Mistweaver Monk Healing Gear and Best in Slot — Shadowlands 9.1

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 220, 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	Cowl of Haunting Precognition	Fatescribe Roh-Kalo
Neck	Weathered Talisman of the Shadowmoon	Remnant of Ner'zhul
Shoulders	Spaulders of the Crooked Confidant	Kel'Thuzad
Cloak	Cloak of Scarred Honor	Soulrender Dormazain
Chest	Witherheart Studded Breastplate	Sylvanas Windrunner
Bracers	Clasps of the Unfortunate Troubadour	The Tarragrue
Gloves	Loyal Kvaldir's Handwraps	The Eye of the Jailer
Belt	Windrunner's Baldric	Sylvanas Windrunner
Legs	Elite Aranakk Breeches	Kel'Thuzad
Boots	Unstable Energizer Boots	Guardian of the First Ones
Ring 1	Tarnished Insignia of Quel'Thalas	Sylvanas Windrunner
Ring 2	Miniature Breaking Wheel	Painsmith Raznal
Trinket	Titanic Ocular Gland	The Eye of the Jailer
Trinket	Carved Ivory Keepsake	Fatescribe Roh-Kalo
Weapon	Maledict Opus	Kel'Thuzad

Patch 9.1 has introduced unique sockets specifically on the raid gear from Sanctum of Domination. These sockets will hold the new raid-specific gems, called Shards of Domination. There are 9 different gems in total, divided into 3 types: Blood, Frost, and Unholy, and each provide their own unique effect. You can equip a total of 5 gems, though each of the gems are Unique-equipped, so you will not be able to stack your favorite. On top of all that, equipping all 3 gems of one type, as well as a specific raid piece, will unlock a "set bonus" for the gems.

For Mistweaver Monks, we will be aiming to use the Unholy set bonus, with 2 Frost gems in the off pieces. Sadly, the Unholy gems on their own are somewhat lackluster, however the set bonus, Chaos Bane, is such a strong stat boost that it more than makes up for it. The following are the Shards of Domination you will be aiming to equip.

1. Unholy gems
   • Shard of Zed
   • Shard of Dyz
   • Shard of Oth
2. Off-piece gems
   • Shard of Kyr
   • Shard of Tel

If you would like to know more about the remaining Domination Shards' effects, their set bonuses, or how to upgrade their effects into even more potent forms, please see our official guide detailing everything about this new system of Patch 9.1:

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