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[[File:FoK.jpg|thumb|300px|Fan of Knives in action.]]'''Fan of Knives''' is a Defensive Devices [[Demon Hunter skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|level]] 1617. The Demon Hunter quickly whips around in a full circle, sending out a nova of blades that hit all targets in range, many of them multiple times.
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==Background==
The Demon Hunter magically summons a wealth of blades, distributing them in a spinning arc, damaging and slowing enemies within close-range, similar to the nova spells from [[Diablo]] of yore.
==Skillrune Skill Rune Effects==
The following is a very quick summary. See the [[Fan of Knives rune effects]] page for a more thorough description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.
<skill class="DemonHunter">Fan of Knives</skill>
[[Image:FoK1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Fan of Knives may have the best D3 acronym yet.]]
Fan of Knives is a short-range area-of-effect ability that damages all of the enemies in range of the skill. This type of skill is best used either when surrounded by enemies or within close quarters where the enemies are bunched together to a point where the skill will penetrate deeply into the group. The knives also include a slowing debuff.
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===Video===
A video of Fan of Knives can be seen below, courtesy of [http://www.youtube.com/Diablo3Inc the Diablo.IncGamers.com You Tube channel].
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==Synergies==
The following [[Demon Hunter passives]] provide a benefit to Fan of Knives, runed or not:
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{{Demon Hunter Passive Steady Aim}}
{{Demon Hunter Passive Numbing Traps}}
<blockquote>''The real limiting factor of this one is the very short range of the knives. They did good damage, but the range was barely beyond melee reach (not that the DH was using melee weapons), and it was fairly mana-expensive. As a result, this one was only worth using when you had at least two or three enemies at very close range. The perfect situation for it was a circle of Vessels, and I enjoyed killing all 6 or 8 Vessels in such scenarios several times with this skill. It took 2 or 3 FoKs to finish them all, but this was the fastest and most effective skill against those clusters of enemies in the entire demo.</blockquote>
===Beta===Skill tiers were removed for shortly before the [[July 2011 Press Eventbeta]]started in September 2011, and Fan of Knives became a level 4 skill, then but was soon bumped up to level 14. The skill system was once again overhauled for the [[Beta Patch 13]], and Fan of Knives was classified as a Defensive skill and moved up to level 16.For [[Beta Patch 14]], it was re-classified as a Devices skill and moved to level 17.
===In Other Games===
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==Trivia==
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==Media==
Fan of Knives can be seen in action on video here:
==References==
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/hands-on-from-blizzcon-mega-pvm-report-demon-hunter/P3/ BlizzCon 2010 Demon Hunter PvM 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=8009356#post8009356 HardRock's Demon Hunter Skills and Their Rune Effects] -- — IncGamers 6th Sep 2011* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/demon-hunter/active/ Demon Hunter Active Skills] -- — Blizzard's Official Diablo III 12th Sep 2011Site