Gesture of Orpheus

Gesture of Orpheus is a Legendary Wand for the Wizard in Diablo III. It requires character level 50 to drop.

While it provides a significant cooldown reduction for Slow Time (the affix is not re-rollable), this wand is mostly valued for being the only weapon in game capable of increasing all 4 types of Wizard Elemental Damage for skills, up to 20% at level 70.

Prior to patch 2.2.0, it could only increase Arcane skill damage, making it especially valuable to Arcane build users.

Stats (Level 50)

Gesture of Orpheus
Legendary Wand

Properties:

• 115.5 Damage Per Second
  • 58–107 Damage
  • 1.40 Attacks per Second
• +240–269 Intelligence
• Reduces the cooldown of Slow Time by 30–40%
• One of 7 Magic Properties (varies):
  • +(150–184)–(180–229) Elemental Damage
• One of 4 Magic Properties (varies):
  • Lightning skills deal 10–15% more damage.
  • Cold skills deal 10–15% more damage.
  • Fire skills deal 10–15% more damage.
  • Arcane skills deal 10–15% more damage.
• +2 Random Magic Properties

An old Skartaran legend tells of Orpheus rescuing his wife from the underworld using this wand.

Trivia

This section contains facts and trivia relevant to this article.

• The description is a reference to the famous Greek myth of Orpheus, who attempted to save his beloved Eurydice from the realm of Hades using his music. While Greek myths see him only as a musician and poet, in Egyptian version of the myth Orpheus was also a sorcerer, which was possibly an inspiration for this reference.
• It is one of the few Legendary weapons in game that do not use an original model, but rather a recolored version of a regular Wand.