Blinding Flash
Blinding Flash is a Monk skill enabled at level 1. The Monk blinds his enemies with a flash of light.
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| Diablo III Active Skill [e] | |
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| Blinding Flash | |
| Used by: | Monk |
| Enabled at: | Clvl 1 |
| Create a flash of light that blinds all enemies within X yards for X seconds. Blinded enemies will not attack unless they are attacked first. Cost: X Spirit. | |
| Type: | AoE Debuff |
| Resource Use: | Costs Spirit |
| Alabaster rune: | Unknown |
| Crimson rune: | Unknown |
| Golden rune: | Unknown |
| Indigo rune: | Unknown |
| Obsidian rune: | Unknown |
The Monk expends spirit energy to create a flash of light which blinds his enemies, preventing them from attacking unless attacked first.
Skill Design
This skill first appeared at BlizzCon 2010; in the demo, it was one of the skills the Monk already had points in. The Monk sends out a fast sphere of light which blinds nearby enemies, marking them with a special sign which appears above them.
Skill Effect
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Blinding Flash Spirit Spender (Level 2) |
[e] Costs: 30 Spirit Create a flash of light that blinds all enemies within 20 yards for 3 seconds. Blinded enemies have a 30% chance to miss with attacks and will not attack unless they are attacked first. |
| Skill | Effect | |
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Faith in the Light | X seconds after using Blinding Flash, all of your attacks are infused to deal X additional Holy damage. |
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Blinding Echo | X seconds after using Blinding Flash, a second flash of light will blind enemies within X yards for X seconds |
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Blind and Confused | Blinded enemies have a X% chance to attack each other. |
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Self Reflection | Increases the duration enemies are blinded to by X seconds. |
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Searing Light | Blinded enemies also have their chance to hit reduced by X% for X seconds. |
Synergies
- No synergies with any of the passive skills are yet known.
Skill Rune Effects
- No rune effects for Blinding Flash are known.
Development
Blinding Flash was first revealed at BlizzCon 2010; it is the renamed and updated version of the skill Radiant Visage. Flux reported on using this skill in the demo:[1]
Quite likely you’ll want some of the defensive skills for very special occasions. This one sounds like it would help against a really nasty boss pack, or against a bunch of ranged attackers. And the defensive skills will probably be very useful later in the game; just not so much early on, as powerful as the Monk is in his killing techniques.
Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Blinding Flash became a level 1 skill.
Media
Blinding Flash can be seen in action on video here:
You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:
References
- BlizzCon 2010 Monk Hands-on Report
- Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
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