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Way of the Hundred Fists is a Spirit Generating Monk skill unlocked at Level 21. Enhances the combat speed of the Monk significantly, allowing him to pound his enemies to dust.

This is one of the Monk's Combo skills. Combo skills generate Spirit.

Background

Way of the Hundred Fists in action

As part of a Monk's training he strives to become more than just a fighter, focusing his mental energies to enhance combat speed.

Skill Effects

The following is a very quick list. See the Way of the Hundred Fists 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.

Icon	Skill	Description

Way of the Hundred Fists
Spirit Generator
Combo (Level 21)

[e]

Generate: 6 Spirit per attack

A rapid series of punches strikes enemies for 135% weapon damage.

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| Fists of Fury | Affected targets will take an additional 35 Holy damage per second for 5 seconds. Also enables the first hit to dash a short distance. |-

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| Hands of Lightning | Increase the number of hits in the second strike from 8 to 22 hits. |-

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| Blazing Fists | Critical hits increase your attack speed by 22% and movement speed by 11%. This effect lasts for 5 seconds and can stack up to 3 times. |-

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| Spirited Salvo | Every activation of the skill has a 15% chance to generate 7 additional Spirit. |-

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| Windforce Flurry | The third strike generates a wave of wind that deals 149-163 physical damage to enemies directly ahead of you. |-

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Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones.

Way of the Hundred Fists Video

A video of Way of the Hundred Fists can be seen below, courtesy of the Diablo.IncGamers.com You Tube channel.

Skill Design

This combo skill is a fast series of blows that strikes multiple targets with the third attack.

The attack has three phases. The first attack is a dashing attack, the second is a flurry of blows, and the third an explosive attack that damages additional nearby targets.

Combo skills are the cornerstone for Monks. Combos do bonus damage, grant special properties (i.e. lightning damage and interrupt attacks on Hands of Lightning), and build up the Spirit needed to cast other skills. All combos have three stages, each progressively more powerful and flashier.

Synergies

Monk dashes towards his first target.

No synergies with any of the passive skills are yet known.

Development

Way of the Hundred Fists was first shown at BlizzCon 2009 as one of the originals when the Monk was unveiled. Flux was able to try it out:[1]

This one was a blast to use, and was about the most fun Monk skill. It’s just straight out of an action movie, or some game like Tekken 3. The Monk does a short dash to the first punch, throws a flurry of blows for the second stage, and then blasts an explosive, AoE attack. It’s an excellent crowd killer, and when used on a monster marked with the Explosive Palm 3rd stage, it’s almost certain to clear the room.

This skill was one of the Monk's starting skills in the BlizzCon 2010 gameplay demo. Flux described it again:[2]

It was unnecessary, as well as Hands of Lightning was doing, but I wanted to compare the two. I hadn’t really noticed the skill levels at that point, and soon regretted my choice, since rank one Hundred Fists wasn’t nearly as effective as rank five HoL. Hundred Fists was more fun and flashier, with the Superman dashing first punch, and the ability to hit multiple enemies at once, but with just one point the damage was considerably lower than Hands of Lightning.

Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Way of the Hundred Fists became a level 21 skill.

Previous Versions

See the Monk skill archive for more details on previous versions of Way of the Hundred Fists and other Monk skills.

Media

Way of the Hundred Fists can be seen in action on video here:

You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:

There will be blood.
Dashing to the first hit.

References

BlizzCon 2009 Full Monk Skill Tree stats and discussion
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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 <noinclude>
-[[File:IconWayoftheHudredFists.jpg|left]]
+[[File:IconWayHundredFists.png|left]]
-'''Way of the Hundred Fists''' is a [[Monk skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 21. Enhances the combat speed of the Monk significantly, allowing him to pound his enemies to dust.
+'''Way of the Hundred Fists''' is a Spirit Generating [[Monk skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 21. Enhances the combat speed of the Monk significantly, allowing him to pound his enemies to dust.
 This is one of the Monk's [[Combo]] skills. Combo skills generate Spirit.
 <br><br>__TOC__
 ==Background==
-{{Skillbox D3
+[[File:Monk_-_Way_of_a_hundred_fists.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Way of the Hundred Fists in action]]
-|portrait= Monk_-_Way_of_a_hundred_fists.jpg
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-|name= Way of the Hundred Fists
-|user= Monk
-|clvl= 21
-|description= A rapid series of punches strikes enemies for X% weapon damage. Generates X Spirit per attack.
-|type= [[Combo]]/[[AoE]] [[Damage]]
-|resource= Generates [[Spirit]]
-|alabaster= Unknown
-|crimson= Unknown
-|golden= Unknown
-|indigo= Unknown
-|obsidian= Unknown
-}}
 As part of a Monk's training he strives to become more than just a fighter, focusing his mental energies to enhance combat speed.
+==Skill Effects==
+The following is a very quick list. See the [[Way of the Hundred Fists 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.
-==Skill Design==
+{{Active skills header}}
-This combo [[skill]] is a fast series of blows that strikes multiple targets with the third attack.
+</noinclude>{{Way of the Hundred Fists info}}
+| [[image:IconCrimson.jpg|40px|center|link=Crimson]]
+| [[Fists of Fury]]
+| Affected targets will take an additional {{c_lime|35}} Holy damage per second for {{c_lime|5}} seconds. Also enables the first hit to dash a short distance.
+|-
+| [[image:IconIndigo.jpg|40px|center|link=Indigo]]
+| [[Hands of Lightning (rune effect)|Hands of Lightning]]
+| Increase the number of hits in the second strike from {{c_lime|8}} to {{c_lime|22}} hits.
+|-
+| [[image:IconObsidian.jpg|40px|center|link=Obsidian]]
+| [[Blazing Fists]]
+| Critical hits increase your attack speed by {{c_lime|22%}} and movement speed by {{c_lime|11%}}. This effect lasts for {{c_lime|5}} seconds and can stack up to {{c_lime|3}} times.
+|-
+| [[image:IconGolden.jpg|40px|center|link=Golden]]
+| [[Spirited Salvo]]
+| Every activation of the skill has a {{c_lime|15%}} chance to generate {{c_lime|7}} additional Spirit.
+|-
+| [[image:IconAlabaster.jpg|40px|center|link=Alabaster]]
+| [[Windforce Flurry]]
+| The third strike generates a wave of wind that deals {{c_lime|149-163}} physical damage to enemies directly ahead of you.
+|-
+<noinclude>
+|}
+{{center|Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones.}}
-The attack has three phases. The first attack is a dashing attack, the second is a flurry of blows, and the third an explosive attack that damages additional nearby targets.
-[[Combo]] skills are the cornerstone for Monks. Combos do bonus damage, grant special properties (i.e. lightning damage and interrupt attacks on Hands of Lightning), and build up the [[Spirit]] needed to cast other skills. All combos have three stages, each progressively more powerful and flashier.
+===Way of the Hundred Fists Video===
+A video of Way of the Hundred Fists can be seen below, courtesy of [http://www.youtube.com/Diablo3Inc the Diablo.IncGamers.com You Tube channel].
+<youtube>upitIgNVV3Y</youtube>
-== Way of the Hundred Fists Video==
+==Skill Design==
-A video of Way of the Hundred Fists can be seen below, courtesy of [http://www.youtube.com/Diablo3Inc the Diablo.IncGamers.com You Tube channel].
+This combo [[skill]] is a fast series of blows that strikes multiple targets with the third attack.
-<br>
-<youtube>upitIgNVV3Y</youtube>
-<br>
+The attack has three phases. The first attack is a dashing attack, the second is a flurry of blows, and the third an explosive attack that damages additional nearby targets.
-==Skill Rank Table==
+[[Combo]] skills are the cornerstone for Monks. Combos do bonus damage, grant special properties (i.e. lightning damage and interrupt attacks on Hands of Lightning), and build up the [[Spirit]] needed to cast other skills. All combos have three stages, each progressively more powerful and flashier.
-* '''Rank 1:'''
-** '''First hit:''' A short range dashing attack that deals 100% weapon damage. Grants X [[spirit]] points.
-** '''Second hit:''' Attack rapidly 6 times for 8% of weapon damage. Grants X [[spirit]] points.
-** '''Third hit:''' Attack all enemies near the monk for 85% of weapon damage. Grants X [[spirit]] points.
-* '''Rank 2:'''
-** '''First hit:''' A short range dashing attack that deals 108% weapon damage. Grants X [[spirit]] points.
-** '''Second hit:''' Attack rapidly 7 times for 8% of weapon damage. Grants X [[spirit]] points.
-** '''Third hit:''' Attack all enemies near the monk for 85% of weapon damage. Grants X [[spirit]] points.
-* '''Rank 3:'''
-** '''First hit:''' A short range dashing attack that deals 116% weapon damage. Grants X [[spirit]] points.
-** '''Second hit:''' Attack rapidly 8 times for 8% of weapon damage. Grants X [[spirit]] points.
-** '''Third hit:''' Attack all enemies near the monk for 90% of weapon damage. Grants X [[spirit]] points.
 ==Synergies==
+[[File:Monk-100-hands01.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Monk dashes towards his first target.]]
 * No [[synergies]] with any of the [[passive skill]]s are yet known.
-==Skill Rune Effects==
-[[File:Monk-100-hands01.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Monk dashes towards his first target.]]
-* No [[rune]] effects for Way of the Hundred Fists are known.
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 ===Previous Versions===
 See the [[Monk skill archive]] for more details on previous versions of Way of the Hundred Fists and other Monk skills.
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 File:Monk-100-hands01.jpg|Dashing to the first hit.
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 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-monk/ BlizzCon 2010 Monk Hands-on Report]
 * [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] -- IncGamers 1st Aug 2011
+* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8008273#post8008273 Silva's Monk Runestone Effects] -- IncGamers 6th Sep 2011
+* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/monk/active/ Monk Active Skills] -- Diablo III 12th Sep 2011
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-[[category:combo skills]]
+[[category:Monk skills]]
+[[category:Active skills]]
+[[category:Combo skills]]
+</noinclude>

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