Diablo fans, here is your moment. At Blizzcon on Friday, game developers officially revealed the new character class for Diablo III, the Monk. A character mostly centered around martial arts and holy magic, it's definitely a new type of gameplay, resembling a fighting game at times. Traditionally, monks have always been light-weight, fast-paced melee characters. Honoring the traditional pen and paper RPG, this new class promises a definite spark of nostalgia with a special Blizzard twist. Developers were aiming to create a character that was more challenging at first due to the complexity of the combos, and the fragility of the Monk. A lot of the Monk's strength depends on his damage-over-time magic, which often leaves the enemy dying as he walks away, if he even needs too.
"I'm very proud to introduce to you, the new Diablo 3, with all of its open-handed, Tiger-strike packed fury, the Monk."-Blizzard's Chris Metzen
