What covenant should I be picking? I saw that monk has a few options that are decent but am I basically stuck going kyrian to be useful?
Go Night Fae. Play to crush.
In my opinion you’ll want Kyrian since it is the most flexible for all covenants and its powerful. Improves your stagger and DPS for brewmaster, and is super strong for WW and MW. Night Fae covenant interrupts the rotation of mist weaver, costing too much mana, and in wind walker, not generating chi.
Necrolord: I want to augment my rotation in a way that doesn’t affect my general playstyle
Nightfae: I want to augment my rotation in a way that definitely affects my playstyle
Kyrian: I want an ability I can mash once in a while that I can otherwise ignore
Venthyr: I love bad pet AI
Kyrian can remove Bleed and Necrotic.
You really can’t go wrong with any of them, but Kyrian is the most reliable and Venthyr is kinda buggy with the AI. They can sometimes tag mobs you didn’t mean to or pull additional packs.
As far as I am aware, weapons of order does not affect stagger in any way. Our mastery increases our attack power and dodge, but stagger is based on agility, not ap. Am I wrong?
That’s correct
Correct, Kyrian does not affect stagger. Night Fae is the only covenant that improves stagger. Albeit for only 8 seconds per cast.
I’m gonna flip a coin after my maw quest between kyrian and night fae lol.
Also boosts your HP when you stomp if your soulbind is Niya.