Diablo IIIPatch 2.2 Data ArchiveWizard Runes

Wizard Runes by Popularity in Patch 2.2

Archive of the Wizard runes for active skills at level 70 during patch 2.2

Note: This is historical data from characters at the end of Diablo III PC patch 2.2. 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 2.2.
This data is archived from more than 6 million Diablo III characters in patch 2.2. See the Patch 2.2 Data Archive for details on the data.

Index

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

Charts Last Updated: September 12, 2015

All Wizard Runes Ranked by Popularity

These charts show every Wizard rune, based on their popularity by level 70 Wizards in patch 2.2. 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 2.2.
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	49.50
2	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	41.00
3	Wormhole	Teleport	23.60
4	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	20.60
5	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	20.50
6	Apocalypse	Blizzard	18.60
7	Blazar	Black Hole	18.20
8	Force Armor	Energy Armor	17.60
9	Surge of Power	Electrocute	17.30
10	Calamity	Teleport	16.90
11	Sparkflint	Familiar	13.70
12	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	13.00
13	Meteor Shower	Meteor	11.20
14	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	10.70
15	Conduit	Magic Weapon	10.40
16	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	8.70
17	Time Warp	Slow Time	8.32
18	Snowbound	Blizzard	8.30
19	Glacial Spike	Magic Missile	8.30
20	Spellsteal	Black Hole	7.80
21	Crystallize	Ice Armor	6.70
22	Frozen Orb	Arcane Orb	6.50
23	Conflagrate	Magic Missile	6.30
24	Supermassive	Black Hole	6.16
25	Arcanot	Familiar	6.10
26	Safe Passage	Teleport	5.40
27	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	5.20
28	Event Horizon	Black Hole	4.70
29	Star Pact	Meteor	4.33
30	Point of No Return	Slow Time	4.30
31	Improved Archon	Archon	3.60
32	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	3.12
33	Duplicates	Mirror Image	3.10
34	Molten Impact	Meteor	3.03
35	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	3.00
36	Chain Lightning	Electrocute	2.90
37	Heat Wave	Wave of Force	2.84
38	Absolute Zero	Black Hole	2.80
39	Ignite	Magic Weapon	2.73
40	Fracture	Teleport	2.71
41	Deflection	Magic Weapon	2.70
42	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	2.50
43	Convergence	Disintegrate	2.40
44	Frost Hydra	Hydra	2.30
45	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	2.21
46	Comet	Meteor	2.20
47	Stretch Time	Slow Time	2.10
48	Flame Blades	Spectral Blade	2.02
49	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	2.01
50	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	2.01
51	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	2.00
52	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	1.93
53	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	1.90
54	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	1.75
55	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	1.73
56	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	1.72
57	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	1.70
58	Blazing Hydra	Hydra	1.70
59	Time Shell	Slow Time	1.65
60	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	1.65
61	Thunder Crash	Meteor	1.65
62	Scorch	Arcane Orb	1.63
63	Combustion	Archon	1.62
64	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	1.61
65	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	1.60
66	Lightning Hydra	Hydra	1.45
67	Gale Force	Energy Twister	1.40
68	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	1.25
69	Static Discharge	Arcane Torrent	1.25
70	Intensify	Disintegrate	1.23
71	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	1.20
72	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	1.15
73	Pure Power	Archon	1.12
74	Flash	Explosive Blast	1.10
75	Seeker	Magic Missile	1.01
76	Electrify	Magic Weapon	1.00
77	Crystal Shell	Diamond Skin	0.90
78	Thunder Storm	Storm Armor	0.86
79	Power Affinity	Shock Pulse	0.85
80	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	0.83
81	Split	Magic Missile	0.82
82	Flame Ward	Arcane Torrent	0.80
83	Fire Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.75
84	Slow Time	Archon	0.75
85	Mistral Breeze	Energy Twister	0.75
86	Chilling Aura	Ice Armor	0.72
87	Cannoneer	Familiar	0.70
88	Raging Storm	Energy Twister	0.65
89	Scramble	Storm Armor	0.64
90	Lightning Storm	Blizzard	0.62
91	Icicle	Familiar	0.60
92	Exhaustion	Slow Time	0.55
93	Ice Blades	Spectral Blade	0.55
94	Mirror Mimics	Mirror Image	0.54
95	Spark	Arcane Orb	0.54
96	Snow Blast	Ray of Frost	0.52
97	Cold Blood	Ray of Frost	0.50
98	Arcane Orbit	Arcane Orb	0.50
99	Living Lightning	Shock Pulse	0.45
100	Entropy	Disintegrate	0.45
101	Storm Chaser	Energy Twister	0.45
102	Reactive Armor	Storm Armor	0.44
103	Explosive Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.44
104	Siphoning Blade	Spectral Blade	0.43
105	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	0.43
106	Teleport	Archon	0.42
107	Short Fuse	Explosive Blast	0.42
108	Volatility	Disintegrate	0.42
109	Barrier Blades	Spectral Blade	0.40
110	Extension of Will	Mirror Image	0.34
111	Static Pulse	Wave of Force	0.32
112	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	0.31
113	Diamond Shards	Diamond Skin	0.30
114	Ancient Guardian	Familiar	0.25
115	Unleashed	Explosive Blast	0.24
116	Prism	Diamond Skin	0.24
117	Mocking Demise	Mirror Image	0.23
118	Reversal	Teleport	0.23
119	Impactful Wave	Wave of Force	0.23
120	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.23
121	Shatter	Frost Nova	0.22
122	Sleek Shell	Diamond Skin	0.22
123	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	0.21
124	Absorption	Energy Armor	0.20
125	Death Blossom	Arcane Torrent	0.15
126	Arcane Mines	Arcane Torrent	0.15
127	Jagged Ice	Ice Armor	0.14
128	Debilitating Force	Wave of Force	0.14
129	Arcane Attunement	Wave of Force	0.10
130	Simulacrum	Mirror Image	0.00
Rune		Skill	Percent

Runes by Popularity - Wizard Hardcore

Rune		Skill	Percent
1	Wormhole	Teleport	48.70
2	Force Weapon	Magic Weapon	43.50
3	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	40.60
4	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	35.20
5	Apocalypse	Blizzard	23.50
6	Blazar	Black Hole	19.80
7	Surge of Power	Electrocute	15.90
8	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	14.60
9	Crystallize	Ice Armor	14.00
10	Calamity	Teleport	12.30
11	Glacial Spike	Magic Missile	10.04
12	Force Armor	Energy Armor	10.00
13	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	9.10
14	Meteor Shower	Meteor	9.00
15	Sparkflint	Familiar	8.80
16	Snowbound	Blizzard	8.40
17	Safe Passage	Teleport	8.20
18	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	7.80
19	Frozen Orb	Arcane Orb	7.60
20	Time Warp	Slow Time	6.60
21	Conflagrate	Magic Missile	6.54
22	Conduit	Magic Weapon	6.50
23	Spellsteal	Black Hole	6.30
24	Supermassive	Black Hole	5.30
25	Arcanot	Familiar	5.20
26	Point of No Return	Slow Time	4.74
27	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	4.70
28	Event Horizon	Black Hole	4.70
29	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	4.10
30	Fracture	Teleport	3.50
31	Thunder Crash	Meteor	3.40
32	Chain Lightning	Electrocute	3.20
33	Deflection	Magic Weapon	3.14
34	Frost Hydra	Hydra	3.11
35	Convergence	Disintegrate	3.10
36	Heat Wave	Wave of Force	2.94
37	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	2.90
38	Duplicates	Mirror Image	2.53
39	Ignite	Magic Weapon	2.53
40	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	2.52
41	Absolute Zero	Black Hole	2.50
42	Time Shell	Slow Time	2.45
43	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	2.40
44	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	2.31
45	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	2.30
46	Molten Impact	Meteor	2.20
47	Comet	Meteor	2.15
48	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	2.14
49	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	2.10
50	Improved Archon	Archon	2.00
51	Star Pact	Meteor	1.93
52	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	1.91
53	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	1.91
54	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	1.90
55	Lightning Hydra	Hydra	1.85
56	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	1.83
57	Scorch	Arcane Orb	1.83
58	Flame Blades	Spectral Blade	1.80
59	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	1.75
60	Crystal Shell	Diamond Skin	1.70
61	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	1.65
62	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	1.60
63	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	1.60
64	Blazing Hydra	Hydra	1.50
65	Static Discharge	Arcane Torrent	1.45
66	Combustion	Archon	1.40
67	Gale Force	Energy Twister	1.32
68	Seeker	Magic Missile	1.31
69	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	1.30
70	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	1.25
71	Mistral Breeze	Energy Twister	1.25
72	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	1.23
73	Intensify	Disintegrate	1.23
74	Chilling Aura	Ice Armor	1.20
75	Electrify	Magic Weapon	1.13
76	Flame Ward	Arcane Torrent	1.13
77	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	1.10
78	Stretch Time	Slow Time	1.03
79	Split	Magic Missile	1.00
80	Power Affinity	Shock Pulse	0.95
81	Teleport	Archon	0.92
82	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	0.90
83	Pure Power	Archon	0.82
84	Exhaustion	Slow Time	0.80
85	Thunder Storm	Storm Armor	0.76
86	Fire Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.75
87	Raging Storm	Energy Twister	0.75
88	Cold Blood	Ray of Frost	0.70
89	Slow Time	Archon	0.65
90	Cannoneer	Familiar	0.65
91	Spark	Arcane Orb	0.64
92	Snow Blast	Ray of Frost	0.62
93	Lightning Storm	Blizzard	0.62
94	Barrier Blades	Spectral Blade	0.60
95	Icicle	Familiar	0.56
96	Entropy	Disintegrate	0.55
97	Ice Blades	Spectral Blade	0.55
98	Reactive Armor	Storm Armor	0.54
99	Explosive Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.54
100	Siphoning Blade	Spectral Blade	0.53
101	Volatility	Disintegrate	0.52
102	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	0.51
103	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	0.50
104	Storm Chaser	Energy Twister	0.45
105	Mirror Mimics	Mirror Image	0.44
106	Reversal	Teleport	0.43
107	Static Pulse	Wave of Force	0.42
108	Flash	Explosive Blast	0.42
109	Arcane Orbit	Arcane Orb	0.40
110	Ancient Guardian	Familiar	0.35
111	Living Lightning	Shock Pulse	0.35
112	Diamond Shards	Diamond Skin	0.35
113	Extension of Will	Mirror Image	0.34
114	Scramble	Storm Armor	0.34
115	Impactful Wave	Wave of Force	0.33
116	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.33
117	Short Fuse	Explosive Blast	0.32
118	Absorption	Energy Armor	0.30
119	Unleashed	Explosive Blast	0.24
120	Shatter	Frost Nova	0.22
121	Sleek Shell	Diamond Skin	0.22
122	Prism	Diamond Skin	0.20
123	Death Blossom	Arcane Torrent	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	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	0.11
129	Arcane Attunement	Wave of Force	0.10
130	Arcane Mines	Arcane Torrent	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 2.2. 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
Shock Pulse	Piercing Orb	85.70
Hydra	Mammoth Hydra	85.60
Wave of Force	Heat Wave	80.10
Energy Twister	Wicked Wind	77.70
Mirror Image	Duplicates	74.60
Magic Weapon	Force Weapon	74.50
Familiar	Sparkflint	64.10
Electrocute	Surge of Power	63.20
Storm Armor	Power of the Storm	61.60
Arcane Orb	Frozen Orb	58.70
Ice Armor	Crystallize	54.10
Meteor	Meteor Shower	50.20
Slow Time	Time Warp	49.00
Archon	Improved Archon	48.90
Spectral Blade	Flame Blades	48.40
Teleport	Wormhole	47.90
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	46.90
Magic Missile	Glacial Spike	46.70
Black Hole	Blazar	45.10
Ray of Frost	Sleet Storm	42.00
Blizzard	Frozen Solid	41.70
Energy Armor	Prismatic Armor	41.40
Explosive Blast	Chain Reaction	39.40
Disintegrate	Convergence	38.90
Arcane Torrent	Static Discharge	36.40
Frost Nova	Bone Chill	31.40
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Top Rune per Skill - Wizard Hardcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Hydra	Mammoth Hydra	81.80
Shock Pulse	Piercing Orb	76.50
Magic Weapon	Force Weapon	76.50
Wave of Force	Heat Wave	74.80
Mirror Image	Duplicates	73.40
Energy Twister	Wicked Wind	72.10
Ice Armor	Crystallize	68.30
Energy Armor	Prismatic Armor	67.50
Teleport	Wormhole	66.30
Arcane Orb	Frozen Orb	61.80
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	59.40
Electrocute	Surge of Power	59.30
Familiar	Sparkflint	57.20
Black Hole	Blazar	50.30
Magic Missile	Glacial Spike	48.70
Meteor	Meteor Shower	48.40
Blizzard	Apocalypse	46.00
Ray of Frost	Sleet Storm	45.50
Explosive Blast	Obliterate	44.20
Disintegrate	Convergence	43.50
Storm Armor	Power of the Storm	42.90
Slow Time	Time Warp	42.70
Arcane Torrent	Static Discharge	40.10
Spectral Blade	Flame Blades	38.20
Frost Nova	Cold Snap	37.70
Archon	Improved Archon	35.10
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Want more historical data from patch 2.2? See the Patch 2.2 Data Archive for other charts.

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