blast	Ray of Frost	0.12
119	Arcane Orbit	Arcane Orb	0.10
120	Time Shell	Slow Time	0.05
121	Unleashed	Explosive Blast	0.04
122	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	0.03
123	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.03
124	Time Bomb	Explosive Blast	0.02
125	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	0.00
Rune		Skill	Percent

Most Popular Rune per Wizard Skill in Patch 1.0.4

Note: This is not current data! This is a snapshot of historical data from characters during patch 1.0.4.

This set of charts lists the single most popular rune for each Wizard skill, during patch 1.0.4. The runes are listed from the most popular for their skill, to the least popular. This makes it easy to see which skills only have one rune that was commonly used at level 60 during patch 1.0.4.
See the Popular Builds and Skills Archive for Patch 1.0.4 overview for more information on how this data was gathered.
The most popular active skills that these runes are attached to, are listed on the Popular Wizard Active Skills in Patch 1.0.4 chart.
Select any rune or skill below, to see the current data on that skill.

Most Popular Rune per Skill - Wizard Softcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Familiar	Sparkflint	94.90
Explosive Blast	Chain Reaction	89.70
Shock Pulse	Piercing Orb	88.50
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	86.40
Magic Weapon	Force Weapon	85.40
Energy Twister	Storm Chaser	78.30
Archon	Improved Archon	73.10
Storm Armor	Shocking Aspect	71.90
Energy Armor	Prismatic Armor	70.70
Magic Missile	Seeker	60.50
Ray of Frost	Cold Blood	59.10
Mirror Image	Duplicates	58.80
Arcane Torrent	Disruption	54.20
Slow Time	Time Warp	50.50
Arcane Orb	Tap the Source	49.70
Hydra	Arcane Hydra	46.70
Electrocute	Forked Lightning	45.90
Teleport	Wormhole	44.10
Meteor	Star Pact	41.00
Disintegrate	Chaos Nexus	40.00
Blizzard	Snowbound	39.00
Spectral Blade	Thrown Blade	38.20
Frost Nova	Cold Snap	36.90
Wave of Force	Impactful Wave	30.60
Ice Armor	Frozen Storm	30.10
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Most Popular Rune per Skill - Wizard Hardcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Shock Pulse	Piercing Orb	93.30
Energy Armor	Prismatic Armor	91.60
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	88.30
Familiar	Sparkflint	87.00
Explosive Blast	Chain Reaction	86.90
Ray of Frost	Cold Blood	82.90
Magic Weapon	Force Weapon	79.50
Slow Time	Time Warp	77.40
Energy Twister	Storm Chaser	74.90
Arcane Torrent	Disruption	71.10
Hydra	Arcane Hydra	69.90
Mirror Image	Duplicates	68.80
Teleport	Wormhole	65.40
Wave of Force	Impactful Wave	61.80
Spectral Blade	Thrown Blade	52.50
Disintegrate	Chaos Nexus	51.60
Arcane Orb	Tap the Source	51.50
Magic Missile	Seeker	48.20
Blizzard	Snowbound	44.50
Meteor	Star Pact	44.20
Archon	Improved Archon	43.70
Frost Nova	Cold Snap	43.00
Storm Armor	Scramble	38.10
Ice Armor	Crystallize	38.10
Electrocute	Forked Lightning	32.20
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

For current info, see the Popular Builds and Skills charts.

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