Brewmaster Monk Shadowlands Leveling Guide From 1 to 60

During leveling, item level is even more important than normal on your Brewmaster. You should always pick the item with a higher level, with the possible exceptions of jewelry and trinkets. For these slots, you may wish to select the item that is providing more Critical Strike or Versatility. On trinkets you have the opportunity to experiment with various effects, so pick whatever you desire if it is reasonably close to your item level.

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Talents are additional passive effects and abilities that can give you access to more tools in your spellbook. They are unlocked on a regular basis as you level.

You will unlock your first talent row decision once you reach level 15.

Your talent set up should be as follows with each talent row as you unlock them. Note that these recommendations may differ from what is shown in our main guide for a maximum-level player.

• Level 15: Chi Burst
• Level 25: Chi Torpedo for more passive movespeed or Tiger's Lust if you want a more-involved speed boost
• Level 30: Spitfire if you are in War Mode and using Incendiary Breath, otherwise Black Ox Brew purely for the extra energy being valuable while questing
• Level 35: Summon Black Ox Statue
• Level 40: Healing Elixir to add a reliable form of self-healing
• Level 45: Rushing Jade Wind for more total damage or Exploding Keg for more burst damage or massive pulls
• Level 50: High Tolerance

From Level 1, your lone ability is Tiger Palm.

1. (Optional): Tag an enemy with Crackling Jade Lightning to have it move toward you, provided you immediately cancel the ability after casting. If you are using Summon Black Ox Statue, place it near multiple enemies to get all of their attention at once.
2. (Optional): Use Provoke to force an enemy to run to you at high speed or briefly "tag" them with Crackling Jade Lightning, provided you immediately cancel its cast afterward. If you are using Summon Black Ox Statue, place it near multiple enemies to get all of their attention at once.
3. (Optional): Use Clashto force an enemy to charge at you, Provoke to force them to run toward you at high speed, or briefly "tag" them with Crackling Jade Lightning so long as you immediately cancel the channel after starting it. If you are using Summon Black Ox Statue, place it near multiple enemies to get all of their attention at once.
4. If talented, use Rushing Jade Wind or throw Exploding Keg before directly engaging your targets.
5. (Optional): Use Touch of Death to instantly kill the target if it is usable. Recommended for tougher enemies.
6. (Optional): Use Touch of Death to instantly kill weaker enemies, or elite foes below 15% Health.
7. Cast Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox to increase your damage dealt and reduce your damage taken.
8. Cast Keg Smash as your opening ability when entering combat.
9. Cast Blackout Kick whenever it is available.
10. Cast Breath of Fire on enemies that have been hit by Keg Smash to have them deal less damage to you , and be aware of potential cooldown resets if Spitfire is talented.
11. Cast Expel Harm on cooldown to offset your damage taken.
12. Cast Chi Burst, if talented, on cooldown to deal more damage and heal yourself.
13. Cast Tiger Palm in your spare time, but do not go below 40 Energy.
14. Cast Tiger Palm in your spare time if fighting one target, but do not go below 40 Energy.
15. Cast Spinning Crane Kick in your spare time if fighting multiple targets, but do not go below 40 Energy.
16. Cast Expel Harm if you are in need of healing to gather your Gift of the Ox spheres.

• Maintain Shuffle by continuing to cast Blackout Kick and Keg Smash on cooldown to smooth out your damage taken.
• Cast Purifying Brew on cooldown , saving one charge for emergencies, when actively fighting an enemy and suffering damage from Stagger.
• Cast Celestial Brew on cooldown to temporarily absorb all damage taken.
• Cast Celestial Brew after using your initial Purifying Brew charges to increase its size with the stacks of Purified Chi received. Use it on cooldown otherwise.

To avoid this summary becoming overly-long, only abilities and ranks unique to Brewmaster Monks will be shown. To see every ability, please visit the Spell Summary of the main guide.

• At Level 10, your Tiger Palm and Spinning Crane Kick now cost 25 Energy each rather than 50 and 40.
• Also at Level 10, your Blackout Kick has its cooldown increased to 4 seconds from 3.
• Finally at Level 10, you unlock access to the Mastery stat and your Mastery: Elusive Brawler. This gives you a chance to dodge attacks that increases until you successfully dodge. It also increases your Attack Power.
• At Level 12, you unlock Stagger, which acts as your unique defensive tool. A portion of all Physical damage you receive will instead be turned into a 10-second Damage Over Time effect.
• At level 17, you unlock Shuffle. This passive effect will cause Blackout Kick to temporarily increase the amount of damage you Stagger.
• At Level 19, you unlock the Brewmaster's Balance Passive, which increases your total Armor by 25%.
• At Level 21, you unlock Keg Smash. This is your primary ability as a Brewmaster, and will grant 5 seconds of Shuffle when used.
• At Level 23, you unlock Purifying Brew. This ability acts as your main way to reduce the amount of damage you are taking from the Stagger effect and its cooldown is reduced by using Keg Smash and Tiger Palm.
• At Level 26, you unlock Stagger Rank 2, which now allows your Stagger to partially work on Magic damage, including most damage over time effects.
• At Level 27, you unlock Celestial Brew, allowing you to temporarily create a shield that absorbs all damage received. Its cooldown is reduced by using Keg Smash and Tiger Palm.
• At Level 29, you unlock Breath of Fire, which will temporarily burn enemies you have recently Keg Smashed and reduce their damage dealt to you by 5%.
• At Level 33, you unlock Spinning Crane Kick Rank 2, causing it to now give you Shuffle when it hits an enemy.
• At Level 34, you unlock Zen Meditation, another powerful defensive cooldown that ends upon taking damage, attacking, or moving.
• At Level 38, you unlock Gift of the Ox, occasionally spawning healing spheres when taking damage.
• At Level 41, you unlock Celestial Brew Rank 2, which allows your Purifying Brew to generate stacks of Purified Chi that increase the size of Celestial Brew's shield.
• At Level 42, you unlock Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox. This cooldown summons a ghostly Ox that deals damage and takes on a portion of your Stagger.
• At Level 43, you unlock Expel Harm Rank 2, reducing its cooldown by 10 seconds and causing it to also automatically pick up any Gift of the Ox spheres that are present.
• At Level 46, you unlock Celestial Fortune, causing all healing received to heal for 65% more, based on your Critical Strike.
• At Level 47, you unlock Purifying Brew Rank 2, giving the ability a second charge.
• At Level 48, you unlock Fortifying Brew Rank 2, causing it to also increase your Stagger effectiveness while active.
• At Level 52, you unlock Touch of Death Rank 3, which causes it to remove Stagger based on the damage dealt.
• At Level 54, you unlock Clash, which forces both you and the target to charge at eachother.
• At Level 56 you unlock Zen Meditation Rank 2, allowing you to move while channeling the ability.
• At Level 58, you unlock Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox Rank 2, increasing its damage based on how much Stagger you have recently removed with Purifying Brew.

If you are willing to utilize War Mode, the following PvP talents are recommended during leveling or for other open-world content. There may be times where you would like to use other options, and are encouraged to experiment! PvP talents can be freely changed at any time.

Your first PvP talent slot will unlock at Level 20, your second at Level 30, and the final at Level 40.

• Double Barrel will allow you to frequently increase the damage of your Keg Smash and also allow it to stun everything it hits. It can also be used in a macro to make it effectively a passive benefit.
• Incendiary Breath can be combined with the Spitfire talent for a noticeable damage increase, along with giving your Breath of Fire an additional disorient effect.
• Eerie Fermentation can provide you with a small amount of additional mobility and defense against Magic damage.

Congratulations! You made it to level 60! Now that you are in the end game, we recommend looking at our Easy mode page and Talents section to see how to transition from leveling to the end-game.