Windwalker vs Havoc II: “Simplicity”

Windwalker vs Havoc II: “Simplicity”

When looking at the historical data, there’s a huge element of it that is caused by people’s perception of how easy a spec is to pick up and play. “Simplicity” and “ease” are hard things to quantify and compare. What one person...
Windwalker vs Havoc II: “Simplicity”

Windwalker vs Havoc: Historical Data

Its been no secret that I’ve, for the most part, retired my Windwalker in favor of a Demon Hunter. This came after weeks of trying to figure out what to do; I wasn’t playing Windwalker well enough, and the spec as a whole wasn’t performing to the...
Windwalker Feedback Thread: My Ideas

Windwalker Feedback Thread: My Ideas

A few weeks ago we launched a website https://wind.mathweaving.com in conjunction with the other Monk specs. The goal of this project was to gather ideas that the community could vote on and discuss to get an idea for what things were most wanted. Now that its been a...

Dear Monk Community…

I’ve been slowly writing this post over the past several months, and after spending the weekend at Blizzcon I felt it was a good time to put in the time to finish it. Unfortunately life happened and it didn’t get done right after Blizzcon like I planned,...
8.3 PTR Build 32044 – Single Target Buffs!?!

8.3 PTR Build 32044 – Single Target Buffs!?!

So the first PTR posting for 8.3 was released today, and it comes with some long awaited buffs.  Rising Sun Kick Kick upwards, dealing [(115% 143.8% of Attack power) * ((Attack power + Offhand attack power) * 2 / 3) / Attack power] Physical damage, and reducing the...
DPS Class/Spec Balance in Eternal Palace

DPS Class/Spec Balance in Eternal Palace

This article has been long coming. It was going to get written last week, but with the announced buffs to a few specs, I wanted to wait till we had the full week’s worth of data after the changes. Now that a week has passed, its time to start parsing through the...
Dropping RSK from our Priority

Dropping RSK from our Priority

With the buffs in 8.3 this playstyle is no longer valid   If you’ve been following the events that have transpired the past few days in Discord, then you’re probably aware that we’ve been discussing the pros/cons of dropping Rising Sun Kick from...

Advanced: Reverse Harm

Now that 8.2 has had some time to settle in, and people will start to get their Conflict and Strife essences in a few days, its time to take a look at Reverse Harm. In this article I’ll cover how you get it, what it does, how it works, and how/when we should use...
Windwalker Guide to 8.2

Windwalker Guide to 8.2

8.2 approaches, and while not a ton is changing for Windwalkers, there are new things being introduced to the game that tweaks things around a little bit. As things are continued to get figured out, this page will be updated to reflect changes. The main Windwalker PvE...
Windwalker Essences: Napkin Math

Windwalker Essences: Napkin Math

As I finally sit down to look at these essences, I am completely overwhelmed. We currently have no way to simulate them, so I have to resort to napkin math, which I’ll readily admit is not my specialty, but its the best we have for a few days till sims are set...