by Emallson | Oct 18, 2023 | 10.1.5, 10.2, Brewmaster, General
For a very long time, Crit/Vers has been the de facto stat combination for Brewmasters in virtually all content. Mastery has always been a staple for defensive use in Mythic+, but has never overtaken Crit/Vers for damage. Until now. Sort of. In some cases. Ugh. The...
by Sinzhu | Jan 28, 2023 | 10.1, 10.1.5, Brewmaster
Learn the ins-and-outs of the Blackout Combo talent for Brewmasters, including its history, why it has become a viable option once again, and how to use it in Dragonflight.
by Emallson | Mar 8, 2022 | 9.2, Brewmaster
The first week of Season 3 is drawing to a close, and with it we are all preparing to open our weekly disappointment boxes with reset and rejoice as for the one and only time in a tier they’re all but guaranteed to drop an upgrade. That leads one to a very...
by Emallson | Feb 20, 2022 | 9.2, Brewmaster
Patch 9.2 is upon us, and that means it is time for a round-up of all the changes to the spec that you need to be aware of going into the new raid tier and Mythic+ season. This is a tl;dr—we’re only going to give the highlights and answer common questions....
by Sinzhu | Jun 29, 2021 | 9.1, Brewmaster
It has been a long time coming, but with the wait finally over Patch 9.1 of World of Warcraft: Shadowlands is upon us; and yes, I feel like every Patch is being prefaced with a “long wait” these days. However, unlike Patch 9.0.5, there is far more...
by Sinzhu | Mar 9, 2021 | 9.0.5, Brewmaster
With another patch to the World of Warcraft comes another round of patch notes to read and evaluate. This time around, Patch 9.0.5 in the Shadowlands is on the lighter side of things and mostly includes some short-term tuning and bugfixes for many specializations to...
by Emallson | Apr 10, 2020 | 9.0, Brewmaster
Brewmaster’s mitigation toolkit is changing going into Shadowlands. We covered the high-level changes we knew about in our previous post, but now we have numbers and details from Alpha to know how it works in much greater detail. At a high level, our new...
by Emallson | Apr 8, 2020 | 9.0, Brewmaster
Over the past two days, Blizzard has given us a sneak peak of the new goodies that are coming for Brewmasters with the Shadowlands expansion. First, they showed off some of the new Covenant Abilities. Later, they followed that up with a preview of Class Changes and...
by Sinzhu | Jan 14, 2020 | 8.3, Brewmaster
After a long bout of testing and a delayed release from the December holidays, the launch of Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.3, Visions of N’zoth is finally on the horizon, and what a patch it is. From a long-requested rework of the auction house system to the...
by Emallson | Oct 15, 2019 | 8.2, Brewmaster
Recently, the Peak staff were surprised to learn of a rather unorthodox play pattern for Brewmasters: forgo Purifying Brew entirely. Don’t even bother casting it; wear HPS trinkets instead. While we have long held that Ironskin Brew is the more important part of our...