We aren’t advocating for being independent of the raid team - engagement with the rest of the raid team, both healers and DPS, is a core part of tanking - but we believe that it is important that our abilities both are and f eel important to use correctly. This is less about a raw numerical look at DTPS/EHRPS and more that no matter how we apply our Brews we always feel like we are bleeding to death - and fast.

As exemplified by the Fetid Post, our Active Mitigation doesn’t feel impactful. That feeling is missing from BfA Brewmaster. When a Death Knight Death Strikes and heals back much of the hit they just took, they should feel powerful. When a Paladin presses Shield of the Righteous for a tankbuster and lives, they should feel powerful. What makes that power fantasy engaging and attractive is our ability as players to enact even small parts of it. Many amongst the Brewmaster vets collaborating on this article subscribe to the tanking fantasy of facing a dangerous enemy, standing strong against their attacks, and through our own abilities living to fight another day. We’ve broken down our concerns into a few major areas, some of which aren’t Brew-only but warrant discussion:Īgency has been a hot topic in the community lately, and it’s applicable here too. Azerite hasn’t really been a replacement for those, with many traits being raw power rewards for doing things we already did. As with many classes, losing both the artifact and legendaries was a big blow. Unfortunately, that is where the high points end. Baseline Leg Sweep in particular has been good for our kit in M+, as it allows us to talent into either Ring of Peace or Black Ox Statue and gives us two impactful mob-control abilities. The addition of Bob and Weave (one of our best defensive legendaries!) as a talent and Leg Sweep as a baseline ability have been great positive changes as well, and we don’t want to overlook those. In the transition to Battle for Azeroth, Brewmaster lost the least defensive power of any tank spec, and we are lucky to have found ourselves in an environment that plays into most of Stagger’s strengths. You can follow the discussion there.īefore we get started, let’s address the elephant in the room: Brewmaster is strong right now - really strong. This is a supplementary post to the 8.1 Monk Megathread on Reddit.

Brewmaster relics