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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Background
The Monk transcends, calling the holy Light to gain supernatural speed, hitting multiple foes in the span of a second.
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 1006% 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 by 7 seconds. |
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Fulminating Onslaught (database) |
60 | Each strike explodes, dealing 111% weapon damage as Holy in a 7 yard radius around the target. |
Skill Design
A very fun skill. Much like a finishing move in a fighter. Jay Wilson described it as "Human Chain Lightning."
Video
A video of Seven Sided Strike can be seen below, courtesy of the DiabloInc You Tube channel.
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 25% for 2.5 seconds. |
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Beacon of Ytar (database) Passive |
35 | Reduces all cooldowns by 15%. |
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.
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.
Previous Versions
See the Monk skill archive for more details on previous versions of Seven Sided Strike and other Monk skills.
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.
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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