Greetings all -
just wanted to share with those that are interested about some changes I have implemented with my brewmaster upon gearing up more & learning how to play better.
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Item Level increased from around 599 to 606. Not sure if this made a difference but for sure something changed.
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Switched from Master of Harmony to Shado-Pan. I finally realized that I was using Master of Harmony as a crutch to have two charges of celestial brew available, not understanding that the most efficient use is when I am dealing with elevated amounts of stagger (in which case one charge is sufficient).
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Watched a video about Blackout Combo (Banana) and how to do it properly. Swapped my talents around.
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I was previously using two 1-handed weapons for aesthetics. Upon unlocking the PVP achievement for 2500 conquest, I got a 2h champion spear.
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Using Weapons of Order on new packs instead of holding onto it.
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Talent that delays stagger damage another 3 seconds.
Observations:
I noticed my damage basically go through the roof in PVE. Everything was hitting harder and I started seeing 1.3-1.5 million tiger palms. Stagger is now up to 35%, which while not a lot, I feel a difference compared to 31-32%.
On the Raider’s Tanking Dummy (Crystalmaw), I was previously having a very difficult time getting past 8 or 9 stacks of the damage buff. I just tried it out again and I got up to 23 stacks. This is the highest I have gotten to on any of my tank characters (though this one has the best gear).
I have run through three bountiful tier 8 delves now and it was easy mode / face tank everything. I also dropped two talents in transcendence that let me heal twice, because again, this was a crutch I think.