Fistwraps of the Chosen, Fire DMG

[Korra]

Exhibit A Fistwraps of the Chosen (CoD loot)

Fistwraps of the Chosen
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: HANDS
AC: 18
Fire DMG: 2
Effect: Lash of Chaos (Combat, Instant)
Skill Mod: Hand To Hand +15%
STR: +15 STA: +10 DEX: +15 HP: +135 MANA: +80
MR: +13 DR: +13
Weight: 1.2 Size: Small
Class: MNK BST
Race: ALL

Exhibit B (Monk Starfall, low level quest)

Fistwraps of the Flame 	
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: HANDS
AC: 5
Fire DMG: 2
STR: +15 STA: +10
Weight: 0.1 Size: Small
Class: MNK
Race: ALL
Type 5 Aug Slot: Empty

Fistwraps of the Chosen are great monk gloves but their utility as a h2h weapon is confusing, they have the same damage as the starfall gloves with only the proc and skillmod to make them better, from my experience of trying to parse skillmods the natural error of the parse usually hides the benefit they offer (if any). The proc is nice but the procrate isn't amazing and it doesn't currently add much to the weapon since a monk of that tier will only realistically ever get to proc it on Tiger Claw.

Now for Exhibit C (Plane of Torment)

Fleshbonded Fighting Claws 	
MAGIC ITEM LORE ITEM NO DROP
Slot: HANDS
AC: 15
Magic DMG: 3
STR: +15 DEX: +15 HP: +100
Critical Strike: +3%
Aggression: +3
Weight: 0.0 Size: Small
Class: WAR RNG MNK BST
Race: ALL

These are from a lower tier and have higher damage at 3 Magic DMG, they also have 3% critical strike which will make a bigger impact than the Skill Mod on the Fistwraps unless the monk is already 10%.

In conclusion the Fistwraps of the Chosen have too low Fire DMG for their tier, they need at least Fire DMG 3, maybe 4 due to its situational use.

 

[ryutakin]

Have you examined the rest of the loot in cod? Compare those gloves to the gloves of perserverence from Valor which those gloves are a good bit harder to obtain which have pretty much the same stats

+13Mr and h2h mod is a very nice thing aswell as 135hp. Take a look at those gloves to a lot more gloves out there

If anything those gloves are A+ pretty nice for their tier imo

 

[Korra]

Have you examined the rest of the loot in cod? Compare those gloves to the gloves of perserverence from Valor which those gloves are a good bit harder to obtain which have pretty much the same stats

+13Mr and h2h mod is a very nice thing aswell as 135hp. Take a look at those gloves to a lot more gloves out there

If anything those gloves are A+ pretty nice for their tier imo

My post isn't about the gloves stats, they're fine/great. This request is purely to raise the Fire DMG on them, as they have a proc+elemental damage they are obviously intended to be used as a weapon that augments the power of mnk/bst fists (13/18 base), and in this respect as a weapon they are under par for CoD.

 

[Jun]

The proc also goes off for Tiger Claw, Dragon Punch (and Tail Rake I think), and Eagle strike, so it's nice for tanking. The h2h mod obviously applies to h2h weapons as well... it's basically atk that doesn't count towards the worn cap, very nice.

You'd have to add more dmg than you're suggesting to bring monk fists in line with the dps you'll have with 2handers at CoD level. I suggested to Jay I think that monk gloves with +dmg be added to heighten monk bare fist dps. It is pretty much agreed upon that monk one hand dps should be higher than 2h dps in terms of aux tank balancing and lore.