Seven-Sided Strike
Seven Sided Strike is a Tier 7 skill, which requires a clvl of 26. This is a spirit skill.
The Monk uses holy magic to attack multiple enemies at once.
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Background
| Diablo III Skill [e] | |
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| Seven-Sided Strike Active, 5 ranks | |
| Used by: | Monk |
| Dash at your enemies, striking several times in succession for 50% of your weapon damage. | |
| Type: | Direct Damage |
| Quantity: | 50% weapon damage |
| Effect: | Multi Targets |
| School: | Physical/Holy (?) |
| Spirit cost: | X |
| Cast time: | Instant |
| Duration: | None |
| Cooldown: | 1.5 sec |
| Synergies: | None |
| Requires: | N/A |
| Prereq of: | N/A |
The Monk transcends, calling the holy Light to gain supernatural speed, hitting multiple foes in the timespace of a second.
Skill Design
A very fun skill. Much like a finishing move in a fighter. Jay Wilson described it as "Human Chain Ligtning."
The Monk teleports to his target, Dragon Flight style, and commences to strike multiple times. As best I could tell, the Monk was invulnerable, or perhaps intangible, during this attack. He's not visible except as flashing series of human shapes, all shining gold and two-dimensional. You can see a screenshot in this article, or see it featured in the Blizzcon B-roll gameplay footage. The evolution of the skill was described in detail during the Monk design panel as well.
The hits always seemed to land, and did considerable damage in total. If this one was cast on an empty space, the monk would do three flashing hits before stopping. He’d also stop short of 6 if the target died along the way. If there were multiple targets in the area, he seemed to select targets randomly, hitting each of them some number of times out of his total of 6.
This one was best used on single or double targets, ideally a boss that needed finishing off, especially a teleporter or another elusive one, since all the hits would go to it in rapid succession, and hit it no matter how it squirmed.
Fun and effective. What more do you want?
Skill Rank Table
- Rank 1: 6 strikes. X spirit.
- Rank 2: 7 strikes. X spirit.
- Rank 3: 8 strikes. X spirit. (presumed)
- Rank 4: 9 strikes. X spirit. (presumed)
- Rank 5: 10 strikes. X spirit. (presumed)
Synergies
No synergies are yet known. Various Monk traits will obviously boost the skill, but none are individually devoted to it, as far as is known.
Skill Rune Effects
No skill rune properties are yet known for SSS. Crimson boosting the damage is a safe bet, as is Golden lowering the Spirit cost, but it's not known how the Indigo rune might work multishot into the skill effect, when the main benefit of more points is more hits. More hits per each target?
What special effects the Obsidian and Alabaster runes might provide is entirely unknown.
Development
This skill was first shown at BlizzCon 2009 as one of the original Signature Skills revealed with the Monk's debut.
Media
You can find pictures in the Diablo 3 screenshot and picture gallery:
Male Monk using Seven Sided Strike.
References
| Monk skill categories: Primary Secondary Defensive Techniques Focus Mantras |
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Fists of Thunder |
Deadly Reach |
Crippling Wave |
Way of the Hundred Fists |
[e] |
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Lashing Tail Kick |
Tempest Rush |
Wave of Light |
[e] |
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Blinding Flash |
Breath of Heaven |
Serenity |
Inner Sanctuary |
[e] |
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Dashing Strike |
Exploding Palm |
Sweeping Wind |
[e] |
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Cyclone Strike |
Seven-Sided Strike |
Mystic Ally |
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Mantra of Evasion |
Mantra of Retribution |
Mantra of Healing |
Mantra of Conviction |
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