Stance of the Sturdy Ox
Stance of the Sturdy Ox Instant cast Reduces damage taken by 25%, increases Energy regeneration by 10%, reduces the chance to be critically hit by 6%, increases your Stamina by 20% and allows you to Stagger damage. Stagger You shrug off physical attacks, causing 80% of the damage to happen instantly and the remaining 20% to be divided over 10 sec.
Usable by
Class	Monk
Properties
Type	Defensive
School	Physical
Cooldown	(GCD 1 sec)
Talents
Specialization	Brewmaster
Level required	10
Related buff
Heavy Stagger <Greater than 6% of health in> damage is being staggered every 1 sec. Duration: 10 seconds
Related buff
Moderate Stagger <Greater than 3% of health in> damage is being staggered every 1 sec. Duration: 10 seconds
Related buff
Light Stagger <Greater than 0% of health in> damage is being staggered every 1 sec. Duration: 10 seconds

• Stance of the Sturdy Ox
• Instant cast
• Reduces damage taken by 25%, increases Energy regeneration by 10%, reduces the chance to be critically hit by 6%, increases your Stamina by 20% and allows you to Stagger damage.
  
  Stagger
  You shrug off physical attacks, causing 80% of the damage to happen instantly and the remaining 20% to be divided over 10 sec.

Stance of the Sturdy Ox is a monk stance learned at level 10 for those with the Brewmaster specialization. It is a tanking stance and provides a host of benefits, including the ability to stagger damage.

Staggering damage is unique to Brewmaster monks, allowing them to avoid taking a full, possibly lethal, amount of damage all at once. Instead, they take 80% of the damage up front, then the remaining 20% is applied over 10 seconds. This makes it much easier for healers to keep the monk alive, as well as allowing time for the monk to use [Purifying Brew] if high enough level.

Notes

To use [Purifying Brew], take note of what type of Stagger you are currently carrying:

• Heavy Stagger (red): greater than 6% of health/sec, purify now
• Moderate Stagger (yellow): greater than 3% of health/sec, make ready to purify
• Light Stagger (green): greater than 0% of health/sec, no need to purify

Patch changes

• Patch 5.0.4 (28 August 2012): Added. 
  

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