WoW TWW Patch 11.1 Development Notes - Monk Changes
We will go over the most recent dev notes for Monks in the upcoming World of Warcraft The War Within "Undermine(d)" patch.
A lot of massive changes will arrive in Patch 11.1, and many World of Warcraft players can't wait to try out the new raid, Mythic+ dungeons and score some new tier sets, given the new approach by the devs in terms of tuning and balancing.
With that in mind, we got a huge batch of changes from the TWW PTR so we will take a closer look at all of the Monk changes.
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WoW TWW Monk Changes 11.1
Mistweaver
- Jade Bond has been redesigned – Chi Cocoons now apply Enveloping Mist for 4 seconds when they expire or are consumed, and Chi-Ji’s Gusts of Mists healing is increased by 40% (was 20%) and Yu’lon’s Soothing Breath healing is increased by 500%.
Developers’ notes: These changes to Jade Bond are intended to refocus Chi-Ji into a powerful cooldown that encourages more intentional uses. We’re reducing the baseline cooldown of both Celestials to account for the loss of dynamic cooldown reduction and increasing the effectiveness of Chi Cocoons cast by longer cooldown Celestials to make intentional uses of this longer cooldown feel more immediately impactful.
- The cooldowns of Invoke Chi-Ji, the Red Crane and Invoke Yu’lon, the Jade Serpent have been reduced to base 2 minutes (was 3 minutes).
- Chi Cocoon’s absorb amount now scales with the cooldown of your celestial (now 100% more effective when not using Gift of the Celestials).
- Jade Empowerment now increases Crackling Jade Lightning’s damage by 3000% (was 2000%) and cleaves at 10% effectiveness (was 25%).
- Lotus Infusion increases healing taken by 10% (was 8%).
Developers’ notes: We’re making a small adjustment to Lotus Infusion given that we’re expecting the upcoming class set to influence talent decisions around this talent node and we’d like Lotus Infusion to remain a viable, more passive option for those who prefer it.
- Yu’lon’s Whisper healing increased by 30%.
Conduit of the Celestials
- Celestial Conduit damage increased by 225%.
- Heart of the Jade Serpent now triggers on every cast of Sheilun’s Gift and scales its duration with the number of clouds consumed.
Developers’ notes: The goal for this change is to reduce the amount of tracking required to optimally use Heart of the Jade Serpent.
Windwalker
- Undermine(d) 4-Set Bonus has been updated – Fists of Fury’s damage buff increased to 8% per stack (was 5%).
- Slicing Winds damage increased by 33% and the distance that level 1 empower moves you has been decreased by 50%.
Developers’ notes: We’re keeping our eye on Slicing Winds as our testing progresses to ensure that the movement feels fluid and as non-disruptive as possible. We would love to hear continued feedback in this area and thank you testers for your notes so far!
- Xuen’s Bond now reduces the cooldown of Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger by a static 30 seconds.
- Last Emperor’s Capacitor now increases the damage of Crackling Jade Lightning by 400% per stack (was 200%).
- Power of the Thunder King now cleaves Crackling Jade Lightning at 80% effectiveness (was 100%).
Conduit of the Celestials
- Heart of the Jade Serpent now triggers each time you cast Strike of the Windlord, but its duration has been decreased to 6 seconds for Windwalker Monks.
Developers’ notes: We’d like to reduce the tracking required around Heart of the Jade Serpent as well as make it a more fundamental part of playing as a Conduit of the Celestial Monk.
- Rising Sun Kick has been added back to Heart of the Jade Serpent for Windwalker Monks.
Developers’ notes: We weren’t satisfied with the rotational outcome of this change and are reverting it.
And that covers all of the changes so far. As more and more players test out the Patch 11.1 content on the PTR, we can expect the next major update to The War Within might look very promising in the long run. You can also check out the official notes, here.
