Please reference the full list of Brewmaster-related patch notes. I’ve updated it with relevant tweets, too.
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Warlords Brewmaster Patch Notes – April 3
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.
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Glyph Imaginarium
I think most brewmaster glyphs are sort of boring, so I tried thinking of more interesting ones. The best glyphs come in one of two flavors:
- A small bonus that’s not required but occasionally useful (e.g. Glyph of Zen Meditation).
- A situational trade off (e.g. Glyph of Guard).
Three Year Blogoversary
It’s been three years of blogging about my favorite leather tanks. I’ve been through two classes, three races, five guilds, and six realms in that time. I guess I’m a blog veteran now. The last year has been one of stability and growth for Sunnier’s Art of War. I think I can blame all that growth on Icy-Veins and my friends and readers who have graciously plugged me and my blog.
As my tradition goes, here are some interesting stats (for previous years’ stats, visit the two year anniversary and the one year anniversary).
Challenge Mode Basics for Brewmasters
I haven’t completed my challenge mode set yet, but since Challenge Modes will be going away eventually I thought I’d share my notes with the rest of you.
Monk Transmog: Gold, Red, and Mixed
Here are some of the new transmog sets I’ve created lately.
Heroic Tanking SoO: Dark Shaman, Nazgrim, Malkorok, and Spoils
Four (and more) orcs that must die. And their treasure.
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Website Update
If you’re a frequent visitor on my site, you may have noticed that some pages have been moved around. The home page has changed from displaying my latest posts to displaying the Brewmaster Guide, and the posts themselves have moved to sunniersartofwar.com/blog/. The navigation at the top also shows different pages. Also, I (hopefully) fixed some of the layout ugliness that occurs on tablets.
December Community Spotlight
There have been some new blogs and monk resource popping up, and I’d like to help spread the word.
The Positives of Reforging
WoW can live without reforging, but it wasn’t all bad. I want to point out the reasons I like it, in hopes that those elements remain in the game in some form.
Now, reforging for most specializations wasn’t engaging. Most specs had a static stat priority, and all reforging brought to the table was a cascading money sink to change some of your bad stats into good stats and to reach hard caps. It was the way for most specs, but as Brewmasters we got to experience many of its redeeming features, beyond reaching hit and expertise caps. And I think these features are worth perserving in one way or another.