Windwalker Monk Leveling Guide
Windwalker Monk Leveling Guide
11.0.5 - The War Within
Last Updated:October 24, 2024|Changelog
Welcome to the Windwalker Monk leveling guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.0! In this guide, you find a small overview of good talents to pick, a simplified rotation as well as a shopping list to prepare you for your leveling journey!
If you are already level 80, don't hesitate to check out the Mythic+ or Raid guide instead!
Talents
Windwalker Monk
Conduit of the Celestials
Spec Tree
- Rushing Jade Wind
- To apply Mark of the Crane fast with Strike of the Windlord.
- Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger
- Is your main cooldown every 2 minutes.
- Storm, Earth, and Fire
- Powerful cooldown with 90 seconds cooldown.
- Last Emperor's Capacitor and Power of the Thunder King
- Crackling Jade Lightning cleaves up to 4 additional targets and has reduced channel time.
- Any Chi spender grants you one stack of Last Emperor's Capacitor which reduces the Energy costs and increases its damage per stack.
Class Tree
- Vivacious Vivification
- Provides a decent chunk of healing between pulls.
- Fatal Touch
- Reduces your Touch of Death cooldown, so you can get more uses throughout your leveling experience.
Hero Talents
- Conduit of the Celestials is better than Shado-Pan as it provides you more burst while leveling.
- Gain access to Celestial Conduit that deals a lot of damage!
- Chi-Ji's Swiftness increases your movement speed while Celestial Conduit is active.
Leveling Talent Points
Milestones: 0 / 10
- Choose Celestial Conduit as your Hero Talent.
- Pick Courage of the White Tiger.
- Pick Strength of the Black Ox.
- Pick Chi-Ji's Swiftness.
- Pick Unity Within.
- Pick Temple Training.
- Pick Restore Balance.
- Pick Flight of the Red Crane.
- Pick Inner Compass.
- Pick Heart of the Jade Serpent.
- Pick Niuzao's Protection.
Rotation
Windwalker Monk
Single-Target
- You want to spend as much Chi as possible in your opener
- Use Touch of Death if possible.
- Use Strike of the Windlord when it is available.
- Use Rising Sun Kick on cooldown.
- Use Fists of Fury on cooldown.
AoE
- Always cast Strike of the Windlord it applies Mark of the Crane.
- Prioritize consuming your Dance of Chi-Ji procs.
- Don't overcap on Chi.
- Always hit the target with the highest health!
Shopping List
Windwalker Monk
Milestones: 0 / 12
- 20x Phial of Tepid Versatility
- 40x Fried Bonefish
- 40x Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
- 80x Potion of Withering Dreams
- 4x Howling Rune
- Dreambound Augment Rune -- Requires Reputation
or - 10x Draconic Augment Rune
- 20x Goblin Glider Kit
- Nice to either prevent yourself from dying to fall damage or to fly over small gaps without mounting up.
- 20x Gunshoes
- Use to gain a 200% movement speed & water walking buff for 25 seconds.
- Use the "walk" toggle to slow down if you want to hand in quests.
- Buy 1x Light-Step Hoofplates and use it as your mount equipment.
Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.
- Horde/Orgrimmar: Banner of Cooperation
- Alliance/Stormwind: Banner of Cooperation
Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.
- Horde/Orgrimmar: Standard of Unity
- Alliance/Stormwind: Standard of Unity
Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.
- Horde/Orgrimmar: Battle Standard of Coordination
- Alliance/Stormwind: Battle Standard of Coordination
Credits
Written by: Swag
Reviewed by: Revvez