Mistweaver Monk Frequently Asked Questions — Dragonflight 10.2.5

Last updated on Jan 15, 2024 at 15:00 by Dhaubbs 36 comments
General Information

On this page, we go over several of the most frequently asked questions regarding Mistweaver Monk in World of Warcraft — Dragonflight 10.2.5. This will be updated as more common repeated questions surface over the course of the expansion.

1.

If I am Tank Healing, Does That Mean I Do Not Raid Heal?

Regardless of what talent build you choose to play, the bread and butter of Mistweaver healing is still Essence Font Icon Essence Font. It is one of our most powerful and efficient spells, and neglecting it will result in a huge loss of throughput.

2.

How Much Should I Play into Lifecycles?

You should not worry too much about following Lifecycles Icon Lifecycles. Of course taking the Mana reduction where you can get it is nice, but you also need to keep in mind the efficiency of the spells in question. Enveloping Mist Icon Enveloping Mist has much of its power budget locked into its bonus healing buff. As such, on its own it is easily our least efficient heal. In order to get value out of it, it requires follow-up sources of healing to take advantage of the 30-40% buff it applies.

What this means is that you should avoid simply cycling back and forth between the two spells if you have no intention of getting value out of the bonus healing buff.

3.

How Much Haste Should Mistweaver Monk Use and do They Have Stat Caps?

Generally, stat caps will not be a major concern until closer to the end of an expansion. The new diminishing returns on stats only kick in once you reach 30% worth of rating, which is not the easiest thing to do. That being said, stats gain or lose value based on their relation to each other. For example, imagine you have 5000 Intellect, and the choice between two hypothetical trinkets: one gives 10% Critical Strike, the other gives 750 Intellect. On average, the Crit trinket would increase your throughput by 10%, whereas the Intellect trinket would increase it by 15%; however, after a few weeks pass, you will gain better gear and now you have 8000 Intellect (excluding the trinket). Now, that same 750 Intellect trinket only provides a ~9.3% throughput increase, as opposed to the 10% of the Crit trinket.

Haste, specifically, is somewhat different. Haste increases cast speed, as well as the rate at which HoT and DoT spells tick. There used to be break points for HoTs, in which it would tick quickly enough to gain an additional tick. Thankfully, Blizzard deemed this to be a pretty negative gearing experience, because any haste rating that you had that did not reach a break point was essentially wasted stats. Instead, now all HoTs and DoTs gain an additional tick at the end which is equal to the amount that would have been healed in the time remaining. So, if Renewing Mist Icon Renewing Mist falls off when it was 50% of the way to the next tick, then it will heal one last time for 50% of the normal amount.

Finally, as for casting breakpoints, there technically are still some breakpoints you could reach, such as fitting extra casts inside of Mana Tea Icon Mana Tea, or Enveloping Mist Icon Enveloping Mist windows. However, the gain that these niche situations would net you is often less than what you would lose for gaining other stats.

4.

Which Race is Best for Mistweaver Monk?

Right off the bat, the difference between the very best and worse race is roughly 1%, so you do not need to feel compelled to play an "optimal" race.

Currently, Pandaren are the strongest race, due to them gaining a double food buff. However, this is tremendously punishing if you die, and it only about 1% stronger than the next 6 races. To be clear, Pandaren is about 1% stronger than having no racial at all, where as the next 6 races are about 0.99% stronger than having no racial.

Ultimately, the best option when choosing a race (outside of personal preference or aesthetic choices) would be to pick the best racial utility. For example, Night Elves and Blood Elves are both very strong in Mythic+ Dungeons, the former being able to skip trash packs with Shadowmeld Icon Shadowmeld and the latter being able to purge enemy buffs with Arcane Torrent Icon Arcane Torrent.

5.

Changelog

  • 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.
  • 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
  • 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
  • 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
  • 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
  • 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
  • 28 Nov. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight launch.
  • 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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