Changes to Rising Sun Kick

[Wrathson]

Hello fellow Monks. Can anyone explain this to me?

Is this a nerf or just low level damage adjustments?



Rising Sun Kick (Windwalker) Kick upwards, dealing [ 1,110.2% [ 653% of AP ] damage, and reducing the effectiveness of healing on the target for 10 sec.

Rising Sun Kick (New) Rising Sun Kick deals 70% increased damage. Monk - Mistweaver & Windwalker Spec.

EDIT
Yeah i just did the maths. It's just low level adjustment. 70% dmg increase to the 653% AP scaling comes down to 1110,1 so it stays the same. That's fine

[Archmage Alodi]

RSK almost one shotted everything while leveling back in MoP ( like old chimera shot) i can see why it's getting nerfed.

[halfawake]

According to http://ptr.wowdb.com/spells/262840-r...ck#25744-25804 the 70% increase comes at rank 2 at level 36 if I'm understanding correctly. So it's a nerf below level 36?

[Wrathson]

According to http://ptr.wowdb.com/spells/262840-r...ck#25744-25804 the 70% increase comes at rank 2 at level 36 if I'm understanding correctly. So it's a nerf below level 36?

Indeed. I only recently leveled my Monk and up to level 95 or something like that, Rising Sun Kick would oneshot every normal NPC
So yeah.. an understandable nerf in lower levels.

[Xloudman]

It's a low level/twink balance thing, which makes sense since it's in the leveling patch, I'm just glad they haven't touched my survival hunter's flanking strike bread and butter

[ReD-EyeD]

What are you talking about? It's a clearly a nerf. Just look at the numbers:
Previous RSK is [ 1,110.2% of AP ]
New one is [ 653% of AP ] x 1.7 = [ 1,110.1% ]

[Platinengel]

To quote Babylonius:

"Looks like more changes aimed at leveling. RSK has had its base damage nerfed, then a passive buff is added through leveling that brings it back up to the current levels. Appears to be a net neutral change for max level."

Mathematically it is indeed a very, very minor nerf. But it's so small that you wont possibly feel it.

If AP= 20,000

NOW: 20,000 AP * 1,110.2% = 222,040 Dmg
PTR: 20,000 AP * 653% * 1,7 = 222,020 Dmg

If they would take it to 654%: 20,000 AP * 654% * 1,7 = 222,360 Dmg

If they would buff it to 69% instead of 70%: 20,000 AP * 653% * 1,69 = 220,714 Dmg
With 69% and 654%: 20,000 AP * 654% * 1,69 = 221,052 Dmg

So as you see, they used the closest %-changes available.