Oh neat, Brann can gain a mini Bloodlust in S2

[Zitaska-aerie-peak]

Along with some other cool goodies

@Kaivax

Powers acquired from defeating powerful vignettes will now focus on modifying Brann for your run:

• Shield Alert: When you fall beneath 50% health, Brann will shield you, reducing your damage by a massive amount for a short period of time.
• Silencing Potion: Brann will throw out a healing potion that will also trigger an AoE silence to nearby enemies. This means non-healer Brann specs can now have some access to heals, and healer Brann will throw out even more healing.
• Heroism Cannister: Brann can activate a smaller version of Bloodlust at the start of combat with a cooldown.

Non-lust class rejoice?

[Rilota-moon-guard]

More healing pots???

Bro already made me unkillable lmao.

[Zitaska-aerie-peak]

Inb4 6 potions.

Still an AoE silence will be SOOO good in T11s

[Altesh-area-52]

@Kaivax

reducing your damage by a massive amount for a short period of time.

I really wish they’d just say how much.
50%? 90%?
2 seconds? 3 seconds?

[Buttercleave-moon-guard]

I mean what’s the point? Between all the buffs he has now and the potions, consumables off the AH, etc. we’re pretty much unkillable. It just feels like mobs hit hard BECAUSE Brann vomits out potions and abilities that immediately heal the damage I just took. I think I died only once in a Delve, and it was on that rotting mushroom throwing boss and it was only because I got so bored I literally zoned out and had a mushroom spawn on me.

[Rilota-moon-guard]

Gunna help so many specs for real.

[Zitaska-aerie-peak]

Yea that type of description annoys me lol, even Fire Mage has something like that with hyperthermia. No percent, just “has a chance” …

@Rilota-moon-guard

Gunna help so many specs for real.

Disc/Holy Priest rejoicing.

[Aendriel-malganis]

I’m more curious about how good will his “Tank” role actually be?

Will he tank something like Zek ?? like a big boy and not die on me? lol

[Titanspit-stormrage]

Do you have to relevel him

[Rilota-moon-guard]

Yeah this is interesting because it removes a ton of challenge from delves if he can eat most autos.

[Titanspit-stormrage]

One shot autos is bad game design.

[Rilota-moon-guard]

Trust me lol i whined about the white damage in delves a loooot on tww launch.

[Zitaska-aerie-peak]

I feel like ppl who don’t play healer specs in delves are gonna find out the hard way tank Brann wasn’t made to accommodate the DPS but instead the healer.

@Titanspit-stormrage

Do you have to relevel him

Yes, his level cap is 80 now instead 60. So if your Brann was currently 60 you can continue from that point leveling him in S2.

[Rilota-moon-guard]

Yeah im going to assume he’ll have very little sustain.

[Kholgrimm-wyrmrest-accord]

just bring drums

[Aendriel-malganis]

@Zitaska-aerie-peak

wasn’t made to accommodate the DPS but instead the healer.

I don’t know about that.

because if the role is intended for healers the expectation would then be that Brann not only is tanking but also doing really high dps. Sure he might be super squishy then, but I just don’t see them designing it in a way that Brann would solo the place if you just heal him.

[Zitaska-aerie-peak]

From Blizzard themselves:

@Kaivax

Tank Brann

Starting with the patch launch, players will be able to choose a new spec for Brann – tank. Tank Brann will wield a pistol and a shield while doing his best to taunt enemies. This spec is focused on improving the experience of running delves as a healer. There will still be damage and attacks for you to dodge as a healer, but you should see your delve run times be more comparable to those who play as damage or healing.

Now some specs that can sustain themselves will likely try tank Brann and succeed but ultimately he was made for healers since DPS Brann can’t hold aggro.

Fwiw, doing DPS as a healer isn’t terrible, they can definitely clear trash when played correct. Archon Holy Priest is an AoE powerhouse for example.