Mistweaver Monk Healing Gear and Best in Slot — Shadowlands 9.2

Because of the diverse nature of gear, and the variability of item level due to things like the weekly cache, a true "best in slot" list is slippery. You should always be equipping items that will gain net you the greatest benefit based on your stat weights. To acquire said weights, use WoW Analyzer. More on that can be found below.

To find out how to best augment your gear with enchants and gems, and also how to optimize your characters with consumables, check out our Gem, Enchant, and Consumable page below.

Upon reaching Level 60, you have 3 main options to start gearing your character: Dungeons and Raids, PvP such as Arena or Battlegrounds, and world quests. We recommend quickly checking the world quest map to find any items to replace your lowest pieces, with the aim of raising your item level enough to get invited to dungeon groups.

Once you are able to get invited to Mythic dungeons, be sure to complete each one during your first week, then look to see if you can find groups for your preferred style of play, be that Mythic+ or Rated PvP.

Patch 9.0.5 has reintroduced the Valor Point system, allowing players to upgrade any gear they get from Mythic+ Dungeons up to a maximum of item level 272, making dungeon gear more relevant with respect to raid gear.

Slot	Item	Location
Helm	Hood of Refracted Shadows	Halkias (Halls of Atonement)
Neck	Azure-Venom Choker	Azules (Spires of Ascension)
Shoulders	Far Traveler's Shoulderpads	Dealer Xy'exa (De Other Side)
Cloak	Cloak of Enveloping Manifestations	Executor Tarvold (Sanguine Depths)
Chest	Anima-Splattered Hide	Kryxis the Voracious (Sanguine Depths)
Bracers	Bands of the Undergrowth	Tred'ova (Mists of Tirna Scithe)
Gloves	Gloves of Obscure Rituals	Margrave Stradana (Plaguefall)
Belt	Girdle of Shattered Dreams	Kul'tharok (Theater of Pain)
Legs	Fearless Challenger's Leggings	Xav the Unfallen (Theater of Pain)
Boots	Viscera-Stitched Footpads	Blightbone (The Necrotic Wake)
Ring 1	Ritual Commander's Ring	Nalthor the Rimebinder (The Necrotic Wake)
Ring 2	Entwined Gorger Tendril	Kryxis the Voracious (Sanguine Depths)
Trinket 1	Soulletting Ruby	Kul'tharok (Theater of Pain)
Trinket 2	Unbound Changeling	Ingra Maloch (Mists of Tirna Scithe)
Weapon 1h	Amarth's Spellblade	Amarth (The Necrotic Wake)
Weapon off-hand	Nathrian Tabernacle	High Adjudicator Aleez (Halls of Atonement)
Weapon 2h	Lakali's Spire of Knowledge	Tred'ova (Mists of Tirna Scithe)

Slot	Item	Location
Helm	Crown of the Grand Upwelling	Anduin Wrynn
Neck	Worldkiller Iris	The Jailer
Shoulders	Tassets of the Grand Upwelling	Lords of Dread
Cloak	Drape of Mournful Melodies	Dausegne, the Fallen Oracle
Chest	Cuirass of the Grand Upwelling	Rygelon
Bracers	Devourer's Sandblown Hidebinders	Skolex, the Insatiable Ravener
Gloves	Grasps of Abducted Fate	Lords of Dread
Belt	Runecarver's Twisted Ward	The Jailer
Legs	Legguards of the Grand Upwelling	Halondrus the Reclaimer
Boots	Moccasins of Dreadful Absolution	Prototype Pantheon
Ring 1	Loquacious Keeper's Peridot	Lihuvim, Principal Architect
Ring 2	Modified Defense Grid	Vigilant Guardian
Trinket	Elegy of the Eternals	Prototype Pantheon
Trinket	Grim Eclipse	Rygelon
Weapon	Pursuit of Victory	Prototype Pantheon

Patch 9.2 saw the reintroduction of Tier Sets, giving players new and exciting bonuses upon acquiring pieces. The bonuses for Mistweavers are as follows:

• Mistweaver Monk 2-Piece — Essence Font's residual healing effect is increased by 5% and lasts an additional 2 seconds.
• Mistweaver Monk 4-Piece — Drinking Thunder Focus Tea summons a Progenitor Rune of Healing, increasing all healing dealt while inside its bounds by 450.

The 2-set is a fairly small passive bonus to our HPS, however the 4-set represents a significant throughput increase when paired with our high healing event spells like Refreshing Jade Wind or Essence Font. It is important to note that this set bonus affects basically all monk-related healing events, (except for Ancient Teachings of the Monastery). Both these bonuses do not change the way we play very drastically, just be mindful to try and fit as many healing events into each Progenitor Rune window as possible, while not overhealing.

In terms of itemization, the gloves are the weakest piece, as all the other pieces have Crit, most of which also have Versatility. This works out pretty well for Mistweavers, since we are most likely going to be using Ancient Teachings of the Monastery on the gloves for that slot anyway.

These tier pieces will be available from Raid as usual, however, you can also attain them from your Great Vault, as well as through a new system called the Creation Catalyst, which will allow you to transform a piece of non-tier Season 3 gear into a tier piece.

Domination Shards only work inside Sanctum of Domination, Torghast, The Maw, and Korthia. As such, they are largely irrelevant in Patch 9.2, and should not be prioritized.

When crafting your first Legendary, unless you prefer one of the other ones, Tear of Morning is the best all-around pick. It has very powerful single target and AoE throughput, and functions excellently in Raid, Mythic+ and solo content. That being said, Ancient Teachings of the Monastery is also an incredibly powerful Legendary, and will see a lot more use in raids. Both powers are important to have; however, if you are looking for a more interesting playstyle, crafting Ancient Teachings is also a stellar pick.

For a more in depth look at why these two choices are the case, as well as to check out the other options available to Mistweavers, visit our Legendaries and Runecarving Guides below.