Brewmaster Monk Tank Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — The War Within Pre-Patch
On this page, we list the best gems, enchants, flasks, potions, and food you can get for your Brewmaster Monk, based on your stat priority. We also give budget alternatives. This page is updated for World of Warcraft — The War Within Pre-Patch.
Best Gems, Enchantments, and Consumables for Brewmaster Monks
This section will be going over a variety of extra buffs available for use by your character. To have a better understanding of why certain stats are being prioritized on a Brewmaster Monk, please pay a visit to the page dedicated to them.
You should ideally make use of Radiant Alexstraszite or
Radiant Malygite in all of your sockets for a balance between offense
and defense, along with one
Inscribed Illimited Diamond/
Resplendent Illimited Diamond.
Best Enchants for Brewmaster Monks
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As a Brewmaster Monk, stats are so close together for defensive value
that you are largely free to use other stat enchants on rings if you prefer them.
Meanwhile, for weapon enchants, Enchant Weapon - Shadowflame Wreathe or
Enchant Weapon - Sophic Devotion are the preferred choices for most content,
with the latter offering a minor additional defensive benefit. If seeking even
more damage, you should also consider simulating your character.
For more information, look into the Simulations section of this guide dedicated
to explaining how to do so below.
Consumables for Brewmaster Monks
Best Phials and Potions for Brewmaster
Phial of Tepid Versatility should be used in most situations, acting as
a generic choice to provide both damage and defense. You may also wish to use
Iced Phial of Corrupting Rage for additional damage. Fortunately, you may
obtain two of any phial you choose with access to a
Draconic Phial Cauldron.
Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power is your recommended potion both before
combat as a "pre-pot" and during most fights. This potion, in particular, can
also be obtained from a
Potion Cauldron of Ultimate Power, though these conjured
versions will only last until shortly after logging out.
Potion of Shocking Disclosure may also be used as a cheap alternative,
though its effects will only provide damage with no defensive benefit.
Dreamwalker's Healing Potion acts as your healing potion. Each use will
incur a 5-minute cooldown, but multiple can be consumed in an extended boss
fight. In a serious emergency, you can also consider using a
Potion of Withering Dreams, though be aware of the downside of receiving a
large 30-second DoT in exchange for what is likely to be a full heal.
In addition, a Warlock's Healthstone does not share a cooldown with
other healing consumables. Remember to use it as well if you are holding one!
Finally, Alchemy offers a number of utility potions, including
those that can be used while you are dead! While not every potion will be listed,
you should consider keeping a small number of Residual Neural Channeling Agent
on you to use while you have an available potion and are waiting for a battle
resurrection.
Best Food for Brewmaster
If available, Grand Banquet of the Kalu'ak/
Hoard of Draconic Delicacies
is your food of choice for some additional Agility in a dungeon or raid group.
Otherwise,
Deviously Deviled Eggs provides the same amount of Agility while
being a personal consumable. You may also opt for
Fated Fortune Cookies,
but be aware that they cannot be consumed in Mythic+!
Additional, Optional Consumables
While they are not as necessary for success in areas of content as phials, potions and food; there are some additional consumables available for a small amount of extra temporary power for your character.
Weapon Runes function similarly to Weapon Oils of previous expansions, applying
a temporary buff to your weapon that is not removed on death. Throughout
The War Within's Pre-Patch, you will want to apply a Buzzing Rune
to your weapons for some additional Critical Strike.
While expensive, Draconic Augment Runes (or its infinite-use variant,
the
Dreambound Augment Rune) can also be used for a small amount of
extra Agility. Consider keeping a few on hand for times when you need to
eke out every bit of possible damage.
If you find yourself in need of a Bloodlust-effect, drums are a
useful tool to provide a similar, but weaker, form of the buff. At Level 70, the
only drums that can be used are
Feral Hide Drums.
Changelog
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Page reviewed for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Page reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Page reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Added new Helm enchant; adjusted healing potion and phial recommendations for Patch 10.2; specified Shocking Disclosure primarily being a cheap choice.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Recommended Single-target potion altered for Patch 10.1.7; Frozen Devotion recommendation removed due to cheaper enchantment prices.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Added a note about Onyx Annulet no longer being the best choice at higher item levels in Patch 10.1.5.
- 03 May 2023: Weapon enchants updated with specific target counts; single-target potion recommendation changed.
- 01 May 2023: Added mention of the Draconic Phial Cauldron in Patch 10.1; removed infrequently-used Primordial Stones.
- 01 Apr. 2023: Primordial Stone recommendations modified with tuning now finalized.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 12 Jan. 2022: Slightly adjusted Consumable recommendations; adjusted Chest Enchants.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Sinzhu, a Mythic raider on US-Kil'jaeden who has passionately played Brewmaster for the past nine years. He also contributes to the Peak of Serenity and is a Moderator of the Monk Class Discord.
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