Category: Brewmaster

So far in the Alpha I’ve only done quests up to level 91. I felt like that level went really fast. Questing as a Brewmaster was actually reasonable, thanks to our damage no longer relying on Vengeance. I haven’t done the dungeon yet, but hopefully will soon.

Questing was fun and reminded me a bit of Guild Wars 2, where you keep getting distracted by rares, events, eye-catching “vignettes”, and bonus objectives. It’s still pretty guided so you don’t get easily overwhelmed.

I unlocked my Garrison but I don’t really “get it”. It’s something I’ll be more interested in when it’s live, but right now I’d rather play with class changes.

Continue reading “Alpha First Impressions, New Brewmaster Visuals”

Blizzard recently released a blog on updated secondary stats. Since our creation, Brewmasters have been lucky to have non-concrete stat priorities. Depending on your playstyle, experience, and raiding level, you could choose to favor crit, mastery, or even haste (though that is rare), and still be competitive. Hopefully, that trend will continue to expand in Warlords.

Continue reading “Warlords Stat Usage Predictions”

I usually don’t talk about racials because I don’t want to contribute to the attitude that people should sacrifice their personal happiness to play a race that they dislike but has a microscopic advantage. But with the push to finally bring old races in line with new, I thought it would be fun to talk about how each racial looks for us Brewmasters. My idea of perfect racial is if you can subjectively convince yourself that your favorite race has the best one. I think these are fairly close to that.

Continue reading “Warlords Racials for Brewmasters”

Please reference the full list of Brewmaster-related patch notes. I’ve updated it with relevant tweets, too.

Continue reading “Apr 3 Patch Note Analysis and Clarification”

Apr 4: Updated with more Tweets.

Brewmasters won’t see any sweeping changes because we’re already the best. But there were some small things. Go here for analysis and clarification.

Summary

• Hit, Expertise, Dodge, and Parry are gone (old news).
• Agility is changing to grant less attack power and dodge, and no longer provides crit.
• Brewmasters are losing Avert Harm, Clash, Power Guard, Disable, Healing Sphere, Stance of the Fierce Tiger, Grapple Weapon.
• Brewmasters gain Surging Mist (to compensate for the loss of Healing Sphere)
• Vengeance is replaced with Resolve, which will scale similarly and buff our heals (Expel Harm, talents, Gift of the Ox) and shields (Guard).
• (Draenor Perk) Improved Guard: Guard now has 2 charges.
• (Draenor Perk) Improved Stance of the Sturdy Ox: Increases the Stamina bonus of Stance of the Sturdy Ox by 20%.
• Level 100 talents haven’t changed much since Blizzcon.

Continue reading “Warlords Brewmaster Patch Notes – April 3”