Keg Smash

Keg Smash
Keg Smash Row 1 Brewmaster monk talent 15 yd range 40 Energy 8 sec cooldown Instant Smash a keg of brew on the target, dealing (94.5945% of Attack power) Physical damage to all enemies within 8 yds and reducing their movement speed by 20% for 15 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Properties
Class	Monk
School	Physical
Cooldown	8 seconds
Improvements	[Sal'salabim's Strength], [Scalding Brew], [Shuffle], [Stormstout's Last Keg]
Related debuff
Keg Smash Movement speed reduced by 20%. Drenched in brew, vulnerable to Breath of Fire. Duration: 15 seconds

Keg Smash is a Brewmaster monk talent. It deals damage to the target and all nearby enemy targets, and reduces the cooldown of Brews by 4 seconds.

Trivia

• Keg Smash is one of Chen's basic abilities in Heroes of the Storm.

Patch changes

• Hotfix (2023-07-24): Damage reduced by 5%.
  
• Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Damage increased by 10%.
  
• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 Brewmaster talent (was a level 21 Brewmaster ability).
  
• Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now reduces Brew recharge time by 3 seconds (was 4 seconds) and has an additional effect – Grants [Shuffle] for 5 seconds. Now learned at level 21 (was 10).
  
• Hotfix (2017-01-23): Damage increased by 10%, and it no longer deals reduced damage to 6+ targets.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Now reduces the remaining cooldown of [Black Ox Brew], [Fortifying Brew], [Ironskin Brew], and [Purifying Brew] by 4 seconds.
  • Range increased to 15 yd (was 8). No longer generates Chi or requires [Stance of the Sturdy Ox]. Now learned at level 10 (was 11).
    
• Hotfix (2015-02-25): Now deals 20% less damage.
  
• Hotfix (2014-11-13): Resolved an issue where Keg Smash may sometimes not generate Chi when used.
  
• Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): No longer applies the Weakened Blows effect.
  
• Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now deals 18% less damage.
  
• Hotfix (2012-11-06): Keg Smash now deals progressively less damage when it strikes more than 5 targets.
  
• Hotfix (2012-10-01): Keg Smash now deals 50% more damage and strikes all nearby targets, rather than three.
  
• Hotfix (2012-09-25):
  • Keg Smash damage has been increased by 50%.
  • Keg Smash can now hit every target in range (was previously a maximum of three).
    
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.
  

External links

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• WoWDB

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