Monk was my first toon in MoP and have been playing it ever since. It felt the smoothest in Legion, but in BFA I feel like I’m playing WoD again. Am I doing something wrong with the rotation? Is it a gear problem? Basically I just feel super energy-starved and chi-hungry; rotations feel incredibly slow and maintaining combo strikes feels painful if not downright untenable.
Is this just a matter of not having enough haste? This is the first time I’ve switched to Ascension because Energizing Elixir wouldn’t come back in time. As a fresh 120 I just don’t see myself enjoying WW this expansion at all unless the raid gear makes the rotation like 3x faster and smoother. Does that happen?
Also can we actually equip swords and maces again? I thought so but we lose FoF for it? Is it even viable to play WW without FoF?
You wont lose FoF of you equip a mace or sword , also try taking WDP. Chi burst and fist of the white Tiger , will help with being Chi starved , it’s a fast paced rotation you really never have nothing to press Ww isnt super good this x Pac so far , specially in pvp but about mid pack in pve
Haste is actually your worst stat now too btw , and your weapon gives you a kind of hidden aura that determines your damage kinda like a feral druid in cat form. So choose your favorite weapon to sit on your back forever
Haste is your lowest stat. However your rotation feels smoothed out when you have about 10%. If you are a fresh 120 its going to feel odd for a while till you have about an ilvl of 355+ if not 370.
EE got nerfed to the ground and is on GCD so many will recomend to no use that at all. Personally FotWT is a better choice because of Chi generation and that math behind energy usage.
What I have found is that using the GCD to your advantage is what helps maintain a solid rotaiton. Because buffs are now on the GCD they count towards combo strikes. For example. TP>FOTWT>SEF>FoF>RSK>TP>WDP>BOK>TP>Xuen>BOK>FOTWT. You see where im going with this. Its not perfect and im trying to write this on my phone so the actual rotation better than the one above but it is the essence of what you should attempt to do.
To answer your FoF question the new tool tip says 1 handed weapons. meaning FoF can be used with maces, ax, swords, fists. heck look at my armory and see what I am rocking to get a sense of what to expect later on even though I can not for the life of me get the Fist weapon off G’huun >,<
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