In it’s first look, i really like what has been done with the new talents for Monk in TWW. Those talents seems really fun and much more engaging than what we currently have.
This said. There’s one talent that sold me Windwalker in Dragonflight: Skyreach
Yes, this talent is a deathwish in some situations, yes having an option to make it not blink yourself was a good change, but removing it entirelly will greatly hurt, in my opinion, the feeling of the spec. From a fantasy standpoint, this talent is very strongly selling you this vibe of being an hyper-mobile, quick and reactive monk, in the same way monks in Diablo 3 are, in a way that wasnt felt on monks before Dragonflight.
Skyreach is my favorite monk talent point and even when it wasn’t optimal to play with it, i still picked it for this feeling. Please, Blizzard, keep it as a Choice Node. Removing it would feel as bad as removing Felrush on Demon hunters as a part of the movement identity of the spec is going away with it.
(I had a ton of fun dealing with the slipery platform on Senarth the spider boss of vault with this talent, in a way no one else could understand in my raid as this talent was doing everything it could to kill you everytime you pressed Tiger palm, and just for that, i look forward to do this raid in S4. It was a pure moment of fun chaos.)
There is a new talent on the bottom right side of the Class tree called Rushing Reflexes that reads similar to what skyreach did. Mind you its not on tiger palm but after you roll you dash to a target in 10 yards.
Maybe it’ll be able to fulfill this fantasy. I won’t be able to really confirm it until i play it myself on Beta/PTR, but i think that at this point of the dev process, it’ll be already too late if it doesnt.
Furthermore, I don’t feel like Roll is the right button to put this fantasy on, as it’s mostly used for repositionning and dodging more than going all in. On the other side, we get Clash as DPS, which is fullfilling this fantasy, on a cooldown and with yet another button to press, it’s still very fun and i’m glad we get it.
The mobility being given I think will end up being even more awkward to use than what is currently available. I can see you lot being kited to oblivion. Roll shuold be replaced (as a talet) with a dash to target, similar to skyreach but with a 20y range and two charges on short cd. This only being for WW, but you lose roll. Atleast it gives WWs an option to either keep on a target or have the freedom to choose where your mobility spell goes to.