Mistweaver Monk Healing Easy Mode — Dragonflight 10.2
On this page, we explain how to easily play Mistweaver Monk in World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2, using the simplest rotation, talent tree, stat priority, gear setup, etc., without sacrificing performance.
Foreword
This page is intended for players who are new to the game or class, have no intentions of raiding Mythic difficulty, or simply want a more straightforward way to play their specialization without being overwhelmed by the numerous subtleties and active abilities that need to be taken into consideration for optimal play.
The Basics of Mistweaver Monks
Mistweaver Monks are versatile healers that can cover both the single target and AoE healing roles. Mistweavers are peculiar in that they can also heal by dealing damage (fistweaving). This page only focuses on the traditional healing style, as fistweaving is more advanced (and we do not feel that the added complexity warrants the effort for new players).
If you are totally new to Mistweaver, then we strongly recommend taking a look at our spell summaries to get an understanding of how your spells interact.
Talent Choice for Beginner Mistweaver Monks
These talents listed are selected due to ease of use and are not necessarily the "correct" choice for optimal play. The reason for this is that even though they might not produce the highest throughput as opposed to other talents, if you select the more optimal talents, then use them incorrectly, then your throughput will be lower comparatively.
This build leans into the playstyle of staying out of the fray and focusing on healing. You may notice that it still takes fistweaving talents, but it will still function perfectly well without you ever making use of them while still giving you a chance to test them out and practice if the opportunity arises. Also, this is just a guideline - these talent systems are meant to be tinkered with, so customize it to your liking.
If you are looking for the optimal talent builds, then you can find a more in-depth examination of the available talents in the link below. It is highly recommended that once you feel confident and comfortable playing Mistweaver, that you "graduate" this build onto the more optimal ones. They take a little more effort but are very rewarding and fun to play.
Stat Choice for Mistweaver Monks
Currently, you will want to prioritize stats as follows:
Raids
- Intellect;
- Haste;
- Critical Strike;
- Mastery;
- Versatility.
Dungeons
- Intellect;
- Haste;
- Mastery;
- Versatility.
- Critical Strike;
While these priority lists are a good rule of thumb, you should not be valuing them over item level. Generally, any piece that is 10-15 item level above another will be an upgrade, regardless if it does not have optimal stats. The exception here is in the case of rings and items with tertiary stats like leech. For a more detailed explanation, check out our stats page.
Basic Playstyle for Beginner Mistweaver Monks
Single Target Healing
The list below goes over the tasks you should perform when healing a single target (such as a tank). This is not a priority list, and you will have to adapt your spell usage to the situation.
- Keep
Renewing Mist on cooldown as much as possible while in combat.
- Use
Soothing Mist on targets that will take constant damage.
- Use
Vivify on targets who need healing.
- Use
Enveloping Mist if your target is going to take heavy damage over 6 or 7 seconds.
Raid Healing
If you are healing raid damage, you will tailor your use of spells to how many targets are taking damage (and not to how much damage there is).
To begin with, you should use Renewing Mist on cooldown.
If there are 3-4+ raid members taking damage, you should use Vivify
to top them off; however, only do so if they are in danger of dying, as Vivify
is not the most efficient spell in our toolkit.
When 6+ raid members are taking damage, you should use Essence Font
(as often as the amount of damage requires). The minimum number of targets for
Essence Font to be efficient is 6. However, you should aim for closer to a
minimum of 10.
For a more in-depth look at our rotation, check out our Rotation Guide.
Mistweaver Monk Cooldown Usage
As a Mistweaver Monk, you have a number of cooldowns in your arsenal, which you must use in tandem with your regular rotation.
Thunder Focus Tea should be used as many times as possible during the encounter. You should normally use this spell either with
Vivify to save Mana or with
Renewing Mist for higher average Vivify targets.
Life Cocoon should be used on the tank or another target who is about to sustain a large amount of damage. You should time this in such a way that its effect coincides with dangerous encounter abilities.
Revival is a raid-wide heal, and it could be considered a raid cooldown, in which case your raid leader may ask you to use it at a specific time. Otherwise, just use it when the raid is dangerously low or when you want to dispel the entire raid.
Invoke Chi-Ji, the Red Crane should be used as often as you can, as it is one of our stronger cooldowns, as well as giving you a 25-second window in which you are spending no Mana, and instead just regening. Aim to DPS and get your Crane stacks to 3 before casting your instant
Enveloping Mist.
Invoke Yu'lon, the Jade Serpent if not talented in Chi-Ji, then Yu'lon should be used in all the places where you would have used Chi-Ji. During Yu'lon, you will need to weave in casts of
Enveloping Mist in order to trigger your
Enveloping Breath passive.
Changelog
- 06 Nov. 2023: Adjusted Talent selection to reflect the 10.2 changes.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Adjusted Talent selection to reflect the 10.1.7 changes
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 01 May 2023: Changed the talent recommendations for Patch 10.1
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Updated Talent tree to reflect the 10.0.5 rework.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated Stat priorities.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Dhaubbs a Mistweaver Monk theorycrafter, and moderator on the Monk Discord Peak of Serenity. He raids in Big Dumb Guild on Illidan-US, where he also produces encounter videos. You can follow him on Twitter, Twitch, and/or YouTube.
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