Blinding Flash
Blinding Flash is a Spirit Spender Monk skill unlocked at Level 1. The Monk blinds his enemies with a flash of light.
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The Monk expends spirit energy to create a flash of light which blinds his enemies, preventing them from attacking unless attacked first.
Skill Effects
The following is a very quick list. See the Blinding Flash rune effects page for a more thorough summary of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
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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. |
| Faith in the Light | For 24 seconds after using Blinding Flash, all of your attacks are infused to deal 17-34 additional Holy damage. |-
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| Blinding Echo | 3 seconds after using Blinding Flash, a second flash of light will blind enemies within 20 yards for 2 seconds. |-
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| Blind and Confused | Blinded enemies have a 100% chance to attack each other. |-
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| Self Reflection | Increases the duration enemies are blinded to 12 seconds. |-
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| Searing Light | Increases the chance affected enemies will miss attacks to 65%. |-
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Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones.
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.
Synergies
- No synergies with any of the passive skills are yet 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
- Silva's Monk Runestone Effects -- IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
- Monk Active Skills -- Diablo III 12th Sep 2011
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