Windwalker Monk State on Shadowlands Beta - Covenant Abilities, Legendaries, Spec Concerns

Publié 28/07/2020 à 03:21 par Babylonius

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July 10, 2018 - In the BfA Pre-Patch, due to Frappe du voile noir being incredibly strong, Coup de pied du soleil levant became just about useless except to trigger Coup de poing du dragon tourbillonnant.

August 7, 2018 - After 4 weeks, Frappe du voile noir was nerfed and the spec returned to how it was "supposed" to play.

August 23, 2018 - Less than 2.5 weeks later, players figured out that by stacking Coup de pied circulaire fulgurant you could afford to ignore Poings de fureur in favor of more Frappe du voile noir and more Coup de pied du soleil levant.

August 24, 2018 - Within 24 hours of me publishing an article about that rotation change, and news getting out, Coup de pied circulaire fulgurant was nerfed by 35%. All this did was mean that people wanted to get three items with Coup de pied circulaire fulgurant on it instead of two.

September 17, 2018 - After another few weeks, Coup de pied circulaire fulgurant was nerfed again by 55%, effectively killing the playstyle and bringing Poings de fureur back into the rotation full time.

September 20, 2018 - People discovered that you could use a /cancelaura macro to clip the end of Tempête, Terre et Feu, or turn it off prematurely, to get 300% more damage on Coup de poing du dragon tourbillonnant.

September 25, 2018 - Frappes de la paume was buffed by 60%, moving it to the top of the "must have" list for Windwalkers. It also pushed Coup de pied du soleil levant to the fringes of our priority due to it being undertuned.

September 28, 2018 - Blizzard prevented Tempête, Terre et Feu from being "/cancelaura'd", but players can still time Coup de poing du dragon tourbillonnant at the end of the buff for a boost of damage.

Bugs on Bugs on BugsCoup de poing du dragon tourbillonnantTempête, Terre et FeuDécharge du cœur du primatraqueurToucher mortelTempête, Terre et FeuDanse de Chi JiTempête, Terre et FeuCoup de poing du dragon tourbillonnantCoup de pied du soleil levantPoings de fureurPoings de fureurRaid PerformanceToucher mystiqueShadowlands ChangesAdded AbilitiesConditionnement au combatFrappe du voile noir

This was just an extra thing that Frappe du voile noir used to do, nothing special, just a smidge more damage.

Extraction du mal

Having a bit more control over one’s health and survivability is nice. However, right now its somewhat in a weird position of being not quite strong enough to be a rotational ability, yet not quite weak enough to totally discount it from being such.

Danse de Chi JiCoup tournoyant de la grue

With Invocation de Xuen, le Tigre blanc becoming baseline, this is a positive choice for this slot. I believe the trend should be continued with Fureur de Xuen and Gloire de l’aube replacing Combinaison de coups and Vent de jade fulgurant.

Right now this is incredibly overpowered compared to the other talents in this row, but that may change.

Although it provides a small amount of variance and procs to Windwalker, where I much prefer to not have to think about procs, but its relatively minor and does feel pretty good in single target, giving you something else to help keep up Mastery.

Removed AbilitiesChanged AbilitiesPoings de fureur

This isn't problematic as long as the target caps are kept consistent for everyone.

Boisson fortifiante

I have a strong love/hate relationship with this change. I love having another defensive ability, but with the existence of Toucher du karma, it results in the situation where to get the maximum DPS, you’ll want to pop Boisson fortifiante before Toucher du karma so that you get the extra health to increase your Toucher du karma damage. It won’t be a huge gain, but people have done sillier things for less. The prospect of using two defensive abilities for offensive purposes just grinds my gears. However, this problem is really more Toucher du karma‘s fault than Boisson fortifiante‘s.

Invocation de Xuen, le Tigre blancToucher mortel

This should be an overall positive change for the spec, by putting more "umph" into Invocation de Xuen, le Tigre blanc.

A forseeable problem is that Invocation de Xuen, le Tigre blanc doesn’t scale with Mastery and only his auto attacks scale with Haste, which is about 30-40% of his overall damage even in single target. Having him play a bigger part of our damage in his current state would continue Windwalker’s struggles to scale with gear. Its an easy fix, but its yet to happen.

Balayement de jambe

More range isn't a bad thing.

Coup tournoyant de la grue

As long as one class doesn't get punished or benefit from the target caps more than others than this won't be a problem.

Toucher mortel

Rather than being a cooldown that we use every 2 minutes, its closer to its original purpose which was largely to snipe mobs as they died or kill something quick as you are out questing. You’ll likely use it only once in a boss fight, and the addition of 3 Chi Spheres gives a nice little bonus when you use it, which will further value its use in questing. I don’t really mind this change, as I have always felt that Windwalker has enough buttons and this *should* be a positive change for the spec's poor scaling.

CovenantshereKyrian Armes de l’Ordre

For the next 30 sec , your Mastery is increased by 15% . Additionally, Windwalkers’ Rising Sun Kick cooldown is reset instantly, and your Rising Sun Kick reduces the cost of your Chi abilities by 1 for 5 sec .

Coup de pied du soleil levantCoup de pied du soleil levantCoup de pied du soleil levantCoup de pied du soleil levantFrappe du voile noirCoup de pied du soleil levantPoings de fureurCoup de poing du dragon tourbillonnantFrappe du voile noirPaume du tigrePaume du tigreCoup tournoyant de la grueFrappe du voile noirFrappe du voile noirCoup tournoyant de la gruePaume du tigrePaume du tigrePaume du tigreCoup tournoyant de la grueFrappe du voile noirCoup tournoyant de la grueTempête, Terre et FeuPoings de fureurCoup de pied du soleil levantFrappe du voile noirCoup tournoyant de la gruePaume du tigreVentyr: Ordre des défunts

Opens a mirror for the next 24 sec, summoning reflections of your order’s fallen Ox, Crane, and Tiger adepts every 3 for 6 sec. Fallen Monks that have mastered Style will and assist for an additional 2 sec.

Tempête, Terre et FeuNecrolord: Breuvage poussière-d’os

Hurl a brew created from the bones of your enemies at the ground, coating all targets struck for 10 sec. Your abilities have a 15% chance to affect the target a second time at 25% effectiveness as Shadow damage or healing.
**Windwalker** : Coup tournoyant de la grue refunds 1 Chi when striking enemies with your Bonedust Brew active

Coup tournoyant de la grueDanse de Chi JicorrectCombinaison de coupsNight Fae: Piétinement de ligne faë

Strike the ground fiercely to expose a faeline for 30 sec, dealing (60% of Attack power) Nature damage (Windwalker) and ripping Chi and Energy Spheres out of enemies. Your abilities have a 10% chance of resetting the cooldown of Faeline Stomp while fighting on a faeline.

ConclusionLegendariesTenue de combat de Xuen

If you’ve been following many of my posts on PeakofSerenity or Discord, you’ll see that this is one of the things that I’ve been calling the most to be added back to the kit. Although its the nerfed version that we had at the end of Tomb of Sargeras, and without a double hitting Coup de pied du soleil levant it won't be as strong, something is better than nothing. This should feel great with the play of Windwalker and be a strong all-purpose legendary, assuming they’re all tuned within reason.

I think if people really want to enjoy how much fun this interaction was in Legion, then it needs to see the cooldown reduction

Paume céleste de KeeferPaume du tigre

This is a super interesting legendary thats likely to be incredibly fun since it gives us a very small charge and help our burst at the start of the fight a little bit. Its unlikely that it will be the strongest legendary numerically, but I could definitely see it being the most used for questing and other stuff where the charge will be fun to have.

Embrasement de jadeExpel HarmCoup tournoyant de la grue

So, its not quite Chi Explosion, but its called that mostly to appease the masses. There are a few questions like whether or not hitting 5 targets will give you 5 stacks, or whether it gives you one stack per target, or one stack per damage tick per target, we just don’t know. Either way, its likely that this will be a SUPER strong legendary for sustained AOE.

Condensateur du dernier empereurCondensateur de l'empereur

Back by popular demand, my 3rd least favorite Windwalker mechanic in history (behind damaging Chi Torpedo at #2 and Highmaul PvP 2pc Roll for more damage at #1). Its not that I hated the legendary or the fact that it included Crackling Jade Lightning into the rotation, I hated how we couldn’t move during it and how it filled the rotation and left no downtime, but I’ve always been in the minority with that thinking. In a vacuum, and with the slower pace at the start of the expansion, this will certainly be an incredibly strong single target legendary. It would be nice if we could move while casting it, but its an inconvenience rather than breaking anything. Realistically it just increases the skill ceiling since there will be times that you may have less than 20 stacks but have a break in your rotation so you want to use it now rather than clutter things a few seconds later.

Tenue de combat de XuenEmbrasement de jadeCondensateur du dernier empereurPaume céleste de KeeferConcernsTouch of KarmaInvoke Xuen ScalingOrdre des défuntsTempête, Terre et FeuTempête, Terre et FeuBugsCoup de poing du dragon tourbillonnantTempête, Terre et FeuPrognosis

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