Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls Beta Patch 15 January

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Yes, mantras had timers. But he as asking about the passive/active thing, which is basically unchanged in function. The 3s extra buff upon casting just wasn\'t noted so clearly for the Monk\'s previously. I thought the new active/passive wording was a nice touch when I first saw the Crusader\'s skill tooltips at blizzcon, so good that they brought it over to the other classes as well.

 

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Despite my quick scan I was surprised to get on the beta last night and find my Monk\'s aura had vanished. Overawe rune effect doesn\'t exist anymore, and they\'ve redone the entire aura so now Retribution adds damage, like a proper D2 Paladin aura, rather than debuffing monsters so they take more damage.

It says the skill only boosts damage when you\'re getting hit/blocking/dodging, but with a melee Monk that\'s most of the time, so it still seemed pretty useful. I went with the 10% IAS boost version.