Brewmaster Monk Tank Mythic+ Tips — The War Within (11.1.5)

This Standard Mythic+ is very similar to how you might play as a Brewmaster Monk in raid, making it easy to transition between the two and improve your skills in general. However, if you are looking for a slightly more advanced experience, you can always move the point of High Tolerance to Blackout Combo. Overall, this talent represents one of your biggest optional damage gains, but it does require you to be able to reliably press Blackout Kick on cooldown. Once you have gotten used to it, however, this talent is to be incorporated into all of your builds.

Although this build features the Master of Harmony Hero Talents, you can easily switch to Shado-Pan instead. By comparison, Master of Harmony's single-target damage output will be a bit lower by comparison (until you acquire the Monk Brewmaster 11.1 Class Set 4pc bonus) in exchange for stronger Purifying Brew casts and a second charge of Celestial Brew. Fortunately, Shado-Pan's Predictive Training is also noticeably potent in AoE tanking, and Protect and Serve pairs nicely with Vivacious Vivification for additional self-healing.

Remember that you can easily import the talent tree below into the game with the "Export Talents" button:

As you grow more comfortable playing a Brewmaster Monk in Mythic+, this build can be switched to for a large gain in your damage output and only a small sacrifice to your defenses. This is done with the help of Blackout Combo, Black Ox Brew and Wisdom of the Wall Shadow buffs, though you will still be punished if unable to reliably hit Blackout Kick on cooldown. Much of the talent flexibility from the standard Mythic+ build for defense and utility still applies, however.

When you are using this build, your playstyle will also change slightly. With these talents, you will be consuming all of your Blackout Combo buffs on empowering Tiger Palm. This damage bonus is strong enough that you will not be casting Spinning Crane Kick outside of massive pulls! In addition, due to the Monk Brewmaster 11.1 Class Set 4pc bonus, you may occasionally have fast-paced moments of doing back-to-back Tiger Palm combos. With all of these changes combined, you will still maintain an active rotation with minimal downtime and achieve the greatest damage output possible from a Brewmaster.

As a final note, this build is equally useful for both the Shado-Pan and Master of Harmony Hero Talents. Due to the latter's Overwhelming Force passive, your empowered Blackout Kick casts provide a lot of damage in smaller pull counts while still keeping up in larger ones. Your main deciding factor should come down to how you prefer to handle your defense and whether or not you are triggering massive bursts of AoE with Shadow damage Wisdom of the Wall procs on Shado-Pan, alongside larger pulls for more Keg Smash damage.

Remember that you can easily import the talent tree below into the game with the "Export Talents" button:

For the sake of mentioning the rare times these talents may be useful, the following table includes the remaining options available to you as a Brewmaster Monk. Be aware that you will very rarely need to switch to these talents, if ever. However, be on the lookout for these rare opportunities across the many dungeons in a Mythic+ season.

Talent	Usage Tips
Hasty Provocation	This enhancement to Provoke is unique among taunt effects due to the movement speed increase it temporarily gives the Provoked enemy. You can use this to reposition a threat that rapidly needs to move from one location to another, like avoiding a damage-reduction area on the ground. Be mindful of the speed boost, however. If you need to Provoke an enemy you are trying to run away from, they could easily catch up to you!
Spirit's Essence	You generally have enough mobility as a Brewmaster to easily kite away from enemies as necessary (discussed further in a separate section below). However, with this talent, you can make use of a pre-placed Transcendence to greatly extend how long you can do so.
Swift Art	Although you can already remove snares with Tiger's Lust, this talent may enable you to remove a dangerous effect from an ally while still taking care of yourself with a well-timed Roll. Remember, however, that this talent cannot remove roots.
Healing Winds/ Escape from Reality	These talents can be combined for some on-demand self-healing, particularly when you are in the middle of kiting enemies. However, the point investment is hefty and hard to afford in many scenarios.
Clash	Clash acts as a unique way to reposition an enemy, similar to a Death Knight's Death Grip. However, unlike Death Grip, you and the target meet in the middle rather than having them dragged to you. This can be a useful tool to get a stubborn caster or other slow enemies closer to the rest of the group, but be warned that Clash will root targets around the impact point. This root is also special in that it will not break from dealing damage to the enemies! However, Clash also has a minimum range that you must be away from the target to use the ability, much like a Warrior's Charge.
Staggering Strikes	If you are playing in sufficiently low key levels to not frequently reach heavy amounts of Stagger— such as +4 and below — you may consider obtaining Staggering Strikes to gain a more efficient source of Stagger reduction.
Black Ox Adept	Provided your damage intake's high enough for your charges of Ox Stance to be regularly consumed, this talent will provide an additional source of stacks from Rising Sun Kick to grant extra defense. However, this is rarely necessary outside of the most challenging key levels.

Spear Hand Strike is your "kick" and your most important bit of utility in Mythic+, used to stop enemy casts for the benefit of yourself and the rest of the group. It is highly recommended to use a Focus Kick macro for this.

• /cast [@focus,exists,nodead][@mouseover,exists,nodead] [] Spear Hand Strike

This macro will kick your focus target if you have one, mouseover if you have no Focus target, and your target if you have neither of those.

To quickly set a focus target in hectic scenarios, we also recommend a Focus Mouseover macro.

• /focus [@mouseover]

Make sure that your UI shows your Focus Target's casts clearly so that you are always able to kick it on cooldown or in coordination with the rest of your group.

Leg Sweep is your AoE stun effect as a Monk. With it, you can delay or negate dangerous abilities cast by enemies, or you can use it to survive a dangerous pull for a little while longer while you build up your defenses. Remember that certain enemies, such as minibosses, may be immune to its effects and other stuns in general!

Paralysis is a versatile crowd control ability that temporarily removes an enemy from the fight, it is best to cast it before you pull a group of enemies so that the effect will not be broken by a random bit of damage. In addition, you can use Paralysis as an extra interrupt effect in a pinch.

If your enemies are able to be knocked around, then Ring of Peace represents another form of disruption, bouncing them out of the summoned ring. Ring of Peace has a lot of possibilities for its application and is remarkably versatile: you can disrupt patrolling enemies, interrupt an enemy's cast, or keep a fixated enemy away from its target, among other uses.

Crackling Jade Lightning can be a useful tool for pulling a faraway group of enemies by casting it on one of them; just remember to immediately cancel Crackling Jade Lightning's channel by moving or performing another action! However, bear in mind that it will hardly generate any threat.

Roll, Lighter Than Air, and Tiger's Lust can all be used fairly often in a dungeon and are excellent options for repositioning yourself or making a quick escape from danger. Tiger's Lust, in particular, can often remove debuffs that deal damage over time or other negative effects if the debuff also snares or roots the victim!

The Windwalking aura works to provide you and any allies within 10 yards with extra movement speed. In Mythic+, where there is only one healer and the group tends to stay close to the tank, you can provide your entire group with this buff at nearly all times!

When running a Mythic+ dungeon, there may be times when the damage you or the rest of the group is taking becomes too intense for the healer to manage. During these moments, you can utilize kiting to help reduce your damage taken. This can provide precious time for your healer to restore some extra missing health or for you to get more of your defensive resources back.

There is no solid guideline for when in a dungeon; you may need to practice kiting as a Brewmaster Monk. Still, you must not forget it is an available option commonly seen in Mythic+ compared to a raiding environment. Fortunately, all the mobility available to Brewmaster Monks makes kiting reasonably simple. You could choose to Leg Sweep a group of enemies and Roll away afterward, throwing a Keg Smash to slow them down while you play keep-away. Or, you could place a Transcendence beforehand and quickly teleport to it later with Transcendence: Transfer. With the use of talents like Summon Black Ox Statue and Ring of Peace, the only thing stopping you as a Brewmaster from kiting endlessly is your ability to maintain threat on what is trying to reach you.

• Pressure Points
• Summon Black Ox Statue
• Hasty Provocation

• Brew Master Aldryr — Transcendence and your other mobility are incredibly useful for speeding up each Happy Hour; consider reserving the delivery to the lone patron at the back of the room by pre-placing your spirit and communicating.
• I'pa — Each cast of Spouting Stout will create three Brew Drops in a triangle formation around the boss. Consider making use of Leg Sweep when carefully moving the boss around them. Ring of Peace is also exceptionally useful if any Brew Drops reach 100 Energy and gain massively increased movement speed.
• Benk Buzzbee — Summon Black Ox Statue in combination with Provoke should trivialize gaining threat on every spawn of Ravenous Cinderbees. In addition, your use of Roll and Lighter Than Air should make it quite easy to drop Honey Marinade pools along the edge of the room without causing any Cinderbees to become Honey Gorged.
• Goldie Baronbottom — Make use of the first Cash Cannon in each phase of Spread the Love! to target two of the larger Volatile Barrels (the ones directly in front of and behind the desk); this helps ensure you do not enter a period of Let It Hail! with lingering stacks of Cindering Wounds.

• Be extremely careful about pulling Chef Chewie with any other enemies, due to his Compliments of the Chef buff and risk of being knocked into other packs with Tenderize.
• Although you may pick up the Flamethrowers at the start of each wing if you are skilled in Engineering or an appropriate race, you are unable to dodge while channeling Flame On!; save them for another player if possible.
• Pressure Points can remove the Enrage effect of Spill Drink and Thirsty on Venture Co. Pyromaniacs and Flavor Scientists.
• Be careful about pulling multiple Venture Co. Honey Harvesters at once due to the stacking danger of Swarming Surprise.
• Mark each Yes Man in the order you want to handle them; they will fully heal with each one's death due to Field Promotion.

• Pressure Points
• Summon Black Ox Statue

• Ol' Waxbeard — Menial Laborers will frequently fixate on a random player due to Luring Candleflame, however any adds run over by High Speed Collision are immediately slain; position the boss appropriately if your group can handle avoiding the mechanic themselves. In addition, save Touch of Death for a Dynamite Mine Cart summoned by Underhanded Track-tics.
• Blazikon — you are unable to participate in most mechanics of this fight due to the risk of Blazing Storms or the boss attacking another player in melee range. Focus on staying near the boss, but still avoiding the Extinguishing Gusts targeted on other players.
• The Candle King — You will need at least two players to alternate kicking Paranoid Mind throughout the fight. Despite being a tank player, you may still be targeted by Darkflame Pickaxe.
• The Darkness — The boss will not move during each cast of Shadowblast, making it an excellent opportunity for you to use your mobility and quickly gather a Wax Lump. In addition, consider using your "Interact With Target" keybind to quickly pick up the Candlelight during each Umbral Slash.

• Rank Overseer — Wild Wallop will also hit any enemies in its circle, potentially knocking them into other pulls. Be careful, and consider using Ring of Peace to limit any enemies being moved by this ability.
• Lowly Moleherd — Pressure Points can be used to remove both Panicked! and the Enrage effect of Mole Frenzy. In addition, Throw Rock can only target players that are at least 5 yards away from this enemy; have your party stay near them!.
• Blazing Fiend — be careful about how many of these enemies you pull around nearby Wandering Candles; allowing too many casts of Explosive Flame to go off will quickly prove fatal, so make heavy use of Leg Sweep, Ring of Peace, and even Paralysis to help delay them.
• Kobold Flametender — these enemies can be line-of-sighted along the wall outside their nearby room to quickly group them up; they also take damage and are briefly stunned by the circles created from the self-destructing Wandering Candle.
• Corridor Creeper — Diffuse Magic can be used to both dispel and reflect your stacks of Creeping Shadow back onto these enemies! Be mindful of their stacks of Eater of the Dead from being near other dead allies.

• Summon Black Ox Statue

• Captain Dailcry — your experience on this fight will depend on your pathing throughout the first section of the dungeon. The most common approach will result in Elaena Emberlanz being present, resulting in both the Divine Judgment and Pierce Armor DoTs being applied to you for heavy tank damage. Diffuse Magic may remove Divine Judgment, however.
• Baron Braunpyke — Stay as a group, moving across the room with each cast of Hammer of Purity; Tiger's Lust can be used to remove the snare of Castigator's Shield; you can make use of Roll/ Lighter Than Air and Transcendence to quickly trigger multiple stacks of Sacrificial Flame, but be ready to potentially commit extra defensive cooldowns to its DoT.
• Prioress Murrpray — Make sure to look away near the end of Blinding Light's cast, or you will be disoriented and risk having the boss attack another player; take advantage of Ring of Peace to keep any Arathi Neophytes away from the group during Barrier of Light, as they will defeat themselves over time due to Overwhelming Power.

• Fervent Sharpshooter — Tiger's Lust can be used to remove the bleed and root of Caltrops.
• Guard Captain Suleyman — Use Lighter Than Air to negate the knockback of each Shield Slam.
• Lightspawn — Ring of Peace can help keep any enemies out of Burst of Light's effect and prevent them from healing.
• Arathi Neophyte — Be ready to kite if these enemies receive the Inner Fire buff, making use of Leg Sweep and Ring of Peace as necessary, as well as potential AoE taunts from Summon Black Ox Statue.
• Ardent Paladin — Be careful not to pull more than two of these enemies at a time due to the massive danger of continuous Sacred Toll casts.
• Sir Braunpyke — do not pull this enemy with anything more than you have to, as Radiant Flame inflicts heavy damage to your party as long as he is alive.

• Pressure Points
• Summon Black Ox Statue

• Kyrioss — Transcendence can be used to get around a beam of Lightning Torrent if you need to deal with a given affix that has spawned in an inconvenient area.
• Stormguard Gorren — At least three players must juggle the Chaotic Corruption debuff to avoid suffering from its DoT with the lingering Chaotic Vulnerability effect. As a tank you are an excellent helper; just remember to be the closest player to the current victim to receive it.
• Voidstone Monstrosity — Oblivion Wave can be avoided if you are fast enough with your mobility or make use of Transcendence, but be careful to not accidentally trigger Entropy in the process. You can usually get by with a simple cast of Expel Harm after each hit from the ability otherwise. Consider positioning on a far corner of the platform to avoid interfering with other players dealing with Voidstone Fragments.

• Cursed Thunderer — Be careful about pulling too many of these enemies at once, especially if you do not have a means of removing Lightning-Infused. Their constant casts of Lightning Bolt are especially dangerous.
• Cursed Rooktender — Pressure Points can be used to remove the Enrage effect of Lightning Surge if your group fails to interrupt the cast.
• Void Cursed Crusher — Watch your stacks of Festering Void from this enemy's attacks, as you will suffer from increasingly reduced healing received. Do not pull too many of them at once!
• Radiating Voidstone — This enemy will gain additional stacks of Void Extraction for every nearby foe in combat, which will affect how dangerous their Unleash Darkness channel becomes upon reaching 40% HP. In addition, pulling more than one at a time will result in your group's damage output being further reduced!

• Summon Black Ox Statue
• Pressure Points

• Big M.O.M.M.A. — Ensure you are positioned properly when the final Darkfuse Mechadrone of each cycle is defeated, as the boss will create a permanent expanding pool of Excessive Electrification after every Jumpstart; fortunately this boss can be moved incredibly far out of their arena without resetting if poor positioning resulted in an awkward puddle. In addition, be ready to kick Maximum Distortion casts, and do not underestimate the strength of Electrocrush's DoT effect.
• Keeza Quickfuse — Bront's Barreling Charge will always be cast three times in a row, and the third charge will always target the tank. Take advantage of this to knock away any lingering Big Bada BOOM!s.
• Swampface — As a tank you will always be paired with another DPS player that may not be as mobile as you. Communicate appropriately about which way to dodge Mudslides and Rushing Tides. If your DPS are patient, you can also have Summon Black Ox Statue take the first Sludge Claws of the fight by not having anyone else attack on pull.
• Geezle Gigazap — Thunder Punch will cause you to become stunned if you touch any pools of Dam Water while affected by its DoT. Try to get knocked into the console, or take advantage of Transcendence and Lighter Than Air to negate the movement.

• Darkfuse Hyena — Pressure Points can be used to remove the Bloodthirsty Cackle Enrage effect if it is not interrupted.
• Loaderbot — although they are not affected by Paralysis or Ring of Peace, Leg Sweep can be used to stop their channeled Wind Ups.
• Darkfuse Soldier — Diffuse Magic can be used to remove and reflect the Black Blood Wound DoT from this enemy's autoattacks.
• Disturbed Kelp — Six of these enemies are arranged in two groups of 3; be careful not to pull them all without plenty of AoE effects to stop their dangerous Jettison Kelp channels, in addition to their interruptible Restorative Algae.
• Bubbles — You can help reduce the danger for your party members by running into any Bubbles on the ground as necessary, though you will want to make use of a defensive cooldown if triggering too many at once.

• Detox
• Pressure Points

• An Affront of Challengers — Prioritize defeating Dessia the Decapitator first, as her Mortal Strike is particularly dangerous to tanks (however, it can be dodged). Remember to keep kicking Sathel the Accursed's Necromantic Bolts throughout the encounter.
• Gorechop — Tenderizing Smash will not forcibly move you if you remain near the boss as the cast is started. Beyond this, you can more or less save a charge of Purifying Brew and a cast of Expel Harm for each Hateful Strike for a relatively painless fight.
• Xav the Unfallen — save a use of Touch of Death for an Oppressive Banner spawned after a cast of Blood and Glory to ensure it is destroyed before a Might of Maldraxxus combo.
• Kul'tharok — Lost Souls summoned by Draw Soul will spawn on the edge of the platform directly behind from where you are currently positioned. This means you can still spawn yours with the rest of the group while actively attacking the boss! Beyond this, remember to kick Necrotic Bolt as often as you can; Necrotic Eruption will track your position at all times, requiring you to stay still. Fortunately, the damage of an orb from Death Spiral is quite low on a tank, allowing you to not move for most of the encounter if you desire.
• Mordretha, the Endless Empress — Save a cast of both Expel Harm and Purifying Brew for each Reaping Scythe hit. Leg Sweep and Ring of Peace are both exceptional tools for handling Deathwalkers created by Manifest Death.

• Raging Bloodhorn — a common strategy for this enemy is to use Paralysis and Ring of Peace on either Unyielding Contender to bring this lone enemy to the Affront of Challengers encounter. Note that this means you will likely be unable to remove the first Raging Tantrum Enrage effect as a result. You may also make use of a Rogue's Shroud of Concealment to bypass the same enemies, though the Bloodhorn will still detect you.
• Xav the Unfallen Lieutenants — which enemy you will fight is dictated by who last swung when you approach them. You can try to fight the preferred enemies of Nekthara the Mangler, Harugia the Bloodthirsty, and Advent Nevermore this way. Note that you are to dodge the Colossus Smash and even the Whirlwind casts of them all, though this will not be possible if you are debuffed with Unbalancing Blow.
• Blighted Sludge-Spewer — interrupting this enemy's Withering Discharge is your highest priority; they will keep attempting to cast the ability if it is not directly interrupted compared to stopping it with Paralysis or Leg Sweep. You can also use Detox against its Decaying Filth Disease debuff.
• Diseased Horror — Detox can be used to dispel this enemy's Decaying Blight Disease.
• Shackled Soul — Consider taking advantage of your mobility and Transcendence to quickly pull all of these enemies at once before returning to the start of the hallway while your party waits.

• Summon Black Ox Statue

• Tussle Tonks — Maximum Thrust will always target you as the tank player; take advantage of it to reposition Gnomercy 4.U. near an available Piston Smasher for removing Platinum Plating from The Platinum Pummeler when it next casts the ability. In addition, B.4.T.T.L.3. Mines near the boss may be safely detonated by you to help keep melee DPS safe.
• K.U.-J.0. — You can remove Blazing Chomp from yourself in an emergency with Diffuse Magic, but remember that it will also deal damage to the entire party; make sure your healer can recover. Additionally, you may position K.U.-J.O. in such a way along the corner of a Junk Cube during each cast of Venting Flames to still allow players to safely attack the boss; however, this is incredibly risky and should only be done in serous keystones once you have sufficiently practised it in a safer environment.
• Head Machinist Sparkflux — Save a cast of Touch of Death for an Inconspicuous Plant later in the fight when damage cooldowns are not active to immediately reduce its danger. Remember that most classes are likely not as mobile as yourself for dodging mechanics; reposition the boss more slowly if possible.
• King Mechagon — Consider placing a Transcendence spirit in case you get knocked off the platform by a Recalibrated Plasma Orb.

• Bomb Tonk — This enemy will keep attempting to cast Detonate until it has been manually interrupted or has been defeated. Be careful to not pull all six of them unless you have enough AoE damage and crowd control to finish them in time.
• Metal Gunk — Be careful to not pull too many of this enemy at once, as their stacking Corrosive Gunk heal absorb can quickly become overwhelming when paired with a nearby Waste Processing Unit's Mega Drill.
• Junkyard D.0.G. — Although Ring of Peace may knock them back, it cannot prevent this enemy's Fiery Jaws debuff from being applied; do not pull them all at once without extreme burst damage.
• Workshop Defender — Both enemies and allies take reduced damage while standing in Shield Generators spawned by these enemies. Make sure you position your foes accordingly.

• Pressure Points
• Detox
• Hasty Provocation

• Coin-Operated Crowd Pummeler — As a tank you do not get to participate in Footbomb Launcher, as the boss needs to stay relatively still to allow other party members to Punt the projectiles into the boss and trigger Blazing Azerite. Remember to move it out of any coin piles within its circle during Coin Magnet, however!
• Azerokk — This boss will cast Azerite Infusion on whichever Earthrager has more health, though it will try to avoid casting it on an enemy crowd controlled (such as by Paralysis). You can also make use of both Leg Sweep and Ring of Peace to keep these Earthragers away from their Raging Gaze targets.
• Rixxa Fluxflame — Consider using Tiger's Lust on a Propellant Blast target to keep them near the boss and better control its angle for removing puddles of Azerite Catalyst.
• Mogul Razdunk — Make use of Touch of Death on a Venture Co. Skyscorcher spawned at 50% health to quickly reduce the damage taken by your party from Buster Shot. In addition, Hasty Provocation's movement speed bonus on Provoke can be helpful for quickly repositioning the boss out of the way of B.O.O.M.B.A.s before they fire Micro Missiles.

• Mech Jockey — Make use of Ring of Peace to prevent this enemy from ever casting Activate Mech.
• Hired Assassin — Although Toxic Blades should be interrupted, you are able to dispel its Poison debuff with Detox in an emergency. In addition, you can make use of Paralysis, Ring of Peace, and Leg Sweep to interrupt the Fan of Knives channels.
• Addled Thug — Pressure Points can be used to remove the Enrage effect of Inhale Vapors.
• Mechanized Peacekeeper — When forced to engage this enemy, be aware that you are largely unable to avoid the damage from Charged Shield, as this enemy cannot be snared and its successful attacks will apply a hefty slow to you. However, in an emergency you can attempt to kite for the duration of the buff with the help of Tiger's Lust and Transcendence.
• Taskmaster Askari — Pressure Points can be used to remove the stacks of Overtime! this enemy gradually gains. Be mindful of his damage output during Desperate Measures due to the increased stacks of Heavy Slash you will receive.
• Venture Co. Alchemist — Detox can be used to remove the Poison Caustic Compound.

Brewmasters have a large number of abilities on hand that can counter the Cosmic Ascension casts from the orbs this affix generates. Among these are your Spear Hand Strike, Paralysis, Clash, and even Ring of Peace or Leg Sweep. However, you may want to avoid overcommitting resources to stopping this affix in favor of still having them available for the traditional trash pulls of a dungeon; choose your tools carefully.

Void Emissaries spawned when this affix triggers only have 1 HP, with their health otherwise being an absorb. This means that your Touch of Death can instantly be used on them, dealing its full amount of damage and significantly negating their danger. With the frequency of these spawns, you will be able to cast Touch of Death on most. However, this does mean you will not have access to the ability for "regular" moments of the dungeon.

You are unable to gather the Void Pulsar orbiting your character on your own. It must be walked into by another player. In addition, these Pulsars will always orbit clockwise; take advantage of this and your own mobility to quickly gather another player's Pulsar that is in melee range to avoid disrupting enemy positioning too much.

Void Rift's absorb can be removed after receiving 53% of your maximum health in healing, or instantly with Detox. If you have talented into Vivacious Vivification as well, consider dispelling yourself— due to tanks having more health to heal through otherwise— and using an instant cast of Vivify to help out another player if there are not enough dispels to go around.

Alternatively, if you are the only player taking significant damage, your healer will already be passively counteracting Void Rift by keeping you alive. In these moments, consider using your Detox on another player instead.