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The Monk is a melee fighter, with an emphasis on speed, combos, aura bonuses, and tactics, rather than the brute force of the Barbarian. Many of the Monk's skills have an Eastern martial arts influence, while his appearance is a mixture of European medieval monks with saffron robes and fashions drawing from the Eastern, Shao Lin style influence.

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What is the preferred order of DPS stats for the Monk?

A little theorycrafting here, which attributes should a Monk focus on from a pure DPS perspective? Obviously in the case of Dexterity there are other effects to consider on the whole, such as the add …
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Does Cyclone Strike have some kind of hidden stun?

I have noticed a similar effect. A combo that I highly enjoy is to pull everyone in with Cyclone Strike and knock them all back out again with Lashing Tail kick. Is it a stun as far as game mechanics …
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Can I be an effective tanking Monk without a Shield at higher difficulty levels?

I personally think you can be, and I think you would be doing the monk an injustice by taking away a 2nd weapon and putting a shield in his hand. The monk is completely built around being a fast and h …
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How does Blinded and Confused work?

I can shine some light on this as a regular user of this rune. If you trigger the 25% chance to confuse the enemy, they are NOT blinded, they instead get the "charmed" status and begin attacking oth …
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Seven Sided Strike Runes: Sudden Assault or Several Sided Strike?

I am a bit confused by a couple of the runes from the Monk ability "Seven Sided Strike" On the one hand, you have "Sudden Assault" which deals 1007% damage in the normal seven strikes. On the other …
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Does the Monk passive skill "Resolve" stack with multiple Monks applying it?

If you have 2 monks in your party, and they both have the passive "Resolve" ability which decreases enemy damage by 25% for 2.5 seconds when you inflict any damage, if they both hit the same enemy wil …
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Mantra of Retribution vs Conviction

Well, if you are "farming" Act I of Inferno, it doesn't sound like you need the additional life on hit, not to mention that increasing your attack speed will therefore increase the amount of life you …
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