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Power Strikes

Power Strikes

Requires Monk
Requires level 45

Every 15 sec, your next Jab, Spinning Crane Kick, Expel Harm, or

Mistweaver
Surging Mist

Brewmaster and Windwalker
Crackling Jade Lightning

generates 1 additional Chi, or a Chi Sphere if already at maximum Chi.

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n/a

School

Physical

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

n/a

Cost

None

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

0 seconds

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Periodically trigger spell (12)
Value: 1 every 15 seconds

	Power Strikes

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Dummy
Value: 20
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Passive spell
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Comments

Comment by iamleejn

With the current 20 second ICD, Power Strikes is pretty close to Chi Brew in terms of extra Chi generation:
2 Chi every 45 seconds = 2.67 Chi per minute
1 Chi every 20 seconds = 3 Chi per minute
Very much boils down to situation (Chi on demand + Brew Stacks vs. steady flow) or preference.

Comment by McLockhart

For Brewmaster Monks.
Just as user iamleejn points out, the choice between Chi Brew and Power Strikes does come down to preference.
That being said, Chi Brew does have a lot more utility when playing Brewmaster. An on demand 4 Chi could provide you with enough resources to perform two Blackout Kick
This will in turn provide you with the Shuffle effect from Brewmaster Training. Since the Shuffle duration stacks whenever a new Shuffle is applied to an already existing buff you essentially have an on demand 1.5 minute CD 20 % avoidance and 20% additional stagger effect on you, lasting for about 10 seconds.

Comment by Toroq

An important aspect of this talent (imo) is that it's a passive.

As mentioned in the other comments, Chi Brew can be utilised more effectively as a damage reduction, burst, healing etc. CD, which is good if you're out to min/max your monk abilities.
If you're more like me, however, and play your monk a bit more "lazily", or if you sometimes forget to use CDs, this has a potentially higher chi/minute gain than Chi Brew, and it's one less button to press while playing your monk.

~~A lot of Mistweavers might prefer Chi Brew, as you're not always guaranteed to be able to consistently use Jab when you're healing.~~ Irrelevant since it now also affects Soothing Mist.

Comment by Roidgoblin

An important thing to note if you take this talent, do not use jab twice in a row to get to max chi. If you do, and Power Strikes procs on the first hit, the second jab will only let you gain 1 chi, as you have 3 already. No orb is generated by the second strike, because power strikes did not proc on that hit.

Comment by HelloKitty

The #1 reason I'd pick this over Chi Brew as a Brewmaster is simple: the ability to create Chi Orbs would allow me, with proper management of jab and timing, to stockpile an additional Chi for an "oh ^&*!" situation where I need to get more chi quickly (ie, guard and shuffle needing refreshing at the same time as needing to purify, for example)

EDIT: As of 5.1 and the buff to Ascension, Ascension flat-out wins for this tier.

Comment by Meldoron

One thing to note is that it will not proc if you cast Soothing Mist on yourself; only if you cast it on other people.

Comment by ziranei

Crackling Jade Lightning bonus chi generates when u start casting, not when u deal dmg.

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