Wave of Light

Wave of Light is a Spirit Spending Monk skill unlocked at Level 29.

Background

Wave of Light in action

This skill is best known for one of its potential rune effects, in which the Monk summons a large mystical bell, which he then strikes with his fist. The bell, charged with holy energy, smashes into and through enemies in a straight line. This was demonstrated in a Blizzcon panel, while the actual skill has not yet been properly seen.

Skill Effects

The following is a very quick list. See the Wave of Light 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.

Icon	Skill	Description

Wave of Light Spirit Spender (Level 29)

[e] Cost: 50 Spirit Cooldown: 15 seconds Focuses the power of Light to smite all enemies in front of you for 57-85 Holy damage followed by an additional 36-57 Holy damage to all enemies in a line.

Blinding Light

[e] Critical hits stun enemies for 5.0 seconds.

Wall of Light

[e] Increases damage of the initial impact to 116-175 Holy damage.

Empowered Wave

[e] Reduces the cooldown to 6 seconds.

Explosive Light

[e] Shoot out bursts of energy in all directions that deal 170-202 Holy damage to nearby enemies.

Pillar of the Ancients

[e] Summon an ancient pillar that deals 100% weapon damage followed by an additional 800% weapon damage after 2 seconds.

Note: Information is based on a level 60 character and rank 7 runestones.

Skill Design

This skill first appeared at BlizzCon 2010, though it's too high of a level to have been tested out by players yet. Our information comes from the skill description, and one panel-demonstrated runestone effect.

Synergies

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

Development

This skill was first shown at BlizzCon 2010, although due to the level required to purchase the skill, it was not playable in the demo. Wyatt Cheng spoke briefly about it:

Wave of Light. He summons a mystical bell that he shoots out at range. It's kind of a combination of a melee and ranged attack. One of the things that I really like about this skill is that we need to differentiate the Barbarian from the Monk, they are both melee classes and in his case he's about combining mystic arts with martial arts and I like the evocative imagery that happens here. The concept of a mystical bell that he fires off, it's very vivid.

The bell itself threw some players off at first, but bells are a mainstay throughout temples in history. It is an easy association to make with a monk. What is curious, however, is that the skill description from BlizzCon 2010 for Wave of Light does not mention the bell at all. The player who chooses this skill may have a bit of a surprise on their hands.

Because Wyatt Cheng did not say if the skill was runed in the presentation, it is not certain if the bell is a runestone effect or not. Since the bell is not mentioned in the known skill description, it is possible that the fact that it is indeed a rune's effect was omitted from the skill's unveiling by mistake.

Skill tiers were removed for the July 2011 Press Event, and Wave of Light became a level 29 skill.

Media

Wave of Light 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
• Wave of Light specific gallery contents

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  The bell in Wave of Light.

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  The skill deals holy damage.

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  Another shot.

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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