Diablo III Monk Preview

Rather than post another standard preview, IGN AU has listed the ten things they learned about Diablo III’s monk class during BlizzCon.

4) He’s A Saint… And A Sinner

The Monk is a religious, spiritual figure who believes in the existence of a thousand and one gods; he believes that the gods are all around us in fire, water and air. Indeed, each monk gets a tattoo of the thousand and one gods on his back, and it takes a lifetime to complete. At his core, however, he’s a holy warrior a killing machine who does the secret work of the church, reporting in to the ‘Priest Kings’ of his society. These mysterious and reclusive figures hone their minds and bodies to be instruments of divine justice, and are respected and feared in almost equal measure. Their powers and exploits are legend in the world of Sanctuary.

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6) He’s Still Got Mana… But Probably Not For Long

One of the things Blizzard is attempting to do in Diablo III is to move away from having a mana system as standard for every character class. They’re already radically different from one another, so why not take that a step further? The plan, then, is for each character class to have its own unique system, with only one using mana. The Barbarian, for instance, has Fury as his resource system, and it’s now quite different to what was shown last year, as you can basically create an endless fury cycle the more targets you hit, the more Fury you have, so now you can wade into battle against huge numbers of enemies and chain powerful skills together using Fury as long as you’re hitting multiple targets at a time. The team hasn’t unveiled what system the Monk will have the hands-on demo still utilised mana but chances are it’s going to be something cool.