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The term "glass cannon" refers to a character who deals out huge damage but is unable to take much in return. This term most often applies to mages, who tend to have very high killing power in the Diablo series, but very low hit points/blocking/defense, and other survival boosts.

Diablo 2 {{iw|Amazon Bowazons}} were also renowned glass cannons, with their huge ranged attack damage but low defense, hit points, and no blocking.

Melee characters can be glass cannons as well, though they should probably get a different term, just since "cannon" is associated with ranged attacks. The {{iw|Monk Diablo Hellfire Monk}} was something of a glass cannon; he could hit multiple enemies at once, very quickly, for very high damage, killing much more quickly than the {{iw|Warrior Diablo Warrior}}. But the Monk had much lower hit points, and was only effective when using a staff, thus depriving him of the defensive bonuses provided by a shield.

It's possible that some builds of the Diablo 3 [[Monk]] will follow this same path, since [[death]] is being made such a minor annoyance and hardly a loss of time at all in Diablo 3. Monks can deal out huge damage, and players may choose to pump up only his offensive skills, neglecting the defense since they prefer to deal huge damage and kill monsters before they die themselves.

* See the full list of Diablo [[Abbreviations]].

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-The term "glass cannon" refers to a character who deals out huge damage but is unable to take much in return. This term most often applies to mages, who tend to have very high killing power in the Diablo series, but very low hit points/blocking/defense, and other survival boosts.
+The term "glass cannon" refers to a character who deals out huge damage but is unable to take much in return. This term most often applies to mages or archers, who tend to have very high killing power in the Diablo series, but very low hit points/blocking/defense, and other survival boosts.
 Melee characters can be glass cannons as well, though they should probably get a different term, just since "cannon" is associated with ranged attacks. The {{iw|Monk Diablo Hellfire Monk}} was something of a glass cannon; he could hit multiple enemies at once, very quickly, for very high damage, killing much more quickly than the {{iw|Warrior Diablo Warrior}}. But the Monk had much lower hit points, and was only effective when using a staff, thus depriving him of the defensive bonuses provided by a shield.
 * See other Diablo [[reference]] terms.
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 It's possible that some builds of the Diablo 3 [[Monk]] will follow this same path, since [[death]] is being made such a minor annoyance and hardly a loss of time at all in Diablo 3. Monks can deal out huge damage, and players may choose to pump up only his offensive skills, neglecting the defense since they prefer to deal huge damage and kill monsters before they die themselves.
-* See the full list of Diablo [[Abbreviations]].
+* See other Diablo [[reference]] terms.
 [[category:reference]]