WW monk 5% buff removed

[Gieve]

so 7.3 patch notes are officially out and i see that in the ptr notes ww monks had 5% damage to all abilities. now that the patch is going live next week they've changed that buff, which kinda sucks. I still think ww need a buff i get that a good ww monk will always stay competitive but that only if you parse 99% on each fight which is not as easy as people think. I guess what im trying to say is did ww monks get screwed out of a much needed buff or no?

[Babylonius]

No, Windwalker's aren't super great, but they're not bad either. Their within a reasonable range from the average.

[Deleted]

Your shit is gonna scale with Vers now

[cqwrteur]

Buff monk = lose profit!

[Julmara]

i gues its now jadewind on singlerarget

[Madh4tter]

i gues its now jadewind on singlerarget

what makes you think so?

[Julmara]

what makes you think so?

im just guesing because of the 22% dmg increase on it coud be wrong tho

[Lastend]

probably worth assuming they'll add the aura back in when netherlight crucible unlocks and weapon ilvls go up across the board

[Cobrakai]

im just guesing because of the 22% dmg increase on it coud be wrong tho

its still wont be worth using after they "fix" its damage.

[nyc81991]

So are they not buffing Chi Burst and Whirling Dragon Punch anymore?

[Deleted]

probably worth assuming they'll add the aura back in when netherlight crucible unlocks and weapon ilvls go up across the board

weapon ilvl as monk :> nice meme boy/gril ^^

[Fleuria]

all the % buffs that were removed, were due to the crucible not being added on live yet. They said these buffs would go live when crucible opens as some classes don't scale as well with weapon damage as others.

[Axial]

Dat 9% buff inc tho

[Riistov]

No, Windwalker's aren't super great, but they're not bad either. Their within a reasonable range from the average.

Yup, I would say this is accurate.

[ReD-EyeD]

Dat 9% buff inc tho

Comparable balance should be the same as now tho. Well, may be a little bit better, but it will be far far far less than actual 9% because of scaling issues.

[Babylonius]

Comparable balance should be the same as now tho. Well, may be a little bit better, but it will be far far far less than actual 9% because of scaling issues.

If you consider about 8.2% "far far far less than actual 9%"

[Axial]

If you consider about 8.2% "far far far less than actual 9%"

Each far is worth about .2666%

[Kasanja]

probably worth assuming they'll add the aura back in when netherlight crucible unlocks and weapon ilvls go up across the board

Good call

[Deleted]

weapon ilvl as monk :> nice meme boy/gril ^^

Well 15 ilvls for caster is about 5.7% gain, even melees with strong weapon scaling like arms are in the 5.7% region. So getting a 10% gain (lets say 1.8% from 15 weapon ilvl and 8.2% from hotfix) makes it definitely a buff in the 4-5% range for most specs (and 8% for unholy).

[ReD-EyeD]

If you consider about 8.2% "far far far less than actual 9%"

What about in a few months when the average relic ILVL will go up much more? Don't get me wrong, it's a very good thing for monks (even tho I play brm mostly), but it still feels like a cheap band-aid from Blizzard side.

I also meant comparable performance with other specs. With casters who already scales good with int on their weapons from relic lvl performance boost can be 3-5% easily and thats exactly what I would call far less than 9%. We can't exclude crucible mechanics at all. From where we stand now your calculated 8.2% seems reasonable, but it is still not counting new relic changes.