Introduction
Hey everyone, I’m Nate, a main tank for Method, and welcome to the Brewmaster Monk Guide for The War Within! I’ve been playing Brewmaster for many years, and this guide is here to help you master the specialization, from Stagger and damage smoothing, to your rotation and all the utility you have to offer.
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In season 2 of The War Within, Brewmaster is looking pretty solid. There hasn’t been a lot of change coming from season 1, but in this guide I will walk you through how to get the most out of our beloved green class.
Strengths
- Extremely Durable
- Strong Offensive Output
- Versatile Utility and Crowd Control
- Hypermobility
- Mystic Touch
Weaknesses
- Complexity
- No spec unique utility
What has changed
Recent Changes in Patch 11.1
Season 2 is here and although it doesn’t contain a vast amount of changes for us Brewmaster enjoyers, the updates we have received definitely aid our quality of life!
- Purified Chi maximum stacks reduced to 6 (was 10) and now increases Celestial Brew’s absorb amount by 35% per stack (was 20%).
- Invoke Niuzao now absorbs 40% of Staggered damage while active (was 25%).
- Invoke Niuzao’s Stomp damage increased by 22%
- All ability damage increased by 15%
In general, the only change here that really affects anything is the Purified Chi adjustment. It works out to be a 10% buff to Celestial Brew at max stacks and is significantly quicker to achieve compared to before. Unfortunately, Niuzao remains a lackluster talent, and the ability damage increase was a buff all tanks received, with most other specs receiving 20% compared to our very sad 15%.
We’ve also received a brand new tier set with the new patch that I’ll touch on later, which is performing very nicely.