Most Popular Wizard Runes in Patch 1.0.6

Note: This is not current data! This is a snapshot of historical data from characters during patch 1.0.6.
See the main Popular Builds and Skills charts for the current info.

This set of charts lists all the Diablo III Wizard runes by characters during patch 1.0.6. The runes are ranked from the most popular rune to the least popular, based on data from active level 60 Wizards in 1.0.6.
See the Popular Builds and Skills Archive for Patch 1.0.6 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 1.0.6 chart.
Select any rune or skill below, to see the current data on that skill.

Charts Last Updated: February 14, 2013

All Runes by Popularity - Wizard Softcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Crystal Shell	Diamond Skin	59.10
2	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	35.10
3	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	33.00
4	Sparkflint	Familiar	32.10
5	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	29.30
6	Improved Archon	Archon	28.40
7	Force Weapon	Magic Weapon	26.60
8	Blood Magic	Magic Weapon	25.90
9	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	21.10
10	Wormhole	Teleport	18.80
11	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	17.20
12	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	12.30
13	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	11.40
14	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	11.00
15	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	10.10
16	Fracture	Teleport	9.40
17	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	8.60
18	Teleport	Archon	8.50
19	Healing Blades	Spectral Blade	8.30
20	Force Armor	Energy Armor	8.00
21	Scramble	Storm Armor	7.50
22	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	7.20
23	Stretch Time	Slow Time	6.50
24	Living Lightning	Shock Pulse	5.40
25	Diamond Shards	Diamond Skin	5.30
26	Venom Hydra	Hydra	5.10
27	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	4.90
28	Time Warp	Slow Time	4.40
29	Storm Chaser	Energy Twister	4.30
30	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	4.00
31	Molten Impact	Meteor	3.80
32	Safe Passage	Teleport	3.70
33	Intensify	Disintegrate	3.60
34	Stark Winter	Blizzard	3.53
35	Seeker	Magic Missile	3.50
36	Tap the Source	Arcane Orb	3.30
37	Snowbound	Blizzard	3.20
38	Chain Lightning	Electrocute	3.20
39	Prism	Diamond Skin	2.84
40	Celestial Orb	Arcane Orb	2.80
41	Thunder Storm	Storm Armor	2.70
42	Lightning Hydra	Hydra	2.65
43	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	2.60
44	Meteor Shower	Meteor	2.55
45	Mistral Breeze	Energy Twister	2.55
46	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	2.51
47	Arcane Destruction	Archon	2.50
48	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	2.40
49	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	2.20
50	Surge of Power	Electrocute	2.10
51	Pure Power	Archon	2.00
52	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	1.90
53	Star Pact	Meteor	1.73
54	Convergence	Disintegrate	1.70
55	Volatility	Disintegrate	1.62
56	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	1.61
57	Calamity	Teleport	1.60
58	Reactive Armor	Storm Armor	1.40
59	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	1.31
60	Frost Hydra	Hydra	1.31
61	Deep Cuts	Spectral Blade	1.30
62	Comet	Meteor	1.20
63	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	1.13
64	Crystallize	Ice Armor	1.10
65	Shatter	Frost Nova	1.02
66	Short Fuse	Explosive Blast	1.02
67	Cold Blood	Ray of Frost	1.00
68	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	0.94
69	Duplicates	Mirror Image	0.90
70	Electrify	Magic Weapon	0.83
71	Conduit	Magic Weapon	0.82
72	Mirror Skin	Diamond Skin	0.82
73	Split	Magic Missile	0.82
74	Arcanot	Familiar	0.80
75	Penetrating Blast	Magic Missile	0.74
76	Disruption	Arcane Torrent	0.73
77	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	0.70
78	Time Shell	Slow Time	0.65
79	Liquefy	Meteor	0.65
80	Attunement	Magic Missile	0.64
81	Exploding Wave	Wave of Force	0.64
82	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	0.63
83	Impactful Wave	Wave of Force	0.63
84	Gale Force	Energy Twister	0.62
85	Arcane Nova	Arcane Orb	0.60
86	Vigoron	Familiar	0.56
87	Slow Time	Archon	0.55
88	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	0.55
89	Siphoning Blade	Spectral Blade	0.53
90	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	0.50
91	Fire Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.45
92	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	0.45
93	Mirror Mimics	Mirror Image	0.44
94	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	0.44
95	Force Affinity	Wave of Force	0.44
96	Venom	Magic Weapon	0.43
97	Grasping Chill	Blizzard	0.42
98	Forceful Wave	Wave of Force	0.42
99	Chilling Aura	Ice Armor	0.40
100	Jagged Ice	Ice Armor	0.34
101	Unleashed	Explosive Blast	0.34
102	Perpetuity	Slow Time	0.34
103	Snow Blast	Ray of Frost	0.32
104	Cannoneer	Familiar	0.30
105	Death Blossom	Arcane Torrent	0.25
106	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	0.25
107	Lightning Affinity	Shock Pulse	0.25
108	Raging Storm	Energy Twister	0.25
109	Extension of Will	Mirror Image	0.24
110	Explosive Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.24
111	Mocking Demise	Mirror Image	0.23
112	Reversal	Teleport	0.23
113	Ancient Guardian	Familiar	0.20
114	Arcane Orbit	Arcane Orb	0.15
115	Arcane Mines	Arcane Torrent	0.15
116	Power Stone	Arcane Torrent	0.15
117	Miasma	Slow Time	0.15
118	Entropy	Disintegrate	0.15
119	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	0.13
120	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.13
121	Simulacrum	Mirror Image	0.13
122	Impactful Blades	Spectral Blade	0.12
123	Time Bomb	Explosive Blast	0.12
124	Absorption	Energy Armor	0.10
125	Teleporting Wave	Wave of Force	0.00
Rune		Skill	Percent

All Runes by Popularity - Wizard Hardcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	73.80
2	Crystal Shell	Diamond Skin	73.20
3	Wormhole	Teleport	51.10
4	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	34.80
5	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	24.60
6	Fracture	Teleport	18.90
7	Blood Magic	Magic Weapon	17.00
8	Force Weapon	Magic Weapon	16.90
9	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	16.80
10	Sparkflint	Familiar	12.50
11	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	12.00
12	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	11.10
13	Improved Archon	Archon	10.90
14	Teleport	Archon	10.50
15	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	9.90
16	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	9.50
17	Snowbound	Blizzard	8.80
18	Healing Blades	Spectral Blade	8.60
19	Stark Winter	Blizzard	7.20
20	Venom Hydra	Hydra	7.00
21	Chain Lightning	Electrocute	5.90
22	Seeker	Magic Missile	5.00
23	Tap the Source	Arcane Orb	4.90
24	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	4.80
25	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	4.71
26	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	4.70
27	Celestial Orb	Arcane Orb	4.50
28	Safe Passage	Teleport	4.40
29	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	4.10
30	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	4.03
31	Lightning Hydra	Hydra	4.00
32	Molten Impact	Meteor	3.73
33	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	3.70
34	Duplicates	Mirror Image	3.70
35	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	3.30
36	Living Lightning	Shock Pulse	3.20
37	Force Armor	Energy Armor	3.10
38	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	3.10
39	Convergence	Disintegrate	2.90
40	Storm Chaser	Energy Twister	2.80
41	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	2.65
42	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	2.61
43	Intensify	Disintegrate	2.60
44	Thunder Storm	Storm Armor	2.50
45	Prism	Diamond Skin	2.44
46	Arcane Destruction	Archon	2.40
47	Scramble	Storm Armor	2.34
48	Star Pact	Meteor	2.33
49	Crystallize	Ice Armor	2.30
50	Time Warp	Slow Time	2.12
51	Surge of Power	Electrocute	2.10
52	Impactful Wave	Wave of Force	2.00
53	Meteor Shower	Meteor	1.95
54	Volatility	Disintegrate	1.92
55	Disruption	Arcane Torrent	1.90
56	Reactive Armor	Storm Armor	1.70
57	Deep Cuts	Spectral Blade	1.42
58	Shatter	Frost Nova	1.42
59	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	1.41
60	Comet	Meteor	1.40
61	Diamond Shards	Diamond Skin	1.35
62	Stretch Time	Slow Time	1.33
63	Split	Magic Missile	1.32
64	Frost Hydra	Hydra	1.31
65	Calamity	Teleport	1.30
66	Penetrating Blast	Magic Missile	1.24
67	Grasping Chill	Blizzard	1.22
68	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	1.20
69	Vigoron	Familiar	1.16
70	Pure Power	Archon	1.12
71	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	1.10
72	Cold Blood	Ray of Frost	1.00
73	Mistral Breeze	Energy Twister	0.95
74	Mirror Mimics	Mirror Image	0.94
75	Attunement	Magic Missile	0.90
76	Slow Time	Archon	0.85
77	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	0.84
78	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	0.80
79	Arcanot	Familiar	0.70
80	Force Affinity	Wave of Force	0.64
81	Siphoning Blade	Spectral Blade	0.63
82	Short Fuse	Explosive Blast	0.62
83	Arcane Nova	Arcane Orb	0.60
84	Time Shell	Slow Time	0.55
85	Extension of Will	Mirror Image	0.54
86	Exploding Wave	Wave of Force	0.54
87	Impactful Blades	Spectral Blade	0.52
88	Mirror Skin	Diamond Skin	0.52
89	Chilling Aura	Ice Armor	0.52
90	Ancient Guardian	Familiar	0.50
91	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	0.45
92	Liquefy	Meteor	0.45
93	Death Blossom	Arcane Torrent	0.40
94	Fire Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.35
95	Cannoneer	Familiar	0.35
96	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	0.35
97	Explosive Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.34
98	Mocking Demise	Mirror Image	0.33
99	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	0.33
100	Electrify	Magic Weapon	0.33
101	Conduit	Magic Weapon	0.32
102	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	0.30
103	Jagged Ice	Ice Armor	0.24
104	Perpetuity	Slow Time	0.24
105	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	0.24
106	Reversal	Teleport	0.23
107	Venom	Magic Weapon	0.23
108	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.23
109	Snow Blast	Ray of Frost	0.22
110	Forceful Wave	Wave of Force	0.20
111	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	0.15
112	Arcane Orbit	Arcane Orb	0.15
113	Power Stone	Arcane Torrent	0.15
114	Miasma	Slow Time	0.15
115	Entropy	Disintegrate	0.15
116	Raging Storm	Energy Twister	0.15
117	Unleashed	Explosive Blast	0.14
118	Simulacrum	Mirror Image	0.13
119	Gale Force	Energy Twister	0.12
120	Arcane Mines	Arcane Torrent	0.10
121	Lightning Affinity	Shock Pulse	0.05
122	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	0.03
123	Teleporting Wave	Wave of Force	0.02
124	Time Bomb	Explosive Blast	0.02
125	Absorption	Energy Armor	0.00
Rune		Skill	Percent

Most Popular Rune per Wizard Skill in Patch 1.0.6

This set of charts lists the single most popular rune for each Wizard skill, during patch 1.0.6. 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 1.0.6.
See the Popular Builds and Skills Archive for Patch 1.0.6 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 1.0.6 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	93.50
Explosive Blast	Chain Reaction	93.30
Energy Twister	Wicked Wind	82.40
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	82.10
Archon	Improved Archon	66.60
Shock Pulse	Piercing Orb	62.60
Teleport	Wormhole	56.10
Spectral Blade	Healing Blades	55.30
Energy Armor	Prismatic Armor	54.70
Slow Time	Stretch Time	52.40
Magic Weapon	Force Weapon	51.40
Electrocute	Forked Lightning	48.30
Magic Missile	Seeker	48.10
Mirror Image	Duplicates	47.50
Frost Nova	Cold Snap	46.60
Storm Armor	Shocking Aspect	44.70
Arcane Torrent	Cascade	39.90
Hydra	Venom Hydra	39.80
Arcane Orb	Tap the Source	39.40
Meteor	Molten Impact	37.03
Disintegrate	Chaos Nexus	37.00
Ice Armor	Crystallize	36.90
Ray of Frost	Cold Blood	36.80
Wave of Force	Impactful Wave	28.30
Blizzard	Stark Winter	28.20
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Most Popular Rune per Skill - Wizard Hardcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Explosive Blast	Chain Reaction	94.10
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	88.30
Shock Pulse	Piercing Orb	86.00
Energy Armor	Prismatic Armor	84.40
Energy Twister	Wicked Wind	84.20
Familiar	Sparkflint	81.80
Hydra	Arcane Hydra	68.60
Teleport	Wormhole	68.10
Mirror Image	Duplicates	63.70
Frost Nova	Cold Snap	62.30
Ice Armor	Crystallize	58.60
Spectral Blade	Healing Blades	57.70
Wave of Force	Impactful Wave	56.10
Arcane Torrent	Disruption	54.20
Disintegrate	Chaos Nexus	52.10
Magic Weapon	Blood Magic	49.20
Arcane Orb	Celestial Orb	42.30
Slow Time	Time Warp	42.00
Archon	Improved Archon	41.30
Ray of Frost	Cold Blood	41.20
Magic Missile	Seeker	40.20
Electrocute	Forked Lightning	39.70
Meteor	Molten Impact	37.40
Blizzard	Snowbound	33.90
Storm Armor	Thunder Storm	25.80
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

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

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