Brewmaster Monk Tank Guide — Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.3

Brewmaster is the tanking specialization of Monks, and we possess a wide array of colorful and unique abilities. Brewmasters do not overly rely on avoiding damage through dodging and parrying attacks. Instead, we have an additional way of dealing with incoming damage, completely exclusive to Brewmaster. This is called Staggering damage, which causes only a portion of damage taken to be done to the Monk instantly. The rest of the damage is done over the course of 10 seconds (with the possibility for the Monk to remove part of the non-instant damage by using Purifying Brew).

Mainly for these reasons, Brewmasters benefit from a steady and relatively easily-healed damage intake. We are also exceptional at taking large, isolated hits; perhaps the best at this of any tank. We make excellent tanks in PvE and will always be a valuable asset to your raid.

We are maintaining a list of changes for Monks for Shadowlands, the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, which you can access using the link below. We also have pages for the new Covenant abilities and Anima Powers.

Visions of N'Zoth comes with some nerfs for Brewmasters, which you can read about in our Patch 8.3 Monk Changes page below.

These nerfs will not result in Brewmasters losing a significant amount of power, so there is no reason to panic and reroll. They will still be an excellent choice for Mythic+ and the new raid.

In addition, we have:

• new gear from the Ny'alotha raid, which can drop corrupted (see our guide to Corrupted Items for more information);
• a new Legendary Cloak;
• 7 new Patch 8.3 Essences;
• changes to existing Essences (including a 3rd Minor slot);
• a new Azerite trait ( Heart of Darkness);
• and a new reusable augment rune ( Lightning-Forged Augment Rune).

• Very strong against single large hits
• Highly mobile
• Provides Mystic Touch along with the other monk specializations, which all raids will want.

• Less self sufficient than some other tanks.

Brewmaster is quite strong currently. It is the best tank for dealing with isolated large hits, making it excellent at certain bosses. In Dungeons, Leg Sweep is an exceptionally powerful stun, and we can kite in a pinch to get out of deadly situations.

In the Ny'alotha raid, Brewmaster maintains its strength, being one of the best tanks for most encounters due to their great strength against physical hits.