I started to play as monkie during end of Legion. Monk in Legion was just simply amazing class and i was really satisfied. But i remember how during leveling i was trying to tank with Brewmaster. At the very start i was very confuced about stagger and whole mechanic how brewmaster works, but today for me Brewmaster is the funniest tankie in the game. Only what i am very disappointed is self-heal. It’s pathetic, because we’re not dodging or blocking or whatsoever damage, we’re only delaying it, and it’s kinda annoying without pocket healer.
But the main reason why i am writing here, hope (don’t believe, but…) Blizzard will read this. It’s very common problem that BW on low levels is the worst tank ever. Paper is basicaly stronger then us and the only option how to make quickie pops of dungs is the be a healer. Unfortunately in my case healing is something boring and honestly since 8.0 changes with mistweaver spec i hate it. Would be very nice to improve low-lvl BW spec, because i know when i join in dung as a BW on low lvl, healers mostly just yelling. And after many months what i play as a monk i think and know what to do.
monk eats a lot HPS at low lvl but i doubt anyone cares about changing it.
I just leveled through dungeons as mistweaver you will have a really nice DPS output.
Currently lvling a monk for heritage armor, tanked quite a few dungeons and, i admit, it’s quite terrible. We take so much damage, 2-3 mobs and i can barely survive even with 100% uptime on brews and general management.
Went MW for a time, warrior, pally, druid and DK tanks in dungeons can literally pull 20+ elite mobs and don’t even take a scratch, so easy to heal to a point where i get bored.
Yet as a brewmaster, i cannot even pull half as much, because i just drop dead, my stagger goes red in 2 seconds and i don’t have enough charges to clear it all, if i don’t clear it i die instantly. Healers struggle to keep me up because for a tank i take ridculous amount of damage, and that’s just sad.
I think the brewmaster would be fun if they would make him the way Chen is in HotS.
I like the over theme around the monk, but I dislike the lack of tankiness the brewmaster has and how MW is now so i kinda stoped leveling my monk to 120.
It’s a shame because I had done almost all Legion achievements on my monk.