Diablo IIIPatch 2.3 Data ArchiveWizard Runes

Wizard Runes by Popularity in Patch 2.3

Archive of the Wizard runes for active skills at level 70 during patch 2.3

Note: This is historical data from characters at the end of Diablo III PC patch 2.3. 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 2.3.
This data is archived from more than 6 million Diablo III characters in patch 2.3. See the Patch 2.3 Data Archive for details on the data.

Index

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

Charts Last Updated: January 20, 2016

All Wizard Runes Ranked by Popularity

These charts show every Wizard rune, based on their popularity by level 70 Wizards in patch 2.3. 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 2.3.
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	37.80
2	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	25.10
3	Crystallize	Ice Armor	19.70
4	Wormhole	Teleport	19.10
5	Calamity	Teleport	16.70
6	Safe Passage	Teleport	16.00
7	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	15.30
8	Force Armor	Energy Armor	14.80
9	Static Discharge	Arcane Torrent	14.30
10	Blazar	Black Hole	12.36
11	Apocalypse	Blizzard	12.30
12	Deflection	Magic Weapon	12.20
13	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	11.90
14	Conduit	Magic Weapon	11.70
15	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	11.50
16	Sparkflint	Familiar	11.10
17	Surge of Power	Electrocute	11.00
18	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	10.60
19	Meteor Shower	Meteor	10.40
20	Pure Power	Archon	10.00
21	Time Warp	Slow Time	9.40
22	Glacial Spike	Magic Missile	9.20
23	Snowbound	Blizzard	7.20
24	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	6.50
25	Improved Archon	Archon	6.50
26	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	6.10
27	Spellsteal	Black Hole	5.50
28	Conflagrate	Magic Missile	5.00
29	Frozen Orb	Arcane Orb	4.90
30	Supermassive	Black Hole	4.80
31	Arcanot	Familiar	4.40
32	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	3.94
33	Point of No Return	Slow Time	3.90
34	Combustion	Archon	3.50
35	Event Horizon	Black Hole	3.30
36	Slow Time	Archon	2.80
37	Time Shell	Slow Time	2.75
38	Convergence	Disintegrate	2.71
39	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	2.70
40	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	2.63
41	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	2.60
42	Star Pact	Meteor	2.50
43	Stretch Time	Slow Time	2.43
44	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	2.42
45	Flame Blades	Spectral Blade	2.40
46	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	2.34
47	Heat Wave	Wave of Force	2.34
48	Duplicates	Mirror Image	2.30
49	Chain Lightning	Electrocute	2.21
50	Absolute Zero	Black Hole	2.20
51	Molten Impact	Meteor	2.13
52	Fracture	Teleport	2.10
53	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	2.00
54	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	1.95
55	Ignite	Magic Weapon	1.93
56	Gale Force	Energy Twister	1.90
57	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	1.71
58	Frost Hydra	Hydra	1.70
59	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	1.60
60	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	1.50
61	Thunder Crash	Meteor	1.45
62	Mistral Breeze	Energy Twister	1.45
63	Intensify	Disintegrate	1.43
64	Comet	Meteor	1.40
65	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	1.35
66	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	1.33
67	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	1.31
68	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	1.31
69	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	1.30
70	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	1.30
71	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	1.25
72	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	1.25
73	Blazing Hydra	Hydra	1.22
74	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	1.20
75	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	1.13
76	Scorch	Arcane Orb	1.10
77	Lightning Hydra	Hydra	1.00
78	Teleport	Archon	0.92
79	Flash	Explosive Blast	0.92
80	Seeker	Magic Missile	0.91
81	Exhaustion	Slow Time	0.90
82	Electrify	Magic Weapon	0.83
83	Flame Ward	Arcane Torrent	0.83
84	Crystal Shell	Diamond Skin	0.80
85	Scramble	Storm Armor	0.74
86	Split	Magic Missile	0.72
87	Chilling Aura	Ice Armor	0.70
88	Thunder Storm	Storm Armor	0.66
89	Fire Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.65
90	Power Affinity	Shock Pulse	0.65
91	Cannoneer	Familiar	0.60
92	Icicle	Familiar	0.56
93	Raging Storm	Energy Twister	0.55
94	Lightning Storm	Blizzard	0.52
95	Volatility	Disintegrate	0.52
96	Entropy	Disintegrate	0.50
97	Ice Blades	Spectral Blade	0.45
98	Storm Chaser	Energy Twister	0.45
99	Mirror Mimics	Mirror Image	0.44
100	Spark	Arcane Orb	0.44
101	Explosive Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.44
102	Siphoning Blade	Spectral Blade	0.43
103	Barrier Blades	Spectral Blade	0.42
104	Snow Blast	Ray of Frost	0.42
105	Short Fuse	Explosive Blast	0.42
106	Cold Blood	Ray of Frost	0.40
107	Arcane Orbit	Arcane Orb	0.40
108	Living Lightning	Shock Pulse	0.35
109	Diamond Shards	Diamond Skin	0.35
110	Extension of Will	Mirror Image	0.34
111	Reactive Armor	Storm Armor	0.34
112	Static Pulse	Wave of Force	0.32
113	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	0.31
114	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	0.30
115	Ancient Guardian	Familiar	0.25
116	Unleashed	Explosive Blast	0.24
117	Prism	Diamond Skin	0.24
118	Reversal	Teleport	0.23
119	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.23
120	Shatter	Frost Nova	0.22
121	Sleek Shell	Diamond Skin	0.22
122	Absorption	Energy Armor	0.20
123	Death Blossom	Arcane Torrent	0.15
124	Arcane Mines	Arcane Torrent	0.15
125	Jagged Ice	Ice Armor	0.14
126	Debilitating Force	Wave of Force	0.14
127	Mocking Demise	Mirror Image	0.13
128	Impactful Wave	Wave of Force	0.13
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	33.40
2	Force Weapon	Magic Weapon	31.10
3	Crystallize	Ice Armor	22.70
4	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	22.10
5	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	19.90
6	Safe Passage	Teleport	17.50
7	Static Discharge	Arcane Torrent	13.20
8	Apocalypse	Blizzard	12.50
9	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	11.01
10	Calamity	Teleport	11.00
11	Glacial Spike	Magic Missile	10.84
12	Blazar	Black Hole	10.80
13	Deflection	Magic Weapon	9.60
14	Pure Power	Archon	8.40
15	Force Armor	Energy Armor	8.30
16	Surge of Power	Electrocute	8.20
17	Meteor Shower	Meteor	7.50
18	Sparkflint	Familiar	7.40
19	Time Warp	Slow Time	7.00
20	Conduit	Magic Weapon	6.70
21	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	6.40
22	Combustion	Archon	6.30
23	Snowbound	Blizzard	5.50
24	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	5.50
25	Conflagrate	Magic Missile	5.30
26	Convergence	Disintegrate	5.20
27	Frozen Orb	Arcane Orb	5.10
28	Flame Blades	Spectral Blade	4.90
29	Improved Archon	Archon	4.60
30	Supermassive	Black Hole	4.30
31	Point of No Return	Slow Time	4.14
32	Arcanot	Familiar	4.10
33	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	4.00
34	Spellsteal	Black Hole	3.70
35	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	3.40
36	Time Shell	Slow Time	3.20
37	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	2.95
38	Heat Wave	Wave of Force	2.94
39	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	2.93
40	Event Horizon	Black Hole	2.90
41	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	2.70
42	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	2.60
43	Fracture	Teleport	2.50
44	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	2.44
45	Chain Lightning	Electrocute	2.40
46	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	2.25
47	Frost Hydra	Hydra	2.20
48	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	2.10
49	Thunder Crash	Meteor	2.05
50	Duplicates	Mirror Image	2.03
51	Intensify	Disintegrate	2.03
52	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	2.00
53	Slow Time	Archon	1.95
54	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	1.90
55	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	1.80
56	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	1.72
57	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	1.71
58	Crystal Shell	Diamond Skin	1.71
59	Absolute Zero	Black Hole	1.70
60	Ignite	Magic Weapon	1.60
61	Teleport	Archon	1.52
62	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	1.51
63	Molten Impact	Meteor	1.50
64	Mistral Breeze	Energy Twister	1.45
65	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	1.40
66	Lightning Hydra	Hydra	1.35
67	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	1.33
68	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	1.31
69	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	1.30
70	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	1.23
71	Stretch Time	Slow Time	1.23
72	Scorch	Arcane Orb	1.23
73	Gale Force	Energy Twister	1.22
74	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	1.20
75	Exhaustion	Slow Time	1.20
76	Flame Ward	Arcane Torrent	1.13
77	Volatility	Disintegrate	1.12
78	Chilling Aura	Ice Armor	1.10
79	Comet	Meteor	1.05
80	Split	Magic Missile	1.02
81	Seeker	Magic Missile	1.01
82	Blazing Hydra	Hydra	1.00
83	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	0.95
84	Electrify	Magic Weapon	0.90
85	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	0.80
86	Power Affinity	Shock Pulse	0.75
87	Barrier Blades	Spectral Blade	0.70
88	Fire Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.65
89	Siphoning Blade	Spectral Blade	0.63
90	Star Pact	Meteor	0.63
91	Cold Blood	Ray of Frost	0.60
92	Thunder Storm	Storm Armor	0.56
93	Entropy	Disintegrate	0.55
94	Ice Blades	Spectral Blade	0.55
95	Storm Chaser	Energy Twister	0.55
96	Reactive Armor	Storm Armor	0.54
97	Spark	Arcane Orb	0.54
98	Snow Blast	Ray of Frost	0.52
99	Lightning Storm	Blizzard	0.52
100	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	0.51
101	Cannoneer	Familiar	0.50
102	Raging Storm	Energy Twister	0.45
103	Scramble	Storm Armor	0.44
104	Static Pulse	Wave of Force	0.42
105	Explosive Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.40
106	Icicle	Familiar	0.36
107	Ancient Guardian	Familiar	0.35
108	Living Lightning	Shock Pulse	0.35
109	Arcane Orbit	Arcane Orb	0.35
110	Extension of Will	Mirror Image	0.34
111	Mirror Mimics	Mirror Image	0.34
112	Reversal	Teleport	0.33
113	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	0.33
114	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.33
115	Shatter	Frost Nova	0.32
116	Short Fuse	Explosive Blast	0.32
117	Flash	Explosive Blast	0.32
118	Sleek Shell	Diamond Skin	0.32
119	Absorption	Energy Armor	0.30
120	Prism	Diamond Skin	0.24
121	Impactful Wave	Wave of Force	0.23
122	Diamond Shards	Diamond Skin	0.20
123	Death Blossom	Arcane Torrent	0.15
124	Arcane Mines	Arcane Torrent	0.15
125	Jagged Ice	Ice Armor	0.14
126	Unleashed	Explosive Blast	0.14
127	Debilitating Force	Wave of Force	0.14
128	Mocking Demise	Mirror Image	0.13
129	Arcane Attunement	Wave of Force	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 2.3. 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
Arcane Torrent	Static Discharge	86.80
Shock Pulse	Piercing Orb	84.40
Hydra	Mammoth Hydra	82.50
Ice Armor	Crystallize	80.10
Wave of Force	Heat Wave	78.80
Mirror Image	Duplicates	72.50
Familiar	Sparkflint	66.20
Frost Nova	Deep Freeze	62.30
Arcane Orb	Frozen Orb	59.80
Meteor	Meteor Shower	58.75
Electrocute	Surge of Power	58.70
Storm Armor	Power of the Storm	58.20
Magic Weapon	Force Weapon	57.40
Energy Twister	Wicked Wind	56.90
Magic Missile	Glacial Spike	54.10
Ray of Frost	Sleet Storm	50.80
Spectral Blade	Flame Blades	50.00
Explosive Blast	Chain Reaction	49.10
Slow Time	Time Warp	48.80
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	44.70
Black Hole	Blazar	43.30
Archon	Pure Power	43.10
Disintegrate	Convergence	41.10
Energy Armor	Prismatic Armor	40.00
Blizzard	Apocalypse	37.00
Teleport	Wormhole	34.60
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Top Rune per Skill - Wizard Hardcore

Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent
Arcane Torrent	Static Discharge	86.80
Ice Armor	Crystallize	77.90
Wave of Force	Heat Wave	77.20
Hydra	Mammoth Hydra	75.50
Shock Pulse	Piercing Orb	74.20
Mirror Image	Duplicates	71.90
Spectral Blade	Flame Blades	62.60
Energy Armor	Prismatic Armor	62.00
Magic Weapon	Force Weapon	61.50
Meteor	Meteor Shower	60.50
Frost Nova	Deep Freeze	60.00
Arcane Orb	Frozen Orb	59.30
Familiar	Sparkflint	58.80
Ray of Frost	Sleet Storm	58.10
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	57.80
Magic Missile	Glacial Spike	55.40
Energy Twister	Wicked Wind	51.20
Electrocute	Surge of Power	51.10
Teleport	Wormhole	50.70
Explosive Blast	Obliterate	50.30
Disintegrate	Convergence	48.50
Blizzard	Apocalypse	46.80
Black Hole	Blazar	45.20
Storm Armor	Power of the Storm	44.10
Slow Time	Time Warp	41.80
Archon	Pure Power	37.30
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

Want more historical data from patch 2.3? See the Patch 2.3 Data Archive for other charts.

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