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Overview
Windwalker Monk
Windwalker MonkMythic+
Hero Talents
Windwalker Monk
- Currently Shado-Pan outperforms Conduit of the Celestials in pretty much every scenario apart from burst.
Shado-Pan
Conduit of the Celestials
- Every 300 Energy you spent while in combat, you unleash Flurry Strikes, which makes it vital to not overcap Energy.
- Efficient Training
- Spending 50 Energy spent reduces the cooldown of Storm, Earth, and Fire by 1 second.
- Wisdom of the Wall
- Every time Flurry Strikes proccs with 10 stacks(it is pretty much guaranteed) you gain one of the four buffs.
- It is possible to have multiple buffs at the same time.
- Shado-Pan Choice Nodes are:
- Pride of Pandaria
- Protect and Serve
- Protect and Serve provides a decent chunk of healing combined with Vivacious Vivification.
- Whirling Steel
- Gain access to Celestial Conduit a powerful 90 second cooldown that lines up with Storm, Earth, and Fire.
- Heart of the Jade Serpent
- After spending 45 Chi your next Strike of the Windlord grants you 75% cooldown reduction on Rising Sun Kick, Fists of Fury, Strike of the Windlord and Whirling Dragon Punch.
- While it is up your Fists of Fury channel time is reduced by 50%.
- Unity Within
- After finishing your Celestial Conduit you spawn all Celestials.
- It is also possible to finish the channel early to spawn them faster.
Talents
Windwalker Monk
Shado-Pan
When to use this Spec
New talent build after recent sim fixes!!!
This is most likely the go to spec in M+ build unless significant changes happen. Although for some dungeons some minor talents in the class tree will change for some different utility options. To make your life easier, dungeon-specific talent loadouts are available in the Dungeons section.
Gameplay Altering Talents
Discover all talents that significantly alter your gameplay within the Spec and Class Talent trees. This section gives a concise overview of these talents and their applications but for a more detailed look check out the Rotation and Deep Dive sections below.
Spec Tree
- Revolving Whirl
- Whirling Dragon Punch grants you a guaranteed Dance of Chi-Ji proc.
- Thunderfist
- You want to hit as many targets as possible with Strike of the Windlord.
- Gale Force
- The goal is to use your strongest abilities after pressing Strike of the Windlord to take advantage of the 10% damage increase afterward.
- Dance of Chi-Ji
- Always prioritize using Spinning Crane Kick when it procs before casting Blackout Kick.
- You can have 2 stacks of Dance of Chi-Ji now.
- Ordered Elements
- Your Rising Sun Kick cooldown resets after activating Storm, Earth, and Fire so you want to press Rising Sun Kick before Storm, Earth, and Fire.
- Your first Chi spender after activating Storm, Earth, and Fire is always Rising Sun Kick due to the Chi cost reduction on subsequent abilities.
- Last Emperor's Capacitor
- Any Chi spender grants you one stack of Last Emperor's Capacitor which reduces the Energy costs and increases its damage per stack.
- You can have up to 20 stacks.
- Power of the Thunder King
- Crackling Jade Lightning hits 4 additional targets and the channel time is reduced by 50%.
Class Tree
- Summon White Tiger Statue
- Using Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger spawns a statue at your location that damages nearby enemies.
- Fatal Touch
- Prioritize using Touch of Death whenever possible as you gain a 5% damage buff.
Hero Talents
- Pride of Pandaria
- Your default pick since High Impact is weaker.
- Protect and Serve
- Provides a decent chunk of heal especially combined with Vivacious Vivification.
- Whirling Steel
Rotation
Windwalker Monk
Tier Set
- 2-Set: Tiger Palm increases the damage of your next melee ability by 5.0%.
- 4-Set: Your other melee abilities increase the damage of your next Tiger Palm by 25%, stacking up to 6 times. 15% of Tiger Palm damage is dealt onto nearby enemies, reduced beyond 5 targets.
Single-Target
Shado-Pan
Opener
- Your goal is to cast as many Chi spenders as possible in your Storm, Earth, and Fire window while also keeping relevant abilities on cooldown.
Priority List
This is a general priority you aim to maintain throughout the fight.
- Touch of Death if possible.
- Rising Sun Kick when buffed by Xuen's Battlegear.
- Tiger Palm if below 5 Chi and close to capping Energy.
- Strike of the Windlord.
- Whirling Dragon Punch if possible.
- Rising Sun Kick.
- Tiger Palm if you are capping energy.
- Fists of Fury.
- Blackout Kick to not overcap on stacks of Teachings of the Monastery.
- Spinning Crane Kick with Dance of Chi-Ji.
- Tiger Palm it is a gain to overcap Chi, to spend energy.
- Jadefire Stomp if talented paired with either Singularly Focused Jade or Jadefire Harmony.
- Last Emperor's Capacitor.
- Blackout Kick.
- Chi Burst.
AoE
Shado-Pan
Opener
- Below you can see one variation of the multi-target opener rotation using the Shado-Pan.
Priority List
- Keep up Mark of the Crane on 5 targets.
- Tiger Palm if below 5 Chi and close to capping Energy.
- Touch of Death if possible.
- Spinning Crane Kick with Dance of Chi-Ji with 2 stacks to not overcap.
- Whirling Dragon Punch.
- Strike of the Windlord.
- Crackling Jade Lightning if you are overcapping Last Emperor's Capacitor with Power of the Thunder King talented.
- Fists of Fury.
- Rising Sun Kick for Whirling Dragon Punch if possible.
- Jadefire Stomp if talented paired with either Singularly Focused Jade or Jadefire Harmony.
- Spinning Crane Kick.
- Blackout Kick to not overcap on stacks of Teachings of the Monastery.
- Chi Burst if talented.
Deep dive
Windwalker Monk
Mastery
- It is very important to never break your Mastery: Combo Strikes or Hit Combo.
- During downtime you can use Spinning Crane Kick to keep up your Hit Combo.
- If the boss is immune to damage you can also use Crackling Jade Lightning to keep it up.
Touch of Karma
- To maximize your damage output you want to press Touch of Karma on every damage event possible in the fight.
- You can increase the absorbed amount of your Touch of Karma damage by using Fortifying Brew beforehand to increase your maximum health.
- When grouped with a Warrior, you can ask them to press Rallying Cry if it is not needed as a cooldown to get even more health before using Touch of Karma.
Touch of Death
- As a Windwalker Monk it is very important for you to snipe any low health add with Touch of Death.
- You gain Fatal Touch after executing Touch of Death.
Dance of Chi-Ji and Mark of the Crane
- It is worth it to hold your Dance of Chi-Ji proc if you are able to stack Mark of the Crane depending on if adds are going to spawn within the duration of your Dance of Chi-Ji buff.
- You can have up to two stacks of Dance of Chi-Ji now.
- Whenever a new adds spawn one of your priorities is always to tag them swiftly with Tiger Palm, Rising Sun Kick or Blackout Kick to gain Mark of the Crane stacks.
- While the tank is gathering mobs throughout a dungeon, you want to cast Tiger Palm and Blackout Kick to fish for Dance of Chi-Ji procs. It is a bad idea to use Rising Sun Kick unless you know that the tank has a huge amount of threat generated on the mobs as you otherwise risk dying.
Storm, Earth, and Fire
- Your clones prioritize hitting targets that have no Mark of the Crane on them as their mimicked abilities apply it.
- Only do this if you are confident that you can keep up 5 Mark of the Crane stacks and you know that you are missing out on potential cleave value.
- You can press Storm, Earth, and Fire again to fixate your clones on a target after getting 5 Mark of the Crane stacks. It is especially good if your clones hit targets far away from the rest of the enemies that you would otherwise not be able to spread Mark of the Crane to.
- It is a must to fixate your clones again after your fixate target dies.
- They will do nothing if you don't do it.
- It is extremely important to fixate your clones otherwise you could miss out on potential cleave from Whirling Dragon Punch, Fists of Fury, and Spinning Crane Kick.
Energy usage with Shado-Pan
- It is extremely vital to not overcap Energy to use Flurry Strikes at your maximum potential.
- Especially during downtime make use of Vivify to not overcap Energy, so you can reduce the cooldown of Storm, Earth, and Fire.
- Important to note that the Energy used from Vivify does not count towards Flurry Strikes.
- During downtime you can use Paralysis and Crackling Jade Lightning to spend Energy for Flurry Strikes.
- This only works with a target that you can hit.
Understanding Mechanics
Rotational min-maxing is just one aspect of mastering a specialization, but there are numerous other key mechanics that influence your performance. Use the following guides to improve them.
Dungeons
Windwalker Monk
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Boss Tips
Avanoxx
- Use Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew on Alerting Shrill.
- Alerting Shrill is physical damage don't waste your Diffuse Magic on it.
- Primarily use Diffuse Magic on Gossamer Onslaught.
- Avoid kiting Starved Crawlers into the boss else the boss receives Insatiable.
- Use Leg Sweep and Ring of Peace to keep the adds away from the boss and stacked.
- AoE them down if you are not fixated by them.
Anub'zekt
- Use your Roll or Flying Serpent Kick to dodge the Burrow Charge.
- Kill Bloodstained Webmages fast and interrupt Silken Restraints.
- UseDiffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew when afflicted by Infestation.
Ki'katal the Harvester
- Use Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew while you're affected by Cultivated Poisons since it hits like a truck!
- You can help out your healer by dispelling Cultivated Poisons with Detox on a target that has no defensives left.
- The Waves eject upon removal, make sure the person you are dispelling does not cleave anyone with the wave.
- It is possible to outplay Cosmic Singularity with the help of Transcendence if you are not able to find a Grasping Blood on the floor.
- Cosmic Singularity drags you towards the boss when it reaches 1 second on the castbar, use Transcendence: Transfer the moment you get dragged and you should be safe.
- When you're affected by Grasping Blood you can use any form of crowd control instead of killing it to cancel your root.
Trash Tips
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Resonant Barrage from Trilling Attendant.
- Horrifying Shrill from Ixin.
- Revolting Volley from Bloodstained Webmage.
- Venom Volley from Blood Overseer.
- Pay extra attention to these casts:
- Alarm Shrill from Sentry Stagshell.
- A really long cast that needs to get disrupted.
- You can stop it with Ring of Peace, Leg Sweep and Paralysis.
- Massive Slam from Nerubian Hauler and Hulking Bloodguard.
- A short stun that ramps in damage done per cast.
- Venomous Spit from Engorged Crawlers.
- They apply a lethal poison debuff that you can dispel with Detox.
- Alarm Shrill from Sentry Stagshell.
- Avoid stepping on the eggs on the first boss area.
Boss Tips
Orator Krix'vizk
- You can dispel Shadows of Doubt on yourself with Diffuse Magic.
- Alternate Touch of Karma and Fortifying Brew when the boss begins Vociferous Indoctrination.
- Make sure to be on top of the tank when the boss casts Vociferous Indoctrination to not get cut off from the group.
- Angle your camera so you can see the people with Shadows of Doubt to be able to dodge their orbs easily when removed.
Fangs of the Queen
- Watch out for Knife Throw. Use either Fortifying Brew or Touch of Karma if you're targeted by this ability.
- Be spread around the boss to not cleave other people with Ice Sickles.
- Your tank will get afflicted by Freezing Blood, be close to the tank so he can drop his stacks quickly.
- You can dispel Ice Sickles with Diffuse Magic.
The Coaglamation
- Use your Touch of Karma, Diffuse Magic or Fortifying Brew for Dark Pulse. This happens at 100 boss energy.
- Watch your surroundings and use your mobility to soak Corrupted Coating before they reach the boss.
- Look at your healing absorb before taking too many Corrupted Coating.
Izo, the Grand Splicer
- You can hold your Strike of the Windlord and your Last Emperor's Capacitor for the Umbral Weave and Tremor Slam to kill off the adds that spawn afterwards quickly.
- Use your defensives for Splice since it's the highest damage event during this fight.
- With the help of Tiger's Lust you can remove any Umbral Weave from your party members.
- Touch of Death can be used to quickly kill Umbral Weave webs that spawn from it.
Trash Tips
- You can dispel Venomous Spray from afflicted targets with Detox.
- It is vital to stop the Silk Binding before they finish their cast. You can use either Leg Sweep, Ring of Peace, Paralysis or Spear Hand Strike to iterrupt it.
- If Twist Thoughts is cast on the tank you can let it go off and hold your Spear Hand Strike so you can stop it on a healer or dps player.
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Web Bolt from Sureki Silkbinder.
- Grimweave Blast from Covert Webmancer.
- Mending Web from Covert Webmancer.
- Twist Thoughts from Herald of Anurek.
- Void Wave from Sureki Unnaturaler.
Boss Tips
E.D.N.A.
- Always stack up to spawn Volatile Spikes close together to ensure you can detonate them all with 1 Refracting Beam.
- Use Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew whenever multiple Volatile Spikes get detonated.
- Majority of the damage comes from the bursting effect after detonating the spikes.
- Make sure you are topped when the boss casts Earth Shatterer with the help of Algari Healing Potion or Vivify.
Skarmorak
- The highest priority in this fight is killing the Crystal Shards fast enough before Fortified Shell is cast to gain Unstable Energy to break the shield fast.
- You cannot kill multiple Crystal Shards at the same time due to Crystalline Eruption.
- You can use your Touch of Death to kill any Crystal Shards quickly before Fortified Shell.
- Use your Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew before Unstable Crash happens or while you have multiple stacks of Unstable Energy.
Master Machinists Brokk and Dorlita
- Put Speaker Brokk in focus, so you can use Spear Hand Strike easily.
- Try to keep up Mark of the Crane on both bosses to increase your Spinning Crane Kick damage.
- During Exhaust Vents 3 out of the 4 vents in the intercardinal directions are active. Look around and locate the safe vent and go there quickly to not get cut off by puddles on the ground.
- The Magma Wave from the cube will always traverse in the cardinal directions so as long as you are on a vent you are in a safespot.
- Use your defensive during Exhaust Vents and Blazing Crescendo.
- Killing both bosses at the same time is a must to avoid Silenced Speaker.
Void Speaker Eirich
- Putting down your Transcendence in the middle of the room is a great tool to get quickly back to the boss after dropping Entropy from Entropic Reckoning.
- Place your Transcendence in the middle of the room to quickly teleport back after dropping Entropy from Entropic Reckoning.
- Use Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew on Entropic Reckoning.
- Make sure to cleanse off Void Corruption by going to a Void Rift.
Trash Tips
- Focus down Earth Burst Totem from Cursedforge Stoneshaper. They have a low amount of health but are not affected by AoE abilities.
- Dodging the Shield Stampede is important as it deals lethal damage to you.
- It is very important to focus the Rock Smashers before the group has too many Smash Rock stacks.
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Howling Fear from Ghastly Voidsoul.
- Censoring Gear from Turned Speaker.
- Piercing Wail from Void Bound Howler.
- Restoring Metals from Forgebound Mender and Cursedforge Mender.
- Arcing Void from Cursedheart Invader.
Boss Tips
Speaker Shadowcrown
- Do not try to Transcendence over a Obsidian Beam. It still applies the dot to you which deals a ton of damage.
- Make sure to be towards the outer side of the ship before Collapsing Night is cast as it drops a massive puddle under you.
- Consider using a defensive if you're affected by Collapsing Night. Getting out of this quickly is important since it deals a lot of damage every 0.5 seconds.
- You can dispel on yourself from Burning Shadows with Diffuse Magic if necessary.
- Interrupt Shadow Bolt whenever cast.
Anub'ikkaj
- Put down a Transcendence at the opposite side of the direction where you want to position the Dark Orb to get quickly back to the boss.
- Stun Animate Shadows with Leg Sweep.
- You can hold your Strike of the Windlord for the Animate Shadows to gain more Thunderfist stacks.
- Use Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew for the Dark Orb and Shadowy Decay.
Rasha'nan
- Pre-place a Transcendence close to the boss to quickly deliver Arathi Bombs.
- Be aware of Erosive Spray. It applies Lingering Erosion which is dangerous when combined with other damage events.
- During Phase 2 you can mitigate a lot of damage by pre-placing a Transcendence on the boss to quickly teleport after dropping your Spinneret's Strands.
- You can help out less mobile classes like priest with Tiger's Lust when they are targeted by Spinneret's Strands.
Trash Tips
- Killing enough trash to have a good amount of space when fighting the miniboss with Dark Orb is vital.
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Night Bolt from Nightfall Shadowmage.
- Ensnaring Shadows from Nightfall Shadowmage.
- Tormenting Beam from Nightfall Darkcaster.
- Umbral Barrier from Nightfall Darkcaster.
- Pay extra attention to these casts:
- Anub'ikkaj and Deathscreamer Iken'tak - Dark Orb
- Anub'ikkaj and Ascendant Vis'coxria - Shadowy Decay
- Ixkreten The Unbreakable - Terrifying Slam
Boss Tips
Ingra Maloch
- Interrupt Spirit Bolt every time a non-tank player is targeted unless it is a warrior that has Spell Reflect ready.
- Look behind you when the boss casts Repulsive Visage to avoid Tears of the Forest.
- Keep up Mark of the Crane on both bosses up to increase your Spinning Crane Kick damage.
- Try to line up your cooldowns with Droman Oulfarran's Droman's Wrath to gain a huge DPS boost. This happens when Droman Oulfarran reaches 20% health.
- Touch of Death does ignore damage reductions, which might enable you to kill Ingra Maloch through Embrace Darkness if he is low enough.
Mistcaller
- Paralysis the Illusionary Vulpins to prevent them from reaching their target.
- If it spawns in melee use your Leg Sweep and your Disable to keep it away from the fixated player.
- Get a Mark of the Crane stack if it spawns in melee to increase your Spinning Crane Kick damage.
- If you get targeted by the Illusionary Vulpins you can kite it through Dodge Ball, it deals damage to it.
- Use Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew during the Guessing Game.
- Touch of Death the Illusionary Clone if possible.
Tred'ova
- The Mind Link is always cast on the tank, make sure you are on the opposite side of the boss to break it as fast as possible.
- Keep the Gormling Larva away from the Marked Prey target.
- Use Leg Sweep and Ring of Peace to keep them away.
- Gain multiple stacks of Mark of the Crane if you aren't fixated to increase your Spinning Crane Kick damage.
- DO NOT use Roll, Flying Serpent Kick or Transcendence to dodge the Acid Expulsion as it makes subsequent ones unpredictable.
- Interrupt Consumption.
Trash Tips
- It is possible to skip the Pack with 2 Drust Harvesters, 1 Drust Soulcleaver and the Drust Boughbreaker at the beginning of the dungeon by using Paralysis in conjunction with Ring of Peace on the closest Drust Harvester in that pack.
- Make sure to hit the Overgrowth from the Tirnenn Villagers as it stuns a party member for 6 seconds otherwise.
- Focusing on of the two Drust Boughbreaker desyncs Furious Thrashing, they start casting it when they reach 50% hp.
- Mistveil Stinger cast Anima Injection you can dispel it with Detox.
- During the maze you can pull trash behind walls with Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger.
- There is usually only 1 path available during the Maze,but you see the nameplates of the other mobs behind the walls already. You can send your pet through those walls to pull.
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Spirit Bolt from Drust Harvester.
- Harvest Essence from Drust Harvester.
- Nourish the Forest from Mistveil Tender.
- Bramblethorn Coat from Mistveil Shaper.
- Stimulate Regeneration from Spinemaw Staghorn.
- Stimulate Resistance from Spinemaw Staghorn.
Boss Tips
Blightbone
- Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew if you're targeted by Heaving Retch.
- With the maximum amount of Dance of the Wind stacks, you are guaranteed to dodge this ability the boss casts if it is on you.
- Use Detox to remove Heaving Retch.
- Always use Leg Sweep on Carrion Worms.
- Gain multiple stacks of Mark of the Crane if you aren't fixated to increase your Spinning Crane Kick damage.
Amarth, The Harvester
- Paralysis either the Reanimated Crossbowman or Reanimated Mage if you're not planning on killing them quickly.
- If any adds are still alive during Final Harvest, use Paralysis or Leg Sweep to crowd-control them. With them crowd-controlled, the boss doesn't cast Tortured Echoes even though an add is alive.
- Interrupt Necrotic Bolt.
Surgeon Stitchflesh
- Place Transcendence towards Surgeon Stitchflesh's grandstand to easily line up Meat Hooks throughout the fight.
- When there are multiple Stitchflesh's Creation up at the same time you can provoke Provoke one of them, so the Meat Hooks path is not blocked by a Stitchflesh's Creation.
- Beeing far away for the Provoke is a must, as the Stitchflesh's Creation hits like a truck.
- Your tank has to know that you are planning to do this so he taunts the Stitchflesh's Creation back.
Nalthor the Rimebinder
- You can dispel Frozen Binds on the afflicted target with Tiger's Lust.
- While Icebound Aegis is up rotate Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew.
- Drop Frigid Cold in a corner to ensure you have enough space on the boss.
Trash Tips
- Be wary of the Skeletal Marauder's Gruesome Cleave it is a fast frontal.
- You can stop the Drain Fluids from Corpse Harvester and Corpse Collectors with Leg Sweep and Ring of Peace.
- It is very important to aim the Throw Cleaver from the Flesh Crafter's on the high hp targets in the pack to kill them faster.
- You can utilize your Ring of Peace to keep small mobs away from the important mobs.
- Rotate Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew when Rotspew targets you with Spew Disease.
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Drain Fluids from Corpse Harvester and Corpse Collector.
- Necrotic Bolt from Zolramus Sorceror & Zolarmus Necromancer.
- Rasping Scream from Skeletal Marauder.
- Frostbolt Volley from Reanimted Mage.
- Goresplatter from Corpse Collector.
- Dispellable by Detox.
- Repair Flesh from Flesh Crafter.
Boss Tips
Chopper Redhook
- Line up your cooldowns with the boss walking over Bombs which afflict him with Heavy Ordnance.
- You can give Tiger's Lust to the person is afflicted by On the Hook to help them kite the boss easier (especially priests).
- UseDiffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew when targeted by Molten Slug.
- It is possible to crowd control the Irontide Powdershot withParalysis if it spawns in a convenient spot.
- Always watch where the tank is facing the Irontide Cleaver's to dodge the Heavy Slash, especially when kiting the boss.
Dread Captain Lockwood
- Be wary of Dread Captain Lockwood's Clear the Deck it is a very fast frontal cone.
- Focus down the Ashvane Cannoneer during the phase change to quickly use Unstable Ordnance to get the boss down from the ship.
- The Ashvane Canoneer casts Broadside another frontal cone to dodge.
Hadal Darkfathom
- Tidal Surge spawns a wall of waves, to dodge this you have to line of sight it behind the pillar in the middle.
- If you can't find a safe spot for Tidal Surge you can also use Transcendence to get out of a nasty situation.
- Rotate Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew on Break Water.
Viq'Goth
- Dispel Putrid Waters from yourself with Diffuse Magic.
- Do note however, it knocks people around, it is adviced to be standing alone before dispelling yourself.
- If your Diffuse Magic is on cooldown rotate Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew on Putrid Waters.
Trash Tips
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Brackish Bolt from Irontide Waveshaper.
- Watertight Shell from Irontide Waveshaper.
- Water Bolt from Bilge Rat Tempest.
- Choking Waters from Bilge Rat Tempest.
- Bolstering Shout from Ashvane Commander.
- Pay extra attention to these casts:
- Scrimshaw Enforcer - Slobber Knocker
- Casted frontal cone that is hard to see.
- Irontide Raider - Iron Hook into Savage Tempest
- Blacktar Bomber - Fire Bomb
- Ashvane Commander - Azerite Charge
- Irontide Powdershot - Molten Slug
- Ashvane Spotter - Sighted Artillery
- Bilge Rat Demolisher - Crushing Slam
- Ashvane Invader - Stinging Venom
- Dispellable by Detox.
- Scrimshaw Enforcer - Slobber Knocker
Boss Tips
General Umbriss
- Tiger's Lust, Roll and Flying Serpent Kick are excellent abilities to help you evade the Shadowflame Breath.
- Rotate Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew on Commanding Roar.
Forgemaster Throngus
- Use Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew during Blistering Heat.
- You can help your tank out with Tiger's Lust to make it easier for him to kite the boss while Molten Mace is up.
- Bait the Fiery Cleave close towards the edge to save as much space as possible.
Drahga Shadowburner
- Use Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew during Twilight Buffet.
- Help Crowd control the Shadowflame Spirits with Leg Sweep and Disable if you don't have Flaming Fixate on yourself.
Erudax, the Duke of Below
- Use Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew during Abyssal Corruption and Void Surge.
- You can use Twillight Hatchlings to gain more stacks of Mark of the Crane and Thunderfist.
Monk defensive usage:
Trash Tips
- Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
- Earth Bolt from Twilight Earthcaller.
- Mass Tremor from Twilight Earthcaller.
- Shadowflame Bolt from Twilight Beguiler.
- Sear Mind from Twilight Beguiler.
- Pay extra attention to these casts:
- Twilight Destroyer - Umbral Wind
- You can LoS this cast.
- Otherwise make sure you are not facing towards the edge to not fall down.
- Twilight Overseer - Reckless Tactic
- Molten Giant - Molten Wake
- Twilight Lavabender - Ascension and Dark Eruption
- Ascension triggers at 50% HP and starts pulsing Scorching Heat group damage, make sure to focus it as it does an immense amount of damage.
- Faceless Corruptor - Corrupt and Mind Piercer
- Be aware especially when you have stacks of Shadow Wound from Mutated Hatchlings.
- Rotate Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew during Abyssal Corruption when targeted by those spells.
- Twilight Destroyer - Umbral Wind
Affixes
The Affix system got revamped going into The War Within Season 1 retiring most Affixes as well as introducing new kiss-curse ones while also changing on which key level these appear.
- +2 Affixes -- Rotates on a weekly basis
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Ascendant
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Oblivion
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour
- +4 Affixes -- Alternates between each other on a weekly basis
- Tyrannical
- Fortified
- +7 Affix
- Challenger's Peril
- +10 Affixes -- Alternates between each other on a weekly basis, is always the opposite of the +4 Affix
- Tyrannical
- Fortified
- +12 Affix
- Xal'atath's Guile -- Replaces the +2 Affix
Following you get some useful tips for handling different Mythic+ Affixes as a Windwalker Monk.
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Ascendant
- Use Ring of Peace to handle as many orbs as possible.
- You can use it to gain additional Mark of the Crane stacks.
- Leg Sweep if necessary.
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Voidbound
- You can use it to gain additional Mark of the Crane stacks.
- Hit it as your priority target as other mobs take reduced damage while it is up.
- Touch of Death can be instantly used on it.
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Oblivion
- Intercept any orbs that are close in melee.
- Use Tiger's Lust on a group member to help soak orbs.
- Xal'atath's Bargain: Devour
- Dispel yourself with Detox or any other party member.
Stat Priority
Windwalker Monk
Understand your secondary stat priority and the tertiary stats needed for optimal performance during Mythic+ dungeons as a Windwalker Monk. For more detailed information, visit the Stats and Attributes guide.
Higher Item level items are better in most scenarios. For an accurate representation of what item to equip you should use Simcraft! A static "Stat Priority" is just a starting point and can easily shift depending on your individual gear.
All secondary stats are affected by diminishing returns. Click here to learn more!
Tertiary
- Avoidance - Great stat to reduce the damage intake of "Area of Effect" abilities.
- Leech - Provides additional healing through damage dealing. The damage of your pets does not heal you thus Leech is a great tertiary for you since most of your damage is coming from your own spells.
- Speed - Niche tertiary that can be very useful and has been proven useful in the past. Makes playing certain mechanics a lot easier.
Gear
Windwalker Monk
Best in Slot
Farmable Alternatives
| Slot | Item | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Hood of the Hidden Path | Mists of Tirna Scithe |
| Neck | Sureki Zealot's Insignia | Sikran, Captain of the Sureki |
| Shoulder | Gatecrasher's Enduring Effigy | Rasha'nan / Catalyst |
| Cloak | Consecrated Cloak | Tailoring |
| Chest | Gatecrasher's Gi | Broodtwister Ovi'nax/ Catalyst |
| Wrist | Risen Monstrosity Cuffs | The Necrotic Wake |
| Gloves | Gatecrasher's Protectors | Sikran, Captain of the Sureki/Catalyst |
| Belt | Sapgorger Belt | Mists of Tirna Scithe |
| Legs | Gatecrasher's Kilt | Nexus-Princess Ky'veza / Catalyst |
| Boots | Chitin-Spiked Jackboots | Sikran, Captain of the Sureki |
| Ring 1 | Stitchflesh's Misplaced Signet | The Necrotic Wake |
| Ring 2 | Experiment 08752's Band | City of Threads |
| Trinket 1 | Skardyn's Grace | Grim Batol |
| Trinket 2 | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
| Mainhand | Void Reaper's Warp Blade | Nexus-Princess Ky'veza |
| Offhand | Charged Facesmasher | Blacksmith |
Below you are presented with a good list of farmable alternatives that are obtainable outside of WoW’s weekly lockout system. While replaced in time as you progress, these offer immediate character power.
| Slot | Item | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Hood of the Hidden Path | Mist of Tirna Scithe |
| Neck | "Emergency Stop" Keychain | The Stonevault |
| Shoulder | Epaulets of the Clipped Wings | The Dawnbreaker |
| Cloak | Shroud of Dark Memories | Grim Batol |
| Chest | Arachnofrost Vest | City of Threads |
| Wrist | Risen Monstrosity Cuffs | The Necrotic Wake |
| Gloves | Wharf Warden's Gloves | Siege of Boralus |
| Belt | Sapgorger Belt | Mist of Tirna Scithe |
| Legs | Glimmerthread Pantaloons | Grim Batol |
| Boots | Besieger's Deckstalkers | Siege of Boralus |
| Ring 1 | Stitchflesh's Misplaced Signet | The Necrotic Wake |
| Ring 2 | Experiment 08752's Band | City of Threads |
| Trinket 1 | Skardyn's Grace | Grim Batol |
| Trinket 2 | Ara-Kara Sacbrood | Ara-Kara, City of Echoes |
| Mainhand | Eirich's Fist of Deception | The Stonevault |
| Offhand | Eirich's Fist of Deception | The Stonevault |
Trinkets
Below you can find active and passive alternatives to our recommended trinkets. Do note that some trinkets are better than others depending on the mythic+ dungeon.
Active Trinket alternatives
- Treacherous Transmitter
- You can use this trinket instead of Skardyn's Grace if you are not getting the high ilvl M+ trinkets. The cryptic instructions can be annoying during encounters.
- Mad Queen's Mandate
- Can be a good choice if you need to kill a priority target quick.
Passive Trinket alternatives
- Void Reaper's Contract
- Good alternative especially if you have the both items of the set.
- Bottled Flayedwing Toxin
- Very decent single target trinket, but lacks in aoe.
- Empowering Crystal of Anub'ikkaj
- Fairly strong secondary stat proc trinket.
Embellishments
It's recommended to hold your Spark of Omens craft and wait for further tuning.
- 1x Duskthread Lining
- The optimal slots to craft on are Wrists, Boots, Waist, or Cloak depending on your available gear.
- 1x Darkmoon Sigil: Vivacity
- This embellishment can only be applied to weapons.
or
- 2x Duskthread Lining
- The optimal slots to craft on are Wrists, Boots, Waist, or Cloak depending on your available gear.
Remaining Sparks
- Crafted items are 636 item level and regular items are 639 on max item level therefore it's not beneficial to equip crafted items outside of your 2x embellishments unless you don't have access to other high item level gear on that slot.
Simcraft
To find the best combination of gear available to you or identify the best possible upgrades, visit our Simcraft guide to learn how to utilize Simcraft easily and effectively.
Consumables
Windwalker Monk
- Phials
- Flask of Tempered Swiftness -- maximum DPS.
- Flask of Tempered Versatility -- less DPS but more survivability.
- Food
- Feast of the Divine Day
- Feast of the Midnight Masquerade
- Combat Potion
- Tempered Potion
- Health Potion
- Algari Healing Potion -- a big burst of healing
- Weapon Oil
- Ironclaw Whetstone-- usable on Sword, Axe, Polearm.
- Ironclaw Weightstone -- usable on Mace, Staff and Fist Weapon.
- Augment Rune
- Crystallized Augment Rune
- Sockets
- Versatile Emerald
- Culminating Blasphemite -- Unique, use one of each gem color to enhance your Culminating Blasphemite.
- Quick Sapphire
- Quick Ruby
- Quick Onyx
Enchantments
| Head | Nerubian Gemweaver |
| Neck | Magnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x |
| Cloak | Enchant Cloak - Chant of Winged Grace |
| Chest | Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance |
| Wrist | Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Avoidance Nerubian Gemweaver |
| Waist | Nerubian Gemweaver |
| Legs | Stormbound Armor Kit |
| Boots | Enchant Boots - Defender's March |
| Ring 1 | Enchant Ring - Radiant Haste Magnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x |
| Ring 2 | Enchant Ring - Radiant Haste Magnificent Jeweler's Setting 2x |
| Mainhand | Enchant Weapon - Authority of the Depths |
| Offhand | Enchant Weapon - Authority of the Depths |
You buy Nerubian Gemweaver from the Great Vault Vendor to add sockets to your Helm, Wrists & Waist.
Races
Windwalker Monk
For min-maxing a Windwalker Monk in Mythic+, different racial traits can provide a tremendous benefit to your character. If this is not your top goal, picking a race that fits your style works just as well.
- Stoneform -- Dwarf
- One of the most potent racials in Mythic+ currently and historically.
- Dispels Magic and Bleed debuffs.
- Use-cases:
- Curse of Entropy, Drahga Shadowburner (Grim Batol)
- Cultivated Poisons, Ki'katal the Harvester (Ara-Kara, City of Echoes)
- Putrid Waters, Viq'Goth (Siege of Boralus)
- Venomous Spray, Royal Venomshell (City of Threads)
- Shadowmeld -- Night Elf
- Also one of the most potent racials in Mythic+ historically.
- Run past basically any mob and then cast Shadowmeld to make them reset. Even works on mobs that have stealth detection if you get enough distance before you Shadowmeld.
- Blood Fury -- Orc
- Strong racial for damage both because of Command and Blood Fury which lines up with Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger.
- 20% reduced Stun duration on you which can be useful in some Mythic+ dungeons.
- Escape Artist -- Gnome
- Free yourself from roots.
- Rocket Jump -- Goblin
- Do a small jump in the direction your character is facing.
- While you're in the Rocket Jump animation you are placed on a global cooldown until your character lands.
- Berserking -- Troll
- Your strongest DPS racial but lines up poorly with Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger.
- Reduce the duration of movement impairing effects by 20%.
Recommendation
Dwarf and Night Elf abilities have such a big impact on your Mythic+ experience that you need to use either of them if you're serious about pushing keys with your Windwalker Monk.
Macros
Windwalker Monk
Discover recommended macros for Windwalker Monks during Mythic+ dungeons and watch a quick video guide on creating simple macros for your character.
Cursor Macros
Cursor Ring of Peace -- Ring of Peace on your cursor without confirmation.
#showtooltip
/cast [@cursor] Ring of PeaceMouseover Macros
Pet Macros
Utility Macros
Addons
Windwalker Monk
Below, you see a screenshot of the author's User Interface for their Windwalker Monk, outlining which addons are used and how they are utilized in Mythic+ dungeons to make your life easier.
Addons
WeakAuras
Changes this Patch
Windwalker Monk
Patch 11.0.2
Patch 11.0
FAQ
Windwalker Monk
Q: Why does my Hit Combo drop?
Credits
Written By: Swag
Reviewed By: Meeres