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Brewmaster
23 + 3.7 22 + 2 15 + 1.6
Level Base 1 15 25 Health 200 660 1680 2420 Health regen 0.5 2.8 7.98 11.68 Magic res. 25% 26.38% 29.49% 31.71% Mana 75 255 519 711 Mana regen 0 0.75 1.87 2.67 Spell dmg 0% 1.05% 2.62% 3.74% Armor -2 1.52 6 9.2 Att/sec 0.59 0.72 0.88 1 Move sp amp. 0% 1.1% 2.5% 3.5% Damage 29‒36 52‒59 103‒110 140‒147
Movement speed 305 Attack speed 100 Turn rate 0.6 Vision range 1800/800 Attack range 150 Projectile speed Instant Attack animation 0.35+0.65 Base attack time 1.7 Collision size 24 Legs 2  Gib type Default

Mangix the Brewmaster is a melee strength hero that can fill almost any role, though he is primarily seen as a carry, ganker, tank or initiator. He fits well into any lane, but is very experience dependent, which means he is often seen on the offlane or the midlane. His core abilities make him a respectable physical damage dealer and an especially good duelist since he has abilities that involve negating opposing attacks while strengthening his own. However, his true power lies in his ultimate, Primal Split, which, if used properly, can by itself turn the tide of a team fight. Each of the three aspects of the Brewmaster are exceptionally powerful, with exceptional disables, survivability against magic and physical attacks, and damage; they are also able to charge recklessly into the enemy since the damage they take is not permanent, and very rarely will all three die before Primal Split ends. For this reason, Brewmaster is almost always built to fully maximize the potential of this ultimate, getting items such as Blink Dagger so that he can combo into his ultimate without risk of being initiated on, Heart of Tarrasque to ensure he can survive the first wave of stuns and burst in order to cast his ultimate, and of course Aghanim's Scepter to give his brewlings his abilities, Thunder Clap to Earth, Cinder Brew to Storm, and Drunken Brawler to Fire, all independent of the original Brewmaster's cooldowns for his abilities.

Bio

Mangix, the Brewmaster

▶️ "Shall we call this off and have a friendly round?"

Lore:

Deep in the Wailing Mountains, in a valley beneath the Ruined City, the ancient Order of the Oyo has for centuries practiced its rites of holy reverie, communing with the spirit realm in grand festivals of drink. Born to a mother's flesh by a Celestial father, the youth known as Mangix was the first to grow up with the talents of both lineages. He trained with the greatest aesthetes of the Order, eventually earning, through diligent drunkenness, the right to challenge for the title of Brewmaster, that appellation most honored among the contemplative malt-brewing sect. As much drinking competition as mortal combat, Mangix for nine days drank and fought the elder master. For nine nights they stumbled and whirled, chugged and struck, until at last the elder warrior collapsed into a drunken stupor, and a new Brewmaster was named. Now the new, young Brewmaster calls upon the strength of his Oyo forebears to speed his staff. When using magic, it is to his spirit ancestors that he turns. Like all Brewmasters before him, he was sent out from his people with a single mission. He wanders the land, striving toward enlightenment through drink, searching for the answer to the ancient spiritual schism. Hoping to think the single thought that will unite the spirit and physical planes again.

Voice:

Nolan North (Responses)

Abilities

Thunder Clap

▶️

Q

C

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Damage
Magical

Slams the ground, dealing damage and slowing the movement speed and attack rate of nearby enemy units.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0.4

Radius: 400

Damage: 90/160/230/300

Move Speed Slow: 25%/35%/45%/55%

Attack Speed Slow: 25/35/45/55

Hero Slow Duration: 4 ( 7)

Creep Slow Duration: 8 ( 11)

13

90/100/110/120

Slow persists if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.

Modifiers

Thunder Clap: Dispellable with any dispel.

A slam of Mangix' mighty keg starts the festivities.

Notes:

• Treats creep-heroes as creeps.

• The clap first applies the debuff, then the damage.

Cinder Brew

▶️

W

D

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Drenches an area in alcohol, causing enemy units to have a chance to attack themselves, and ignited whenever spell damage over 80 is dealt. Duration is refreshed when ignited.

Cast Animation: 0.2+0.6

Cast Range: 850

Radius: 400

Self Attack Chance: 20%/25%/30%/35%

Movement Speed Slow: 25%

Minimum Spell Damage for Ignition: 80

Ignition Damage per Second: 20/30/40/50

Duration: 5

20/18/16/14

50

Slow and self-attack chance persist, and attempts to damage if the debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.

Modifiers

Cinder Brew: Dispellable with any dispel.

The Order of the Oyo's solution to all problems - another round!

Notes:

• Cinder Brew's projectile travels at a speed of 1600.

• Places a debuff on enemy units in the area upon cast. Leaving or entering the area afterwards has no effect.

• The self-attack proc is determined upon attack begin. It is indicated by mug of beer falling on the attacking unit's head.
  • The attack is made to target the unit itself, instead of its original attack target. All attack modifiers apply normally, if they can affect allies.
  • Cinder Brew's self-attacking chance uses pseudo-random distribution.
  • The self-attack is never lethal.
  • Also works against instant attack.

• When an enemy with the Cinder Brew debuff takes 80 or more spell damage in a single instance (before reductions), it receives the ignition debuff.
  • When ignited, the duration of the debuff gets reset, and the damage over time starts. The debuff may be ignited only once.

• The debuff still slows and causes self-attacks after getting ignited.

• Deals 10/15/20/25 damage in 0.5 second intervals, starting upon getting refreshed, resulting in 10 instances.

• Can deal up to 100/150/200/250 damage per ignited unit (before reductions).

• Recasting onto the same units does not stack, but refreshes the duration instead. The debuff is not updated to the current level.
  • When recasting on an already ignited enemy, it refreshes the ignited debuff. The ignition does not get reset.

Drunken Brawler

▶️▶️

E

B

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self / Enemies

Goes into a drunken brawler state, granting you a chance to avoid attacks and to deal critical damage. Brewmaster moves with a varying amount of movement speed, alternating between 20% slower and 40% faster. Lasts 5 seconds.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Evasion: 50%/60%/70%/80%

Critical Chance: 80%

Critical Damage: 140%/180%/220%/260% ( 315%/355%/395%/435%)

Movement Speed Slow: 20%

Movement Speed Bonus: 40%

Duration: 5

23/21/19/17

35/40/45/50

Modifiers

Drunken Brawler: Dispellable with any dispel.

When Mangix won his title as the Brewmaster of the Order of Oyo, he also claimed his place in the mastery of inebriation.

Notes:

• Interrupts Brewmaster's channeling spells on cast.

• While active, increases attack damage by an average of 32%/64%/96%/128% ( 172%/204%/236%/268%) and survivability versus attacks by 100%/150%/233%/400%.

• The proc chances of multiple crit sources stack.
  • If two sources of critical strike proc at the same time, the higher multiplier has priority.

• Drunken Brawler's evasion stacks multiplicatively with other sources of evasion.

• Drunken Brawler's crit and evasion use pseudo-random distribution.

• The sound and particles of the critical strike play upon start of the attack, not when the attack lands.

• The movement speed change switches around every second, starting with the bonus.
  • This results in a 40% movement speed bonus in the first, third and fifth second, and a 20% movement speed slow in the second and fourth second.
  • The average movement speed over these 5 seconds is 116%.

Primal Split

▶️

R

R

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self

Damage
Instant Kill

Splits Brewmaster into elements, forming 3 specialized warriors, adept at survival, each with their own abilities. If any of them survive until the end of their summoned timer, the Brewmaster is reborn.

Cast Animation: 0.65+0

Split Time: 0.6

Brewlings Movement Speed Bonus: 0 ( 100)

Duration: 16/18/20

140/130/120 ( 75/65/55)

125/150/175

Grants Brewlings bonus movement speed. Earth gains Thunder Clap, Storm gains Cinder Brew and Fire gains Drunken Brawler.

Modifiers

Primal Split Delay: Undispellable.

Primal Split: Undispellable.

It isn't clear whether Mangix is consciously aware of his potent bond with nature, as it often occurs in the midst of a drunken stupor.

Notes:

• Brewmaster is invulnerable and hidden during the split time and duration. Does not apply any form of dispel upon cast.

• During Primal Split, Brewmaster is periodically moved to Earth's position. If Earth dies, to Storm's and if Storm dies, to Fire's. This affects multiple things such as:
  • When Primal Split ends, Brewmaster appears at Earth's location. If Earth is dead, at Storm's and if Storm is dead, at Fire's location.
  • Every aura Brewmaster has (including Gem of True Sight and Radiance) affects units around Earth, if Earth is dead, around Storm and if Storm is dead, around Fire.
  • Effects which react on heroes' presence ( Smoke of Deceit, Marksmanship, Blur) react on Earth's presence, if Earth is dead, on Storm's and if Storm is dead, on Fire's.
  • Teleporting effects like Holy Persuasion or Relocate cause the periodic moving of Brewmaster to get canceled, so that the 3 notes above do not apply anymore.

• The brewlings spawn always in the same formation, forming an equilateral triangle which fits within a 100 radius circle.
  • The earth brewling is always spawned 100 range in front on Brewmaster's cast location.
  • The storm brewling is always spawned 50 range behind and 86.603 range to the left of Brewmaster's cast location.
  • The fire brewling is always spawned 50 range behind and 86.603 range to the right of Brewmaster's cast location.
  • Their facing angle equals Brewmaster's facing angle on cast.

• The brewlings are creep-heroes and ancient creeps, making them interact differently with several spells. For detailed interactions follow the two links.

• Aghanim's Scepter also removes the movement speed limit for all three brewlings.

Earth

Earth
Ancient Creep-Hero
Level 7 Duration Permanent Health 1500/2200/3000 ( 3000/3700/4500) Health regeneration 1/2/2 Mana 400/500/600 Mana regeneration 2 Armor 3 Magic resistance 0% Status resistance 0% Attack damage 25/55/85‒35/65/95 Acquisition range 600 Attack range 150 Base attack time 1.25 Attack animation 0.3+0.3 Movement speed 325 ( 425) Follow range 100 Turn rate 0.5 Collision size 8 Vision range 1800 • 800 Vision type Ground Bounty 0 Experience 0 Model scale 0.85 Abilities Hurl Boulder Spell Immunity Demolish Thunder Clap Notes Thunder Clap is bound to Minimap icon

Hurl Boulder

▶️

Q

D

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Throws a boulder at a unit, doing damage and stunning it.

Cast Animation: 0.25+0.8

Cast Range: 800

Damage: 50/100/150

Stun Duration: 2

5

Modifiers

Stunned: Dispellable with strong dispels.

Notes:

• The boulder travels at a speed of 800.

• The boulder first applies the debuff, then the damage.

Spell Immunity

Ability
Passive

Affects
Self

Immune to spells.

Magic Resistance Bonus: 100%

Modifiers

Earth Spell Immunity: Undispellable.

Demolish

Ability
Passive

Affects
Enemies

Deals bonus damage to buildings.

Building Attack Damage Bonus: 90/180/270

Notes:

• The damage is directly added to Earth's attack damage. But since it is conditional, it is not visible in the HUD.

Thunder Clap

▶️

R

C

Ability
No Target

Affects
Enemies

Slams the ground, dealing damage and slowing the movement speed and attack rate of nearby enemy units.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0.53

Radius: 400

Damage: 90/160/230/300

Move Speed Slow: 25%/35%/45%/55%

Attack Speed Slow: 25/35/45/55

Hero Slow Duration: 4 ( 7)

Creep Slow Duration: 8 ( 11)

13

90/100/110/120

Slow persists if debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.

Modifiers

Thunder Clap: Dispellable with any dispel.

A slam of Mangix' mighty keg starts the festivities.

Notes:

• Given to Earth when holding Aghanim's Scepter, at the same level as the original Brewmaster.

• Same notes as for Brewmaster's Thunder Clap apply.

Storm

Storm
Ancient Creep-Hero
Level 7 Duration Permanent Health 1000/1500/1900 ( 2500/3000/3400) Health regeneration 1/2/2 Mana 500/750/750 Mana regeneration 1.5 Armor 2 Magic resistance 0% Status resistance 0% Attack damage 15/35/55‒25/45/65 Acquisition range 600 Attack range 600 Base attack time 1.5 Attack animation 0.4+0.77 Projectile speed 1200 Movement speed 350 ( 450) Follow range 100 Turn rate 0.5 Collision size 8 Vision range 1800 • 800 Vision type Ground Bounty 0 Experience 0 Model scale 0.85 Abilities Dispel Magic Cyclone Wind Walk Cinder Brew Notes Cinder Brew is bound to Minimap icon

Dispel Magic

▶️

Q

D

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies / Allies

Damages summoned units in an area and purges most buffs or debuffs.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0.93

Cast Range: 500

Radius: 600

Damage to Summons: 1000

4

75

Affects spell immune allies.
Does not affect spell immune enemies.

Notes:

• Applies a basic dispel on all units within the area.

• Always dispels Cyclone off of units within the area, regardless of alliances.
  • Besides this, follows the default dispel rules, dispelling debuffs off of allies, and buffs off of enemies.

• The damage is applied to units which were created by an ability, including illusions.
  • The only Creep-heroes that are affected are Familiars and Warlock’s Golems.

• Affects invulnerable, but not hidden units.

Cyclone

▶️

W

C

Ability
Target Unit

Affects
Enemies

Encloses a unit in a tornado, removing it from the battlefield.

Cast Animation: 0.4+0.67

Cast Range: 600

Hero Duration: 6

Creep Duration: 20

8

150

Modifiers

Storm Cyclone: Dispellable with any dispel.

Notes:

• Applies a cyclone effect on the target upon cast, so it turns it invulnerable and fully disables it.

• However, unlike other cyclones, this one does not dispel the target.

• While in the air, other units may pass below the cycloned unit.

• Can be cast on Roshan, but has no effect, since Roshan is immune to forced movement. He only gets interrupted.

Wind Walk

▶️

E

W

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self / Enemies

Provides temporary invisibility, bonus movement speed and attack damage when invisible.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Fade Time: 0.6

Move Speed Bonus: 50%

Damage: 140/200/260

Duration: 20

5

75

Modifiers

Storm Wind Walk: Undispellable.

Notes:

• Does not interrupt Storm's channeling spells upon cast.

• The bonus damage is dealt in one instance together with the attack damage, and counts as attack damage as well.
  • It can be lifestealed off of, and is considered by crit or cleave.
  • It is not affected by percentage-based attack damage bonuses or reductions, but can be reduced with flat reductions.

• During the fade time, Storm can cast spells and perform attacks without breaking the invisibility.
  • Those attacks do apply the 140/200/260 damage to the target.

• The bonus damage is not applied when attacking buildings out of the invisibility, but is applied against wards.

• The invisibility is lost upon reaching the cast point of spells, or upon launching an attack.
  • This means when the attack misses, the invisibility is still lost.

• Allows Storm to pass through other units, including wards, but not through buildings.

Cinder Brew

▶️

R

T

Ability
Target Area

Affects
Enemies

Drenches an area in alcohol, causing enemy units to have a chance to attack themselves, and ignited whenever spell damage over 80 is dealt. Duration is refreshed when ignited.

Cast Animation: 0.2+0.67

Cast Range: 850

Radius: 400

Self Attack Chance: 20%/25%/30%/35%

Movement Speed Slow: 25%

Minimum Spell Damage for Ignition: 80

Ignition Damage per Second: 20/30/40/50

Duration: 5

20/18/16/14

50

Slow and self-attack chance persist, and attempts to damage if the debuff was placed before spell immunity and when not dispelled.

Modifiers

Cinder Brew: Dispellable with any dispel.

The Order of the Oyo's solution to all problems - another round!

Notes:

• Given to Storm when holding Aghanim's Scepter, at the same level as the original Brewmaster.

• Same notes as for Brewmaster's Cinder Brew apply.

Fire

Fire
Ancient Creep-Hero
Level 7 Duration 16/18/20 Health 1300 ( 2800) Health regeneration 2/4/4 Mana 750 Mana regeneration 1.5 Armor 0/3/6 Magic resistance 0% Status resistance 0% Attack damage 75/115/155‒85/125/165 Acquisition range 600 Attack range 150 Base attack time 1.35 Attack animation 0.3+0.3 Movement speed 550 ( 650) Follow range 100 Turn rate 0.5 Collision size 8 Vision range 1800 • 800 Vision type Ground Bounty 0 Experience 0 Model scale 0.85 Abilities Permanent Immolation Drunken Brawler Notes Phased Drunken Brawler is bound to Minimap icon

Permanent Immolation

Ability
Aura

Affects
Enemies

Burns nearby enemy units.

Radius: 220

Damage per Second: 20/40/60

Aura Linger Duration: 0.5

Attempts to damage if debuff was placed before spell immunity.

Modifiers

Fire Permanent Immolation: Undispellable.

Notes:

• Permanent Immolation is an aura. Its debuff lingers for 0.5 seconds.

• Deals damage in 1 second intervals, starting 1 second after the debuff is placed.

• Can deal up to 330/740/1230 damage to a single unit (before reductions) if it stays within range for its whole duration.

Drunken Brawler

▶️▶️

W

W

Ability
No Target

Affects
Self / Enemies

Goes into a drunken brawler state, granting you a chance to avoid attacks and to deal critical damage. Moves with a varying amount of movement speed, alternating between 20% slower and 40% faster. Lasts 5 seconds.

Cast Animation: 0+0

Evasion: 50%/60%/70%/80%

Critical Chance: 80%

Critical Damage: 140%/180%/220%/260% ( 315%/355%/395%/435%)

Movement Speed Slow: 20%

Movement Speed Bonus: 40%

Duration: 5

23/21/19/17

35/40/45/50

Modifiers

Drunken Brawler: Dispellable with any dispel.

When Mangix won his title as the Brewmaster of the Order of Oyo, he also claimed his place in the mastery of inebriation.

Notes:

• Given to Fire when holding Aghanim's Scepter, at the same level as the original Brewmaster.

• Same notes as for Brewmaster's Drunken Brawler apply.

Talents

Hero Talents
+175% Drunken Brawler Critical Strike Damage	25	-65s Primal Split Cooldown
+100 Attack Speed	20	+1500 Health to Primal Split Units
+20% Magic Resistance	15	+3s Thunder Clap Slow
+200 Health	10	+15 Damage

Notes:

• The health talent increases maximum health capacity, and keeps the current health percentage.

• This attack damage talent is added as raw attack damage, so it does not benefit illusions, and is not affected by most percentage-based damage increasing or reducing effects.

• The magic resistance talent stacks multiplicatively with other sources of magic resistance.

• The magic resistance talent increases Brewmaster's magic resistance to 40%.

Recommended items

Starting items:

• Tango helps Brewmaster stay in lane by sustaining his health.
• Healing Salve restores large amount of health early on.
• Stout Shield protects against lane harassment.
• Iron Branch gives cheap attributes and can upgrade to Magic Wand later.

Early game:

• Boots of Speed give movement speed.
• Magic Stick provides burst health and mana, can upgrade to Magic Wand later.
• Soul Ring sustains Brewmaster with strength and health regeneration; the active grants mana to him on demand.

Mid game:

• Phase Boots aid his movement speed, staying close to the enemies to land more critical attacks during Drunken Brawler.
• Magic Wand gives him bonus attributes and a good source of healing.
• Blink Dagger allows Brewmaster to initiate, as well as improves his low mobility.
• Black King Bar increases survivability with strength and spell immunity so Brewmaster can actually attack enemies and slow them down prior to activating Primal Split.

Late game:

• Aghanim's Scepter gives huge boost to health and mana. It also gives Primal Split brewlings one of each of Brewmaster's abilities.
• Radiance gives him even more damage and aura that works even during Primal Split duration.
• Assault Cuirass makes Brewmaster even tankier with armor, allowing him to survive longer engagements and getting off Primal Split without needing to retreat. The aura also remains on each unit during Primal Split, boosting attack speed and armor to teammates as well; take note that the armor reduction half of the aura remains on the elemental units even though the aura icon does not appear on the enemy UI.
• Shiva's Guard gives him an additional movement speed slow aside from Thunder Clap, as well as more armor for survivability; take note that the aura remains on the elemental units even though the aura icon does not appear on the enemy UI.

Situational items:

• Bottle helps mid Brewmaster manage runes, as well as restore health and mana.
• Hand of Midas allows Brewmaster to quickly accumulate gold and experience, working toward perfecting Primal Split.
• Arcane Boots can restore mana to Brewmaster and his allies, a great item choice for Brewmaster who prefers to use abilities rather than physical attacks.
• Drum of Endurance is a good midgame item that grants you a decent amount of health and gives you a nice boost in movement speed.
• Vladmir's Offering gives him a small boost in regeneration and armor, as well as lifesteal upon every attack, which works well together with his critical damage, helping out his survivability; the aura remains active during Primal Split.
• Heaven's Halberd gives some strength, evasion and status resistance, along with the ability to disarm enemy attackers.
• Aeon Disk increases his survivability with status resistance, strong dispel, and incoming damage reduction, almost guaranteeing Primal Split going off.
• Echo Sabre boosts attributes, damage output, and mana regeneration. Echo Strike allows Brewmaster more chance to land critical damage, as well as slows down target's movement speed.
• Lotus Orb provides mana, armor, and regeneration to sustain Brewmaster during fights. Echo Shell dispels debuffs from him so he can use Primal Split.
• Linken's Sphere grants some attributes and regeneration, as well as blocking one key single target disable that hinders the activation of Primal Split.
• Boots of Travel allows Brewmaster to jump in and initiate from across the map.
• Heart of Tarrasque increases Brewmaster's survivability with bonus strength, and the health regeneration works during Primal Split.

Gameplay

Roles:	Carry Initiator Durable Disabler Nuker
Complexity:	★★★
Playstyle:	For nine days Mangix fought the master of his order, both warriors swilling and striking in equal measure, until at last the elder collapsed into a drunken stupor. Having claimed the title of Brewmaster, Mangix now wanders the land as a Drunken Brawler, swinging and evading with unpredictable finesse. Under one arm he holds a great keg, and not merely for storing his Cinder Brew. Mangix drenches enemies in alcohol, disorienting them before slamming the barrel down with a Thunder Clap. Rumor around taverns is that the Brewmaster is actually composed of three elementals, and should one catch him sufficiently intoxicated, one may just witness this Primal Split in action.

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Counters &
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Audio

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Sounds

History

Lore

Old Abilities

Changelogs

Equipment

Brewmaster Equipment (expand sets) Sets Icebrew Angler Loaded Prospects Red Dragon Rumrunner's Carronade The Drunken Warlord Set Tipsy Brawler Triumph of the Four Corners Weapon Aghanim's Basher Flail of the Drunken Cask Flail of the Great Elder Spade of the Gluttonous Barrel Elixir of Dragon's Breath Spiritual Spirits Traveler's Jug Vice of the West Taunt Taunt: Barrelmeister

Trivia

• Brewmaster, like Storm Spirit, Ember Spirit and Earth Spirit, was a Pandaren in DotA. However, he was re-skinned due to copyright issues with Blizzard Entertainment. His design is similar to that of a red panda, rather than the giant panda that the Pandaren in DotA were based on.
• Primal Split's ▶️ sound effect upon spawning the 3 brewlings is based on this ▶️ laughter response line of Brewmaster.

Gallery

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  Brewmaster's ability icon progress

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  Earth's ability icon progress

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  Storm's ability icon progress

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  Fire's ability icon progress

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  Hero icon progress

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  Drunken Brawler none ready

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  Drunken Brawler crit ready

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  Drunken Brawler evasion ready

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  Drunken Brawler both ready