For this specialization, in Season 4, I would like the bonuses (updated) from:
Para esta especialización, en la temporada 4, me gustarían las bonificaciones (actualizadas) de:
Para esta especialização na Série 4, quero os bônus (atualizados) da:
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/choose-your-own-gear-in-dragonflight-season-4/1760899/1
which of you ANIMALS are votin S1 lol1!!
Edit: its a TIE between S1 and S2 what do we do now? lol
To cross post my other post:
Figured I’d toss up a post on this for those less familiar with how the tier sets have played out this expansion. For context I held R1 mythic dps in Aberrus and will probably have the same for Amidrassil shortly. I have done plenty of math/theorizing with the tier sets this expansion so hopefully this is helpful.
As a note, there is (updated) next to the tier sets you vote for, so presumably they are not exactly the same but follow a similar theme.
Season 1 Bonus:
Season 1 Pros:
Season 1 Cons
Season 2 Bonus:
Season 2 Pros:
Season 2 Cons
Season 3 Bonus:
Season 3 Pros:
Season 3 Cons
Overall:
If you care more about M+: Season 1/Season 3>Season 2
If you care more about Raid: Season 2/Season 3>Season 1
If you play both: Season 3>Season 2/Season 1
If you don’t want damage rng: Season 2>Season 3>Season 1
If you don’t want rotation rng: Season 2>Season 1>Season 3
If you don’t like cancelling FoF: Season 2>Season 1/Season 3
If you like Serenity: Season 2/Season 3>Season 1
If you like SEF: Season 1>Season 2/Season 3
IMO the Season 3 tier would be great to get back if we could know what the 4pc rework was more compelling, but it’s hard to commit. If you’re feeling lucky that Blizz blesses redesigns voting Season 3 is probably best for performance and feel
Now again, this all may change given I’d expect tier sets to not be exact duplicates, but hopefully this is a helpful summary of what to expect with your votes.
Thanks
Personally I’m voting for Season 2.
Season 3 is fun and dynamic with lots of skill expression and overall very good in raids/m+, but having another season in a row of the same tier would likely be rather boring and I’m skeptical of their ability to do much with the 4pc as they seem commuted to CDR for some reason
Season 1 is a very boring tier set that is effectively entirely passive and highly RNG dmg is not engaging to me personally.
Season 2 provides a good blend of cleave/st/aoe while also spicing up the rotation a bit. With current tuning levels of SCK and DocJ it should be more dynamic than it was in Aberrus on rotation while providing some good uncapped AoE+ST help which WW tends to need.
If you vote for season 1 you make me sad but that is your right D:
(Also voting for S1 probably gets WW nerfed given the silly damage DoCJ procs would do and I’d prefer to not be an AoE only spec again)
For ww in particular I wish we could have gone with multiple 2 sets.
Both Season 2 and Season 3 2 sets would be an absolute banger bonus so its a shame we cant mix and match
I am voting season 3, This is the best monk has felt ever to play
To elaborate:
The Season 3 and Season 2 two piece bonuses are by far the best bonuses out of any here and synergize quite well. If I could vote that as an option I would. The only reason I vote season 2 is because the current 4pc is very underwhelming and without direction on how it’d be updated I’m not sure if I want the same bonus for 2 tiers in a row.
You want to cast SCK’s to buff BoK’s, which you want to cast to reduce RSK cd’s, which you cast to prio damage and aoe, etc. It’s the most “combo” oriented playstyle by far with the most gameplay choice and makes pretty much every button an interesting button press (especially if the FoF increasing nova damage could be integrated)
I do believe Blizzard should strongly consider that mix as a tier set as the current S3 4pc bonus taints the tierset due to it being both undertuned and quite lackluster “feel” wise in most content.
The season 2 4pc is also not super interesting beyond tacking on a FoF ST boost in an effort to keep us from cancelling it (lol)
The season 1 bonuses are legitimately entirely passive and if that option wins for whatever reason, please for the love of god rework the 4pc entirely. It is unbelievably bad in terms of interesting gameplay as you just completely ignore it in all situations and XBG already enforces RSK casts after FoF, with SCK also being very good in AoE because you have no other options.
Additionally, the Season 1 bonus does not automatically just make WW good at M+. The current Season 3 2pc is exceptionally strong in keys and Windwalker is probably as good or better than it was in season 1.
Why are yall memeing on us sad WW monks mains lmaooooo
What monsters are voting for S1???
I think it’s mostly the following:
People who like SEF in dungeons (hard to tell if it would even be better here given tuning)
People who sort of blindly saw it higher up in the M+ meta in s1. (This is an incorrect take I’d wager as Aug is what changed things dramatically, not WW’s tier sets. The current tier is very very good for M+)
People who haven’t played much and sort of blindly follow “community leader” opinions that are largely misconceptions. The WW resource complaint stuff started popping up in S2 and came to a head in S3. The current tier set is actually by far the most interactive with resource management (and just about every other facet of gameplay)
S1 played without stomp, S2 and S3 play with stomp, many people dislike stomp. This is more so to due with stomp receiving numerous buffs and you would absolutely play it even with the S1 bonus if re-released
People don’t realize that with the significant buffs to SCK and DoCJ the Season 2 set would likely not resolve to just ignoring SCK like you did during that tier.
People don’t realize that the Season 1 set is very very bad for 2-4 target scenarios which is many raid and m+ situations. The spec was very reliant on ToD for those in actual season 1 due to much higher hp pools relative to dps, which would not be true in S4
Im shocked S1 is winning over S2. If you’re a windwalker and voting season 1, your icecream privledges should be revoked
Season 1 is winning for real? We need to limit the franchise up in here man. What the heck?
Tl;dr:
If you want a very interactive rotation that feels bad sometimes: s3
If you want to a boring tier set (BUT) adds a single target ability to your aoe rotation that you also have to hope they tune up the numbers of: s2
If you’re bored of both of the above because they both feel really bad to play and would rather have a boring tier set: s1
“it feels really bad to press RSK in AoE, which enables more talents and creates overall more rotational choice”
what a take!
this is wHY WINDWALKERS CAN’T HAVE NICE THINGS.
guys it’s a season 3 angle, stop trolling me
The take of “more options = better” is probably one of the most noob trap takes you can have from a game design perspective, sometimes having more choices isn’t better when the choices aren’t fun, because thats what games are about, fun.
I’d rather play core monk than having a boring set tied to a caveat of 1 rotational change that is pretty uninspired and uninteresting to say the least
So no tier set > tier set is effectively what you prefer 
Because things like changing rotations are notoriously NOT what tier sets are for!
S1 tierset is the most enjoyable in pvp pov and most balanced one aswell. Not absurdly strong and not weak either. Big rising sun kicks are more fun than big fists or big blackouts tbh.
Season 1 set all the way