So i made a similar thread over at world of pvp on reddit and want to get peoples basic opinions of classes they’ve tried on the PTR so far.
Interested in things you tested or have played against and seen.
I’ve tested Havoc and WW so far.
tested both with 4 piece tier and double leggo.
Havoc DH (Necro)
Seems primarily in same type of situation as this patch. Sustained dmg monster and the tier set feels really good without being disgusting overpowered beyond fairness.
the cov leggo does more damage than i initially was expecting and might surprise people.
if you’re stacked against havoc you’re already expecting cleave but the fiery brand was hitting for 5k average and 10k crits not including the damage from exploding the demon.
The only thing that feels bursty about this spec is the last slash of blade dance / deathsweep which is hitting hard af.
I also tested Kyrian WW using the 4pc and Xuens Treasure. You can watch venrukis video to get an idea of the amount of damage it pumps but i just don’t like that playstyle of monk. It felt great into melee and not so much into casters to me. I was playing hit combo and serenity and the damage felt good on the target dummy and toons that stand still but im just not great at sticking to targets on WW so i’m not the best judge of how it will be in actual gameplay but the damage is there.
couple little notes.
the WW tier has crappy stats. haste/vers or crit/haste pieces are the only options.
the 4 pc works by giving you a timed stacking buff each time you hit someone called Primordial Preparation. Each hit resets the 10 sec timer and adds one stack until you get 10 stacks and it turns into Primordial Assault (or something similar i can’t remember exact buff name atm). and then your next 3 attacks will have the bonus damage.
So as long as you don’t get kited for 11 secs at anytime you won’t lose your buff and have to start over. Pretty manageable but you’ll just have to be sure to track it and not waste it. I didn’t take notice to if the 3 buffed attacks have any sort of time limit or if they stay active until used.
ok other classes i ran into that seem strong
demo locks (demonbolt chunking)
unholy dk (abom limb hurts bad)
feral druid (sickle of the lion dot is nasty)
spriest has a cool looking monster pet thing that hovers over them and mindflays stuff
sorry for the book.
just wanna get as much info about next season as possible so feel free to share your findings