Legion WW ridiculously easy?

[zimboombafoo]

I had tried WW both during MoP and WoD and it seemed a bit complicated, too many buttons..too much micro-management. I tried one out for Legion on the PTR and it appears.....it like 4 buttons, you smash everything to pieces and the aoe is ridiculous. Not that I think it didn't need a little watering-down but holy crap, it's like the frost mage of melee now.

[Babylonius]

I had tried WW both during MoP and WoD and it seemed a bit complicated, too many buttons..too much micro-management. I tried one out for Legion on the PTR and it appears.....it like 4 buttons, you smash everything to pieces and the aoe is ridiculous. Not that I think it didn't need a little watering-down but holy crap, it's like the frost mage of melee now.

If you're only pressing 4 buttons then you're missing something. Legion WW has more rotational buttons than WoD, but less buttons overall.

[stross01]

Baseline:

Blackout Kick
Fists of Fury
Rising Sun Kick
Tiger Palm
Spinning Crane Kick (AOE only)

Talents:

Chi Burst/Chi Wave
Whirling Dragon Punch

Which means you'll possess 5-7 abilities that you'd use in your general rotation, depending on what you want to take.

You have a one baseline ability that I wouldn't really count as 'rotation', Touch of Death. You can also choose Energizing Brew, Xuen, and/or Serenity for longer, bigger cooldowns.

Making a grand total of 6 buttons if you've taken all passive talents or 10 if you've taken the activated.

Toss in a lvl 75 defensive, Touch of Karma, Flying Serpent Kick, and Transcends, and you'll almost have a full action bar!

This puts you on par with the simplicity of every other melee spec right now. It seems their emphasis is less about worrying about rotation and more about where you're standing, what you're hitting, and what you're doing mid-encounter.

[Rilas13]

@stross01, also their artifact adds another rotational ability in there. Strike of the Windlord I think.

[Deleted]

Besides the artifact ability that rilas mentioned you're also missing rushing jade wind, which can even be used in a single target rotation.

[Lockheartx]

I suppose I don't view it as being simplistic because there's now more forethought that has to go into what your doing in a fight now. You've got to think ahead and partially plan your moves out so you are able to use your hard hitters on CD, not cap energy, waste chi, and do so without using two of the same ability twice in a row. Like the other dps spec's I've played there is a choice in how complex the spec can be based on your talent choices.

[Jademist]

I suppose I don't view it as being simplistic because there's now more forethought that has to go into what your doing in a fight now. You've got to think ahead and partially plan your moves out so you are able to use your hard hitters on CD, not cap energy, waste chi, and do so without using two of the same ability twice in a row. Like the other dps spec's I've played there is a choice in how complex the spec can be based on your talent choices.

I agree with this. Playing in PTR I have had to be more careful with which skills I use in succession to avail of the mastery and the Hit Combo talent to get maximum sustained DPS. To me it's not simple. It's more challenging.

[Prokasa]

I agree with this. Playing in PTR I have had to be more careful with which skills I use in succession to avail of the mastery and the Hit Combo talent to get maximum sustained DPS. To me it's not simple. It's more challenging.

How is it more challenging? the only way you can mess it up is if you tiger palm/blackout kick twice in a row, everything else has a CD and even then losing your mastery for 1 TP/BoK doesnt matter much unless you're specced into hit combo

[HHHGame78]

Welcome to Legion, this happened to most every class.

[Deleted]

i rerolled to monk start of mop and just tried it on ptr. like it way more now, hated the damn tigereye brew

[Jademist]

How is it more challenging? the only way you can mess it up is if you tiger palm/blackout kick twice in a row, everything else has a CD and even then losing your mastery for 1 TP/BoK doesnt matter much unless you're specced into hit combo

If you noticed I did mention Hit Combo.