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I personally see the Monk being a very strong candidate to dominate the other classes in a 1v1, but what do you guys think?

I understand this may not be a major part of the game, but I was very much into 1v1's in Diablo 2/LoD

I really think the Barb or Wiz will dominate in the PvP. Of course any class can win and depending on the team builds but the barb and wiz seem the most straight forward dmg dealers and for how important dmg is in this type of pvp, I see them as the front runners.

you will be able to do 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4. There is even talk about 2v1 and other custom matches. but yes, it will not be in release.

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There is no 1v1 in D3. At the start there will not be PVP at all, it will be added later and features a 4v4 arena style mode.

Oh? I knew that there would be no PvP at launch but I wasn't aware that there'd be no way of 1v1ing. Thank you very much for letting me know

Same ideals with Scyber, those two will be upfront damage dealers. Personally the wizard will be weaker in the sense of physical armour and close quarters combat and will probably be picked off easily in a 1v1, when used carelessly. I think the barbs will be the strongest, but ineffective use of cool-downs and fury degeneration, as well as being heavily kited will prove as his weakness.

I feel that the monk class, will be indeed powerful, but not as, and use more of an evasive, wear-and-tear approach. Having the approach of wasting the opponents cooldowns, doing quick bursts of damage, and being highly mobile. I personally will be leaning towards the monk for PvP as well as PvE, for now.

Witch doctor, as I played it so far in the beta, seems incredibly effective, and its cool-downs are remarkable. I'm curious how it will play in arena when it's released since it is indeed a unique class

Thoughts on DH are voided since I don't know much and played little on it.

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you will be able to do 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, and 4v4. There is even talk about 2v1 and other custom matches. but yes, it will not be in release.

Oh I see, that makes more sense to me. I couldn't see them only having a 4v4. Thank you

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I personally see the Monk being a very strong candidate to dominate the other classes in a 1v1, but what do you guys think?

I understand this may not be a major part of the game, but I was very much into 1v1's in Diablo 2/LoD

I see monk more of a survivability hardcore character, i think barbarian and wizards will dominate the pvp scene.

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I think Monk will be a really strong 1v1 class, with his heals, immunity shield, respawn on death and great mobility. His damage isn't as great as other classes (if he uses the abilites mentioned for suvivability) but I think it will be good enough to down anyone in a duel.

Agreed, especially after watching this video http://www.diablofan...-blizzcon-2011/ . The monk seems really great at closing a gap very fast and putting pressure on other players.

Conversely, I think that the demon hunter will be awesome in the arena as well because of skills like evasive fire, hungering arrow, and vault. Monk -> close the distance, DH -> keep the distance.