Seven-Sided Strike
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Seven Sided Strike is a Focus Monk skill unlocked at Level 17. The Monk uses holy magic to attack multiple enemies at once.
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[edit] Background
The Monk transcends, calling the holy Light to gain supernatural speed, hitting multiple foes in the span of a second.
[edit] Skill Rune Effects
The following is a very quick summary. See the Seven Sided Strike 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.
| Name | Level | Description |
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Seven-Sided Strike (database) Focus |
17 | Cost: 50 Spirit Cooldown: 30 seconds |
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Sudden Assault (database) |
23 | Teleport to the target, increasing damage done to 2310% weapon damage over 7 strikes. |
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Several-Sided Strike (database) |
29 | Increases the number of strikes to 9. |
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Pandemonium (database) |
37 | Enemies hit by Seven-Sided Strike have a 25% chance to be stunned for 7 seconds by each hit. |
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Sustained Attack (database) |
43 | Reduces the cooldown of Seven-Sided Strike to 23 seconds. |
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Fulminating Onslaught (database) |
60 | Each strike explodes, dealing 254% weapon damage as Holy in a 7 yard radius around the target. |
[edit] Skill Design
A very fun skill. Much like a finishing move in a fighter. Jay Wilson described it as "Human Chain Lightning."
[edit] Video
A video of Seven Sided Strike can be seen below, courtesy of the DiabloInc You Tube channel.
[edit] Synergies
The following Monk passives provide a benefit to Seven Sided Strike, runed or not:
| Name | Level | Description |
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Resolve (database) Passive |
10 | Damage you deal reduces enemy damage by 20% for 2.5 seconds. |
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Beacon of Ytar (database) Passive |
35 | Reduces all cooldowns by 20%. |
[edit] Development
Seven Sided Strike was first shown at BlizzCon 2009 as one of the originals when the Monk was unveiled. Flux was able to try it in the gameplay demo:[1]
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.
[edit] Beta
Skill tiers were removed shortly before the beta started in September 2011, and Seven Sided Strike became a level 24 skill. The skill system was once again overhauled for the Beta Patch 13 in February 2012, and Seven Sided Strike was classified as a Focus skill and moved to level 19. For Beta Patch 14, it was moved to level 17.
[edit] Previous Versions
See the Monk skill archive for more details on previous versions of Seven Sided Strike and other Monk skills.
[edit] Media
Seven Sided Strike can be seen in action on video here:
You can find pictures in the Diablo III screenshot and picture gallery:
Male Monk using Seven Sided Strike.
[edit] References
- BlizzCon 2009 Full Monk Skill Tree Stats and Discussion
- 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 — Blizzard's Official Diablo III Site
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