Wizard Runes by Popularity

All the Wizard runes for active skills, ranked by popularity in patch 2.3

These are charts of all the Diablo III Wizard runes, ranked from the most to least popular rune. The data comes from level 70 Wizards in Reaper of Souls, who are actively playing in Patch 2.3.
See the Wizard Active Skills section for the most popular active skills that these runes are connected to, and the most popular Wizard builds. The Popular Builds and Skills overview has information on how all this data is gathered.
Select any rune or skill below to view full 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: November 3, 2018

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	36.50
2	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	23.60
3	Crystallize	Ice Armor	20.60
4	Wormhole	Teleport	18.70
5	Safe Passage	Teleport	16.70
6	Calamity	Teleport	16.50
7	Static Discharge	Arcane Torrent	15.20
8	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	14.70
9	Force Armor	Energy Armor	14.30
10	Deflection	Magic Weapon	12.90
11	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	12.60
12	Blazar	Black Hole	11.76
13	Apocalypse	Blizzard	11.70
14	Conduit	Magic Weapon	11.60
15	Sparkflint	Familiar	10.80
16	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	10.70
17	Pure Power	Archon	10.60
18	Surge of Power	Electrocute	10.50
19	Meteor Shower	Meteor	10.30
20	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	10.10
21	Time Warp	Slow Time	9.40
22	Glacial Spike	Magic Missile	9.20
23	Snowbound	Blizzard	7.00
24	Improved Archon	Archon	6.60
25	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	6.30
26	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	5.50
27	Spellsteal	Black Hole	5.40
28	Conflagrate	Magic Missile	4.90
29	Supermassive	Black Hole	4.76
30	Frozen Orb	Arcane Orb	4.70
31	Arcanot	Familiar	4.30
32	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	3.84
33	Point of No Return	Slow Time	3.80
34	Combustion	Archon	3.70
35	Event Horizon	Black Hole	3.10
36	Slow Time	Archon	2.90
37	Convergence	Disintegrate	2.81
38	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	2.80
39	Time Shell	Slow Time	2.75
40	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	2.73
41	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	2.70
42	Stretch Time	Slow Time	2.43
43	Star Pact	Meteor	2.43
44	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	2.42
45	Flame Blades	Spectral Blade	2.40
46	Heat Wave	Wave of Force	2.34
47	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	2.30
48	Duplicates	Mirror Image	2.23
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	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	2.05
54	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	2.00
55	Ignite	Magic Weapon	1.93
56	Gale Force	Energy Twister	1.90
57	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	1.70
58	Frost Hydra	Hydra	1.61
59	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	1.60
60	Intensify	Disintegrate	1.53
61	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	1.50
62	Thunder Crash	Meteor	1.45
63	Mistral Breeze	Energy Twister	1.40
64	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	1.35
65	Comet	Meteor	1.35
66	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	1.33
67	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	1.31
68	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	1.30
69	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	1.30
70	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	1.25
71	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	1.25
72	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	1.23
73	Blazing Hydra	Hydra	1.22
74	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	1.21
75	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	1.20
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	Ice Blades	Spectral Blade	0.55
94	Raging Storm	Energy Twister	0.55
95	Storm Chaser	Energy Twister	0.55
96	Lightning Storm	Blizzard	0.52
97	Volatility	Disintegrate	0.52
98	Entropy	Disintegrate	0.50
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	Shatter	Frost Nova	0.32
114	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	0.31
115	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	0.30
116	Ancient Guardian	Familiar	0.25
117	Unleashed	Explosive Blast	0.24
118	Prism	Diamond Skin	0.24
119	Reversal	Teleport	0.23
120	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.23
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	32.10
2	Force Weapon	Magic Weapon	29.90
3	Crystallize	Ice Armor	22.80
4	Prismatic Armor	Energy Armor	21.00
5	Mammoth Hydra	Hydra	18.60
6	Safe Passage	Teleport	17.70
7	Static Discharge	Arcane Torrent	13.50
8	Apocalypse	Blizzard	11.70
9	Deep Freeze	Frost Nova	11.40
10	Calamity	Teleport	10.80
11	Glacial Spike	Magic Missile	10.70
12	Blazar	Black Hole	10.10
13	Deflection	Magic Weapon	9.80
14	Pure Power	Archon	8.60
15	Force Armor	Energy Armor	8.10
16	Surge of Power	Electrocute	7.70
17	Meteor Shower	Meteor	7.30
18	Sparkflint	Familiar	7.20
19	Time Warp	Slow Time	6.90
20	Conduit	Magic Weapon	6.60
21	Combustion	Archon	6.40
22	Frozen Solid	Blizzard	5.90
23	Piercing Orb	Shock Pulse	5.40
24	Snowbound	Blizzard	5.30
25	Convergence	Disintegrate	5.20
26	Conflagrate	Magic Missile	5.10
27	Flame Blades	Spectral Blade	5.00
28	Frozen Orb	Arcane Orb	4.90
29	Improved Archon	Archon	4.50
30	Supermassive	Black Hole	4.20
31	Point of No Return	Slow Time	4.10
32	Arcanot	Familiar	4.00
33	Wicked Wind	Energy Twister	3.60
34	Spellsteal	Black Hole	3.50
35	Time Shell	Slow Time	3.25
36	Pinpoint Barrier	Energy Armor	3.20
37	Ice Reflect	Ice Armor	3.05
38	Frozen Mist	Frost Nova	3.00
39	Heat Wave	Wave of Force	2.90
40	Event Horizon	Black Hole	2.80
41	Forked Lightning	Electrocute	2.62
42	Cold Snap	Frost Nova	2.60
43	Fracture	Teleport	2.41
44	Chain Lightning	Electrocute	2.40
45	Sleet Storm	Ray of Frost	2.35
46	Frozen Storm	Ice Armor	2.30
47	Obliterate	Explosive Blast	2.15
48	Frost Hydra	Hydra	2.10
49	Intensify	Disintegrate	2.03
50	Chaos Nexus	Disintegrate	2.00
51	Slow Time	Archon	1.95
52	Duplicates	Mirror Image	1.90
53	Thunder Crash	Meteor	1.85
54	Arcane Hydra	Hydra	1.80
55	Power of the Storm	Storm Armor	1.74
56	Bone Chill	Frost Nova	1.72
57	Crystal Shell	Diamond Skin	1.71
58	Absolute Zero	Black Hole	1.70
59	Charged Blast	Magic Missile	1.60
60	Teleport	Archon	1.52
61	Unrelenting Storm	Blizzard	1.51
62	Ignite	Magic Weapon	1.50
63	Mistral Breeze	Energy Twister	1.45
64	Molten Impact	Meteor	1.43
65	Chain Reaction	Explosive Blast	1.40
66	Energy Tap	Energy Armor	1.33
67	Obliteration	Arcane Orb	1.31
68	Arc Lightning	Electrocute	1.30
69	Lightning Hydra	Hydra	1.25
70	Thrown Blade	Spectral Blade	1.23
71	Stretch Time	Slow Time	1.23
72	Scorch	Arcane Orb	1.23
73	Lightning Blast	Electrocute	1.20
74	Exhaustion	Slow Time	1.20
75	Flame Ward	Arcane Torrent	1.13
76	Gale Force	Energy Twister	1.12
77	Volatility	Disintegrate	1.12
78	Chilling Aura	Ice Armor	1.10
79	Comet	Meteor	1.00
80	Split	Magic Missile	0.92
81	Seeker	Magic Missile	0.91
82	Blazing Hydra	Hydra	0.90
83	Shocking Aspect	Storm Armor	0.85
84	Electrify	Magic Weapon	0.83
85	Cascade	Arcane Torrent	0.80
86	Barrier Blades	Spectral Blade	0.70
87	Fire Bolts	Shock Pulse	0.65
88	Power Affinity	Shock Pulse	0.65
89	Siphoning Blade	Spectral Blade	0.63
90	Cold Blood	Ray of Frost	0.60
91	Thunder Storm	Storm Armor	0.56
92	Entropy	Disintegrate	0.55
93	Ice Blades	Spectral Blade	0.55
94	Storm Chaser	Energy Twister	0.55
95	Reactive Armor	Storm Armor	0.54
96	Spark	Arcane Orb	0.54
97	Star Pact	Meteor	0.53
98	Lightning Storm	Blizzard	0.52
99	Enduring Skin	Diamond Skin	0.51
100	Cannoneer	Familiar	0.50
101	Raging Storm	Energy Twister	0.45
102	Scramble	Storm Armor	0.44
103	Static Pulse	Wave of Force	0.42
104	Snow Blast	Ray of Frost	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	Prism	Diamond Skin	0.34
113	Reversal	Teleport	0.33
114	Black Ice	Ray of Frost	0.33
115	Impactful Wave	Wave of Force	0.33
116	Numb	Ray of Frost	0.33
117	Shatter	Frost Nova	0.32
118	Short Fuse	Explosive Blast	0.32
119	Flash	Explosive Blast	0.32
120	Sleek Shell	Diamond Skin	0.32
121	Absorption	Energy Armor	0.30
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	86.70
Shock Pulse	Piercing Orb	84.30
Hydra	Mammoth Hydra	82.40
Ice Armor	Crystallize	80.10
Wave of Force	Heat Wave	78.70
Mirror Image	Duplicates	72.40
Familiar	Sparkflint	66.20
Frost Nova	Deep Freeze	62.00
Arcane Orb	Frozen Orb	59.70
Meteor	Meteor Shower	58.60
Electrocute	Surge of Power	58.50
Storm Armor	Power of the Storm	57.80
Magic Weapon	Force Weapon	57.30
Energy Twister	Wicked Wind	56.80
Magic Missile	Glacial Spike	54.10
Ray of Frost	Sleet Storm	50.50
Explosive Blast	Chain Reaction	50.00
Spectral Blade	Flame Blades	49.80
Slow Time	Time Warp	48.80
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	43.50
Black Hole	Blazar	43.30
Archon	Pure Power	42.80
Disintegrate	Convergence	41.30
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	86.70
Ice Armor	Crystallize	77.90
Wave of Force	Heat Wave	77.20
Hydra	Mammoth Hydra	75.40
Shock Pulse	Piercing Orb	74.10
Mirror Image	Duplicates	71.80
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	59.90
Arcane Orb	Frozen Orb	59.20
Familiar	Sparkflint	58.80
Ray of Frost	Sleet Storm	58.30
Diamond Skin	Crystal Shell	57.40
Magic Missile	Glacial Spike	55.30
Energy Twister	Wicked Wind	51.20
Electrocute	Surge of Power	51.10
Teleport	Wormhole	50.70
Explosive Blast	Obliterate	50.00
Disintegrate	Convergence	48.50
Blizzard	Apocalypse	46.90
Black Hole	Blazar	45.10
Storm Armor	Power of the Storm	44.10
Slow Time	Time Warp	41.70
Archon	Pure Power	37.30
Skill	Most Popular Rune	Percent

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