'''Serenity''' (formerly named [[Impenetrable Defense]]) is a Spirit Spending Defensive [[Monk skill]] unlocked at [[clvl|Level]] 1816. The Monk summons a holy shield to protect himself from damage.

[[File:Diablo_III_Logo.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Serenity in action.]]

==Skill Rune Effects==The following is a very quick listsummary. See the [[Serenity rune effects]] page for a more thorough summary description of rune effects, or any of the individual rune pages for numbers, screenshots, blue quotes, and much more.

[[Image:Monk_-_Impeneterable_Defense3.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Swinging along...]]Serenity (when it was [[Impenetrable Defense]]) was not needed in the [[BlizzCon 2009 demo]], since the [[Monk]] was quite overpowered in combat. I didn't experiment with his "dodge" ability, which is mentioned as a by product of several skills, since it was so much more fun just to blast everything with his offense. Plus, testing time is always limited, even in the press room. I would have made sure to try the other element of this skill, the "rebounds enemy ranged attacks," but there were zero monster archers and virtually no projectile spell casters in the BlizzCon build. [[Fallen Shaman]] were fairly common in the surface desert areas, but they seldom hurled Fireballs (they were quite quick to resurrect dead [[Fallen Imp|Imps]],though). There were lots of [[Dark Cultist]]s, but only the foot soldiers and the "[[Dark Vessel|transform into a demon]]" types. None of the spell [[caster|casting]]ing mage types. And while there were some weird insect-like mages in the dungeons below the desert, they were infrequently encountered and were always behind a mob of [[melee]] enemies, so I never had time to stop beating down the foot soldiers just to try to reflect the (easily avoided) projectilesUnknown.

* No The following [[synergiesMonk passives]] with any provide a benefit to Serenity:{{Passive skills header}}{{Monk Passive Beacon of the [[passive skill]]s are yet known.Ytar}}

'''Serenity''' was first shown (as [[Impenetrable Defense]]) at [[BlizzCon 2009]] as one of the originals when the [[Monk]] was unveiled. It [[Flux]] was slightly modified able to try it out:[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/full-monk-skill-tree-discussion-and renamed to Serenity -status/] <blockquote>''This one was not needed in the game demo that Blizzcon build, since the Monk was presented at [[BlizzCon 2010]] quite overpowered in combat. I didn’t experiment with his “dodge” ability, which is mentioned as a Tier 2 by product of several skills, since it was so much more fun just to blast everything with his offense. Plus, testing time is always limited, even in the press room. I would have made sure to try the other element of this skill, the “rebounds enemy ranged attacks,” but there were zero monster archers and virtually no projectile spell casters in the Blizzcon build.</blockquote>

Skill tiers were removed for It was slightly modified and renamed to Serenity in the game demo that was presented at [[July 2011 Press EventBlizzCon 2010]], and Serenity became as a level 18 Tier 2 skill.

Image:Diablo_III_LogoMonk_-_Impeneterable_Defense3.jpg|Skill use 1Serenity from 2010.

* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=7960229#post7960229 Zediono's translation of JudgeHype's pre-beta report] -- — IncGamers 1st Aug 2011* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=8008273#post8008273 Silva's Monk Runestone Effects] -- — IncGamers 6th Sep 2011* [http://us.battle.net/d3/en/class/monk/active/ Monk Active Skills] -- — Blizzard's Official Diablo III 12th Sep 2011Site