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It sounds like a remixed version of listen to the cries of the planet

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thanks for uploading btw

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Better than, in my opinion

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seconding this. super annoying that it doesn't show up as a resource in tmw

He was definitely doing something wrong, but something to keep in mind is that Brewmasters excel at taking massive hits because they can tuck most of it away into stagger. A lot of other tanks have hard caps on the amount of damage that they can mitigate from a single ability while Brews transfer a % of it. That being said, that warrior was definitely doing something wrong lol, I think I was 870 in this video, maybe 868 equipped at the time lol.

Trippy Cakes it's a tell me when rotation profile. I have a different video with a link to its string in the description. you can import it from there.

ElvUI and TellMeWhen here is the string to the tellmewhen profile. It's seen some changes since this video, but they are all for the better. pastebin.com/WL91Z7Bb

My gear's swapped out a bit since this video. I don't really sacrifice too much to hit the absolute breakpoints of things but I try to get close, at this point with food buff I had an absurd amount of mastery to the point that I was dodging every other attack (pandaren double the stats with their food). I've since dropped to the 28 - 30% area for mastery and shifting other points into crit. I keep the two almost equal with more emphasis on Mastery if I can do it. Unlike every other Brewmaster I pretty much ignore Haste because of the way I manage my Beers. I've since updated this profile to be more user friendly for other people too with anchor points and mini timers for Blackout strike. It makes cooldown and beer managment pretty easy so haste has never been a concern.

At the time I think this was level appropriate. The cape is the celestial one and the shoulders are throneof thunder normal I believe.

It took some getting used to but it's actually quite fun, and pretty strong in mythic+ I'm thinking of posting some full clears of some +10s but I'm only good at WoW lol, the streaming thing isn't really my thing just yet lol

Yeah most of my stuff is done with ElvUI or TellMeWhen I'll have to check when I get home to figure out the exact font but I believe it to be "homespun" I could be totally off though. The center bar is actually the personal nameplate/resource bar, Elvui has an option to always enable this which allows you to clip it to your screen. Otherwise it will always follow your character and be at the base of their feet. Both the default UI and elvui have this feature and refer to it as personal nameplate I wish I were better at streaming (less chop and proper audio) so I could make better videos for whomever decided to come view, but I am glad you enjoy it.

I think so, but unlike other tanks you're more reliant on your healer to be successful. The contrast to this is that when properly played a Brewmaster is one of the easiest tanks to heal. So if you are running with an organized group and your healer understands that a Brewmaster doesn't need to be topped up like other tanks do, then you should be in for a good time. I explained why brews are okay to be at lower health than other tanks in the comments of one of my other videos but a TL;DR: Your self healing requires that you WOULD have taken damage equal to 100% of your total life. (this can be staggered/absorbed or unmitigated damage) You also get an orb regardless of this rule whenever your life hits 35% So when you balance the two out you can have a large pool of healing orbs built up, hit 35% health to get the extra bonus orb and then bring them all in with expel harm and burst back to full health and repeat the cycle. If you want to see how this all works look at This video here th-cam.com/video/IpWn93dsVMc/w-d-xo.html, I could have solo'd this boss but didn't want to waste any more time with the PuGs I was running with. Best way to learn just how strong you are is to practice with Failing PuGs lol. As mean as it is to say I think playing with groups that are just awful... well that's the fastest way to learn.

oOBlindyOo Just did a few normal mythics at ilvl 855 and I seem to take so much damage :( whats the best way to reduce this? Also on big attacks like last boss Nelth lair, what CD do you use to mitigate the huge hit?

You're always gonna be taking huge hits, but you can choose to put it into stagger damage or your own health bar, with ISB or no ISB. Depending on the frequency of these huge hits will dictate what level you will be clearing your stagger (usually 40% for normal fights, 70%+ for big pulls or raid fights) If you are about to take a big hit from a boss that has no cast time Blackout combo and ISB. The empowered ISB will pause stagger DOT damage for 3 seconds. So the big hit will get eaten by stagger and then 3 seconds of the stagger damage won't even happen because of Black out Combo. If the big damage hit is a cast (Soul explosion from the Raven Boss in Black Rook Hold for example) Then you want to use Xen Meditation.

thanks :) very helpful :D

No problem, you have to juggle two health bars as a Brewmaster now, and you have to get used to being between 40 and 70% life but once you are cool with that the class isn't as bad as people are making it out to be.

It's actually a tellmewhen, I can post the string in the description for you and anyone else who'd like to use it. It's basically just the following priority list I put together to make the most out of blackout combo. The defensive one on the side is where it gets pretty in depth with conditions. 1. Blackout strike On CD 2. Kegsmash when blackout combo active 3. Breath of Fire when blackout combo active & kegsmash on CD 4. Rushing Jade Wind on CD 5. Tiger palm when above 25 energy

ah makes sense! Thanks for posting! I am a DK turned WW Monk. I miss tanking tho and your BM videos are getting me pumped.

and the string would be fantastic

Glad you like the videos, the string is in the description feel free to break it down and take from it what you need. It works across all 3 specs, I'm pretty proud of the wind walker one lol.

lower ilvls, at the higher Mythic+ levels the shield just takes one hit which is no different than dodging. Which is why I started shifting towards more mastery on my gear. A lot of people take haste to a break point with brew but I'm actually preferring more mastery heavy gear (I wind walk a lot) mastery is so high that every other attack is dodged right now. it's very nice

You'll need to run Black out Combo, and Black Ox Brew. That aside this is my general rule for managing stagger: If you have 3 charges of brew, ISB for your next two charges of brew you will have two options. If above 60% life and you have 40% or more stagger purify. If below 60% life and you have 40% or more stagger Empower your ISB (empowered ISB stops stagger damage for 3 seconds while still allowing the dot to tick down, but it also refreshes your ISB. Giving your healer or yourself plenty of time to bring you back to a comfortable level of health) If DBM or the boss prompts you with a large hitting ability, empower your ISB regardless of stagger/health % It takes some getting used to, (honestly my UI helps me with a lot of the heavy lifting) but you'll find your survivability go way up when you get the hang of this. Edit: forgot to mention, but your last charge of Brew should be used to purify your stagger if you have Black ox Brew active. Then the cycle just repeats itself.

Ah ok. Good general rule usage. Was empowering isb way too early I feel.

aha yeah we exist. can't say the same about my mic just yet... Lol I'll try and post more Brew Master videos when I can.

Ah it's np. So hard to find any videos, just started gearing mine for m+, since we only have two tanks in the guild. Loving it so far tbh, although A bit different than WoD. One dungeon I die on three mobs next i live on 8+. Are we healer dependant now you feel ?

I just posted a video with me solo tanking the +4 end boss of BrH once you get the handle for your stagger when to float it and when to clear it you become a very easy tank to work with. you'll always be floating around 40 - 70% life regardless of difficulty though

I always just get "can't top you off why are you dying so fast?" fromthem. only response I can give is working as intended.

I'll try not to go too far into detail but: Whenever you would take damage equal to 100% of your life pool you will spawn a healing orb. (this includes damage you've mitigated or displaced with stagger) So when you are at around 65% life you will spawn a healing orb (because your stagger bar will have the remaining amount of damage in there to spawn an orb) Thanks to your artifact trait you also get a free orb at 35% health. This is why you become more durable when you are at lower life, and why "topping off" a brewmaster isn't going to do anything except run the healer out off mana. If you're alive you're tanking, and there for your job is getting taken care of. Your self sustain comes from smoothing the flow of damage and making effective use of your healing elixir's and healing orbs. (Typically I'll never use expel harm until I'm around 50% and I will always have 1 charge of healing elixir waiting, so that I will spring back to 100% life whenever I hit the sweet spot of 35%. Then thanks to stagger, I'll gradually tic back down to mid to low health and repeat the whole process.) A lot of healers hate this mechanic, but it's the way we work now. We're deceptively durable, but still under performing other tanks, but there are still plenty of gimmicks that make a Brew Master a good choice (you just have to work extra hard for it.)