What changes were made to Boon of Protection? How will it impact Hell/Inferno Monks?

Question

A lot of monks have been getting by using the Mantra of Healing with the Boon of Protection rune, especially in Hell and Inferno (though it seems to be less effective in Inferno Act II).

How has it changed and what is the impact on a Hell/Inferno Monk? Why is this change necessary?

Asked by Stephen

Answer

The rune is being changed to be capped at the amount of healing given by Mantra of Healing's activated ability. For example, using the stats in the given screenshots, it would be a 3721 damage shield.

Prior to this change you could potentially have a significantly more powerful damage shield - builds using it commonly have over 50k HP - and it's an extremely spammable ability. Its impact was most noticable in Hell and early Inferno, though later Inferno acts are horrifyingly lethal and hateful of melee classes even with this ability.

Answered by Ashel

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