Brewmaster Monk Tank Spell List and Glossary — The War Within (Season 1)

Last updated on Sep 09, 2024 at 18:00 by Sinzhu 27 comments
General Information

On this page, we present you with all spells and procs that you need to understand as a Brewmaster Monk in World of Warcraft — The War Within (Season 1).

1.

Introduction

This page describes the essential spells and passives all Brewmaster Monks have at Level 80, 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.

2.

Primary Resource of a Brewmaster Monk

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.

3.

Baseline Brewmaster Abilities

Ability Shorthand Description/Effect
Brewmaster's Balance Icon Brewmaster's Balance - A passive to assist you in tanking, increasing your total Armor by 45% and your Stamina by 45%.
Blackout Kick Icon Blackout Kick BoK Has no cost, deals some damage, and grants you a stack of Mastery: Elusive Brawler Icon Mastery: Elusive Brawler on a very low cooldown. This ability's functionality changes dramatically based on your chosen talents.
Celestial Fortune Icon 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 Icon 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.
Expel Harm Icon Expel Harm EH Provides a small amount of baseline healing and also draws all Gift of the Ox Icon Gift of the Ox/Spirit of the Ox Icon 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 Icon 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 Icon 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 Icon 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 Icon 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 Icon Provoke Taunt A taunt effect, forcing the target to attack you for 3 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 Icon 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 Icon Roll - A signature Monk ability, causing you to roll a short distance in the direction you are moving. It has 1 charge with a 20-second cooldown, and can be further modified with certain talents.
Spinning Crane Kick Icon 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 Icon Gift of the Ox/Spirit of the Ox Icon Spirit of the Ox Healing Spheres to you while channeling and grant 1 second of Shuffle Icon 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.
Stagger Icon 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.
Tiger Palm Icon 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 Icon 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 Stagger Icon Staggered damage.
Vivify Icon 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 Icon Zen Pilgrimage - 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.
4.

Brewmaster Hero Talents

4.1.

Shado-Pan Brewmaster Talents

Ability Shorthand Description/Effect
Flurry Strikes Icon Flurry Strikes FS Generate Flurry Charge Icon Flurry Charges by dealing damage, to a cap of 10. With every 300 Energy spent, unleash these charges as Flurry Strike Icon Flurry Strikes; additional effects may occur due to other talents. Any abilities with discounted Energy costs will use their current cost for the purpose of tracking how much was spent.
Pride of Pandaria Icon Pride of Pandaria PoP Flurry Strikes Icon Flurry Strikes gain 15% additional Critical Strike chance. This is a choice node shared with High Impact Icon High Impact.
High Impact Icon High Impact HI If an enemy has been damaged by a Flurry Strike Icon Flurry Strike within 10 seconds of death, they will trigger bonus AoE damage to non-cc'd enemies within 8 yards.
Veteran's Eye Icon Veteran's Eye VE Attacking the same target 5 times within a 2-second period grants you 1% Haste for 10 seconds, stacking up to 10 times. Each trigger of the effect will also refresh the duration.
Martial Precision Icon 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.
Protect and Serve Icon Protect and Serve PaS, PnS Vivify Icon Vivify heals you for an additional 30% when cast on yourself. It does not provide any healing to you from casting the ability on others. This is a choice node shared with Lead from the Front Icon Lead from the Front.
Lead from the Front Icon Lead from the Front LftF 20% of the damage dealt by Chi Wave Icon Chi Wave, Chi Burst Icon Chi Burst, and Expel Harm Icon Expel Harm is returned to you as healing. This is a choice node shared with Protect and Serve Icon Protect and Serve.
One Versus Many Icon One Versus Many OvM Keg Smash Icon Keg Smash gains 35% bonus damage. In addition, any damage dealt by the ability is considered doubled for the purpose of generating Flurry Charge Icon Flurry Charges.
Whirling Steel Icon 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 Icon Predictive Training.
Predictive Training Icon 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 Icon Whirling Steel.
Against All Odds Icon Against All Odds AAO Gain 1% Agility for 6 seconds with every hit from a Flurry Strike Icon Flurry Strike. Despite stacking up to 20 times, you can only ever trigger 10 Strikes at a time.
Efficient Training Icon Efficient Training ET Energy-spending abilities (Tiger Palm Icon Tiger Palm, Keg Smash Icon Keg Smash, Spinning Crane Kick Icon Spinning Crane Kick, and Crackling Jade Lightning Icon Crackling Jade Lightning) deal 20% additional damage. In addition, every 50 Energy spent reduces the cooldown of Weapons of Order Icon Weapons of Order by 1 second. If you are talented into Press the Advantage Icon Press the Advantage, this cooldown reduction has no effect.
Vigilant Watch Icon Vigilant Watch VW Critical Strike damage from Blackout Kick Icon Blackout Kick is increased and also increases the damage of your next triggered Flurry Strikes Icon Flurry Strikes. This damage buff does not stack.
Wisdom of the Wall Icon Wisdom of the Wall WotW Every 10 Flurry Charge Icon Flurry Charges converted to Flurry Strike Icon Flurry Strikes triggers one of four buffs for the next 20 seconds:
  • Mastery: Elusive Brawler Icon Mastery: Elusive Brawler's percentage is increased by 25% of the current value.
  • Your Dodge and Critical Strike chance are each increased by 25% of your current Versatility percentage.
  • Gain 30% increased Critical Strike damage.
  • All Flurry Strike Icon Flurry Strikes deal additional AoE Shadow damage. This effect uniquely lasts for 40 seconds, rather than the default 20.
4.2.

Master of Harmony Brewmaster Talents

Ability Shorthand Description/Effect
Aspect of Harmony Icon 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 Icon Aspect of Harmony — 0-30% of maximum Health stored in vitality
  • Aspect of Harmony Icon Aspect of Harmony — 31-60% of maximum Health stored in vitality
  • Aspect of Harmony Icon Aspect of Harmony — 61-100% of maximum Health stored in vitality
Casting Celestial Brew Icon Celestial Brew converts all stored vitality into the Aspect of Harmony Icon Aspect of Harmony buff. While active, your abilities deal 25% additional damage, applied as the Aspect of Harmony Icon 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 Icon Manifestation - Chi Wave Icon Chi Wave and Chi Burst Icon Chi Burst deal 50% additional damage and healing, which also means additional vitality generated.
Purified Spirit Icon Purified Spirit PS When Aspect of Harmony Icon 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 Icon Harmonic Gambit.
Harmonic Gambit Icon Harmonic Gambit HG During Aspect of Harmony Icon Aspect of Harmony, your Expel Harm Icon Expel Harm and Vivify Icon Vivify abilities can draw from your vitality to apply a HoT effect (Aspect of Harmony Icon Aspect of Harmony) for 25% of their healing. This is a choice node with Purified Spirit Icon Purified Spirit.
Balanced Stratagem Icon Balanced Stratagem BS Casting an ability that deals Physical damage increases the damage and healing of your next Fire or Nature ability by 3%, stacking up to 5 times. Using Fire or Nature abilities will do the same to your Physical spells.
Tiger's Vigor Icon Tiger's Vigor TV Each cast of Tiger's Lust Icon Tiger's Lust reduces the cooldown of Roll Icon Roll by 5 seconds. This is a choice node shared with Roar from the Heavens Icon Roar from the Heavens.
Roar from the Heavens Icon Roar from the Heavens RftH Casts of Tiger's Lust Icon 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 Icon Tiger's Vigor.
Endless Draught Icon Endless Draught ED Celestial Brew Icon Celestial Brew gains one additional charge. When using the Black Ox Brew Icon Black Ox Brew talent, it will still only restore one charge.
Mantra of Purity Icon Mantra of Purity MoP Purifying Brew Icon Purifying Brew purifies 60% of your current Stagger Icon 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 Icon Mantra of Tenacity.
Mantra of Tenacity Icon Mantra of Tenacity MoT Casting Fortifying Brew Icon Fortifying Brew applies a "chi cocoon", absorbing 16% of your maximum Health in damage. This is a choice node shared with Mantra of Purity Icon Mantra of Purity.
Overwhelming Force Icon Overwhelming Force OF Tiger Palm Icon Tiger Palm, Blackout Kick Icon Blackout Kick, and Rising Sun Kick Icon Rising Sun Kick deal 15% additional damage as a separate damage 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 Icon Path of Resurgence PoR Triggering Chi Wave Icon Chi Wave or casting Chi Burst Icon 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 Icon Way of a Thousand Strikes.
Way of a Thousand Strikes Icon Way of a Thousand Strikes WoaTS, WTS Tiger Palm Icon Tiger Palm, Blackout Kick Icon Blackout Kick, and Rising Sun Kick Icon Rising Sun Kick generate an additional 30% vitality at all times, resulting in approximately 20% of their damage dealt being converted. This is a choice node shared with Path of Resurgence Icon Path of Resurgence.
Clarity of Purpose Icon Clarity of Purpose CoP Each cast of Purifying Brew Icon Purifying Brew immediately stores some additional vitality with the amount being increased based on your Stagger Icon Stagger level at the time; in Heavy Stagger Icon Heavy Stagger, the stored vitality is doubled.
Coalescence Icon Coalescence - Dealing damage with Aspect of Harmony Icon 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 without relying on your vitality. Enemies suffering from any Aspect of Harmony DoT receive 10% more damage from your abilities.
5.

Talented Brewmaster Abilities

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.

5.1.

Talent Tree Rows 1-4

5.1.1.

Active Abilities

Ability Shorthand Description/Effect
Soothing Mist Icon Soothing Mist SooM A channeled heal which costs 15 Energy per second. Vivify Icon Vivify becomes instant-cast while channeling this ability.
Paralysis Icon Paralysis Para Incapacitates a target for 1 minute; any damage the target receives will break the effect.
Rising Sun Kick Icon Rising Sun Kick RSK A basic ability that deals a large amount of damage to a single target; this ability is further enhanced by the Weapons of Order Icon Weapons of Order and Spirit of the Ox Icon Spirit of the Ox talents.
Tiger's Lust Icon Tiger's Lust TL Increases the target's movement speed and removes any present roots or snares; 30-second cooldown, 20-yard range.
Disable Icon 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 Icon Crashing Momentum.
Detox Icon Detox Dispel Dispels all PoisonPoison and DiseaseDisease effects from a target; 10 Energy cost, with an 8-second cooldown upon successfully dispelling an effect.
Spear Hand Strike Icon Spear Hand Strike SHS Your interrupt; it stops a cast and prevents similar spells from being cast for 4 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 Icon 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 Icon 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.
Purifying Brew Icon Purifying Brew PB Your main source of active mitigation. It Purifies 50% of the damage you are currently Stagger Icon Staggering, on a 20-second recharge that is reduced by Haste. Certain talents and abilities can further reduce the recharge rate.
Rushing Jade Wind Icon Rushing Jade Wind RJW Lasts for 9 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 Icon Special Delivery.
5.1.2.

Passive Effects

Ability Shorthand Description/Effect
Elusive Mists Icon Elusive Mists EM Reduces damage taken while channeling Soothing Mist Icon Soothing Mist.
Crashing Momentum Icon Crashing Momentum CM Roll Icon Rolling through targets temporarily snares them, with no limit on how many can be affected. This is a choice node shared with Disable Icon Disable.
Fast Feet Icon Fast Feet FF Increases the damage of Rising Sun Kick Icon Rising Sun Kick and Spinning Crane Kick Icon Spinning Crane Kick.
Grace of the Crane Icon Grace of the Crane GotC Increases all healing received.
Bounding Agility Icon Bounding Agility BA Increases the distance travelled by Roll Icon Roll and Chi Torpedo Icon Chi Torpedo by 12.5% and 7.27%, respectively.
Calming Presence Icon Calming Presence - Passive reduction to damage taken.
Wind's Reach Icon Wind's Reach - Modifies Crashing Momentum Icon Crashing Momentum and Disable Icon Disable
  • Disable Icon Disable's range is increased to 10 yards (from 5).
  • Crashing Momentum Icon Crashing Momentum's snare effect lasts 3 seconds longer and is 20% stronger, totaling 8 seconds of a 60% reduction.
Vivacious Vivification Icon Vivacious Vivification VV Allows Vivify Icon Vivify to become instant-cast once per 10 seconds. This cast still costs Energy, but the amount required is reduced by 75%, and its healing is increased by 20%.
Jade Walk Icon 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 Icon Pressure Points PP Paralysis Icon Paralysis additionally removes EnrageEnrage effects from its target. However, using the ability while this is talented will always place you into combat with the target.
Ancient Arts Icon Ancient Arts AA Reduces the cooldowns of Leg Sweep Icon Leg Sweep and Paralysis Icon Paralysis.
Shuffle Icon Shuffle - The main way to increase how much damage you can Stagger Icon Stagger as a Brewmaster. Certain abilities will provide you with Shuffle and you can extend this duration to a maximum of 15 seconds.
Staggering Strikes Icon Staggering Strikes SS Every hit of Blackout Kick Icon Blackout Kick removes an amount of Stagger Icon Staggered damage, based on your Attack Power.
Gift of the Ox Icon 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.
Spirit of the Ox Icon Spirit of the Ox SotO Provides your Blackout Kick Icon Blackout Kick and Rising Sun Kick Icon Rising Sun Kick a chance to create additional Healing Spheres that function identically to those from Gift of the Ox Icon Gift of the Ox.
Quick Sip Icon Quick Sip QS Automatically remove a small amount of Stagger Icon Staggered damage for every 3 seconds gained of the Shuffle Icon Shuffle buff.
Hit Scheme Icon Hit Scheme HS Allows Blackout Kick Icon Blackout Kick to increase the damage of Keg Smash Icon Keg Smash with each target hit.
Elixir of Determination Icon 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 Icon Stagger Purified by your most recent cast of Purifying Brew Icon Purifying Brew.
This effect has a 15-second cooldown between activations and its size can be further increased with Versatility and Celestial Fortune Icon Celestial Fortune.
Special Delivery Icon Special Delivery SD Using any ability with "brew" 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 Icon Rushing Jade Wind.
5.2.

Talent Tree Rows 5-7

5.2.1.

Active Abilities

Ability Shorthand Description/Effect
Chi Burst Icon 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 Icon Chi Wave.
Transcendence Icon Transcendence/Transcendence: Transfer Icon Transcendence: Transfer Trans Place a spirit with Transcendence Icon Transcendence, then swap positions with your spirit using Transcendence: Transfer Icon 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 Icon 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 Icon Song of Chi-Ji.
Song of Chi-Ji Icon 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 Icon Ring of Peace.
Diffuse Magic Icon Diffuse Magic DM Gain 60% damage reduction against magic damage for 6 seconds while also dispelling any active magic debuffs and applying them to their original caster, if possible. 90-second cooldown. This is a choice node shared with Yu'lon's Grace Icon Yu'lon's Grace.
Fortifying Brew Icon 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.
Dampen Harm Icon Dampen Harm DH A 2-minute defensive cooldown that reduces damage for 10 seconds, depending on how hard the hit is. All hits will be reduced by at least 20% and incoming damage exceeding 100% of your max Health will be reduced by 50%. This is a choice node shared with Dance of the Wind Icon Dance of the Wind.
Celestial Brew Icon 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. In addition, using Purifying Brew Icon Purifying Brew grants stacks of Purified Chi Icon Purified Chi; these stacks are consumed when casting Celestial Brew Icon Celestial Brew to increase its absorb by up to 200% at 10 stacks. 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.
Zen Meditation Icon Zen Meditation ZM A channeled defensive cooldown. For 8 seconds, you take 60% less damage but cannot attack. It is broken immediately upon receiving Physical damage or movement, and has a 5-minute cooldown.
Breath of Fire Icon 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 Icon Keg Smash will be afflicted with a DoT that causes them to deal 5% less damage to you for 12 seconds.
Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox Icon Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox Angry Dave While this 3-minute cooldown is active, a spirit of Niuzao will assist you for 25 seconds. During this time, he will attack your targets, frequently Stomp Icon Stomp all enemies around him, and will also take on 25% of the damage taken by your Stagger Icon Stagger DoT.
Fortifying Brew: Determination Icon Fortifying Brew: Determination FB Gain 15% increased Stagger Icon Stagger effectiveness while Fortifying Brew Icon Fortifying Brew is active; this effect can combine with Ironshell Brew Icon Ironshell Brew or Expeditious Fortification Icon Expeditious Fortification and will even teach you Fortifying Brew Icon Fortifying Brew if you have not learned it from the class tree.
Black Ox Brew Icon Black Ox Brew BoB Immediately restores all charges of Purifying Brew Icon Purifying Brew and resets the cooldown of Celestial Brew Icon Celestial Brew when used, along with regenerating all of your Energy. Note that for Master of Harmony users with Endless Draught Icon Endless Draught, this will only restore one charge of Celestial Brew. Being a Brew ability, its cooldown is also reduced by Keg Smash Icon Keg Smash and Tiger Palm Icon Tiger Palm, along with not being on the global cooldown. This is a choice node shared with Bob and Weave Icon Bob and Weave.
5.2.2.

Passive Effects

Ability Shorthand Description/Effect
Chi Wave Icon Chi Wave CW Once every 15 seconds, your Rising Sun Kick Icon Rising Sun Kick or Vivify Icon 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 Icon Chi Burst
Energy Transfer Icon Energy Transfer ET Successfully interrupting an enemy's cast with Spear Hand Strike Icon Spear Hand Strike grants 5 seconds of cooldown reduction to Paralysis Icon Paralysis and Roll Icon Roll.
Celerity Icon Celerity - Reduces the cooldown of Roll Icon Roll by 5 seconds and grants it an extra charge. This is a choice node shared with Chi Torpedo Icon Chi Torpedo.
Chi Torpedo Icon Chi Torpedo Torp Replaces Roll Icon 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 Icon Chi Torpedo.
Quick Footed Icon 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 Icon Hasty Provocation.
Hasty Provocation Icon Hasty Provocation Speedtaunt Causes any target affected by Provoke Icon Provoke to gain 50% increased movement speed for 3 seconds. This is a choice node shared with Quick Footed Icon Quick Footed.
Ferocity of Xuen Icon Ferocity of Xuen FoX Increases all damage done.
Spirit's Essence Icon Spirit's Essence SE When casting Transcendence: Transfer Icon 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 Icon Transcendence spirit ends up.
Tiger Tail Sweep Icon Tiger Tail Sweep TTS Increases the range of Leg Sweep Icon Leg Sweep.
Improved Touch of Death Icon Improved Touch of Death - Allows Touch of Death Icon 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 Icon Vigorous Expulsion VE Increases the healing and Critical Strike chance of Expel Harm Icon Expel Harm.
Yu'lon's Grace Icon 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 MagicMagic sources, and is not increased by Celestial Fortune Icon Celestial Fortune. This is a choice node shared with Diffuse Magic Icon Diffuse Magic.
Peace and Prosperity Icon Peace and Prosperity P&P Modifies Ring of Peace Icon Ring of Peace and Song of Chi-Ji Icon Song of Chi-Ji
  • Ring of Peace Icon Ring of Peace's cooldown is reduced by 5 seconds.
  • Song of Chi-Ji Icon Song of Chi-Ji's cast time is reduced by 0.5 seconds, in addition to any reductions from Haste.
Dance of the Wind Icon Dance of the Wind DotW, DoW Gain 5% additional Dodge at all times. This is a choice node shared with Dampen Harm Icon Dampen Harm.
Celestial Flames Icon Celestial Flames CFl Using any ability with "brew" in its name has a chance to increase the damage reduction of Breath of Fire Icon Breath of Fire by 5% and allow Spinning Crane Kick Icon Spinning Crane Kick to reapply the DoT/damage reduction effect.
August Blessing Icon 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
One With the Wind Icon One With the Wind OwtW Mastery: Elusive Brawler Icon Mastery: Elusive Brawler stacks have a chance to not be removed when you successfully dodge an attack.
Strike At Dawn Icon Strike At Dawn SaD Rising Sun Kick Icon Rising Sun Kick grants a stack of Mastery: Elusive Brawler Icon Mastery: Elusive Brawler when cast.
Gai Plin's Imperial Brew Icon Gai Plin's Imperial Brew GP Purifying Brew Icon Purifying Brew heals you for a portion of the Stagger Icon Staggered damage it Purified.
Tranquil Spirit Icon Tranquil Spirit TS Being healed by Healing Spheres from Gift of the Ox Icon Gift of the Ox/Spirit of the Ox Icon Spirit of the Ox or casting Expel Harm Icon Expel Harm removes a portion of your currently Stagger Icon Staggered damage.
Shadowboxing Treads Icon Shadowboxing Treads SBT Blackout Kick Icon Blackout Kick deals increased damage and can hit up to 3 targets. This is a choice node shared with Fluidity of Motion Icon Fluidity of Motion.
Fluidity of Motion Icon Fluidity of Motion FoM Blackout Kick Icon Blackout Kick deals reduced damage but has its cooldown reduced to 3 seconds, from 4. This is a choice node shared with Shadowboxing Treads Icon Shadowboxing Treads.
Scalding Brew Icon Scalding Brew SB Keg Smash Icon Keg Smash deals additional damage to targets burning from Breath of Fire Icon Breath of Fire. This is a choice node shared with Sal'salabim's Strength Icon Sal'salabim's Strength.
Sal'salabim's Strength Icon Sal'salabim's Strength Sal's, Salsa Casting Keg Smash Icon Keg Smash resets the cooldown on Breath of Fire Icon Breath of Fire. This is a choice node shared with Scalding Brew Icon Scalding Brew.
Bob and Weave Icon Bob and Weave BnW, BaW Stagger Icon Stagger's damage now ticks over 13 seconds instead of 10. This is a choice node shared with Black Ox Brew Icon Black Ox Brew.
Walk with the Ox Icon Walk with the Ox WwtO Gaining Shuffle Icon Shuffle reduces the cooldown of Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox Icon Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox. For Spinning Crane Kick Icon Spinning Crane Kick in particular, each hit of the ability triggers this effect, resulting in up to 2 seconds of cooldown reduction per cast.
Light Brewing Icon Light Brewing LB Reduces the cooldown of Purifying Brew Icon Purifying Brew and Celestial Brew Icon Celestial Brew. This is a choice node shared with Training of Niuzao Icon Training of Niuzao.
Training of Niuzao Icon Training of Niuzao ToN Gain up to 15% Mastery based on your Stagger Icon Stagger level; 5% Mastery is gained at Light Stagger Icon Light Stagger, 10% at Moderate Stagger Icon Moderate Stagger, and 15% at Heavy Stagger Icon Heavy Stagger. This is a choice node shared with Light Brewing Icon Light Brewing.
Pretense of Instability Icon Pretense of Instability PoI Temporarily gain a small amount of Dodge when using Purifying Brew Icon Purifying Brew or Celestial Brew Icon Celestial Brew.
Counterstrike Icon Counterstrike CS Dodging an attack or having an enemy miss you increases the damage of your next Tiger Palm Icon Tiger Palm or Spinning Crane Kick Icon Spinning Crane Kick. This effect has a 1-second cooldown.
5.3.

Talent Tree Rows 8-10

5.3.1.

Active Abilities

Ability Shorthand Description/Effect
Summon Black Ox Statue Icon 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 Icon Provoke to taunt all enemies around the statue.
Clash Icon Clash - Causes you and your target to charge at each other, meeting up halfway between where you both started. After you collide, all enemies within 6 yards of the impact will be rooted for 4 seconds. This ability can also be used as an extra form of interrupt against ability casts, but be warned that many enemies will often try to cast again right after being moved. Note that you must be at least 8 yards away from your target to use this ability and that it can fail to move certain enemies or yourself due to root effects or immunity to movement effects. This is a choice node shared with Rushing Reflexes Icon Rushing Reflexes.
Exploding Keg Icon Exploding Keg EK Toss a flaming keg with no target cap on a 1-minute cooldown. Every target hit will deal 99% 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.
Weapons of Order Icon Weapons of Order WoO Gain 9% Mastery for the next 30 seconds while also resetting the cooldown of Keg Smash Icon Keg Smash. In addition, targets hit by Keg Smash or will take 8% additional damage from your abilities, stacking up to four times; Rising Sun Kick Icon Rising Sun Kick will also apply this effect to all nearby enemies. This is a choice node shared with Press the Advantage Icon Press the Advantage.
5.3.2.

Passive Effects

Ability Shorthand Description/Effect
Save Them All Icon Save Them All StA Healing a target that is below 35% of their maximum Health (including yourself) triggers bonus healing for you for the next 4 seconds, with no cooldown on how often it can be triggered. Some healing effects, such as Expel Harm Icon Expel Harm, cannot trigger this bonus.
Swift Art Icon Swift Art SA Once every 30 seconds, Roll Icon Roll can be used to clear a snare effect on you. Remember, it will not remove root effects!
Strength of Spirit Icon Strength of Spirit SoS Expel Harm Icon Expel Harm heals up to 200% more based on how much Health you are missing when cast; this also applies to the healing of any Healing Spheres from Gift of the Ox Icon Gift of the Ox/Spirit of the Ox Icon Spirit of the Ox picked up by the ability. This is a choice node shared with Profound Rebuttal Icon Profound Rebuttal.
Profound Rebuttal Icon Profound Rebuttal PR Increases the Critical healing (not the Critical Strike chance)of Expel Harm Icon Expel Harm by 50%. his is a choice node shared with Strength of Spirit Icon Strength of Spirit.
Ironshell Brew Icon Ironshell Brew ISB Increases the additional Health and damage reduction of Fortifying Brew Icon Fortifying Brew by an extra 10%. This is a choice node shared with Expeditious Fortification Icon Expeditious Fortification.
Expeditious Fortification Icon Expeditious Fortification - Reduces the cooldown of Fortifying Brew Icon Fortifying Brew to 4 minutes, from 6. This is a choice node shared with Ironshell Brew Icon Ironshell Brew.
Celestial Determination Icon Celestial Determination CD While Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox Icon Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox is active, your movement speed cannot be reduced below 90% of the normal amount. This applies to both the talented version and any copies spawned from Call to Arms Icon Call to Arms.
Chi Proficiency Icon 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 Icon Celestial Fortune healing.
Healing Winds Icon Healing Winds HW Heal for a portion of your maximum Health with every cast of Transcendence: Transfer Icon Transcendence: Transfer. This heal cannot crit, but it can trigger Celestial Fortune Icon Celestial Fortune.
Windwalking Icon 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.
Bounce Back Icon Bounce Back BB Receiving significant damage from one hit gives you additional damage reduction for 4 seconds; this reduction does not apply to the hit that triggered it, and there is a 30-second cooldown between activations.
Martial Instincts Icon Martial Instincts MI Increases your Physical damage dealt and reduces damage taken from AoE attacks.
Lighter Than Air Icon Lighter Than Air LtA Increases the cooldown of Roll Icon 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 Icon Flow of Chi FoC Gain one out of three unique buffs based on your current health percentage:
  • Flow of Chi Icon Flow of Chi — Above 90% health — Gain 5% increased movement speed, stacking with other increases such as Windwalking Icon Windwalking and Jade Walk Icon Jade Walk.
  • Flow of Chi Icon Flow of Chi — 35-90% health — Damage taken is reduced by 5%.
  • Flow of Chi Icon Flow of Chi — Below 35% health — Gain 10% additional healing received from all sources.
Escape from Reality Icon Escape from Reality EfR Transcendence: Transfer Icon 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 Icon Transcendence: Linked Spirits.
Transcendence: Linked Spirits Icon Transcendence: Linked Spirits TLS Transcendence Icon Transcendence must now be cast on an ally within 40 yards, allowing you to teleport to their location with Transcendence: Transfer Icon Transcendence: Transfer. The 40-yard range on this ability still applies when teleporting. This is a choice node shared with Escape from Reality Icon Escape from Reality.
Fatal Touch Icon Fatal Touch FT Reduces the cooldown of Touch of Death Icon Touch of Death and additionally causes it to grant 5% bonus damage to your abilities for 30 seconds after casting the ability.
Rushing Reflexes Icon Rushing Reflexes RR After each cast of Roll Icon 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 Icon Clash.
Dragonfire Brew Icon Dragonfire Brew DfB Breath of Fire Icon Breath of Fire deals bonus damage based on your Stagger Icon Stagger level when casting it, along with breathing two additional times. This is a choice node shared with Charred Passions Icon Charred Passions.
Charred Passions Icon Charred Passions ChP, Chips Casting Breath of Fire Icon Breath of Fire causes Blackout Kick Icon Blackout Kick and Spinning Crane Kick Icon 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 Icon Dragonfire Brew.
High Tolerance Icon High Tolerance HT Stagger Icon Stagger can absorb more damage and gives you bonus Haste-based on your current level of Stagger.
Improved Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox Icon Improved Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox Angry Dave Rank 2 Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox Icon Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox's Stomp Icon Stomp ability deals increased damage based on your Stagger Icon Stagger level when you last cast Purifying Brew Icon Purifying Brew, in a similar manner to Purified Chi Icon Purified Chi.
Elusive Footwork Icon Elusive Footwork EF Blackout Kick Icon Blackout Kick deals additional damage and grants an extra stack of Mastery: Elusive Brawler Icon Mastery: Elusive Brawler when critically striking.
Anvil & Stave Icon 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.
Face Palm Icon Face Palm FP Tiger Palm Icon Tiger Palm has a chance to deal bonus damage and further reduce the cooldown of your "brew" abilities.
Ox Stance Icon Ox Stance - Casting Purifying Brew Icon Purifying Brew generates charges of Ox Stance Icon Ox Stance based on your level of Stagger Icon Stagger at the time, up to a total of 3 stacks in Heavy Stagger Icon Heavy Stagger. 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%.
Stormstout's Last Keg Icon Stormstout's Last Keg SSLK Keg Smash Icon Keg Smash gains a second charge and deals bonus damage.
Blackout Combo Icon Blackout Combo BoC Casting Blackout Kick Icon Blackout Kick empowers your next use of many Brewmaster abilities:
  • Tiger Palm Icon Tiger Palm deals 100% increased damage.
  • Breath of Fire Icon Breath of Fire deals 50% more damage and grants 10% damage reduction rather than 5%.
  • Keg Smash Icon Keg Smash grants 5 seconds of cooldown reduction to "brew" abilities rather than 3.
  • Purifying Brew Icon Purifying Brew pauses DoT damage taken from Stagger Icon Stagger for 3 seconds.
  • Celestial Brew Icon Celestial Brew instantly grants you 3 stacks of Purified Chi Icon Purified Chi, which are applied to that cast, up to its normal cap of 10 stacks.
Press the Advantage Icon Press the Advantage PtA You no longer can cast Tiger Palm Icon Tiger Palm. Instead, your mainhand auto attacks deal additional damage, provide a small amount of Brew cooldown reduction, and grant you a stacking damage buff. Upon reaching 10 stacks, your next Keg Smash Icon Keg Smash or Rising Sun Kick Icon Rising Sun Kick will be cast twice. Talents that interact with Tiger Palm will also apply to these bonus casts. This is a choice node shared with Weapons of Order Icon Weapons of Order.
Black Ox Adept Icon Black Ox Adept BOA Rising Sun Kick Icon Rising Sun Kick grants one charge of Ox Stance Icon Ox Stance with each cast.
Heightened Guard Icon Heightened Guard HG Ox Stance Icon Ox Stance charges trigger from hits that are larger than 40% of your current health, rather than 60%.
Call to Arms Icon Call to Arms CtA Casting Weapons of Order Icon Weapons of Order triggers an activation of Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox Icon Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox for 12 seconds. With Press the Advantage Icon Press the Advantage, your bonus casts of Keg Smash Icon Keg Smash or Rising Sun Kick Icon Rising Sun Kick have a chance to trigger this effect.
Chi Surge Icon Chi Surge - Casting Weapons of Order Icon Weapons of Order deals additional damage over time to nearby enemies. Weapons of Order also gain cooldown reduction based on the number of enemies hit, up to 20 seconds with 5+ targets. With Press the Advantage Icon Press the Advantage, your bonus casts of Keg Smash Icon Keg Smash or Rising Sun Kick Icon Rising Sun Kick will trigger this effect at 50% effectiveness.
6.

Further Reading

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.

7.

Changelog

  • 09 Sep. 2024: Updated for The War Within Season 1.
  • 21 Aug. 2024: Added Hero Talents for The War Within launch.
  • 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.
  • 10 Nov. 2023: Added additional clarification for certain abilities; standardized terminology across effects.
  • 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
  • 04 Sep. 2023: Added Zen Pilgrimage for comprehensive purposes.
  • 10 Jul. 2023: Added new Yu'lon's Grace, Dance of the Wind, and Press the Advantage talents.
  • 02 Jun. 2023: Updated Bountiful Brew and Weapons of Order descriptions based on recent hotfixes.
  • 01 May 2023: Added new Song of Chi-Ji talent.
  • 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 24 Jan. 2022: Added the new Spirit of the Ox Talent, along with other adjustments as part of Patch 10.0.5.
  • 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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