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Monk
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:''The Monk is extremely skilled in hand-to-hand combat, and is a master of the staff, which he can use to strike many opponents with a single blow. However, he is not well trained with bladed or projectile weapons, and is not used to wearing heavy armor. Foes of weak or moderate ability tend to fail easily before him, but tougher enemies may provide him with a considerable challenge. All Monks have the ability to find items easily because of their exceptional eyesight.
===Non-Canon===
This character and his lore are no longer considered part of the Diablo universe.
This means that {{iw|Monk the Diablo III Monk}} is considered an original character, with no connection to the Monk of Hellfire. Bashiok commented on this in 2010.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/bashiok-on-the-monk-and-cluttered-visuals/]
<blue>[Hellfire] is not a recognized part of the Diablo franchise, and to be honest it is so much so not recognized, that when people asked about returning classes in the Q&A's and in some of the press interviews the Hellfire expansion just wasn't in anyone's minds.<br>
Plus, it isn't the same class. We aren't taking an old class and updating it. The monk from Hellfire, and in fact the story and content of Hellfire, doesn't exist as far as game lore and story is concerned going into Diablo III.
They happen to share a name, the same as all of the other monk classes that have existed in all other RPG's since the beginning of time. It doesn't mean they're related kit/story/flavor wise.</blue>
