WoW TWW 11.1 Development Notes - Monk Changes

Developers’ notes: We’re making several updates to Mistweaver focused on smoothing out their healing output on varying target sizes and shifting rotational damage priority to a more intuitive space (when players should optimally use each offensive spell should be more obvious).

• New Talent: Emperor’s Favor – Sheilun’s Gift’s healing is increased by 150% and its cast time is reduced by 100%, but it now only heals a single ally.
• Dance of the Wind has been redesigned – Now reduces physical damage taken by 10% and an additional 10% every 4 seconds until you receive a physical attack.
• Jade Empowerment has been redesigned – Increases Crackling Jade Lightning’s damage by 2000% to its primary target and cleaves 4 additional enemies at 25% effectiveness.
• Yu’lon’s Whisper healing increased by 100%.
• Blackout Kick damage increased by 75%.
• Spinning Crane Kick damage increased by 30%.
• Awakened Jadefire now causes Blackout Kick to cleave 2 additional enemies at 20% effectiveness (was 70%).
• Invoke Chi-Ji, the Red Crane now causes 3 Gust of Mists per target (was 1), but only activates once per Blackout Kick and Rushing Wind Kick cast.

Developers’ notes: Teachings of the Monastery Blackout Kicks will continue to function to activate additional gusts but not from their cleave damage.

• Sheilun’s Gift’s talent location has been moved up to above the final talent gate and now connects with Focused Thunder.

• New Talent: Slicing Winds – Envelop yourself in razor-sharp winds, then lunge forward dealing Nature damage to enemies in your path. Damage reduced beyond 5 enemies. Hold to increase lunge distance. Replaces Flying Serpent Kick.
• Mastery: Combo Strikes effectiveness increased by 35%.

Developers’ notes: We’re increasing the value Mastery: Combo Strikes for Windwalker Monks with the goal of pushing it as a stat.

• Dance of the Wind has been redesigned – Now reduces physical damage taken by 10% and an additional 10% every 4 seconds until you receive a physical attack.
• All damage done reduced by 2%.
• Spinning Crane Kick damage increased by 80%.
• Courageous Impulse now increases the damage of Blackout Kick by 350% (was 200%).
• Shadowboxing Treads now increases the damage of Blackout Kick by 10% (was 20%).
• The following talents have been removed:
  • Darting Hurricane
  • Mark of the Crane

Conduit of the Celestials

• Heart of the Jade Serpent no longer reduces the cooldown of Rising Sun Kick.
• Heart of the Jade Serpent now reduces the cooldown of Flying Serpent Kick.

• Alpha Tiger (PvP Talent) has been removed.

• New PvP Talent: Feather Feet – You may now cast while moving during Lighter than Air and it now lasts 4 seconds.
• Alpha Tiger (PvP Talent) has been removed.

• Reverse Harm (PvP Talent) has been removed.