It's a big shame that Heal Monks were nerfed so hard, when they really should have just designed some support skills for other classes to compete with it. Like the Crusader could definitely have some redesign across a few skills for healing capabilities.
Static Charge makes sense since it interacts with other characters like that, and I don't see it being possible to add that interaction for other characters without making a combination of the two be the best thing since sliced bread.
Wizard Shields got some changes. Everything appears to be likely a buff, except for Dominance which is a nerf unless you have over 800k HP...
Arcane Orb exploding twice... So... Adding a new item to do a thing it used to do when it was still underpowered. I guess that's ok... Still not really useable with Scorch though =[
Some nice Channeling items, but it might be a new set waiting for 2.5... It could also be designed around no-set set though... But then it's just an orange set =S Every time I think about Arcane Torrent, I'm reminded of Cascade + Scorch which was so beautiful, so this effect sounds beautiful too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxvoYVd_mBI
Vengeance being added to both UE and Marauder's is weird. I already use Vengeance in my speed UE build since it's just easier to ORotZ for consistency, but this will definitely take a pick over CoE now.
The Heaven's Fury items seem to only work well with Fires of Heaven and Fate of the Fell. I really hope they make it so you can cast more than one Heaven's Fury at once.
There seems to be two new Blessed Shield items, but I doubt it'll be strong enough still, just like Blessed Hammers ended up being.
Manajuma's Way
2 pieces: Speed as a chicken is increased by an additional 400% (up from 200%).
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Static Charge makes sense since it interacts with other characters like that, and I don't see it being possible to add that interaction for other characters without making a combination of the two be the best thing since sliced bread.
Wizard Shields got some changes. Everything appears to be likely a buff, except for Dominance which is a nerf unless you have over 800k HP...
Arcane Orb exploding twice... So... Adding a new item to do a thing it used to do when it was still underpowered. I guess that's ok... Still not really useable with Scorch though =[
Some nice Channeling items, but it might be a new set waiting for 2.5... It could also be designed around no-set set though... But then it's just an orange set =S Every time I think about Arcane Torrent, I'm reminded of Cascade + Scorch which was so beautiful, so this effect sounds beautiful too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxvoYVd_mBI
Vengeance being added to both UE and Marauder's is weird. I already use Vengeance in my speed UE build since it's just easier to ORotZ for consistency, but this will definitely take a pick over CoE now.
The Heaven's Fury items seem to only work well with Fires of Heaven and Fate of the Fell. I really hope they make it so you can cast more than one Heaven's Fury at once.
There seems to be two new Blessed Shield items, but I doubt it'll be strong enough still, just like Blessed Hammers ended up being.
Manajuma's Way
2 pieces: Speed as a chicken is increased by an additional 400% (up from 200%).
Hoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeettttttttttttttttttttt