Brewmaster Monk Tank Guide — The War Within Pre-Patch

The War Within features a massive revamp of the Monk talent tree, with many new talents, pathing changes, and removal of some old options. Be warned, there is a lot to take in. These adjustments to the Monk tree are as follows:

• New Talent: Bounding Agility — Increases the distance traveled by Roll and Chi Torpedo.
• New Talent: Crashing Momentum — Rolling through enemies briefly snares them.
• New Talent: Wind's Reach — Enhances the effects of Crashing Momentum and Disable.
• New Talent: Jade Walk — Increases movement speed when out of combat.
• New Talent: Pressure Points — Paralysis can dispel Enrage effects.
• New Talent: Ancient Arts — reduces the cooldowns of Paralysis and Leg Sweep.
• New Talent: Energy Transfer — successful interrupts reduce the cooldowns of Roll and Paralysis.
• New Talent: Quick Footed — All snares affecting you have 20% reduced duration.
• New Talent: Spirit's Essence — Casting Transcendence: Transfer snares nearby enemies.
• New Talent: Peace and Prosperity — Enhances Ring of Peace and Song of Chi-Ji.
• New Talent: Swift Art — Roll can remove snare effects once every 30 seconds.
• New Talent: Celestial Determination — You cannot be slowed below 90% movement speed when Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox is present.
• New Talent: Chi Proficiency — Increases magic damage and healing done.
• New Talent: Healing Winds — Casting Transcendence: Transfer heals you.
• New Talent: Martial Instincts — Increases Physical damage done and grants Avoidance.
• New Talent: Lighter Than Air — Casting Roll briefly allows you to dash forward by double-jumping; increases the cooldown of roll; enables the Avoidance of fall damage.
• New Talent: Flow of Chi — Gain bonus movement speed, damage reduction, or healing received based on your current health percentage.
• New Talent: Transcendence: Linked Spirits — Transcendence can instead be cast on an ally, allowing you to teleport to them with Transcendence: Transfer.
• New Talent: Rushing Reflexes — Dash to a nearby enemy after every cast of Roll.
• The Following talents have been reworked:
  • Vivacious Vivification — now also decreases the cost of instant-cast Vivify by 75%.
  • Chi Wave — now a passive effect, triggered by Rising Sun Kick and Vivify.
  • Ironshell Brew — now further increases the damage reduction and health of Fortifying Brew.
  • Escape from Reality — no longer increases the healing of Vivify.
• The following talents have been removed:
  • Improved Vivify — effect merged with Vivacious Vivification.
  • Improved Roll — effect added to baseline Roll.
  • Improved Paralysis — effect moved to Ancient Arts.
  • Eye of the Tiger.
  • Close to Heart
  • Generous Pour — personal version of effect moved to Martial Instincts.
  • Resonant Fists.
  • Summon White Tiger Statue.
  • Summon Jade Serpent Statue

In addition to an overhaul of the Monk class talent tree, the Brewmaster specialization tree has also received many updates related to pathing, along with a number of talent additions and retirements. These changes are listed as follows:

• New Talent: Elixir of Determination — Gain an absorb shield once every 15 seconds when falling below 40% health.
• New Talent: August Blessing — A portion of all overhealing received is converted to a heal-over-time effect, based on your Critical Strike.
• New Talent: One With the Wind — Your Mastery: Elusive Brawler has a chance to not be reset on a successful dodge.
• New Talent: Strike At Dawn — Rising Sun Kick grants a stack of Mastery: Elusive Brawler.
• New Talent: Ox Stance — Gain charges of the Ox Stance buff when casting Purifying Brew, which are consumed to increase the amount you Stagger against hits that deal 60% or more of your current health.
• New Talent: Black Ox Adept — Rising Sun Kick additionally generates a stack of Ox Stance when cast.
• New Talent: Heightened Guard — Ox Stance now triggers against attacks that deal 40% or more of your current health.
• The Following talents have been reworked:
  • Gai Plin's Imperial Brew/ Tranquil Spirit — no longer choice nodes.
  • Chi Surge/ Call to Arms — no longer choice nodes.
  • Anvil & Stave — No longer has an internal cooldown on the effect. Instead, amount of cooldown reduction is modified based on how many enemies have recently attacked you.
  • Improved Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox — now buffs Niuzao's Stomp in a manner similar to Purified Chi, rather than being based on how much raw Stagger has been Purified with Purifying Brew.
• The following talents have been removed:
  • Improved Celestial Brew — effect added to baseline Celestial Brew.
  • Improved Purifying Brew — effect added to baseline Purifying Brew.
  • Clash — talent moved to Monk class tree as a choice node with Rushing Reflexes.
  • Fundamental Observation.
  • Healing Elixir.
  • Graceful Exit.
  • Bonedust Brew.
  • Attenuation.
  • Bountiful Brew.