Windwalker Monk DPS Easy Mode — Season 4

This page is intended for players who are new to the game or class, have no intentions of raiding Mythic difficulty or simply want a more straightforward way to play their specialization without being overwhelmed by the numerous subtleties and active abilities that need to be taken into consideration for optimal play.

Windwalker Monks are a melee DPS specialization that is viable in all situations, providing strong priority and AoE damage, as well as having smooth and relatively easy to execute rotations.

Throughout the fight, you will need to manage Energy and Chi, your two resources in order to get as many uses of your abilities as possible. You will have to make sure not to cap and waste either of these resources while also keeping enough in store to allow immediate use of your abilities, as delaying some can cost you considerable DPS.

If you are completely new to Windwalker and need more information on the abilities available to you, you can check out our Spell Summary page.

The following talent choices result in damage output that is close to that of the most optimal talent choices, although the recommendations here lead to considerable ease-of-play.

Remember that you can easily import the talent tree below into the game with either of the two "Copy Export String" buttons:

If you are looking for the absolute best talents for Windwalker, which do not compromise on performance for ease of use, you can find a more in-depth analysis on our full talents page below.

Currently, you will want to prioritize secondary stats as follows:

1. Versatility;
2. Critical Strike;
3. Mastery;
4. Haste.

Keep in mind that Agility and weapon item levels increase the base damage of most of your spells. Prioritize them over secondaries.

Against multiple targets, you should prioritize Haste after Mastery.

While the stat priority for classes is normally the same for both the Easy Mode page and our full guide, subtle differences can still occur. If you want to see the full explanation of the stat priority, as well as the absolute top choices for the priority, head to our full stats page below.

The single-target Windwalker Monk rotation is based on a priority system.

1. Never use the same ability twice in a row; if you find yourself facing this choice, go to the next option in the list.
2. Use Tiger Palm if under 4 Chi and about to cap Energy.
3. Use Rising Sun Kick.
4. Use Fists of Fury.
5. Use Blackout Kick.
6. Use Whirling Dragon Punch.
7. Use Tiger Palm.

Against multiple targets, you should make use of Storm, Earth, and Fire by using it once at the start of the fight and then using its next charge when Fists of Fury becomes available again. From then on, simply reuse it with Fists of Fury, making sure that you never let both of Earth, Storm, and Fire charges remain available.

Tiger Palm, Blackout Kick, and Rising Sun Kick apply a 15-second debuff on their target, called Mark of the Crane. Each instance of this debuff increases the damage of your Spinning Crane Kick (against any target) by 10%, up to 50%. Therefore, you should distribute these spells among your enemies in such a way as to keep the Mark of the Crane debuff up on as many targets as possible, up to 6.

Against multiple enemies, the rotation is also based on a priority system.

1. Use Whirling Dragon Punch.
2. Use Fists of Fury.
3. Use Rising Sun Kick if Whirling Dragon Punch is coming off cooldown.
4. Use Spinning Crane Kick on 3 or more targets.
5. Use Rising Sun Kick.
6. Use Blackout Kick.
7. Use Tiger Palm.

For a more detailed and optimized version of the priority list, you can find that on the rotation page.

As a Windwalker Monk, you have 2 DPS cooldowns by default, Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger and Storm, Earth, and Fire.

• Storm, Earth, and Fire should be used as often as possible while attempting to stack it with other periods of increased damage done. Make sure you always have at least one of its charges on cooldown.
• Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger should be used as often as possible, usually paired with other DPS-increasing abilities and procs.