Musings on the Monk

Baseline

• Stance of the Fierce Tiger now also increases the amount of Chi generated by your Jab and Expel Harm abilities by 1.
• Swift Reflexes (New) - Whenever you parry an attack, you reflexively strike back at the enemy for (0.3 * (MainHand DPS + 50% of OffHand DPS + 7.1% of AP - 1)) to (0.3 * (MainHand DPS + 50% of OffHand DPS + 7.1% of AP + 1)) damage. This effect has a 1 sec cooldown.
• Spinning Crane Kick no longer costs 2 Chi and costs Mana/Energy instead.

The Stance of the Fierce Tiger change is HUGE as this will mean that Jab as a Windwalker Monk will be generating 3 CHI as opposed to 2 Chi, this increases the chi generation by a huge amount. Looking forward to testing this as soon as the realms come back up.

The Spinning Crane Kick change as well, great change… It was really frustrating having to jab in between to continue AoE’ing… it’ll be interesting to see how much Mana/ Energy this is going to cost.

Talents

• Dampen Harm no longer has a cost.
• Karma is now named Diffuse Magic and no longer has a cost.
• Zen Sphere is now limited to 1 target.

Dampen Harm change is great, it was stupid to have it cost 1 Chi to use as well as the Karma or rather, Diffuse Magic change. To have to pool Chi just to use a cooldown is ridiculous and I’m glad this was changed.

The Zen Sphere change, is more just a fix than anything.

Windwalker

• Flying Serpent Kick now slows enemies down by 0.2 sec, down from 0.3 sec.
• Touch of Karma has been clarified - All damage you take is redirected to the enemy target over 6 sec instead of you. Damage cannot exceed your total health. Lasts for 10 sec.

Not much to say on these changes really.

Brewmaster

• Brewmaster Training Shuffle now increases your parry chance by 30% and your Stagger amount by an additional 20% for 6 sec.
• Keg Smash now has a 8 yards range.
• Mastery: Elusive Brawler now Increases your parry chance by 50.0% of SP and your Stagger amount by an additional 50.0% of SP.
• Recoil reworked - Your successful normal attacks restore up to 3 energy per second, based on weapon speed. While dual wielding, this energy is halved.
• Stance of the Sturdy Ox now increases Energy regeneration by 30%.

Mistweaver

• Life Cocoon gained a Levitate/Hover effect.
• Stance of the Wise Serpent now also grants expertise. Now increases Attack Power by 50% of your spell power, down from 100%.
• Uplift now increases the duration of all your Renewing Mists by 6 sec instead of refreshing it.