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Chi Wave

Chi Wave
40 yd range

Instant	15 sec cooldown

Requires Monk
Requires level 30

A wave of Chi energy to flows through friends and foes, dealing (1 * Attack power * 0.500) Nature damage or (1 * Attack power * 0.500) healing. Bounces up to 7 times to targets within 25 yards.

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n/a

School

Nature

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

None

Range

40 yards (Long)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

15 seconds

GCD

1.5 seconds

Effect

Dummy
Value: 7
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Comment by dagripper77

THANK YOU! 15 seconds was a stupid long time for this ability, a 6 second cooldown makes dps healing more viable at low levels.

Comment by dirbrian

The sound effect resembles fireworks and the visual is pretty cool if everyone isn't cluttered closely together. Works similar to PoM but continues to bounce to friend and foes. You'll know whether it jumps to a friend or foe by the color of the effect (red or blue)

Comment by Horsekebab

Will not bounce between two friendly targets, nor two enemy targets, which kinda sucks!

Comment by owenmerrill

The Monk T14 Mistweaver Four Piece Bonus now allows your Chi Wave spell to heal 1 additional target.

Comment by Werlwind

It says 2 Chi is the cost, but I'm unable to cast unless I have 3.
Build 15851.

Comment by rodalpho

Chi Burst

Chi Burst heals the monk for 100% of his Attack Power (120% for Mistweavers) then travels to its target healing all targets in its path for 100% AP. (120% for Mistweavers).
Heal is capped at 6 targets for a theoretical maximum heal of 720% AP.
Also deals damage to all targets in its path for 100% AP.
Damage is capped at 20 targets for theoretical maximum damage of 2000% AP.
Primarily useful for Mistweavers healing clustered players, although it could be used to AE in specific circumstances.

Chi Wave

Chi Wave heals 4 times for 45% AP (54% for Mistweavers), total healing of 180% AP. (216% for Mistweavers).
Also deals damage four times for 45% AP, total damage of 180% AP.
The caster gets all 4 heal "bounces" when soloing, making Chi Wave a very attractive choice.
Chi Wave is the default choice for Windwalkers and Brewmasters as it is instant-cast (unlike Chi Burst) and doesn't require a second friendly target to reach its full performance.

Zen Sphere: Overview

Zen Sphere is interesting because it can be cast on two targets. This is great for healers, but Brewmaster and Windwalker need a focus macro or healing frames to use it effectively.
The HoT and DoT are not competitive with the alternative L30 talents, even on two targets. But they are close.
If you maintain Zen Sphere on two targets and effectively use the Detonation, Zen Sphere is a very competitive choice.
Due to the two target requirement, outside of highly situational encounters, remains a largely Mistwalker-only affair.

Zen Sphere: HoT/DoT

Zen Sphere heals 8 times for 9% AP (10.8% for Mistweavers) over 16 seconds, total healing of 72%/144%. (86.4%/172.8% for Mistweavers)
Also deals damage 8 times for 9% AP, total damage of 72%/144% AP.
It is the only single-target L30 talent, but it takes a long time to take full effect.

Zen Sphere: Detonate

Zen Sphere: Detonate heals all targets within 10 yards of the target for 23.4% AP. (28.1% for Mistweavers)
Like Chi Burst, it is capped at 6 targets for a theoretical maximum heal of 140.4% AP. (168.6% for Mistweavers)
Also deals damage to all targets within 10 yards for 36.8% AP.
Damage is capped at 20 targets for theoretical maximum of 736%/1472% AP.

Choices
Brewmaster: Chi Burst and Chi Wave are both great choices. Zen Sphere is acceptable if you use a focus macro or healing framles.

Windwalker: Chi Wave, outside of highly situational encounters.

Mistweaver: Zen Sphere, for most situations. If soloing, take Chi Wave.

Comment by duranox

Is Chi Wave bugged or? For me it hits 1 enemy then bounces to a player and that's it. is it capable of it the same target more than once? If not then it's pretty much useless

Comment by Reignac

It's important to note the tooltip:

Bounces up to 7 times to the nearest targets within 20 yards.

Up to seven times. It could bounce anywhere from 1 to 7. Unfortunately for me, it seems to mostly like just bouncing once. :(

Comment by wubs23

Chi Wave is not bugged afaik.

If you target your tank with Chi Wave, it will bounce 7 times between the tank and an enemy. Making for 4 heals and 3 damages.

If you target an enemy with Chi Wave, it will bounce from enemy to a player, to another enemy, to another player, up to 7 times.

Reasons why this might seem bugged:

1. The target died.
2. No player gets damage, making the heal not proc.
3. You are not in combat with the other targets.
4. The player or enemy it bounced to, does not have another target for the bounce within 20 yards

Comment by Toldry

Chi Wave's projectile is pretty slow, which allows you to stack Chi Waves

Comment by Garroda

Chi Wave has slow projectile speed, but it bounces faster the closer you are to the target, about half a second between bounces at melee range.

Comment by HelloKitty

Love this talent as Brewmaster. Love it.

Single target, especially when soloing old content, is amazing. It hits my target then heals me.... then it hits my target again, healing me again. Repeat this x4. Each heal for me is roughly 10% of my max hp, and considering it hits me 4 times in total, I end up healing about 40% of my max hp. Of course, that's assuming Guard's +30% self-healing.

All-in-all, this is amazing. It's about 30-40% as potent as Guard, will prefer my nearby allies if they are more injured than I am (in a raid setting), and is an all-around respectable Chi dump (if Brewmasters even need one, that is) -- Zen Sphere doesn't hold a candle to it!

Comment by mudplayerx

Anyone notice that they are nerfing this in 5.2 and making it a 15 second cooldown again?

Comment by NerArth

Nobody seems to mention this, probably because of low representation, but in dual DPS teams in Arena as a Windwalker, especially with a Warrior or a Rogue, this can be a lifesaver for your partner if they are focusing them instead of you.

From my personal experience, of course.

Comment by wulfmojo

Very useful for Brewmasters running challenge dungeons. Due to the high burst dmg of challenge trash, shuffle won't protect you like it normally does. Instead you can use Chi Wave as a way of generating massive amount of healing because of the high vengeance you gain. Makes life much easier on your healer and keeps you in the fight.

Comment by Denden10

This attack has the annoying habit of firing off in some strange direction to another friendly target when you want it to bounce back to you even when you need the heal more than your team mates but otherwise its still a very useful talent and it has kept me alive through some tight spots.

Comment by archonoid

While tank healing it provides better healing output againts other two options. Use it with trust while your tank taking huge hits.

As usually tank is in melee range of boss, that means the healing is quick and strong.

Comment by Frpw

I declare this ability should be renamed "Chi Firework".

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