This question is at both mw and ww monks.
Both specs seem to have great mobility and dmg/throughput respectively but with CC being on a 1min CD for cap and stun it seems like a lot of your time is just PvEing? If I’m completely wrong please let me know.
I know this is arena forums but how do these specs go in m+? Since we have to a do A LOT of this to gear.
What comps are best right now for the class?
Can’t really talk about MW, but WW is pretty fun actually in both PvP and PvE, but its performance in PvE is rather poor sadly.
WW Monks in PVE are not amazing, we lack the sustained aoe damage as most of our dps comes in bursty waves with Touch of Death, Fists of Fury, storm earth and fire, rising sun kick, whirling dragon punch etc all chained together for insane burst.
This in turn however is better for PVP to secure kills at the right time. And why WW monks are great in arena.
Not to say monks are bad in pve, we bring many very useful tools to the table, we we aint rocking any fire mage or demon hunter damage.
all the ww and mw players i know say they are both extremely boring in arena
mistweaver just sits 40 yards away from the team and pve heals and rolling in is usually a throw
windwalker i dont know the specifics on but ive heard it just isnt as satisfying as it was in legion or earlier
this x 100
WW in MOP was so damn fun.
So WW is quite fun and has a very engaging play style IMO. It does very well in PvP and if you’re running blood as a major, your pve aoe damage can be absurd as well
I play MW a lot now, it is very fun, and has a tons of nice tools to be able to help a group or arena team out. Idk what someone was saying about it being boring, you actually get to fight a little to keep your mana up
my WW is better geared than my warrior and does like 15k less dps on single target so they indeed under perform in pve but it is an engaging spec and their burst and flexibility is quite refreshing. i do really enjoy MW only healer that comes close in terms of fun is sham. the only reason i dont main monk is MW seems to be really feast or famine some patches you wont see any and then blizz overtunes them and they are everywhere. monks are seeing a few changes in shadowlands might fix some of the feast or famine swings and make them a little more consistent. but in terms of just fun its the only class where i enjoy every spec and they have great utility for m+ and pvp.
I used my boost on a monk last week and it’s been some of the most fun I’ve had in wow in awhile.
Thanks for the replies guys. I used boost on mage and find them insanely unfun to play compared to wotlk and MoP so need something actually fun to play
Yeah… mop mage was peak fun…
I personally think that WW is pretty fun.
I can’t say that MW is, not fun, but its definitely not my favorite healer. I’d much rather be playing Sham, Druid or Paladin of MW, but I think if you plan on playing both it might be worth.
MW is not fun to play. There will be moments where you think to yourself ‘hey self, I want to be offensively useful like that hpal’ so you dive in to leg sweep. It is at this moment when you eat your fill of cc and micro-cc and have to commit cocoon on yourself which causes your dps to die 20s later that you realize you were better 30 yards away playing to your win condition. That win condition is dampening and mana efficiency most of the time, unless you’re playing mage/lock/mistweaver. If this is the case, you ESPECIALLY need to be doing nothing because the only thing that can lose you the game, is you.
When most of my dmg is an overwhelming majority of fof I would say this is wrong.
To answer op’s question, WW may not be as fun as it was in MoP, it’s still the most fun I have on any class.
Leveled 3 monks to 120, can’t stand WW. I think my pea brain can’t comprehend the “don’t repeat a skill” and “Whirring Dragon qualifiers” play style.
MW is fun in BGs because of the superb mobility but arena is boring just standing max range and pve healing
MW is not fun to play. It’s as easy as Hpal but doesn’t get to pewpew.
So just play serenity 5head
ww is very fun in arena you have a ton of comp choice ur basically a rogue. mw is the most boring spec but at least it’s very strong so if you like winning it will be fun
the real question is why doesnt spinning crane kick use energy and build chi
I miss that honestly and when rushing jade just replaced sck.
Also I wish now more than ever they had left rjw from the start of bfa to now, I could have it on forever with the haste levels out there