Brewmaster Monk Tank Gems, Enchants, and Consumables — Dragonflight 10.0.7
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 — Dragonflight 10.0.7.
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.
Jagged Nozdorite or
Steady Nozdorite can also be acceptable
substitutes depending on cost.
Best Primordial Gemstones for Brewmaster Monks
Primordial Gemstones are a special type of gem introduced in Patch 10.0.7
for the unique Primordial Sockets that can only be found on the
Onyx Annulet ring. These stones all offer unique effects to bolster your
strength, though only until the launch of Patch 10.1, when more powerful
gear will eventually be available.
For more information regarding the Onyx Annulet, Primordial Gemstones, and how to obtain them, check out our dedicated guide below.
Remember that the effects of Primordial Stones include options for more
damage, healing, defense, and even some additional utility, such as
increased movement speed. Because of this, there is a lot of flexibility in
choosing which 3 stones you wish to socket into your Onyx Annulet.
With that being said, listed below are some of the most desirable stones along
with their general use-case:
Humming Arcane Stone — DPS — Note that "Magic" damage includes non-Physical damage, such as
Breath of Fire and
Resonant Fists
Freezing Ice Stone — DPS
Flame Licked Stone — DPS
Storm Infused Stone — AoE DPS
Pestilent Plague Stone — AoE DPS
Indomitable Earth Stone — Defense
Desirous Blood Stone — Hybrid Offense and Defense
In addition to the stones above, you may wish to consider the Obscure Pastel Stone,
which triggers more frequently than any other but will use any of the remaining
23 stone effects at random. As a tank, however, you will still very likely
benefit from any healing or absorb-based effects, making it a strong all-around
option!
Best Enchants for Brewmaster Monks
Note that due to varying qualities and prices existing for most enchants that will impact their strength, it may be worthwhile to instead use an appropriate "Writ" enchant rather than a "Devotion", so long as it provides the same baseline effect.
Slot | Enchantment |
---|---|
Weapon (2h and dual-wield main-hand) | |
Weapon (dual-wield off-hand) |
|
Cloak | |
Chest |
|
Legs | |
Bracers | |
Boots | |
Rings |
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 - Frozen Devotion is the recommended
choice for your main-hand and
Enchant Weapon - Sophic Devotion is recommended
in your off-hand if dual-wielding. If you wish to instead optimize your enchantments
for even more damage, you should replace Sophic Devotion with a second Frozen Devotion,
make use of
Enchant Weapon - Burning Writ, or 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 Glacial Fury should be used in most situations. Although
it only provides damage, its effects are noticeably more potent than other alternative
phials. You may also wish to use
Phial of Tepid Versatility as a more generic
choice that also provides a slight defensive benefit. In addition, there are no cauldrons
providing phials, so you must supply your own.
Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power (or its lesser
Elemental Potion of Power
variant) is your recommended potion both before combat as
a "pre-pot" and during most fights. These potions can also be obtained from
a
Potion Cauldron of Ultimate Power/
Potion Cauldron of Power, so long
as you have five
Primal Chaos to convert into potions. If you are
facing a particularly large number of enemies, you may also wish to have some
Potion of Shocking Disclosure on hand to use.
Refreshing 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 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 at least keep 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,
Fated Fortune Cookies provide the same amount of Agility while
being a personal consumable,
Filet of Fangs
can be used for an extra bit of Critical Strike, or
Revenge, Served Cold
can be consumed to additionally gain some Versatility.
Additional, Optional Consumables
While they are not as necessary for success in areas of content as phials, potions, and food are, there are some additional consumables available for a small amount of extra temporary power for your character.
Weapon Runes function similar to Weapon Oils of previous expansions, applying
a temporary buff to your weapon that is not removed on death. In Dragonflight,
you will want to apply a Buzzing Rune to your weapons for some additional
Critical Strike. Be aware that you cannot apply a Weapon Rune and a Weapon stone
to an item at the same time.
Weapon Stones also make a return in Dragonflight, appearing as either
Primal Whetstone or
Primal Weightstone, depending on if your
weapon is bladed or not. In general, you should make use of
Buzzing Runes
mentioned above rather than a Weapon Stone.
While expensive, Draconic Augment Runes can 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.
Note that in Dragonflight you can freely change your talents at any time outside of combat or a mythic+ dungeon. Because of this, there are no tome consumables to worry about!
Changelog
- 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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