Blackout Combo needs an update

[Zenergy-defias-brotherhood]

I tested High Tolerance, and at mid stagger it was only shaving off 1sec off of Purifying Brew, and 0.5 sec off of Keg Smash. I deemed it not worthy of 2 talent points, and decided to pick up Blackout Combo for the extra 2 sec off of brews with every Keg Smash.

While the 2 seconds off of brews with Keg Smash is definitely welcomed on top of Bonedust Brew effect, the other effects are useless and are in need of an update.

Blackout Combo Tiger’s Palm should also reduce brews by 1sec on top of 100% increased dmg.

Breath of Fire effect is fine, but the problem is that all Brewmaster pick Sal’alabim’s Strength, and the more recent Breath of Fire overwrites the 10% reduction down to 5%.

Keg Smash effect is great, and at the moment 1 out of the 2 only reasons to pick this talent.

Celestial Brew, problem here is that you get the 3 stacks of Purified Chi, but they are not consumed with the Celestial Brew which was just used. So you either must carry over the stacks to next Celestial Brew, run Black Ox Brew, OR and this one makes the most sense since it’s a latter talent: those 3 stacks of Purified Chi MUST be consumed by the same Celestial Brew that triggers it.

The pause stagger for 3 sec effect is fine as is.

[Staaxered-tarren-mill]

High tolerance becomes better at higher gear levels. Consider that it gives you 8% stagger with shuffle. If you have 70% stagger without it, then going to 78% is not 8% damage reduction, it is 27,7% less damage taken. If you were at, say, 84% stagger baseline, then going to 92% would make you take 50% less initial damage than before.

[Zenergy-defias-brotherhood]

Could you clarify where you are getting the 8% from? First tier of the talent is 2%, second is 4%. Where is the 8% from?

EDIT: kinda funny that you are lvl70 xD nice move

[Staaxered-tarren-mill]

It gets doubled by shuffle. 4% ->8%

EDIT: Nevermind I was wrong after all

[Zenergy-defias-brotherhood]

Yeah I tested it after your comment to be sure :))

After some more tinkering, I still ended up giving High Tolerance 1 point. At mid stagger it still shaving off 1 sec off of Purfiying, on top of 2 sec with Blackout Combo, on top Bonedust Brew: I am not having any problems with Purifying charges.