Windwalker Monk Mythic+ Guide

• Gain access to Celestial Conduit a powerful 90 second cooldown that lines up with Storm, Earth, and Fire.
• Heart of the Jade Serpent
  • Your 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.

When to use this Spec

It is your choice whether you play Shado-Pan or Celestial Conduit in dungeons. 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.
• 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 Chi spenders cost 1 less Chi duringStorm, Earth, and Fire.
• Last Emperor's Capacitor
  • Your Chi spenders grant you a stack of Last Emperor's Capacitor up to 20.
• Power of the Thunder King
  • Crackling Jade Lightning cleaves 4 additional targets with 80% effectiveness and the casttime is reduced by 50%.
• Sequenced Strikes
  • Consuming a Dance of Chi-Ji proc grants you a Blackout Kick! proc.
• Energy Burst
  • You gain 1 Chi after using a Blackout Kick! proc.

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

• Temple Training
  • Your default choice as it is stronger than Xuen's Guidance.
• Restore Balance
  • It is better than Yu'lon's Knowledge and you do not spec Rushing Jade Wind.
• Inner Compass
  • Stronger talent than August Dynasty.
• Niuzao's Protection
  • Personal preference if you prefer Jade Sanctuary.

Boss Tips

Ol' Waxbeard

• Be aware of the Menial Laborers when targeted by Luring Candleflame.
  • Use Leg Sweep and Ring of Peace to keep the Menial Laborers in melee.
• It is your highest priority to kill the Dynamite Mine Card as it spawns.
• Bait Reckless Charge close to a wall so the boss does not move too far away.

Blazikon

• Your goal is to ignite as many candles as possible with Wicklighter Barrage, to decrease the damage from Enkindling Inferno.
• Hit atleast 1 candle with Extinguishing Gust to gurantee a safe spot for Incite Flames.
  • Extinguishing Gust is a very fast projectile from the boss make sure to not get hit by it.

The Candle King

• Interrupt Paranoid Mind.
  • you can rotate interrupts with melee two interrupts.
• Hide behind a Wax Statue after targeted the The Candle King by Darkflame Pickaxe.
• Rotate Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew on Throw Darkflame.
  • You want to melt down the Wax Statues with it.

The Darkness

• The Darkness casts Call Darkspawn interrupt it.
• Keep the Candlelight safe from the Umbral Slash.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Wicklighter Bolt from Royal Wicklighter.
  • Mole Frenzy from Lowly Moleherd.
  • Explosive Flame from Blazing Fiend.
  • Flaming Tether from Sootsnout.
  • Drain Light from Shuffling Horror.
• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Throw Rock from Lowly Moleherd.
  • Pay attention to your health whenever you are spam targeted by this spell, especially if Lowly Moleherd is Panicked!.
  • One-Hand Headlock from Torchsnarl.
    • Ceaseless Flame is cast by Sootsnout on the person targeted by One-Hand Headlock, use Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew on it.
  • Wild Wallop from Rank Overseer.
    • This ability knocks every target not differentiating from enemies or allies.
• Dangerous debuffs to be wary of:
  • Flashpoint from Royal Wicklighter.
  • Applies a Magic debuff to a random player, inflicting heavy fire damage. Be careful if you are not dispelled and use a defensive.
  • Explosive Flame from Blazing Fiend.
    • Be careful if you get too many stacks of this debuff and press a defensive if the cast goes through multiple times.

Boss Tips

Tussle Tonks

• Put down a Transcendence incase you get targeted by Foe Flipper to maximize uptime on the bosses.
• Use Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew during Ground Pound.
• To maximize cleave damage on both bosses, you use cooldowns when the boss is not buffed by Platinum Plating.
• Kill the Platinum Pummeler and Gnomercy 4.U. at the same time to avoid Electrical Storm.

K.U-J.O

• During Explosive Leap avoid hitting the Junk Bomb.
  • Rotate Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew on Explosive Leap.
• While K.U-J.O casts Venting Flames you can keep hitting the boss as long as you are affected byHiding Behind Junk.

Machinist's Garden

• Always watch your surroundings to easily dodge Self-Trimming Hedge.
• Rotate Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew when targeted by Blossom Blast.
  • The Inconspicuous Plant can be affected by Leg Sweep.
• During "Hidden" Flame Cannon look at the middle of the room and you see the direction which the "Hidden" Flame Cannon turn.

King Mechagon

• Throughout the fight the Plasma Orb adjust their positioning around different players on Recalibrate.
  • Watch the arrows closely to avoid getting clipped by it.
• Rotate Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew when targeted by Mega-Zap.
• During Take Off! the Cutting Beam does not hit you as long as you stay on max melee range.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Detonate from Bomb Tonk.
  • Giga-Wallop from Mechagon Tinkerer.
  • Tune Up from Mechagon Mechanic.
• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Mega Drill from Waste Processing Unit.
    • Inflicts nature damage to all players. Stack up with the group and use defensives.
  • Short Out from Defense Bot Mk III.
    • Short channeled cast that inflicts nature damage to all players. Use a defensive whenever it happens.
  • Shield Generator from Workshop Defender.
    • The Shield Generator decreases the damage everyone takes whether its friend or foe, ensure you are standing in it to decrease your damage intake.
      • Use Ring of Peace to keep the mobs outside the Shield Generator.
• Dangerous debuffs to be wary of:
  • Fiery Jaws from Junkyard D.0.G.
  • Applies a Magic debuff to a random player, inflicting heavy fire damage. Be careful if you are not dispelled and use a defensive.
  • Arcing Zap from Defense Bot Mk I and Defense Bot Mk III.
    • Applies a Magic debuff to a random player, inflicting nature damage. Be careful if you are not dispelled and use a defensive.
      • Diffuse Magic deals massive amount of damage to the enemy.

Boss Tips

Big M.O.M.M.A

• One of the Darkfuse Mechadrone casts Maximum Distortion always interrupt it.
• Disengage from the boss after beeing targeted by Sonic Boom to avoid getting hit by it.
• During the first phase always hit the Darkfuse Mechadrones as it triggers the second phase after all of them are dead.
  • If you take too long to kill the Darkfuse Mechadrones Big M.O.M.M.A casts Kill-o-Block Barrier .
• Phase 2 is a burn phase, hold your cooldowns for Jumpstart it is a 200% damage increase.
  • Use your Touch of Karma to maximize damage during it.

Demolition Duo

• Kill both bosses in a similar time to avoid Divided Duo.
• Diffuse Big Bada BOOM! with Barreling Charge and Kinetic Explosive Gel.
  • You can dispel yourself from Kinetic Explosive Gel with Diffuse Magic, make sure you are close to a bomb to diffuse them.
• In general it is a good idea to use Touch of Karma and Fortifying Brew on Kinetic Explosive Gel.

Swampface

• Razorchoke Vines links you together with another player(it cannot be the tank unless people are dead), and you have to move together.
  • Usually there is a set rule to always dodge mechanics left or right depending on agreement with the group.
• It is a good idea to use Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or wow-trait id=124968]Fortifying Brew[/wow-trait] on Awaken the Swamp incase you get hit by Rushing Tide.

Geezle Gigazap

• During Turbo Charge you should use a strong personal like Fortifying Brew.
  • Be careful with Whirling Dragon Punch to not get hit byTurbo Bolt .
• Use Diffuse Magic or Touch of Karma when targeted by Gigazap.
• Kite the Leaping Sparks towards Dam Water on the ground.
  • You can touch the water as long as the spark did not reach it yet.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Trickshot from Mechadrone Sniper.
  • Surveying Beam from Venture Co. Surveyor.
  • Bloodthirsty Cackle from Darkfuse Hyena.
  • Blood Blast from Darkfuse Bloodwarper.
  • Restorative Algae from Disturbed Kelp.
    • You can stun these as well but they will recast untill interrupted.
  • Harpoon from Venture Co. Diver.
  • Lightning Bolt from Venture Co. Electrician.
• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Wind Up from Loaderbot.
    • Fixates a random player, inflicting physical damage to players within 3.5 yards for 6 seconds. Don't be in melee or close to the mob whenever it happens.
  • Shreddation from Shreddinator 3000.
    • Summons several spinning sawblades at the location of every player, inflicting physical damage every 0.3 seconds to players within the effect. This damage increases with consecutive hits. Damage can be fully avoided by prerunning out of it before the cast finishes.
    • Flamethrower from Shreddinator 3000.
      • It can be very spicy to dodge the Shreddation and the Flamethrower at the same time, in worst case scenario disengage from melee.
    • Rapid Construction from Venture Co. Architect.
      • While the Scaffolding is up, the Venture Co. Architect is buffed by High Ground.
        • Focus the Scaffolding to remove High Ground as fast as possible.
• Dangerous debuffs to be wary of:
  • Overcharge from Venture Co. Electrician.
    • Applies a Magic debuff to a random player, inflicting nature damage and stuns if the effect persists without being dispelled.

Boss Tips

Captain Dailcry

• Depending on your route the either Elaena Emberlanz, Sergeant Shaynemail or Taener Duelmal is up.
  • Interrupt Repentance from Elaena Emberlanz.
  • Sergeant Shaynemail puts a nasty bleed Lunging Strike.
    • Use Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew for it.
  • Taener Duelmal casts Cinderblast and Fireball.
    • One person in the group should always hold their interrupt for Cinderblast.
• Always focus Captain Dailcry as the fight finishes after he is dead.
• Interrupt Battle Cry.

Baron Braunpyke

• Interrupt Burning Light.
  • It is a faster cast while empowered by Vindictive Wrath.
• Soak Sacrificial Pyre with Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew.
  • While empowered by It is a faster cast while empowered by Vindictive Wrath it has 5charges instead of 3.

Prioress Murrpray

• Turn around at the end of Blinding Light.
• Interrupt Holy Smite.
• Kite The Sacred Flame towards the edge of the room to maximize space.
  • There is a nasty overlap with The Sacred Flame while the boss casts Blinding Light, keep your Diffuse Magic for it as it does a massive amount of damage
• After reaching 50% hp Prioress Murrpray teleports upstairs and begins casting Barrier of Light.
  • Interrupt Embrace the Light whenever your healer is out of healing cooldowns.
• Keep the Arathi Neophytes away from your range players with Leg Sweep and Ring of Peace.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Boiling Flames from Venture Co. Pyromaniac.
  • Holy Smite from High Priest Aemya.
  • Cinderblast from Taener Duelmal.
  • Fireball from Taener Duelmal.
  • Holy Smite from Devout Priest.
  • Greater Heal from Devout Priest.
  • Fireball from Fanatical Conjuror.
  • Flamestrike from Fanatical Conjuror.
  • Fireball Volley from Risen Mage.
  • Fireball from Risen Mage.
• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Defend from Arathi Footman.
    • A channeled cast that reduces damage taken by any ally around the caster by 50% for up to 5 seconds. Stop it with Leg Sweep immediately.
  • Pot Shot from Fervent Sharpshooter.
    • Inflicts physical damage to a random player. Use a defensive if you are targeted by multiple of those.
  • Disrupting Shout from Arathi Knight.
    • Inflicts physical damage to all players within 40 yards and interrupts spell casting for 4 seconds.
  • Holy Radiance from Elaena Emberlanz.
    • Inflicts holy damage to all players for 8 seconds.
  • Lunging Strike from Sergeant Shaynemail.
    • Leaps at a random player, inflicting physical damage and applying a Bleed.
      • Can be avoided with a Transcendence or just outrunning it when she leaps if you are far enough.
    • Sacred Toll from Ardent Paladin.
      • Inflicts a hefty amount of holy damage use Sacrificial Pyre with Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew on it to mitigate damage.
  • Purification from Lightspawn.
    • Channeled cast that fixates on a random player and inflicts holy damage every second for 6 seconds.
    • Burst of Light Lightspawn.
      • Use Ring of Peace to keep any mob out of the Burst of Light.
• Dangerous debuffs to be wary of:
  • Pounce from War Lynx.
    • A Bleed effect inflicting physical damage for 14 seconds or until fully healed.
  • Impale from Arathi Knight.
    • A Bleed that is applied to a random player.
  • Heat Wave from Forge Master Damian.
    • A Magic slow debuff for 4 seconds. In combination with Molten Pools can be very deadly.
      • Can be removed with Tiger's Lust.

Boss Tips

Kyrioss

• Use Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew during Lightning Torrent.
• After Kyrioss reaches 100 Energy he casts Lightning Torrent.
  • It always rotates clockwise.

Stormguard Gorren

• Rotate Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew when afflicted by Chaotic Corruption.
  • Chaotic Corruption always travels to the closest person even if they are not in the targeted indicated circle.
  • You can always juggle it to the tank, but keep your distance when debuffed by Chaotic Vulnerability to avoid getting Chaotic Corruption on accident.
• Crush Reality spawns Reality Tear from his impact, be aware and dodge it.

Voidstone Monstrosity

• Hold your cooldowns for Storm's Vengeance as it increases your damage throughput.
  • This happens after breaking the absorb shield every time.
• It is your highest priority to hit Voidstone Fragments with Seeping Corruption to avoid Voidstone Awakened from spawning.
• Rotate between Touch of Karma and Fortifying Brew when afflicted by Unleash Corruption.
  • Diffuse Magic can be used to dispelSeeping Corruption keep in mind that it drops Seeping Corruption.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Lightning Bolt from Cursed Thunderer.
  • Lightning Surge from Cursed Rooktender.
  • Void Bolt from Corrupted Oracle.
    • You can stun this if you see the person this ability is cast on is low to save their life.
  • Void Bolt from Void Ascendant.
• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Bounding Void from Quartermaster Koratite.
    • Targets a random player and launches void infused orbs towards him that travels out and returns back to the caster.
  • Attracting Shadows from Coalescing Void Diffuser.
    • Pulls in all players inflicting shadow damage every second and additionally inflicts even more damage to players within 7 yards of the center of the pull in effect at the end of the cast.
    • Use a defensive for this.
  • Arcing Void from Coalescing Void Diffuser.
    • does a heavy chunk of magic damage, use Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew for it.

Boss Tips

Coin-Operated Crowd Pummeler

• Line up your cooldowns when the boss is afflicted by Timed Detonation to maximize your boss damage.
• Keep the last bomb on Footbomb Launcher to maximize the uptime of Timed Detonation to maximize your boss damage.
• Rotate Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew on Static Pulse.
  • Static Pulse. does knock you as well, so be on the middle of the boss hitbox to not lose any uptime.

Azerokk

• The Earthragers fixate a random player with Raging Gaze you can help the fixated people out with Disable, Ring of Peace and Leg Sweep.
• Azerokk drops a puddle on Resonant Quake, stay max melee to avoid taking a tick from it.
• Rotate Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew on Resonant Quake.
• Focus the Earthrager that gets empowered by Azerite Infusion.

Rixxa Fluxflame

• Bait the Azerite Catalyst towards the outside of the room to maximize space.
• Propellant Blast pushes the puddles from Azerite Catalyst away from the boss, so make sure you bait it towards puddles.
  • Rotate Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew on Propellant Blast.

Mogul Razdunk

• Always watch the directions of the B.O.O.M.B.A to find the safe spot.
• Do not hit anyone when targeted by Homing Missile.
  • Use Diffuse Magic to reduce damage intake.
• Stay close to the boss and behind him to avoid getting hit by Gatling Gun.
• During Phase 2 you can Provoke Mogul Razdunk on Drill Smash ensuring Mogul Razdunk moves faster.
• Rotate Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma or Fortifying Brew when targeted by Buster Shot.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Toxic Blades from Hired Assassin.
    • You can dispel the poison effect with Detox.
  • Iced Spritzer from Refreshment Vendor.
  • Rock Lance from Venture Co. Earthshaper.
  • Furious Quake from Stonefury.
  • Tectonic Barrier from Stonefury.
  • Transmute: Enemy to Goo from Venture Co. Alchemist.
• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Uppercut from Addled Thug.
    • Charges to a random player, inflicting physical damage and knocking all players withing 4 yards of impact into the air.
  • Activate Mech from Mech Jockey.
    • Activates a nearby Mechanized Peacekeeper.
      • Stop it using Paralysis, Leg Sweep and Ring of Peace.
  • Fan of Knives from Hired Assassin.
    • Channeled cast that inflicts physical damage to anyone within 45 yards. Extremely dangerous if Toxic Blades cast went through.
      • Paralysis, Leg Sweep and Ring of Peace.
  • Rapid Extraction from Azerite Extractor.
    • Inflicts physical damage to all players and spawns ground effects at nearby location.
  • Mind Lash from Venture Co. Mastermind.
    • Targets a random player and channels at him, inflicting arcane damage every second over 4 seconds.
• Dangerous debuffs to be wary of:
  • Seek and Destroy from Crawler Mine.
    • Crawler Mine crawls towards a player and detonates when nearby, inflicting fire damage on impact and every 2 seconds for 6 seconds.
  • Caustic Compound from Venture Co. Alchemist.
    • A Poison effect, inflicting nature damage for 6 seconds.
      • You can dispel the poison effect with Detox.

Boss Tips

An Affront of Challengers

• At 100 Energy Sathel the Accursed casts Searing Death, be spread before it to avoid cleaving each other.
  • Touch of Karma should be used to maximize your dps when you are afflicted by Searing Death.
• Interrupt Necromantic Bolt from Sathel the Accursed.
• Hold your Diffuse Magic in case you get targeted by Withering Touch to dispel yourself.
• Equalize each boss health pool so they all die withing a short timeframe of each other.

Gorechop

• The Oozing Leftovers cleave with Leaping Thrash, prioritize not stacking with other people.
  • You can Paralysis the Oozing Leftovers to mitigate damage intake as they spawn, although they take damage fromOozing the Paralysis does not break.
  • Upon death the Oozing Leftovers drops a puddle Coagulating Ooze, a well placed Ring of Peace can maximize the space in the boss area.
• Tenderizing Smash pulls you towards Gorechop if you are away from melee.

Xav the Unfallen

• Tiger's Lust is a handy tool to help out less mobile classes while affected by Oppressive Banner.
• During Blood and Glory the person that gets his offensive cooldowns ready should win the duel as they gain Glorified.
• Use Touch of Karma on Might of Maldraxxus.

Kul'Tharok

• Interrupt Necrotic Bolt.
• Spread around the boss to avoid cleaving each other with Well of Darkness.
• Utilize Ring of Peace and Leg Sweep to keep the Lost Souls away from Kul'Tharok.
• Rotate Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma and Fortifying Brew on Well of Darkness.

Mordretha, the Endless Empress

• Interrupt Deathwalkers Death Bolt.
  • Utilize Ring of Peace and Leg Sweep to hinder the Deathwalkers from casting.
• Dark Devastation targets a random player and it can overlap with Ghostly Charge, bait it towards a good direction so you can easily dodge both mechanics.
• Use Touch of Karma and Fortifying Brew when afflicted by Manifest Death.
• After Mordretha, the Endless Empress reaches 50% hp casts Echoes of Carnage use your Diffuse Magic to mitigate damage.

Trash Tips

• Important abilities to interrupt in this dungeon are:
  • Necrotic Bolt from Battlefield Ritualist.
  • Unholy Fervor from Battlefield Ritualist.
  • Necrotic Bolt from Maniacal Soulbinder.
  • Necrotic Bolt Volley from Maniacal Soulbinder.
  • Bone Spear from Bone Magus.
  • Sear Mind from Twilight Beguiler.
  • Withering Discharge from Blighted Sludge-Spewer.
• Pay extra attention to these casts:
  • Heavin the Breaker - Interrupting Roar
    • You can LoS this cast.
  • Harugia the Bloodthirsty - Bloodthirsty Charge
    • You can LoS this cast.
  • Portal Guardian - Soulstorm
    • Rotate Diffuse Magic, Touch of Karma and Fortifying Brew to mitigate damage especially when afllicted by Shadow Vulnerability.
  • Raging Bloodhorn - Raging Tantrum
    • You can remove Raging Tantrum with [wow-trait id=124932]Paralysis[/wow-trait].

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