Skill Tree A

The Skill Tree A is a Monk skill tree that focus on mind over body.

Useful skill links:

• Skills - General skill design and mechanics.
• Monk skills - Monk-specific skill design.
  • Skill Tree A - A skills.
  • Skill Tree B - B skills.
  • Skill Tree C - C skills.
• Monk skill archive - Old Monk skills.

Skill Tree A as of BlizzCon 2009.

A Skills

This tree had 4 of the 8 skills, with a level 5, 10, and two 15s. All the skills in the 1, 5, and 10 tiers had points invested in them already, so they could be used from the very start. There were only 2 level 15 Monk skills in the demo, the only two Monk skills without points already in them on the demo character, and both were in this tree. Both were fairly cool to use, too, though 100 Fists was the clear champ of the two.

Tier 2

• Force Without Thought
  • Counteract enemies without interrupting the normal flow of your attacks. When you dodge you automatically counter act the attacker for X% of your normal weapon damage.

Tier 3

• Seven Sided Strike
  • Description: Dash at your enemies, striking X times in succession for Y% of your weapon damage.

Tier 4

• Inner Sanctuary
  • Creates a protected region on the ground for X seconds that can not be bypassed by enemies.
• Way of the Hundred Fists
  • Combo skill. A fast series of attacks strikes enemies in front of you.
  • First hit: A short range dashing attack that deals X% weapon damage.
  • Second hit: Attack rapidly Y times for 8% of weapon damage.
  • Third hit: Attack all enemies near the monk for Z% of weapon damage.

References

• Full Monk Skill Tree Stats and Discussion