Mantra of Conviction

Mantra of Conviction (formerly named Dominate Aura) is a Mantra Monk skill unlocked at Level 22. The Monk activates an aura that increases damage received by enemies.

This is a Mantra. The Monk can only have one Mantra active at a time.

Background

Mantra of Conviction in action

The Monk expends spirit to activate an aura that causes enemies to take more damage.

Skill Effects

The following is a very quick list. See the Mantra of Conviction 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">Mantra of Conviction</skill>

Skill Design

This skill first appeared at BlizzCon 2010. There are currently no visuals available for the skill, and no reports on it from demo players. It was revealed in the skill tree. This is the second aura available to the monk. This aura is interesting in that it does not increase the damage the player or his party inflicts like Diablo II's Might, but it increases the damage that enemies take. Since it is a flat rate, this aura is likely to be highly useful in Nightmare and Hell difficulties where the monsters may have high resistances to different types of damage.

This is one of the auras available to the Monk. Auras in Diablo II are passive skills that simply require being the chosen skill on the hotbar. Auras in Diablo III are active skills that need to be cast, and they offer a short-duration bonus upon casting that varies depending on the aura. It is unknown how long the duration of the aura is, if it needs to be re-cast to keep the effect, and if there are any cooldowns.

Synergies

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

Development

Mantra of Conviction (as Dominate Aura) was first revealed at BlizzCon 2010 as a Tier 4 skill but had never been seen in gameplay.

Before the July 2011 Press Event, Dominate Aura was renamed Mantra of Conviction. Skill tiers were also removed, and Mantra of Conviction became a level 22 skill.

Previous Versions

See Dominate Aura for the original version of this skill.

Media

Mantra of Conviction can be seen in action on video here:

• None yet.

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

• Diablo III screenshots and pictures
• Mantra of Conviction specific gallery contents

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  Female monk using this mantra (unruned).

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  Male monk using this mantra (unruned).

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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