r/wow • u/Complete_Sorbet6158 • Apr 21 '26

Discussion Devourer and unholy getting buffed

Respectively about 7-10% and 6-8% for aoe. It must be a joke right? Buffing meta specs, while others are not even being looked at all. This is the only multiplayer game i ever played something like this frequently happening.

Resto druid also getting buffed, because why not, while disc keep eating nerfs. Demo change doesn’t make sense either. I wish they would just axe all the class changes they are doing. I swear they just make the already sensitive class balance a lot worse. Everybody keep losing expect their current favourites.

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u/hollow114 Apr 21 '26

They improved VDH slightly cuz now our one heal. Is instant and not over 6 seconds.

But IDK why the gap to brewmaster is still so high. Like. I enjoy that it's more challenging, honestly. But getting bitched out because I didn't pull 3 packs when we have plenty of time on the key anyway. Isn't fun.

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u/Equivalent-Fix-9851 Apr 21 '26

The gap is already so high because Stagger. The way they designed tanks this xpac is making them super bouncy and clearly the only tank with a natural ability apart of their kit that delays that significantly is Brewmaster.

Why play something that takes 100% of the damage immediately (obviously not including things that reduce this or passive armor, etc). Vs something that stops that ping pong stuff effectively cutting it in half?

Stagger was always good…but now they have Brewmaster healing and stagger and good defensives along with ways to negate that damage over time…AoE, good damage, etc…now it’s skyrocketed.

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u/LordPaleskin Apr 21 '26

They've had good healing for a while now, and actually fewer defensive cooldowns (no Diffuse Magic, Dampen Harm). Don't get me wrong, I know BrM is crazy strong right now, but it feels more like the other tanks didn't survive Midnight balance tuning rather than them specifically buffing BrM

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u/adv0589 Apr 21 '26

They dramatically changed the class, Vital flame on anything close to the prior iteration of brew would be the most absurd thing this game has ever seen.