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Proposal for Kharazim's third trait

So, everyone takes the heal on Kharazim.

SOME bold people take the damage if they're feeling fancy.

But really, no one takes the mana regen trait.

So how can we buff it and make it interesting?

In theory, that ability should be the "middle ground ", since with more mana you can heal and damage, a bit more without specialising in any of the two.

But. This is clearly not working, since no one takes the damn talent.

The effect isn't really relevant, it doesn't make you heal more or damage more, Kharazim isn't even that mana starved.

My proposal: have the third attack also reduce your basic ability CDs by 1 second or so.

The balance point I'd like to reach is:

If a monk takes this trait, keeps punching, and only spams W, he should heal a bit less (on average) than a Heal-trait Kharazim who's doing the same thing.

(But maybe be slightly better in some cases? Like if all teammates are always close?)

If he keeps punching and spamming Q and E, he should deal a bit less damage (on average) than Damage-trait Kharazim

(But maybe slightly better in some things? Like sticking to the target?)

In short, I'd like the "neutral" specialisation to be an actual hybrid between the two. And this change (with proper balancing) would allow it to work:

"only mana" just means you can be mediocre for longer. A true "red mage" monk should be able to either damage or heal, but less than the specialised counterpart.

*Tl;dr: proposal for Monk's third trait: every third basic attack gives you mana AND lowers your basic CDs by 1 second or so. *

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