Sweeping Wind
Sweeping Wind is a Spirit Generating Monk skill unlocked at Level 17. The Monk sweeps his weapon with great force, hitting multiple enemies.
This is one of the Monk's combo skills. Combo skills generate Spirit.
Contents
[hide]Background
Falling back on years of vigorous training, the Monk sweeps his weapon quickly around himself, damaging multiple enemies at a time.
Skill Effects
The following is a very quick list. See the Sweeping Wind 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 class="Monk">Sweeping Wind</skill>
Sweeping Wind Video
A video of Sweeping Wind and all of its rune effects can be seen below, courtesy of the DiabloInc You Tube channel.
Skill Design
This skill first appeared at BlizzCon 2010.
Combo skills are essential 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
- No synergies with any of the passive skills are yet known.
Development
Sweeping Wind was first shown at BlizzCon 2010. Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Sweeping Wind became a level 17 skill.
Media
You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:
All five rune effects for SW.
References
- 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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