Brewmaster Monk Tank Spell List and Glossary — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)

This page describes the essential spells and passives all Brewmaster Monks have at Level 90, going over the main aspects of the specialization to help understand the remainder of this guide. It can also be helpful as a quick reference.

If you are leveling a Brewmaster, you likely will only have access to some of the abilities and passives listed here. However, our leveling guide can help specify when you will unlock access to everything.

Energy is the main resource available to Brewmasters, resulting in them having a natural global cooldown of 1 second.

10 Energy is generated per second, with additional Energy generated depending upon your Haste. Its maximum capacity is 100, and you will start at that amount. Whatever Energy you would have generated while already at 100 will be wasted.

Many abilities available to a Brewmaster do not have an Energy cost. They are only limited by their cooldown timer. Balancing the use of Energy-spending abilities with free abilities form the core of managing Brewmaster spells.

Ability	Shorthand	Description/Effect
Brewmaster's Balance	-	A passive to assist you in tanking, increasing your total Armor by 55% and your Stamina by 45%.
Blackout Kick	BoK	Has no cost, deals some damage, and grants you a stack of Mastery: Elusive Brawler on a very low cooldown. This ability's functionality changes dramatically based on your chosen talents.
Celestial Fortune	CF	Increases all healing you receive, with the chance to occur being equal to your Critical Strike. In addition, it increases the size of any friendly absorbs on you by 70% of your Critical Strike chance.
Crackling Jade Lightning	CJL	A ranged channeled spell that deals low damage to enemies and has the added effect of occasionally knocking back targets in melee. It is very expensive, costing 20 Energy to cast and 20 per second beyond that. It should only be used to pull far away enemies on occasion, ending the channel immediately.
Expel Harm	EH	Provides a small amount of baseline healing and also draws all Gift of the Ox/ Spirit of the Ox orbs to you to increase the healing amount. You will then deal 10% of the healing (including overhealing) as damage to a nearby enemy. It costs 15 Energy and has a 5-second cooldown.
Leg Sweep	LS	Allows you to stun all targets within 6 yards of yourself for 3 seconds on a 1-minute cooldown. Its range and cooldown can be influenced by additional talents.
Mastery: Elusive Brawler	EB	The Brewmaster Mastery, causing you to gain stacking dodge chance equal to your Mastery percentage after being hit by an auto-attack or when casting Blackout Kick until you successfully dodge. This effect can stack to the point of giving you more than 100% dodge chance. It also increases your Attack Power.
Mystic Touch	MT	Causes enemies you damage to take 5% more Physical damage from everything. This effect is exclusive to Monks and is desirable in all forms of content.
Provoke	Taunt	A taunt effect, forcing the target to attack you for 6 seconds with a cooldown of 8 seconds and has a 30-yard range. During that time, your threat generation on that target is also increased.
Resuscitate	Res	Your resurrection spell. It takes 10 seconds to cast — reduced by Haste — and can only be cast outside combat. You should prioritize resurrecting healers during wipes, as they can resurrect all players at once.
Roll	-	A signature Monk ability, causing you to roll a short distance in the direction you are moving. It has 2 charges with a 20-second cooldown, and can be further modified with certain talents.
Spinning Crane Kick	SCK	Your main multi-target filler spell that costs 25 Energy to use. It deals four ticks of damage over 1.5 seconds, reduced by Haste, and has no target cap. However, it will deal less damage to each target hit if hitting more than 5 at a time. It also will attract any nearby Gift of the Ox/ Spirit of the Ox Healing Spheres to you while channeling and grant 1 second of Shuffle each tick so long as it hits a target. You can still dodge enemy attacks while channeling this ability. You can cast most other abilities on your next global cooldown without interrupting the channel, outside of other abilities with cast times. Finally, using this ability twice in a row will add the remaining channel duration to the new cast.
Tiger Palm	TP	Your main single-target filler spell. It deals low damage and reduces the cooldown of your "brew" abilities by 1 second. Using Tiger Palm costs 25 Energy. This ability's damage, in particular, can be dramatically altered with the use of certain talents.
Touch of Death	ToD	Acts as an execute-style offensive cooldown that carries some defensive value. Every 3 minutes, you may instantly kill any target with less Health than your maximum amount. However, other players will resist the effect without opting for other talents. Casting Touch of Death will also remove some of your Staggered damage.
Vivify	Viv	A small single-target heal. It has a cast time of 1.5 seconds and costs 30 Energy. You should rarely cast this in active combat and instead only use it during downtime or between fights.
Zen Pilgrimage	ZP	Teleport yourself to the Peak of Serenity in Pandaria or the Wandering Isle. Casting this ability again while there will send you back to where you were or to the nearest spirit healer.

Ability	Shorthand	Description/Effect
Flurry Strikes	FS	Generate Flurry Charges with your auto attacks, to a cap of 30. With every cast of Keg Smash, unleash all of these charges as Flurry Strikes; additional effects may occur due to other talents. Roughly the same amount of Flurry Charges will be generated regardless of weapon type, with dual-wielded weapons frequently generating 1, and 2h weapons always generating 2.
Pride of Pandaria	PoP	Flurry Strikes gain additional Critical Strike chance. This is a choice node shared with High Impact.
High Impact	HI	If an enemy has been directly damaged by a Flurry Strike within 10 seconds of death, they will trigger bonus AoE damage to non-cc'd enemies within 8 yards.
Veteran's Eye	VE	Your Haste is passively increased.
Martial Precision	MP	Your attacks ignore 12% of the enemy's Armor. This damage bonus applies to Physical attacks only, as Magical attacks already ignore Armor entirely.
Shado Over the Battlefield	SotB	All of your Flurry Strikes deal additional AoE Nature damage (despite the name implying otherwise).
Combat Stance	CS	Roll's cooldown is reduced. This is a choice node shared with Initiator's Edge.
Initiator's Edge	IE	Your movement speed is greatly increased for a short time whenever you enter combat. This is a choice node shared with Combat Stance.
One Versus Many	OvM	Keg Smash gains 35% bonus damage. In addition, auto attack critical hits generate twice as many Flurry Charges.
Whirling Steel	WS	Falling below 50% Health grants 15% Parry and Avoidance for 6 seconds, with a 3-minute cooldown between activations of this buff. This is a choice node shared with Predictive Training.
Predictive Training	PT	Dodging or parrying an attack grants 10% damage reduction for the next 6 seconds; additional dodges during this time will reset the duration. This is a choice node shared with Whirling Steel.
Stand Ready	SR	Activating Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox generates a separate set of weaker Flurry Charges that are automatically consumed with your next attack; any ability will do so, not just Keg Smash.
Against All Odds	AAO	Gain 4% increased Agility at all times.
Efficient Training	ET	Energy-spending abilities ( Tiger Palm, Keg Smash, Spinning Crane Kick, and Crackling Jade Lightning) deal 20% additional damage. In addition, the cooldown of Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox is reduced by 25 seconds. You must be talented into the ability for this cooldown reduction to be of any use.
Vigilant Watch	VW	Critical Strike damage from Blackout Kick is increased.
Weapons of the Wall	WEotW	Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox's Stomp damage is increased. You must have the ability talented in order for this talent to have any use.
Wisdom of the Wall	WIotW	When the Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox cooldown is active, casting Breath of Fire generates and immediately triggers 3 Flurry Charges. You must have the ability talented for this talent to have any use.

Ability	Shorthand	Description/Effect
Aspect of Harmony	AoH	Store vitality equal to 15% of your damage dealt and 7% of your effective healing done (overhealing is not included). Your total amount of vitality is represented by three different buffs, with its maximum being equal to your maximum Health: Aspect of Harmony — 0-30% of maximum Health stored in vitality Aspect of Harmony — 31-60% of maximum Health stored in vitality Aspect of Harmony — 61-100% of maximum Health stored in vitality Casting Celestial Brew or Celestial Infusion converts all stored vitality into the Aspect of Harmony buff. While active, your abilities deal 40% additional damage, applied as the Aspect of Harmony DoT and fueled by your vitality. After 10 seconds or by running out of vitality, you will go back to generating more for later use. You may not build any vitality while in the spending state.
Manifestation	-	Chi Wave and Chi Burst deal additional damage and healing, which also means additional vitality generated.
Purified Spirit	PS	When Aspect of Harmony ends, any remaining vitality is automatically spent to apply a DoT effect to all nearby enemies. This is a choice node shared with Harmonic Gambit.
Harmonic Gambit	HG	During Aspect of Harmony, your Expel Harm and Vivify abilities can draw from your vitality to apply a HoT effect ( Aspect of Harmony) for 40% of their healing. This is a choice node with Purified Spirit.
Balanced Stratagem	BS	Casting an ability that deals Physical damage increases the damage and healing of your next Fire or Nature ability by 5%, stacking up to 5 times. Using Fire or Nature abilities will do the same to your Physical spells.
Harmonic Surge	HS	Activating Celestial Brew or Celestial Infusion causes your next two casts of Tiger Palm or Vivify to deal bonus Nature damage split among nearby enemies and healing up to 5 injured allies. You may store up to 6 stacks of Harmonic Surge
Tiger's Vigor	TV	Each cast of Tiger's Lust reduces the cooldown of Roll by 5 seconds. This is a choice node shared with Roar from the Heavens.
Roar from the Heavens	RftH	Casts of Tiger's Lust additionally grant two nearby allies a smaller speed buff, though it will not remove roots or snares from them. This is a choice node shared with Tiger's Vigor.
Endless Draught	ED	Celestial Brew/ Celestial Infusion gains one additional charge. When using the Black Ox Brew talent, it will still only restore one charge.
Mantra of Purity	MoP	Purifying Brew purifies 60% of your current Stagger, rather than 50%. Additionally, each cast of Purifying Brew generates an absorb against a small amount of future Stagger damage, ignoring it entirely. This is a choice node, shared with Mantra of Tenacity.
Mantra of Tenacity	MoT	Casting Fortifying Brew applies a "chi cocoon", absorbing 12% of your maximum Health in damage (increased by your Versatility). This is a choice node shared with Mantra of Purity.
Potential Energy	PE	Casting Keg Smash generates one stack of the Harmonic Surge buff from the same-named talent above.
Overwhelming Force	OF	Tiger Palm and Blackout Kick deal additional damage as a separate effect, cleaving enemies in front of you. This bonus damage will also apply to the primary target you used the ability on, though multiple hits of Blackout Kick will only trigger the effect once.
Path of Resurgence	PoR	Triggering Chi Wave or casting Chi Burst temporarily increases the amount of vitality stored by your damage and healing, with Chi Wave offering half as much time on the buff. This is a choice node shared with Way of a Thousand Strikes.
Way of a Thousand Strikes	WoaTS, WTS	Tiger Palm and Blackout Kick generate an additional 30% vitality at all times, resulting in a total of approximately 20% of their damage dealt being converted. This is a choice node shared with Path of Resurgence.
Clarity of Purpose	CoP	Each cast of Purifying Brew immediately stores some additional vitality, regardless of how much Stagger is Purified.
Meditative Focus	MF	Improves the Blackout Combo/ Press the Advantage choice node of the Brewmaster specialization tree: Blackout Combo: bonus damage to Tiger Palm is further increased, as is Keg Smash's cooldown reduction when consuming the talent's buff on either. Press the Advantage: bonus Nature damage per attack is increased, along with the cooldown reduction effect.
Coalescence	-	Dealing damage with Aspect of Harmony has a chance to spread its debuff to a nearby enemy. Additionally, this DoT has a chance to automatically grow in strength, pulling additional vitality in the process. Apart from this, your Keg Smash no longer generates vitality, instead consuming it to deal massively increased damage; in exchange all other abilities will generate more.

Under the current talent system, every specialization's trees contain numerous new passive effects and active abilities. To attempt to break the list of every possible effect down into manageable chunks, we have grouped these abilities into active and passive effects, organized by the rows you will come across them from top to bottom in each tree.

If you would like to know more about which of these talents to select for your own Brewmaster Monk, please see the builds and talents section of our guide.

Beginning at Level 81, you may invest up to four talent points into a multi-part node to unlock an increasingly strong series of effects. These points may instead be spent elsewhere in the Brewmaster specialization tree if that is your preference. Brewmaster Monk's Apex Talent is called Bring Me Another, and has the following effects:

Ability	Shorthand	Description/Effect
Bring Me Another	BmA1	Using a "Brew" ability has a chance to generate an Empty Barrel, with a maximum of 1. When casting Keg Smash, the Empty Barrel will be thrown as well to deal bonus damage and ricochet to additional enemies. These bounces will not occur in single-target.
Bring Me Another	BmA2, BmA3	Whenever an Empty Barrel is generated, reset the cooldown of Keg Smash and reduce its energy cost by 50/100%. In addition, your Physical damage dealt is increased by 10/20%.
Bring Me Another	BmA4	Casting Fortifying Brew or Celestial Brew/ Celestial Infusion automatically generates an Empty Barrel, while also providing you and 2 nearby allies with a Refreshing Drink for the next 20 seconds. Taking damage will consume this drink to trigger a powerful HoT for the next 8 seconds. In addition, the damage of your Empty Barrels is increased by 100%.

Ability	Shorthand	Description/Effect
Soothing Mist	SooM	A channeled heal which costs 15 Energy per second. Vivify becomes instant-cast while channeling this ability.
Paralysis	Para	Incapacitates a target for 1 minute; If target receives more than a very small amount of damage the effect will break.
Tiger's Lust	TL	Increases the target's movement speed and removes any present roots or snares; 30-second cooldown, 20-yard range.
Disable	-	Snares the target by 50% for 15 seconds. This snare's duration is refreshed by attacking the target. This is a choice node shared with Crashing Momentum.
Detox	Dispel	Dispels all Poison and Disease effects from a target; 10 Energy cost, with an 8-second cooldown upon successfully dispelling an effect.
Spear Hand Strike	SHS	Your interrupt; it stops a cast and prevents similar spells from being cast for 5 seconds. It has no cost, with a 15-second cooldown and is not on the global cooldown. This is an important ability for all forms of content out there.
Keg Smash	KS	Throw a keg at your enemy, dealing large AoE damage and slowing those hit by 20%. It also reduces the cooldown of all your Brews by 3 seconds and grants you 5 seconds of Shuffle. Using Keg Smash costs 40 Energy and has an 8-second cooldown, reduced by Haste. Finally, this ability will deal a little less damage to every target if hitting more than 5 in a single cast, but deals bonus damage to the enemy you originally targeted with it.
Purifying Brew	PB	Your main source of active mitigation. It Purifies 50% of the damage you are currently Staggering, on a 20-second recharge that is reduced by Haste. Certain talents and abilities can further reduce the recharge rate.
Rushing Jade Wind	RJW	Lasts for 6 seconds, dealing damage to all enemies around you on a 6-second cooldown, but will deal reduced damage per target if hitting more than 5. Both the duration and the cooldown are reduced by Haste. This is a choice node shared with Special Delivery.

Ability	Shorthand	Description/Effect
Stagger	-	A unique way Brewmaster Monks receive damage. When any damage is taken, it is split into a chunk you take immediately and a Staggered portion, which you take over 10 seconds. How much of an enemy's attacks you Stagger will depend on your Agility and their level. In addition, you can only Stagger Magic damage equal to 58% of the amount you would from Physical attacks, which also includes almost all damage-over-time effects. Certain talents and spells can also modify Stagger.
Elusive Mists	EM	Reduces damage taken while channeling Soothing Mist for both you and your target.
Crashing Momentum	CM	Rolling through targets temporarily snares them, with no limit on how many can be affected. This is a choice node shared with Disable.
Fast Feet	FF	Increases the damage of Blackout Kick and Spinning Crane Kick.
Grace of the Crane	GotC	Increases all healing received.
Bounding Agility	BA	Increases the distance travelled by Roll and Chi Torpedo by 12.5% and 7.27%, respectively.
Calming Presence	-	Passive reduction to damage taken.
Wind's Reach	-	Modifies Crashing Momentum and Disable Disable's range is increased to 10 yards (from 5). Crashing Momentum's snare effect lasts 3 seconds longer and is 20% stronger, totaling 8 seconds of a 60% reduction.
Vivacious Vivification	VV	Allows Vivify to become instant-cast once per cast of Keg Smash, reflected by a 20-second buff. This cast still costs Energy, but the amount required is reduced by 75%.
Silent Sanctuary	SS	Heal for a small amount every 3 seconds when no enemies are nearby.
Jade Walk	JW	Your running speed is increased by 15% whenever you are out of combat. This stacks with other movement-increasing effects.
Pressure Points	PP	Paralysis additionally removes Enrage effects from its target.
Reinvigoration	-	Dispelling an effect with Detox temporarily increases the target's movement speed.
Ancient Arts	AA	Reduces the cooldowns of Leg Sweep and Paralysis.
Shuffle	-	The main way to increase how much damage you can Stagger as a Brewmaster. Certain abilities will provide you with Shuffle and you can extend this duration to a maximum of 15 seconds.
August Blessing	AB	Any overhealing (healing above your maximum Health) has a portion of its amount converted into a 10-second heal-over-time effect, equal to 40% of your Critical Strike chance. For example, an overheal of 100 health with a Critical Strike chance of 15% is turned into a HoT for 6 health over 10 seconds. This HoT amount is recalculated as additional overhealing is received.
Staggering Strikes	SS	Every hit of Blackout Kick removes an amount of Staggered damage, based on your Attack Power and increased at lower health. This is a choice node shared with Quick Sip.
Quick Sip	QS	Automatically remove a small amount of Staggered damage for every 3 seconds of the Shuffle buff you have gained, including time beyond its durational cap of 15 seconds. This is a choice node shared with Staggering Strikes.
Elixir of Determination	EoD	When you fall below 40% health, gain the larger out of the following as an absorb shield: 8% of your maximum Health. 30% of the amount of Stagger Purified by your most recent cast of Purifying Brew. This effect has a 15-second cooldown between activations and its size can be further increased with Versatility and Celestial Fortune.
Improved Blackout Kick	-	Increases the damage of Blackout Kick.
Swift as a Coursing River	SaCR	Using a "Brew" ability increases your movement speed and auto attack speed for an extended time.
Gift of the Ox	GotO	A healing passive. It generates small yellow Healing Spheres as you take damage, which heal you if you walk over them or will do so on their own after 30 seconds. You can only have up to 5 Spheres active at a time, with excess Spheres automatically triggering their healing.
Special Delivery	SD	Using any ability with "Brew" or "Infusion" in its name throws a keg at a nearby enemy, landing after 3 seconds to deal damage and snare any target hit by 50%. This is a choice node shared with Rushing Jade Wind.
Spirit of the Ox	SotO	Provides your Blackout Kick a chance to create additional Healing Spheres that function identically to those from Gift of the Ox.

Ability	Shorthand	Description/Effect
Chi Burst	CB	A 1-second cast time on a 30-second cooldown that will damage or heal all enemies or allies in its path. You can still dodge while casting this ability. This is a choice node shared with Chi Wave.
Transcendence/ Transcendence: Transfer	Trans	Place a spirit with Transcendence, then swap positions with your spirit using Transcendence: Transfer. There is a 10-second cooldown when placing a spirit, and a 45-second cooldown on transferring positions with it.
Ring of Peace	RoP	Create an area on the ground within 40 yards that prevents most enemies from being within the zone for 5 seconds. This is a choice node shared with Song of Chi-Ji.
Song of Chi-Ji	-	Create a cloud of mist that travels forward 40 yards. Any enemies that make contact with it will be put to sleep for 20 seconds but will awaken from taking damage. This is a choice node shared with Ring of Peace.
Fortifying Brew	FB	Your "big", traditional defensive cooldown, granting damage reduction and increased Health on a long cooldown; gains additional effects from other passive talents.
Celestial Brew	CB	One of your main defensive tools, allowing you to create a powerful shield that absorbs all damage. This shield will last for 8 seconds or until you have taken enough damage to break it. The ability has a 45-second cooldown, but it can be reduced by certain talents and abilities. Note that this defensive ability is on the global cooldown. This is a choice node shared with Celestial Infusion.
Celestial Infusion	CI	An alternate form of Celestial Brew and one of your main defensive tools, allowing you to create a powerful shield that absorbs a portion of all damage received. This shield will last for 16 seconds or until you have taken enough damage to break it. The ability has a 45-second cooldown, but it can be reduced by certain talents and abilities. Note that this defensive ability is on the global cooldown. This is a choice node shared with Celestial Brew.
Breath of Fire	BoF	Deals damage in a cone in front of you and has no cost on a 15-second cooldown. Any targets that have already been hit by Keg Smash will be afflicted with a DoT that also causes them to deal 5% less damage to you for 12 seconds.
Fortifying Brew: Determination	FB	Gain 15% increased Stagger effectiveness while Fortifying Brew is active; this effect can combine with Ironshell Brew or Expeditious Fortification and will even teach you Fortifying Brew if you have not learned it from the class tree.
Black Ox Brew	BoB	Immediately restores all charges of Purifying Brew and resets the cooldown of Celestial Brew/ Celestial Infusion when used, along with regenerating all of your Energy. Note that for Master of Harmony users with Endless Draught, this will only restore one charge of Celestial Brew or Infusion. Being a Brew ability, its cooldown is also reduced by Keg Smash and Tiger Palm, along with not being on the global cooldown. This is a choice node shared with Bob and Weave.

Ability	Shorthand	Description/Effect
Chi Wave	CW	Once every 15 seconds, your Keg Smash or Vivify sends out a bolt of energy that bounces between allies and enemies, healing or damaging them respectively. This is a choice node shared with Chi Burst
Energy Transfer	ET	Successfully interrupting an enemy's cast with Spear Hand Strike grants 5 seconds of cooldown reduction to Paralysis and Roll.
Celerity	-	Reduces the cooldown of Roll by 5 seconds and grants it an extra charge. This is a choice node shared with Chi Torpedo.
Chi Torpedo	Torp	Replaces Roll, traveling further and granting a temporary movement speed buff for 10 seconds. This buff can stack up to two times. This is a choice node shared with Chi Torpedo.
Stillstep Coil	SSC	After the stun of Leg Sweep expires, enemies are afflicted with the Disable debuff for 5 seconds.
Quick Footed	QF	All snare effects on you have their duration reduced by 20%. This will also include any damaging debuffs that also snare you! This is a choice node shared with Hasty Provocation.
Hasty Provocation	Speedtaunt	Causes any target affected by Provoke to gain 50% increased movement speed for 6 seconds. This is a choice node shared with Quick Footed.
Ferocity of Xuen	FoX	Increases all damage done; a two-rank talent.
Spirit's Essence	SE	When casting Transcendence: Transfer, enemies within 10 yards of where you were standing will be briefly snared. In other words, enemies will be snared where your Transcendence spirit ends up.
Tiger Tail Sweep	TTS	Increases the range of Leg Sweep.
Improved Touch of Death	-	Allows Touch of Death to be used on targets below 15% of their maximum health as well as enemy players, dealing 35% of your maximum Health in damage. Touch of Death can still be used if the target is below your maximum Health to deal "full" damage instead.
Vigorous Expulsion	VE	Increases the healing and Critical Strike chance of Expel Harm.
Yu'lon's Grace	YG	Gain an absorb shield equal to 1% of your maximum Health every 3 seconds in combat, up to 10%; note that the shield will only absorb damage from Magic sources, and is not increased by Celestial Fortune.
Peace and Prosperity	P&P	Modifies Ring of Peace and Song of Chi-Ji Ring of Peace's cooldown is reduced by 5 seconds. Song of Chi-Ji's cast time is reduced by 0.5 seconds, in addition to any reductions from Haste.
Dance of the Wind	DotW, DoW	Gain additional Dodge chance at all times.
Jade Flash	JF	Modifies Crackling Jade Lightning to damage 5 targets with a greatly reduced channel time and Energy cost, but gives it a lengthy cooldown.
Niuzao's Resolve	NR	Your Healing Spheres from Gift of the Ox and Spirit of the Ox become a 10-second HoT effect rather than instant healing, and this HoT's strength is adjusted every second based on your missing health.
Celestial Flames	CFl	Using "Brew" abilities has a chance to empower your Special Delivery and Rushing Jade Wind talents for a short duration: Special Delivery deals additional Fire damage Rushing Jade Wind's damage and graphic are converted to Fire damage, and its size is increased
Shadowboxing Treads	SBT	Blackout Kick deals increased damage and can hit up to 3 targets. This is a choice node shared with Fluidity of Motion.
Fluidity of Motion	FoM	The cooldown of Blackout Kick is reduced to 3 seconds, from 4. This is a choice node shared with Shadowboxing Treads.
Elusive Footwork	EF	Blackout Kick deals additional damage and grants an extra stack of Mastery: Elusive Brawler when critically striking. This effect applies per hit when considering the Shadowboxing Treads talent if multiple critical strikes occur.
One With the Wind	OwtW	Mastery: Elusive Brawler stacks have a chance to not be removed when you successfully dodge an attack.
Gai Plin's Imperial Brew	GP	Purifying Brew heals you for a portion of the Staggered damage it Purified.
Light Brewing	LB	Reduces the cooldown of Purifying Brew and Celestial Brew/ Celestial Infusion. This is a choice node shared with Training of Niuzao.
Training of Niuzao	ToN	Gain up to 15% Mastery based on your Stagger level; 5% Mastery is gained at Light Stagger, 10% at Moderate Stagger, and 15% at Heavy Stagger. This is a choice node shared with Light Brewing.
Pretense of Instability	PoI	Temporarily gain a small amount of Dodge when using Purifying Brew or Celestial Brew.
Scalding Brew	SB	Keg Smash deals additional damage to targets burning from Breath of Fire. This is a choice node shared with Sal'salabim's Strength.
Sal'salabim's Strength	Sal's, Salsa	Casting Keg Smash resets the cooldown on Breath of Fire. This is a choice node shared with Scalding Brew.
Bob and Weave	BnW, BaW	Stagger's damage now ticks over 15 seconds instead of 10. This is a choice node shared with Black Ox Brew.
Walk with the Ox	WwtO	Your attacks have a chance to trigger a Stomp for bonus damage. Both ranks of this talent deal identical damage, but with an increased chance to occur when fully invested into.
Zen State	ZS	Your Stagger is increased based on your missing health. This increase is linear to your health percentage, reaching its maximum of +20% while at 0-1% of your maximum health.
Tranquil Spirit	TS	Being healed by Healing Spheres from Gift of the Ox/ Spirit of the Ox or casting Expel Harm removes a portion of your currently Staggered damage.
Face Palm	FP	Tiger Palm deals bonus damage and further reduces the cooldown of your "Brew" abilities.

Ability	Shorthand	Description/Effect
Summon Black Ox Statue	Dave	Summon a statue that pulses threat to all enemies within 20 yards. The statue has its own health bar and can be summoned every 10 seconds. It can also be targeted by Provoke to taunt all enemies around the statue.
Exploding Keg	EK	Toss a flaming keg with no target cap on a 1-minute cooldown. Every target hit will deal 100% reduced damage with their auto attacks for 3 seconds. In addition, all direct hits from your attacks will deal bonus Fire damage during this time.
Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox	(Angry) Dave	While this 2-minute cooldown is active, a spirit of Niuzao will assist you for 25 seconds. During this time, he will attack your targets, Stomp all enemies around him every time you cast Blackout Kick, and will also take on 40% of the damage taken by your Stagger DoT. He will then be healed by all of the Stagger damage you Purify with Purifying Brew through Oxen Fortitude.

Ability	Shorthand	Description/Effect
Save Them All	StA	Your healing is increased based on how low your target's health is. This effect does not apply to most sources of a Brewmaster's self-healing, instead only affecting Vivify and the baseline heal of Expel Harm.
Swift Art	SA	Once every 30 seconds, Roll can be used to clear a snare effect on you. Remember, it will not remove root effects!
Strength of Spirit	SoS	Expel Harm heals up to 200% more based on how much Health you are missing when cast; this also applies to the instant healing of any Healing Spheres from Gift of the Ox/ Spirit of the Ox picked up by the ability, but not to the HoT effect of Niuzao's Resolve. This is a choice node shared with Profound Rebuttal.
Profound Rebuttal	PR	Increases the Critical healing (not the Critical Strike chance) of Expel Harm by 50%. his is a choice node shared with Strength of Spirit.
Ironshell Brew	ISB	Increases the additional Health and damage reduction of Fortifying Brew by an extra 10%. This is a choice node shared with Expeditious Fortification.
Expeditious Fortification	-	Reduces the cooldown of Fortifying Brew to 4 minutes, from 6. This is a choice node shared with Ironshell Brew.
Diffuse Magic	DM	Casting Fortifying Brew will dispel any active magic debuffs and apply them to their original caster, if possible.
Celestial Determination	CD	While Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox is active, your movement speed cannot be reduced below 90% of the normal amount.
Chi Proficiency	ChPr, ChiPro	Increases your magical damage dealt and healing done. This healing increase only applies to your abilities, and does not include Celestial Fortune healing.
Healing Winds	HW	Heal for a portion of your maximum Health with every cast of Transcendence: Transfer. This heal cannot crit, but it can trigger Celestial Fortune.
Windwalking	WW	Provides an increased movement speed aura to yourself and allies within 10 yards; the effect lingers for 10 seconds if they leave this range and is always active on you. Its bonus also stacks with other movement-increasing effects.
Chi Transfer	CT	Heal for a portion of the damage dealt by your Touch of Death ability.
Martial Instincts	MI	Increases your Physical damage dealt and reduces damage taken from AoE attacks.
Lighter Than Air	LtA	Increases the cooldown of Roll by 2 seconds. In exchange, you may dash forward a short distance once for a brief moment after each cast by pressing the jump button in midair. This effect also allows you to avoid suffering fall damage by triggering the dash shortly before hitting the ground and you may additionally walk on water while the buff persists.
Flow of Chi	FoC	Gain one out of three unique buffs based on your current health percentage: Flow of Chi — Above 90% health — Gain 5% increased movement speed, stacking with other increases such as Windwalking and Jade Walk. Flow of Chi — 35-90% health — Damage taken is reduced by 5%. Flow of Chi — Below 35% health — Gain 10% additional healing received from all sources.
Escape from Reality	EfR	Transcendence: Transfer can be cast a second time within 10 seconds of its first use. This is a choice node shared with Transcendence: Linked Spirits.
Transcendence: Linked Spirits	TLS	Transcendence must now be cast on an ally within 40 yards, allowing you to teleport to their location with Transcendence: Transfer. The 40-yard range on this ability still applies when teleporting. This is a choice node shared with Escape from Reality.
Fatal Touch	FT	Reduces the cooldown of Touch of Death.
Rushing Reflexes	RR	After each cast of Roll, you will attempt to dash to the nearest target within 10 yards in front of you; talent with caution if regularly using Roll to escape from danger. This is a choice node shared with Clash.
Dragonfire Brew	DfB	Breath of Fire deals bonus damage, along with breathing two additional times. This is a choice node shared with Charred Passions.
Charred Passions	ChP, Chips	Casting Breath of Fire causes Blackout Kick and Spinning Crane Kick to deal additional Fire damage for the next 8 seconds and refresh the duration of Breath of Fire's DoT effect. This is a choice node shared with Dragonfire Brew.
High Tolerance	HT	Stagger can absorb more damage, and casting Purifying Brew in "Elevated Stagger" (shortly after receiving a large hit or whenever you are in Heavy Stagger) will result in refunding part of its cooldown.
Press the Advantage	PtA	You no longer can cast Tiger Palm. Instead, your main hand auto attacks deal additional damage and provide a small amount of Brew cooldown reduction. Upon reaching 10 stacks, you will automatically perform a cast of Tiger Palm. Talents that interact with Tiger Palm will also apply to these free casts. This is a choice node shared with Blackout Combo.
Blackout Combo	BoC	Casting Blackout Kick empowers your next use of certain Brewmaster abilities: Tiger Palm deals 100% increased damage. Keg Smash grants 5 seconds of cooldown reduction to "Brew" abilities rather than 3.
Anvil & Stave	AnS, A&S	Dodging an attack or having an enemy miss you reduces the cooldown of your "Brew" abilities. This effect has no cooldown, but the amount of reduction is adjusted based on how many targets have recently attacked you.
Counterstrike	CS	Dodging an attack or having an enemy miss you increases the damage of your next Tiger Palm or Spinning Crane Kick. This effect has a 1-second cooldown.
Ox Stance	-	Casting Purifying Brew generates a charges of Ox Stance. Up to 10 charges may be stored for a period of 30 seconds. When struck by an attack that would deal damage equal to 60% or more of your current health, one charge of Ox Stance is consumed to increase your Stagger percentage against the hit by approximately 20%.
Awakening Spirit	AS	After each cast of Purifying Brew, gain an absorb that shields against a portion of incoming damage from your Stagger DoT up to a small cap. This buff does not stack. This is a choice node shared with Vital Flame.
Vital Flame	VF	Heal for a portion of the Fire and Nature damage dealt by your abilities. This is a choice node shared with Awakening Spirit.
Fuel on the Fire	FotF	After casting Exploding Keg, your next two casts of Keg Smash will trigger a fire tornado around the target to deal bonus Fire damage.
Empty the Cellar	EtS	After casting Exploding Keg, you may reactivate the ability to throw kegs at up to 5 nearby enemies, dealing Physical damage to them and granting a significant amount of cooldown reduction to "Brew" abilities.
Stormstout's Last Keg	SSLK	Keg Smash gains a second charge, additional range, and deals bonus damage to its primary target.
Heart of the Ox	HotO	Gain passive Mastery at all times, doubling it when Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox is active.
Mighty Stomp	MS	While Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox is active, you can recast the ability once to trigger a Mighty Stomp that knocks enemies within 8 yards up into the air as a form of additional disruption.

Since nearly every single major ability for Brewmaster Monk interacts with each other, it can be difficult to figure out how they are meant to be prioritized. But now that you know what they do, our rotation page can help you see how to balance your moves between Brews, Energy, and cooldowns.