More Progress on the Monk


Official Blizzard Quote:



The monk skill trees are being fleshed out in high level design concepts and nitty-gritty skill specifics.
When we were first introduced to the Monk at last year's Blizzcon, we were given only a glimpse at the skills that will be at the his disposal. He hails from the foothills of the Sharval Wilds in a mysterious place named Ivgorod, home of the DiabloWiki.com - Holy Warriors of 1,001 Gods Holy Warriors of 1,001 Gods. It is here where they spend their lives strengthening their mind, body, and soul.

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The Monk's skills are a combination of hand-to-hand combos, runic spells, and holy powers. Skills like DiabloWiki.com - Crippling Wave Crippling Wave, DiabloWiki.com - Way of a Hundred Fists Way of a Hundred Fists, and DiabloWiki.com - Exploding Palm Exploding Palm have shown us the combo system that is planned for the Monk. DiabloWiki.com - Inner Sanctuary Inner Sanctuary and DiabloWiki.com - Seven Sided Strike Seven Sided Strike show us the unique runic abilities that the Monk has, although is important to note that Monk's rune abilities are a separate system from the DiabloWiki.com - skill runes skill runes that have been added to Diablo III. Finally, DiabloWiki.com - Radiant Visage Radiant Visage shows us the Monk's Holy abilities. He is also a melee-oriented character, with skills like DiabloWiki.com - Impenetrable Defense Impenetrable Defense and DiabloWiki.com - Force Without Thought Force Without Thought.

Another important detail to note from this Twitter post are the key words "nitty-gritty". The fact that they are already on to the nitty-gritty speaks volumes of where the development team is with their work. It is usually not until near-completion that the development team will worry about the details. This is not to say that they don't have loads more work to do with the Monk, such as balancing, play testing, and reiteration of his skills; however, progress is always a good sign.


Going along with info on the Monk there was another Twitter post about the Female version of the Monk.

Official Blizzard Quote:



I think we already sort of promised we would. You'll see her before too long.
Blizzard has already said they will be revealing the Female version soon and we can all hope it will not be the typical Blizzard "soon". Get ready for the Pixie hair cut.

With the rest of his skills being worked on, one could only imagine what other skills the Monk will have. What type of skills should the Monk have?

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