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Monk
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::So with the other classes [in multiplayer], the Monk moves forward because he’s faster than everyone else, and gets in front of the fight. He tends to disable enemies a lot. He can blind them. He can [[debuff]] them. If he stays, however, he could be in trouble because he’s a lot more fragile than the [[Barbarian]]. So, then he’ll step back and then all of his friends can come in. He can certainly do a lot of damage. If used right, he’s ridiculously powerful. We have a lot of skills that focus on placing something on a monster. For example, we have the [[Exploding Palm]] skill where the third stage will place a bleed damage-over-time (DoT) effect on the monster. If the monster dies while this DoT is on him, and there’s a high chance that he will, the monster explodes and does damage to everyone around him. So it really supports this idea of, “He runs in. He does something and then he backs off or goes after another monster because he knows the first monster is already dead.”
-- [http://g4tv.com/games/pc/28197/diablo-iii/articles/68225/BlizzCon-2009-Diablo-III-Game-Director-Interview/ Jay Wilson interview]
===Spirit===
The Monk's [[resource pool|resource]] is Spirit. Combo moves generate spirit, which is used for signature moves that aren't used that much, such as great attacks, escapes, and some recovery moves.
===Combat System===
During the [[BlizzCon_2009_Panel:_Diablo_3_Heroes_and_Monsters| BlizzCon 2009 Diablo 3 Heroes and Monsters panel]], it was said that the combat style was influenced by the combat styles of the [[Assassin]] in Diablo 2: Lord of Destruction and the [http://wow.incgamers.com/wiki/Rogue | Rogue class in World of Warcraft].
===Monk Weapon Choices===
All of the classes in Diablo III are limited in their weapon choices, the Monk more than most. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/699367]
::[[Bashiok]]: Currently our list of weapons the monk class can use is one handed [[swords]], [[polearms]], combat [[staves]], and [[fist]] weapons. That could potentially change, but its probably pretty likely those will be the weapons the monk can equip. The flavor of the monk we’re working on now is a very strong connection between a small and focused group of weapon types, and the skills that use them.
This rules out [[axes]], two-handed [[swords]], [[spears]], [[wands]], [[daggers]], [[orbs]], [[maces]], and possibly [[bows]] and [[crossbows]]. Monks could not use [[shields]] as of April 2010, but by August 2010 that had changed, and a Monk was seen using a shield in the [[Artisan Video]].
==Attributes and Skills==
