Vital Flame

In the Brewmaster Monk talent tree, Vital Flame 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.

Choice node

Vital Flame shares its node with Awakening Spirit. A character takes one of the two.

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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.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Vital Flame from Zen State, Anvil and Stave and Press the Advantage or Blackout Combo.

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  Zen State

  The effectiveness of your Stagger is increased by up to 15%, based on your missing health.

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  Anvil and Stave2 ranks

  Effect reduced by 50% for each additional recent attacker, up to 5.

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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

Vital Flame 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, Ox Stance 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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  Ox Stance

  Casting Purifying Brew grants a charge of Ox Stance. When you take damage that is greater than 60% of your current health, a charge is consumed to increase the amount you Stagger.

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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.