'''Exploding Palm''' is a [[Monk]] Tier 5 [[Monk skills|skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 14. The Monk inflicts internal damage that can cause a target to explode.

==Background==

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|user= Monk

|description= A quick succession of attacks ending with the deadly Exploding Palm.

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Using innate knowledge of internal parts of humanoids, the [[Monk]] sets off organ damage that potentially can have very explosive effects.

It will have to be [[nerf]]ed in the final game since this is just insane for such a low level skill.

[[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.

Various [[Monk traits]] augment this skill. (Since most Monk skills depend on base weapon damage and probably attack speed, traits which enhance those, and not the skill specifically, are also listed here.)

* [[Precision]]: Increase melee damage for each point in dexterity.

Fans have occasionally pointed out the oddity of this skill causing a huge, red-blooded explosion no matter what it's used on; bloodless [[skeletons]], monsters with green or blue [[blood]], etc. This issue was playfully addressed by [[Bashiok]], the Diablo 3 community manager, in a forum post in April 2010. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/blizzard-on-charms-in-d3-and-exploding-palm-impossibilties/]

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