Mists of Pandaria Classic Windwalker Monk Pre-Raid Gear

Welcome to our guide on the Best-in-Slot (BiS) gear for Windwalker Monk! Here, you will find recommendations to help you optimize your gear for maximum damage and performance in raids and dungeons. Please note, that this BiS list is very likely to update a few times, due to the WoWSims simulation still being in Alpha state.

This is the defensive stat priority for Windwalker Monk, following our Windwalker Monk Stats and Stat Priority Guide:

1. Agility
2. Hit and Expertise Rating (until 7.5% each);
3. Haste Rating
4. Critical Strike Rating
5. Mastery Rating

For more information on the best available gems and enchants, check out our Enchants and Gems Guide. You can find the Windwalker Monk Raid Best in Slot in our dedicated Windwalker Monk Best in Slot Gear guide.

Although we provide recommended reforging in the lists below, we also recommend installing the Reforgelite Classic addon to easily calculate your optimal reforging with any gear setup. It will automatically reforge your gear to your prefered stats in a couple clicks.

2.

Best In Slot by Phase

Phase 1

Dual-Wield 2-Handed Weapon

2.1.

Phase 1 Dual-Wield

Slot	Item	Reforging	Source
Head	Agile Retinal Armor	—	Engineering
Neck	Delicate Necklace of the Golden Lotus	Mastery → Haste	The Final Power Quest The Golden Lotus Exalted
Shoulder	Imperion Spaulders	Crit → Expertise	Sold by Commander Oxheart / Jaluu the Generous Townlong Steppes / Vale of Eternal Blossoms
Cloak	Dory's Pageantry	Crit → Haste	World Drop, Auction House
Chest	Greyshadow Chestguard	Mastery → Haste	Leatherworking
Bracer	Quillpaw Family Bracers	Hit → Expertise	Sold by Commander Oxheart / Sage Lotusbloom / Sage Whiteheart Townlong Steppes / Shrine of Two Moons / Shrine of Seven Stars
Gloves	Greyshadow Gloves	Mastery → Haste	Leatherworking
Belt	Malevolent Gladiator's Waistband of Accuracy	Hit → Expertise	Sha of Anger Kun-Lai Summit
Legs	Malevolent Gladiator's Ironskin Legguards	Crit → Expertise	PVP
Boots	Boots of Plummeting Death	—	Xin the Weaponmaster (H) Mogu'shan Palace
Ring 1	Perculia's Peculiar Signet	Hit → Expertise	World Drop, Auction House
Ring 2	Seal of the Windreaver	Crit → Haste	The Empress' Gambit Quest-line The Klaxxi Exalted
Trinket 1	Searing Words	Crit → Expertise	Darkmaster Gandling (H) Scholomance
Trinket 2	Relic of Xuen	—	Darkmoon Faire Tiger Deck
Weapon 1	Krol Scimitar	Hit → Expertise	Lockpicking, Auction House Vine-Cracked Junkbox
Weapon 2	Krol Scimitar	Hit → Expertise	Lockpicking, Auction House Vine-Cracked Junkbox

2.2.

Phase 1 Two-Handed

Slot	Item	Reforging	Source
Head	Agile Retinal Armor	—	Engineering
Neck	Delicate Necklace of the Golden Lotus	Mastery → Expertise	The Final Power Quest The Golden Lotus Exalted
Shoulder	Imperion Spaulders	Crit → Haste	Sold by Commander Oxheart / Jaluu the Generous Townlong Steppes / Vale of Eternal Blossoms
Cloak	Dory's Pageantry	Crit → Haste	World Drop, Auction House
Chest	Greyshadow Chestguard	Mastery → Expertise	Leatherworking
Bracer	Quillpaw Family Bracers	Crit → Haste	Sold by Commander Oxheart / Sage Lotusbloom / Sage Whiteheart Townlong Steppes / Shrine of Two Moons / Shrine of Seven Stars
Gloves	Greyshadow Gloves	Mastery → Expertise	Leatherworking
Belt	Malevolent Gladiator's Waistband of Accuracy	Hit → Expertise	Sha of Anger Kun-Lai Summit
Legs	Malevolent Gladiator's Ironskin Legguards	Crit → Expertise	PVP
Boots	Boots of Plummeting Death	—	Xin the Weaponmaster (H) Mogu'shan Palace
Ring 1	Perculia's Peculiar Signet	—	World Drop, Auction House
Ring 2	Seal of the Windreaver	Crit → Expertise	The Empress' Gambit Quest-line The Klaxxi Exalted
Trinket 1	Searing Words	Crit → Expertise	Darkmaster Gandling (H) Scholomance
Trinket 2	Relic of Xuen	—	Darkmoon Faire Tiger Deck
Weapon	Inscribed Tiger Staff	Mastery → Haste	Inscribed Tiger Staff Quest Inscription, Binds-to account