Monk Skill Animations Preview
Today we are taking a look at the Monk skill animations. Keep in mind that things are constantly changing, so this may not include every skill or represent the final version of the animations.
New Battle Pet Skills
The latest beta patch also brought us many new Pet Battle skills, even a few that will likely pet pet specific like Wrath of Tarecgosa. Many of the skills are still incomplete and lack damage numbers.
Name | Type | Power | Cooldown | Duration | Accuracy |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aged Yolk | Humanoid | 0 | 3 rounds | 0% | |
Ancient Blessing | Critter | 0 | 100% | ||
Arcane Storm | Magic | 0 | 10 rounds | 100% | |
Backflip | Humanoid | 10 | 90% | ||
Blinkstrike | Aquatic | 15 | 90% | ||
Bombing Run [NYI Visual] | Magic | 0 | 100% | ||
Bone Bite | Undead | 20 | 90% | ||
Bone Prison | Undead | 0 | 0% | ||
BONESTORM | Undead | 50 | 100% | ||
Broom Strike | Magic | 0 | 0% | ||
Buried Treasure | Critter | 0 | 0% | ||
Cataclysm | Dragon | 40 | 50% | ||
Competitive Spirit | Magic | 10 | 1 round | 90% | |
Confusing Sting [NYI] | Flying | 10 | 5 rounds | 90% | |
Consume Corpse | Undead | 50 | 5 rounds | 100% | |
Corpse Explosion | Undead | 15 | 90% | ||
Creepy Chomp | Undead | 20 | 90% | ||
Crystal Prison | Beast | 0 | 5 rounds | 2 rounds | 100% |
Devastate | Dragon | 30 | 1 round | 80% | |
Dive | Aquatic | 30 | 80% | ||
Dreadful Breath | Humanoid | 0 | 0% | ||
Egg Barrage | Critter | 20 | 3 rounds | 3 rounds | 100% |
Elementium Bolt | Elemental | 0 | 100% | ||
Emerald Dream | Beast | 0 | 100% | ||
Emerald Presence | Magic | 0 | 3 rounds | 100% | |
Feign Death | Beast | 0 | 0% | ||
Flock | Flying | 4 | 2 rounds | 90% | |
Food Coma | Critter | 0 | 5 rounds | 2 rounds | 100% |
Ghostly Bite | Undead | 40 | 1 round | 90% | |
Gift of Winter's Veil | Magic | 40 | 4 rounds | 90% | |
GM Kill | Humanoid | 99 | 100% | ||
Gobble Strike | Critter | 0 | 0% | ||
Haunt [NYI] | Undead | 0 | 5 rounds | 90% | |
Holiday Cheer | Humanoid | 10 | 4 rounds | 90% | |
Horn Attack | Beast | 0 | 0% | ||
Ice Spike | Elemental | 40 | 50% | ||
Ice Tomb | Elemental | 0 | 100% | ||
Instability | Dragon | 40 | 50% | ||
Intensity | Critter | 0 | 3 rounds | 100% | |
Launch | Mechanical | 30 | 1 round | 80% | |
Minefield [NYI] | Mechanical | 0 | 10 rounds | 100% | |
Moonfire | Magic | 10 | 10 rounds | 10 rounds | 100% |
Mudslide | Critter | 0 | 0% | ||
Nature's Touch | Aquatic | 30 | 3 rounds | 100% | |
Nature's Ward | Elemental | 0 | 0% | ||
Nether Blast | Magic | 15 | 5 rounds | 90% | |
Nut Bomb [NYI] | Magic | 0 | 100% | ||
Perk Up | Critter | 0 | 100% | ||
Plagued Blood | Undead | 10 | 90% | ||
Plumage | Critter | 0 | 0% | ||
Poisoned Branch | Elemental | 10 | 5 rounds | 90% | |
Powerball | Critter | 0 | 0% | ||
Proto-Strike | Dragon | 30 | 1 round | 80% | |
Quake | Mechanical | 10 | 100% | ||
Quick Attack | Critter | 0 | 0% | ||
Rabid Strike | Undead | 10 | 90% | ||
Rock Barrage | Critter | 20 | 3 rounds | 3 rounds | 100% |
Rock, Paper, Scissors [NYI] | Undead | 20 | 90% | ||
Rush | Beast | 0 | 0% | ||
Shock and Awe | Mechanical | 56 | 3 rounds | 1 round | 25% |
Skitter | Critter | 20 | 90% | ||
Sleeping Gas | Dragon | 0 | 0% | ||
Slippery Ice | Elemental | 0 | 0% | ||
Spark | Elemental | 8 | 50% | ||
Spreading Infection | Undead | 20 | 4 rounds | 90% | |
Sticky Grenade | Mechanical | 0 | 100% | ||
Stone Rush | Humanoid | 35 | 90% | ||
Super Sticky Tar [NYI Art] | Beast | 0 | 2 rounds | 100% | |
Surge of Power | Magic | 50 | 2 rounds | 100% | |
Temporal Lapse | Dragon | 0 | 20 rounds | 5 rounds | 100% |
Time Bomb | Magic | 0 | 100% | ||
Time Stop | Dragon | 0 | 5 rounds | 2 rounds | 100% |
Toxic Smoke [NYI] | Mechanical | 0 | 5 rounds | 100% | |
Wild Magic | Magic | 0 | 3 rounds | 100% | |
Winter Spirit | Elemental | 20 | 90% | ||
Wrath of Tarecgosa | Dragon | 0 | 20 rounds | 5 rounds | 100% |
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Blue Posts
Originally Posted by Blizzard Entertainment
Mistweaver Feedback
We've dealt with some issues, and we have the AP/SP conversion working internally now. That said, the tooltips will still not work for another build or two (that’s a separate issue).
We’ve changed Eminence from working on auto-attacks, since this would encourage monk healers to auto-attack just for those heal procs. Regarding our “vision” for the spec (in terms of PvE), it is currently (and this could change, of course):
- Melee healing MistweaverYou position your statue near the ranged to heal them, and you are in melee. Your rotation is similar to a Windwalker’s, except you spread Renewing Mists out and Uplift during AOE phases. For AOE, you use Spinning Crane Kick and one of the last tier talents. You almost never cast Soothing Mist, Enveloping Mist or hard cast a Surging Mist unless you absolutely have to. If something doesn’t deal damage, you don’t want to cast it.
- Ranged healing MistweaverYou aren’t in melee, you’re at range. You may position your statue near the melee since they're farthest away. You mostly cast Soothing Mist since your statue also casts it with you, and burn through your Chi with Enveloping Mist. While moving you put down Healing Spheres near people you think may become injured (or on top of those who are). If you want to add in some damage, cast Cracking Jade Lightning. Cast Renewing Mist whenever it's up. Roll/Chi Torpedo into injured members and use Spinning Crane Kick to heal them up. Use the Chi you generate through Spinning Crane Kick on Uplift.
Also, depending on the fight, you can switch between both of those modes (using Transcendence to teleport back and forth into melee). There will inevitably be encounters where one is better than the other, and we feel that’s okay. That is going to the life of a Mistweaver Monk. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Windwalker PvP Mobility still feels limited
The PvP set bonuses for monks will clear snares and roots when you Roll, use Chi Torpedo, or Flying Serpent Kick. We’ve also changed Roll, Chi Torpedo and Flying Serpent Kick to suppress snares while the monk is moving.
Can you provide any specific scenarios in which your mobility feels underwhelming (Versus a Frost Mage? Versus a Rogue? In a team scenario?)
Monks are intended to have good mobility, but be a bit less good at locking targets down.
Zen Sphere will be toned down soon.
We’re still looking for just the right mechanic for Blackout Kick. (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
Originally Posted by Blizzard (Blue Tracker / Official Forums)
With the release of Diablo 3, we are working hard to make career and hero profiles available to the community. With career and hero profiles, we are excited to also release a set of API resources specific to Diablo 3 for community fansites and developers to consume. I’d like to take this opportunity to give a preview of the progress we’ve made to the community and open up discussions around what data will be available.
Please keep in mind that this is an early preview and there will likely be many changes to the D3 API by the time it is released. Also note that we haven’t finalized several key pieces of information including artisan recipes, hero and follower spells and powers and achievements...(Continued)
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