Brewmaster Monk Leveling Guide

11.0.5 - The War Within

Last Updated:October 28, 2024|Changelog

Welcome to the Brewmaster Monk leveling guide for the World of Warcraft patch 11.0.5! 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!

It is highly recommended to level as Windwalker Monk!

Talents

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Brewmaster Monk
Shado-Pan disabled Level 70
Shado-Pan Brewmaster Monk leveling talents

Spec Tree

  • Yu'lon's Grace
    • Grants a passive magic damage absorb.
  • Lighter Than Air
    • Enables a small dash forward after casting Roll.

Class Tree

  • Chi Surge
    • 4 second of cooldown reduction on Weapons of Order per enemy hit, up to 20 seconds.

Hero Talents

  • Shado-Pan provides a nice passive damage boost and can be carried from pull to pull since the buff lasts 30 seconds.

Leveling Talent Points

  • Talent point allocation
    • 1. Level 71
    • 2. Level 72
    • 3. Level 73
    • 4. Level 74
    • 5. Level 75
    • 6. Level 76
    • 7. Level 77
    • 8. Level 78
    • 9. Level 79
    • 10. Level 80
Milestones: 0 / 10
1. Level 71
  • Choose Shado-Pan as your Hero Talent.
  • Pick Veteran's Eye
2. Level 72
  • Pick One Versus Many
3. Level 73
  • Pick Efficient Training
4. Level 74
  • Pick Wisdom of the Wall
5. Level 75
  • Pick Pride of Pandaria
6. Level 76
  • Pick Protect and Serve
7. Level 77
  • Pick Against All Odds
8. Level 78
  • Pick Martial Precision
9. Level 79
  • Pick Predictive Training
10. Level 80
  • Pick Vigilant Watch

Rotation

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Brewmaster Monk

Single-Target

Brewmaster Monk Single-Target leveling opener
  • Use Crackling Jade Lightning to pull mobs from far away.
    • Cancel it after the first tick to not waste energy.
  • Use Exploding Keg on cooldown since it does a lot of damage on low level.
  • Rushing Jade Wind is used when walking into the enemy.

AoE

  • You want to try and pull as many mobs as possible as tank to AoE them down with all your abilities.
Brewmaster Monk AoE leveling opener
  • Use Crackling Jade Lightning and Provoke to pull far away enemies.
    • Cancel it after the first tick to not waste energy.
  • Keep up Rushing Jade Wind when fighting.
  • Prioritize keeping Keg Smash on cooldown during AoE.
  • Utilize Spinning Crane Kick on bigger AoE pulls.

Shopping List

Patch 11.0.5 - The War Within
Brewmaster Monk
  • Consumables
    • 1. Phial
    • 2. Food
    • 3. DPS Potion
    • 4. Heal Potion
    • 5. Weapon Rune
    • 6. Augment Rune
  • Utility
    • 7. Goblin Glider Kit
    • 8. Gunshoes
    • 9. Mount Equipment
  • Experience Gains
    • 10. Banner of Cooperation
    • 11. Standard of Unity
    • 12. Battle Standard of Coordination
Milestones: 0 / 12
1. Phial
  • 20x Phial of Tepid Versatility
2. Food
  • 40x Fried Bonefish
3. DPS Potion
  • 40x Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
4. Heal Potion
  • 80x Potion of Withering Dreams
5. Weapon Rune
  • 4x Howling Rune
6. Augment Rune
  • Dreambound Augment Rune -- Requires Reputation
    or
  • 10x Draconic Augment Rune
7. Goblin Glider Kit
  • 20x Goblin Glider Kit
    • Nice to either prevent yourself from dying to fall damage or to fly over small gaps without mounting up.
8. Gunshoes
  • 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.
9. Mount Equipment
  • Buy 1x Light-Step Hoofplates and use it as your mount equipment.
10. Banner of Cooperation

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Banner of Cooperation
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Banner of Cooperation
11. Standard of Unity

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Standard of Unity
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Standard of Unity
12. Battle Standard of Coordination

Buy this Banner on your faction's Guild Vendor.

  • Horde/Orgrimmar: Battle Standard of Coordination
  • Alliance/Stormwind: Battle Standard of Coordination

Credits

Written by: Skövte

Reviewed by: Rycn

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