Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox

Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox
	Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox; Row 6 Brewmaster monk talent; 40 yd range; 3 min cooldown; Instant; Summons an effigy of Niuzao, the Black Ox for 25 sec that attacks your primary target and Stomps when you cast Purify, damaging all nearby enemies.; ; While active, 40% of damage delayed by Stagger is instead Staggered by Niuzao, and Niuzao is healed for 100% of your purified Stagger.;
Properties
Class	Monk
School	Nature
Cooldown	3 minutes
Talents
Talent required	[Elixir of Determination] or [Niuzao's Blessing] or [One With the Wind]
Other information
Improvements	[Celestial Determination], [Improved Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox], [Walk with the Ox]
Related buff
	; Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox ; Niuzao is staggering 40% of the Monk's Stagger damage. ; Duration: 25 seconds ;

Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox is a Brewmaster monk talent.

Patch changes

Patch 11.2.0 (2025-08-05): Niuzao now Stomps when you cast Purify rather than using it periodically.
Patch 11.1.0 (2025-02-25):
- Now absorbs 40% of Staggered damage while active (was 25%).
- Stomp damage increased by 22%.
Patch 11.0.0 (2024-07-23): Moved to row 6 (was row 7).
Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Damage increased by 50%.
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 7 Brewmaster talent (was a level 42 Brewmaster ability). Rank 2 converted into the [Improved Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox] talent.
Hotfix (2020-12-08): Resolved an issue that caused Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox's Stomp damage to be higher than intended when purifying [Stagger] damage with [Purifying Brew].
Hotfix (2020-11-19): The global cooldown of Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox is now correctly 1 second.
Patch 9.0.2 (2020-11-17): Rank 2 added at level 58: Purifying Stagger damage while Niuzao is active increases the damage of Niuzao's next Stomp by 25% of damage purified, split between all enemies.
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): No longer a Talent and is learned by all Brewmaster Monks at level 42 (was a level 90 talent). Niuzao no longer taunts the target and now has a 25 second duration (was 45 seconds).
Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox now deals 50% increased damage.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Added.

Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox
Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox Row 6 Brewmaster monk talent 40 yd range 3 min cooldown Instant Summons an effigy of Niuzao, the Black Ox for 25 sec that attacks your primary target and Stomps when you cast Purify, damaging all nearby enemies. While active, 40% of damage delayed by Stagger is instead Staggered by Niuzao, and Niuzao is healed for 100% of your purified Stagger.
Properties
Class	Monk
School	Nature
Cooldown	3 minutes
Talents
Talent required	[Elixir of Determination] or [Niuzao's Blessing] or [One With the Wind]
Other information
Improvements	[Celestial Determination], [Improved Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox], [Walk with the Ox]
Related buff
Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox Niuzao is staggering 40% of the Monk's Stagger damage. Duration: 25 seconds