Mistweaver Monk Healing Guide — The War Within Pre-Patch

Monk's Class Tree has had a complete rework, with new pathing for nearly every talent and a bunch of new talents altogether. I have edited this extensive list for brevity so that you get the most relevant changes. The full, exhaustive list of changes can be found on the Class Changes page, which is linked further below.

• New Talent: Elusive Mists — Reduces all damage you and your Soothing Mist target receive by 6%.
• New Talent: Crashing Momentum — causes target you roll through to be snared by 40% for 5 sec.
• New Talent: Bounding Agility — Increases the distance travelled by Roll and Chi Torpedo by a short amount.
• New Talent: Wind's Reach — Increases the range of Disable and increases the duration and movement speed reduction of Crashing Momentum
• New Talent: Jade Walk — Increases your out of combat movement speed by 15%.
• New Talent: Pressure Points — Causes Paralysis to remove all enrage effects from the target.
• New Talent: Ancient Arts — Reduces the cooldown of Paralysis by 8 sec and Leg Sweep by 5 sec.
• New Talent: Energy Transfer — Successfully interrupting an enemy using Spear Hand Strike reduces the cooldown of Paralysis and Roll by 5 sec.
• New Talent: Quick Footed — Reduces the duration of snares by 20%.
• New Talent: Spirit's Essence — Transcendence: Transfer now slows all enemies within 10 yards by 70% for 4 sec.
• New Talent: Peace and Prosperity — Reduces the cooldown of Ring of Peace by 5 sec, and the cast time of Song of Chi-Ji by 0.5 sec.
• New Talent: Swift Art — Roll removes 1 snare every 30 seconds.
• New Talent: Celestial Determination — While your Celestial is active, you cannot be slowed below 90% of your normal movement speed.
• New Talent: Chi Proficiency — increases magic damage by 2% and healing done by 2%.
• New Talent: Healing Winds — Transcendence: Transfer heals you for 10% of your Health.
• New Talent: Martial Instincts — Increases physical damage done by 2% and increases Avoidance by 2%.
• New Talent: Lighter Than Air — Allows you to double jump to dash forward a short distance after casting Roll
• New Talent: Flow of Chi — Grants you a buff depending on the state of your health bar; 5% movement speed above 90% Health, 5% damage reduction from 90%-35% health, and 10% increased healing received below 35% health.
• New Talent: Transcendence: Linked Spirits — Causes your Transcendence to be cast on a player instead of a location.
• New Talent: Rushing Reflexes — Causes you to dash to the nearest target in front of you within 10 yards after you Roll.
• Vivacious Vivification now also increases the healing of your instant Vivify by 20%
• Fatal Touch now also increases your damage by 5% for 30 sec.
• The following talents have been removed:
  • Improved Vivify
  • Close to Heart
  • Generous Pour
  • Summon Black Ox Statue
  • Summon White Tiger Statue
  • Resonant Fists
  • Eye of the Tiger
  • Dampen Harm

The Mistweaver tree also saw some very important changes, however, they are not as extensive as what was done to the Class tree.

• New Talent: Crane Style — Rising Sun Kick will now proc our Mastery on 2 random allies within 40 yards, and Spinning Crane Kick and Blackout Kick have a chance to proc our Mastery on 1 random ally.
• Rework: Zen Pulse — Now causes Renewing Mist heals to have a chance to grant you a buff that will cause your next Vivify to also trigger a Zen Pulse on all targets with Renewing Mist, healing them for a moderate amount.
• New Talent: Deep Clarity — Will now cause Zen Pulse to trigger on your next Vivify cast after Thunder Focus Tea is fully consumed.
• New Talent: Lotus Infusion — Increases the duration of your Renewing Mist by 2 sec and allies buffed by Renewing Mist will take 8% more healing from you.
• New Talent: Chi Harmony — Causes Renewing Mist to increase healing done to the target by 50% for the first 8 seconds of its duration and it will be unable to jump to a new target during this time.
• New Talent: Pool of Mists — Gives Renewing Mist 3 charges and will causes Renewing Mist casts to reduce the cooldown of Rising Sun Kick by 1 sec. Also causes Rising Sun Kick to the reduce the remaining cooldown of Renewing Mist by 1 sec.
• Yu'lon's Whisper now causes you heal up to 5 allies in a cone 15 yards in front of you every 0.5 while channelling Mana Tea.
• The following talents have been removed:
  • Essence Font
  • Upwelling
  • Font of Life
  • Clouded Focus