Ox Stance

In the Brewmaster Monk talent tree, Ox Stance sits in the Brewmaster specialization talents, row 9 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 20 points are spent in Brewmaster Talents.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Ox Stance from High Tolerance, Bob and Weave or Black Ox Brew and Press the Advantage or Blackout Combo.

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  High Tolerance2 ranks

  Stagger is 5% more effective at delaying damage. Purifying Brew refunds 4.1 sec of its cooldown if cast at.

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  Bob and Weave

  Increases the duration of Stagger by 5.1 sec, causing Staggered damage to be dealt to you more gradually.

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  Black Ox Brew

  Chug some Black Ox Brew, which instantly refills your Energy, Purifying Brew charges, and grants one charge of Celestial Brew or Celestial Infusion.

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  Press the Advantage
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  Blackout Combo

  Blackout Kick also empowers your next ability: Tiger Palm: Damage increased by 100%. Keg Smash: Reduces the remaining cooldown on your Brews by 2 additional sec.

Connected below

Ox Stance leads on to Stormstout's Last Keg.

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  Stormstout's Last Keg

  Keg Smash deals 50% additional damage to its primary target, has 1 additional charges, and its range is increased by 10 yards.

Same row

Also on this row: Exploding Keg, Awakening Spirit or Vital Flame and Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox.

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  Exploding Keg

  Hurls a flaming keg at the target location, dealing (380% of Attack Power) Fire damage to nearby enemies, causing your attacks against them to deal (30% of Attack Power) additional Fire damage, and causing their melee attacks to deal 100% reduced damage for the next 3 sec. Resets the cooldown of Keg Smash.

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  Awakening Spirit

  Purifying Brew also surrounds you with protective energies for 15 sec. When Staggered damage would be dealt to you, you instead absorb up to 50%, until (600% of Attack Power) has been prevented.

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  Vital Flame

  Heal for 50% of all Fire or Nature damage dealt by your spells and abilities.

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  Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox

  Summons an effigy of Niuzao, the Black Ox for 25 sec that attacks your primary target and Stomps when you cast Blackout Kick, damaging all nearby enemies. While active, 40% of damage delayed by Stagger is instead Staggered by Niuzao, and Niuzao is healed for 100% of your purified Stagger.