Diablo IIIArchive of Data for Patch 2.1Wizard Runes

Wizard Runes by Popularity in Patch 2.1

Archive of the Wizard runes for active skills, ranked by popularity in patch 2.1

Note: This is historical data, from Wizards at the end of Diablo III PC patch 2.1.0.
These are charts of all the Diablo III Wizard runes, ranking them from the most to least popular rune. The data comes from level 70 Wizards who played during Patch 2.1. The data is gathered from more than 5 million Diablo III characters during patch 2.1.0 and patch 2.1.1.
See the Wizard Active Skills in Patch 2.1 section for the most popular active skills that these runes are connected to, and the most popular Wizard builds during patch 2.1.0 and patch 2.1.1.
Select any rune or skill below to view the current information about that Wizard skill, along with the popularity of every rune for the skill.

Index

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

Charts Last Updated: January 22, 2015

All Wizard Runes Ranked by Popularity

These charts show every Wizard rune, based on their popularity by level 70 Wizards in patch 2.1.0 and patch 2.1.1.
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 used that particular rune, of the level 70 Wizards who were active in patch 2.1.
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	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	35.90
3	Blazar	Black Hole	35.80
4	Apocalypse	Blizzard	33.00
5	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	28.90
6	Wormhole	Teleport	28.70
7	Sparkflint	Familiar	28.50
8	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	16.80
9	Conflagrate	Magic Missile	12.50
10	Safe Passage	Teleport	9.30
11	Improved Archon	Archon	9.20
12	Spellsteal	Black Hole	8.60
13	Frozen Orb	Arcane Orb	7.20
14	Meteor Shower	Meteor	6.60
15	Surge of Power	Electrocute	6.20
16	Supermassive	Black Hole	5.80
17	Event Horizon	Black Hole	5.76
18	Deflection	Magic Weapon	5.70
19	Glacial Spike	Magic Missile	5.64
20	Duplicates	Mirror Image	5.60
21	Force Armor	Energy Armor	5.20
22	Ignite	Magic Weapon	5.00
23	Arcanot	Familiar	4.80
24	Combustion	Archon	4.62
25	Absolute Zero	Black Hole	4.60
26	Molten Impact	Meteor	4.40
27	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	4.32
28	Convergence	Disintegrate	4.30
29	Conduit	Magic Weapon	3.90
30	Fracture	Teleport	3.51
31	Blazing Hydra	Hydra	3.50
32	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	3.40
33	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	3.30
34	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	3.20
35	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	3.10
36	Heat Wave	Wave of Force	2.94
37	Calamity	Teleport	2.90
38	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	2.84
39	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	2.84
40	Pure Power	Archon	2.82
41	Chain Lightning	Electrocute	2.80
42	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	2.70
43	Flame Blades	Spectral Blade	2.30
44	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	2.25
45	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	2.20
46	Intensify	Disintegrate	2.10
47	Flame Ward	Arcane Torrent	1.93
48	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	1.93
49	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	1.90
50	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	1.90
51	Static Discharge	Arcane Torrent	1.85
52	Frost Hydra	Hydra	1.80
53	Slow Time	Archon	1.65
54	Crystal Shell	Diamond Skin	1.61
55	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	1.60
56	Point of No Return	Slow Time	1.54
57	Gale Force	Energy Twister	1.52
58	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	1.51
59	Electrify	Magic Weapon	1.50
60	Scorch	Arcane Orb	1.40
61	Cannoneer	Familiar	1.35
62	Lightning Hydra	Hydra	1.35
63	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	1.30
64	Time Warp	Slow Time	1.20
65	Entropy	Disintegrate	1.15
66	Stretch Time	Slow Time	1.13
67	Crystallize	Ice Armor	1.10
68	Thunder Storm	Storm Armor	1.06
69	Icicle	Familiar	1.06
70	Fire Bolts	Shock Pulse	1.05
71	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	1.05
72	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	1.03
73	Teleport	Archon	1.02
74	Comet	Meteor	1.00
75	Thunder Crash	Meteor	0.95
76	Snow Blast	Ray of Frost	0.92
77	Lightning Storm	Blizzard	0.92
78	Seeker	Magic Missile	0.91
79	Cold Blood	Ray of Frost	0.90
80	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	0.85
81	Mirror Mimics	Mirror Image	0.84
82	Barrier Blades	Spectral Blade	0.80
83	Scramble	Storm Armor	0.74
84	Spark	Arcane Orb	0.74
85	Short Fuse	Explosive Blast	0.72
86	Split	Magic Missile	0.72
87	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	0.70
88	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	0.65
89	Ice Blades	Spectral Blade	0.65
90	Reactive Armor	Storm Armor	0.64
91	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	0.63
92	Siphoning Blade	Spectral Blade	0.63
93	Volatility	Disintegrate	0.62
94	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	0.61
95	Snowbound	Blizzard	0.60
96	Chilling Aura	Ice Armor	0.60
97	Power Affinity	Shock Pulse	0.55
98	Extension of Will	Mirror Image	0.54
99	Star Pact	Meteor	0.53
100	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	0.51
101	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	0.51
102	Arcane Orbit	Arcane Orb	0.50
103	Time Shell	Slow Time	0.45
104	Diamond Shards	Diamond Skin	0.45
105	Time and Space	Slow Time	0.45
106	Explosive Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.44
107	Static Pulse	Wave of Force	0.42
108	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	0.40
109	Unleashed	Explosive Blast	0.34
110	Prism	Diamond Skin	0.34
111	Mocking Demise	Mirror Image	0.33
112	Reversal	Teleport	0.33
113	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.33
114	Shatter	Frost Nova	0.32
115	Sleek Shell	Diamond Skin	0.32
116	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	0.31
117	Living Lightning	Shock Pulse	0.30
118	Ancient Guardian	Familiar	0.25
119	Arcane Mines	Arcane Torrent	0.25
120	Storm Chaser	Energy Twister	0.25
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	Wormhole	Teleport	55.10
2	Force Weapon	Magic Weapon	55.10
3	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	50.70
4	Apocalypse	Blizzard	36.90
5	Blazar	Black Hole	36.00
6	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	32.90
7	Sparkflint	Familiar	17.70
8	Conflagrate	Magic Missile	11.00
9	Safe Passage	Teleport	10.20
10	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	9.40
11	Deflection	Magic Weapon	7.30
12	Surge of Power	Electrocute	6.70
13	Frozen Orb	Arcane Orb	6.40
14	Glacial Spike	Magic Missile	6.24
15	Event Horizon	Black Hole	6.20
16	Meteor Shower	Meteor	5.70
17	Spellsteal	Black Hole	5.56
18	Supermassive	Black Hole	5.56
19	Duplicates	Mirror Image	5.53
20	Arcanot	Familiar	5.50
21	Improved Archon	Archon	5.30
22	Convergence	Disintegrate	5.20
23	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	4.50
24	Ignite	Magic Weapon	4.23
25	Heat Wave	Wave of Force	4.20
26	Fracture	Teleport	4.11
27	Absolute Zero	Black Hole	4.10
28	Force Armor	Energy Armor	3.90
29	Conduit	Magic Weapon	3.82
30	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	3.80
31	Combustion	Archon	3.70
32	Chain Lightning	Electrocute	3.30
33	Molten Impact	Meteor	3.10
34	Blazing Hydra	Hydra	3.00
35	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	2.90
36	Calamity	Teleport	2.70
37	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	2.64
38	Crystal Shell	Diamond Skin	2.61
39	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	2.60
40	Static Discharge	Arcane Torrent	2.55
41	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	2.50
42	Teleport	Archon	2.40
43	Flame Ward	Arcane Torrent	2.33
44	Frost Hydra	Hydra	2.31
45	Flame Blades	Spectral Blade	2.30
46	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	2.24
47	Crystallize	Ice Armor	2.22
48	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	2.20
49	Intensify	Disintegrate	2.13
50	Pure Power	Archon	2.12
51	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	2.10
52	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	1.85
53	Lightning Hydra	Hydra	1.85
54	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	1.81
55	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	1.80
56	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	1.70
57	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	1.60
58	Electrify	Magic Weapon	1.53
59	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	1.51
60	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	1.50
61	Point of No Return	Slow Time	1.40
62	Cold Blood	Ray of Frost	1.30
63	Slow Time	Archon	1.25
64	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	1.25
65	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	1.25
66	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	1.23
67	Scorch	Arcane Orb	1.23
68	Barrier Blades	Spectral Blade	1.20
69	Thunder Storm	Storm Armor	1.10
70	Thunder Crash	Meteor	1.05
71	Snow Blast	Ray of Frost	1.02
72	Entropy	Disintegrate	1.00
73	Fire Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.95
74	Cannoneer	Familiar	0.95
75	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	0.93
76	Lightning Storm	Blizzard	0.92
77	Snowbound	Blizzard	0.90
78	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	0.90
79	Icicle	Familiar	0.86
80	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	0.85
81	Comet	Meteor	0.85
82	Reactive Armor	Storm Armor	0.84
83	Gale Force	Energy Twister	0.82
84	Volatility	Disintegrate	0.82
85	Time Warp	Slow Time	0.82
86	Seeker	Magic Missile	0.81
87	Chilling Aura	Ice Armor	0.80
88	Spark	Arcane Orb	0.74
89	Siphoning Blade	Spectral Blade	0.73
90	Short Fuse	Explosive Blast	0.72
91	Split	Magic Missile	0.72
92	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	0.70
93	Mirror Mimics	Mirror Image	0.64
94	Stretch Time	Slow Time	0.63
95	Reversal	Teleport	0.63
96	Static Pulse	Wave of Force	0.62
97	Ice Blades	Spectral Blade	0.60
98	Extension of Will	Mirror Image	0.54
99	Explosive Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.54
100	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	0.51
101	Arcane Orbit	Arcane Orb	0.50
102	Time Shell	Slow Time	0.45
103	Power Affinity	Shock Pulse	0.45
104	Scramble	Storm Armor	0.44
105	Prism	Diamond Skin	0.44
106	Star Pact	Meteor	0.43
107	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	0.41
108	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.40
109	Diamond Shards	Diamond Skin	0.35
110	Time and Space	Slow Time	0.35
111	Impactful Wave	Wave of Force	0.33
112	Shatter	Frost Nova	0.32
113	Arcane Attunement	Wave of Force	0.32
114	Sleek Shell	Diamond Skin	0.32
115	Absorption	Energy Armor	0.30
116	Living Lightning	Shock Pulse	0.25
117	Arcane Mines	Arcane Torrent	0.25
118	Unleashed	Explosive Blast	0.24
119	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	0.21
120	Ancient Guardian	Familiar	0.20
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	Simulacrum	Mirror Image	0.13
128	Flash	Explosive Blast	0.12
129	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	0.11
130	Death Blossom	Arcane Torrent	0.10
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 who played in patch 2.1.0 and patch 2.1.1. 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 was 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	86.40
Familiar	Sparkflint	79.50
Hydra	Mammoth Hydra	78.70
Mirror Image	Duplicates	78.40
Magic Weapon	Force Weapon	77.80
Wave of Force	Heat Wave	77.10
Arcane Orb	Frozen Orb	69.90
Energy Twister	Gale Force	69.70
Teleport	Wormhole	64.20
Explosive Blast	Chain Reaction	63.50
Energy Armor	Prismatic Armor	60.00
Black Hole	Blazar	59.70
Magic Missile	Conflagrate	58.40
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	51.00
Ice Armor	Frozen Storm	49.50
Meteor	Meteor Shower	49.20
Archon	Improved Archon	48.10
Frost Nova	Cold Snap	44.41
Arcane Torrent	Cascade	44.40
Spectral Blade	Flame Blades	43.60
Storm Armor	Power of the Storm	38.60
Disintegrate	Convergence	38.00
Shock Pulse	Fire Bolts	36.25
Electrocute	Surge of Power	36.20
Slow Time	Point of No Return	31.90
Ray of Frost	Snow Blast	24.80
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Top Rune per Skill - Wizard Hardcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Blizzard	Apocalypse	86.80
Mirror Image	Duplicates	80.70
Hydra	Mammoth Hydra	78.90
Magic Weapon	Force Weapon	76.90
Energy Armor	Prismatic Armor	76.60
Wave of Force	Heat Wave	76.40
Teleport	Wormhole	75.70
Familiar	Sparkflint	69.80
Arcane Orb	Frozen Orb	69.30
Energy Twister	Gale Force	69.30
Black Hole	Blazar	63.40
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	60.30
Magic Missile	Conflagrate	54.60
Meteor	Meteor Shower	51.30
Explosive Blast	Chain Reaction	49.60
Frost Nova	Cold Snap	48.60
Slow Time	Point of No Return	41.00
Disintegrate	Convergence	40.90
Spectral Blade	Flame Blades	38.30
Ice Armor	Frozen Storm	37.30
Archon	Improved Archon	36.40
Electrocute	Surge of Power	36.30
Shock Pulse	Fire Bolts	35.60
Storm Armor	Power of the Storm	34.70
Arcane Torrent	Static Discharge	33.50
Ray of Frost	Cold Blood	27.20
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Want more historical data from patch 2.1? See the Archive of Data for Patch 2.1 for other charts.

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