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Stat Weights and You: Round 3
Foreword/Raidbots Ad These are not required reading, but certainly show how we got here... Round 1 | Round 2 Although this article will focus on what stat weights are, how to get them, and how to use them, pretty much all of this is made entirely moot by...
read moreState of the Spec: Windwalker in 8.1
Updated with 2 more bugs that I forgot about. Well its been almost two weeks since 8.1 came, and since it came with some changes to Windwalker, now is a good time to start looking at how those changes affected things. For anyone who isn't super familiar with what...
read moreStaggering Patch 8.1, Brewmaster Edition
It's finally here, the launch of BfA patch 8.1! And with it has come a number of changes to professions, expansion features, and class/ability changes for more or less every specialization in the game. For us Brewmasters, most of them are of the nerf or net-neutral...
read moreWindwalker Guide to 8.1 Changes
Its been almost a month since my last article, because there really hasn't been much to talk about. There were some changes to WW on the PTR, but none really worth talking about from a PvE perspective. So, with the patch less than a month away, I thought now would be...
read moreCelestial Misfortune, a Zen Meditation
Did you know Celestial Fortune is bugged? Until the 30th of October, it actually had two bugs. The first is relatively well-known and pretty benign: the absorb portion of Celestial Fortune won’t trigger until you’ve entered combat at least once since logging in. This...
read moreWindwalker PTR Build 28202
New PTR build rolled out with some changes that affect Windwalkers: Rushing Jade Wind Summons a whirling tornado around you, causing [(9) * (10% of Attack power)] damage over 6 sec to enemies within 8 yards. Specializations changed from Brewmaster to...
read moreOpen Letter: Brewmaster
This is a supplementary post to the 8.1 Monk Megathread on Reddit. You can follow the discussion there. Before we get started, let’s address the elephant in the room: Brewmaster is strong right now -- really strong. In the transition to Battle for Azeroth, Brewmaster...
read moreOpen Letter: Windwalker
This is a supplementary post to the 8.1 Monk Megathread on Reddit. You can follow the discussion there. Windwalker in Battle for Azeroth, while still pretty similar to its Legion incarnation, seems to overall be a step down in class design. While many people are still...
read moreWindwalker PTR Build 28085
There was a new build on the PTR aimed at Honor Talents which will effect Windwalker PvP & War Mode. Currently these are not showing on the wowhead database but you can log into the PTR to check them out for yourself, in the meantime Mickey has put together an...
read moreMythic Plus Talk with Trellsky
Trellsky is the currently highest ranked Brewmaster on Raider.io, and was very recently part of the world first timed +19 Underrot. We had a talk with him about his experience with Mythic Plus in Battle for Azeroth as a Brewmaster. Trellsky: Hello! My name is Trellsky...
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