Classes - Monk
Description (borrowed from Blizzard again)
Monks are sacred warriors who channel divine power through sheer force of will. Healing waves, mantras of protection and attacks empowered with holy might are all within their purview.
Skilled monks deliver rapid-fire attacks unarmed or with a variety of well-balanced weapons. In combat, they emphasize high maneuverability over staying power, darting in and out of melees and avoiding protracted slugfests.
Monks’ attacks are primarily melee-focused. They can eliminate single foes with extreme damage, or deliver short-range area-of-effect assaults with waves of elemental power that emanate from palm strikes or crescent kicks.
Skills
Monk skills use Spirit as their resource. It is a slow regenerating resource that can be built up with certain skills and attacks and being completing combos. The Monk's Primary skills are a series of punches of various range, speed and strength which each generate Spirit for his other skills.
On the offensive side you have the Secondary skills and Techniques which allow you to deal damage to enemies in a variety of ways, there's even a technique called Exploding Palm (obvious inspired by Kill Bill's Five Finger Exploding Heart technique) that deals damage overtime and makes the target explode if the damage delt is lethal. Also these abilities have no cooldown and are only limited by how much Spirit you have at your disposition.
Defensive skills will allow you to cure yourself, blind enemies, gain added protection and keep monsters at bay. Focus abilities are the strategic tools in your arsenal and Mantras are pretty similar to Diablo II's Auras except for the fact that you have to cast them every 3 minutes instead of having them constantly on.
TruckOSaurus Hype Meter
3/5 - This is an intriguing class for me. I still wonder if I'll enjoy the dynamic of building Spirit with Primary skills to compensate the slow regeneration of the resource but the Monk is definitely a class that I want to check out.
Gameplay video of sample skills
| What do you think of the Monk class? | |||
| Looks good, I love Melee fighters | 1 | 7.14% |
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| Look okay, I'm gonna try it out eventually | 7 | 50.00% |
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| My favorite class, it's ... | 3 | 21.43% |
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| Uninteresting | 3 | 21.43% |
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| Total: | 14 |
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