Patch 7.1.5 for Mistweaver

Patch 7.1.5 is upon us! It's chock full of delayed events, from the micro-holidays to the Mistweaver Timewalking weekly event being added to the weekly rotation. The rest of the new year is sure to be full of fun, outside of raiding, of course. However, we're here today to discuss the tweaks to our class.

Mistweaver TL;DR - Raid

New to the game and want to be a Mistweaver? Told to heal for a tricky boss and you're offspec healing? This is the quick guide for you! Longer version can be found here.

7.1 Mistweaver Changes; the Single Target Build

7.1 is looming in front of us, with a revamped Karazhan, more Suramar quests, a new raid, but most importantly, spell tweaks!

Let's get right into the numbers, shall we?

Petrichor Lagniappe Spreadsheet

Petrichor Lagniappe, one of the Mistweaver legendaries come Legion, is one of the best overall legendaries Mistweavers can acquire. It's power doesn't swing heavily if you're a Mistweaver or a Fistweaver. Talents have an impact on it. It combos well with another legendary (Leggings of the Black Flame). It just benefits from your regular playstyle.

Below is an image showing my math, as well as a spreadsheet you can copy and simulate your average Revival cooldown.

Legion Mistweaver FAQ

There have been a lot of questions I've seen popping up on discord servers, mmo-champion, and the official forums, and, rather than explaining everything again and again, this will be referenced instead.

Legion Mistweaver Guide - Fistweaving

The other Mistweaver playstyle is my personal favorite, Fistweaving. In Warlords of Draenor, the two playstyles were separated by stances, but in Legion, they're separated by talents.

Legion Mistweaver Guide - Mistweaving

One of the two playstyles of the Mistweaver spec is the ranged healer. Healing with this playstyle is fairly straightforward.

Legion Beta Build 22201

This build is an interesting one. Let's get right in to the changes:

Invoke Chi-Ji, the Red Crane had its heal per target nerfed by 16.67%, but in there hides a change that had been promised by Sigma. Chi-Ji now scales with haste, where every 3.33% haste we gain, he gains another jump, equating to 450% healing. You only need 16.67% haste for him to meet the pre-nerf healing.

Chi Burst has been bugged in beta for a long while now. The tooltip had been about half of what its healing was. Now we know; its tooltip had been wrong.

The buffs to Tiger Palm, Blackout Kick, and Rising Sun Kick may look like a massive boost to our melee damage at first glance. However, the Mistweaver Monk core passive, which is in effect whenever we're in the MW spec, has changed to reflect this change:

• RSK had been 632% (MW Passive was -20%), now it's 637% (0.8% buff)
• BoK had been 335% (No MW Passive change), now it's 338.8% (1.1% buff)
• TP had been 90% (No MW Passive change), now it's 92.4% (2.7% buff)

There also appears to have been a change to Teachings of the Monastery's buff duration. It had been an 8 second duration, but is now 12. A huge quality of life improvement for Fistweavers, or even Mistweavers in melee range with little healing to do.

Chiburst discussion thread here.