Mistweaver Monk Healing Guide — Dragonflight 10.1

The Mistweaver specialization is versatile, and different talent choices can allow it to fit the requirements of a raid very well. Mistweavers can, therefore, heal both tanks and the raid very well.

Based on talent choices, Mistweavers can be either unparalleled tank healers with strong area of effect throughput, or damage dealing mobile raid healers.

Strengths

• Extremely powerful single-target healing.
• Is able to deal damage while healing.
• Hyper mobile thanks to Chi Torpedo / Roll, Tiger's Lust, and Transcendence.
• Very tanky due to a plethora of personal damage reduction cooldowns.
• Able to cast a large amount of healing spells while moving.
• Strong crowd control options by way of Paralysis, Leg Sweep, and Ring of Peace.
• Able to apply the 5% Physical damage debuff, Mystic Touch to enemies.

Weaknesses

• Mana management can be difficult for newer players to pick up.
• Historically bad scaling as an expansion progresses.
• Does not offer a damage reduction cooldown to the raid.

Mistweavers got quite a few changes this patch, and I'll provide a quick summary of the notable ones: Vivify had its primary healing increased and its cleave healing decreased in order to make it a more powerful spot healing option. Ancient Teachings now heals up to 5 friendly players, split evenly among them. This change is meant to make the healing more reliable such that a Rising Sun Kick healing a person at 99% health instead of the person at 20% does not feel as punishing. Lastly, a few undesirable talents were pruned, and some numbers were tweaked.

For a full breakdown of all Class Changes in Patch 10.1, check out our dedicated page below.

Though we did receive a bunch of changes in 10.1, not many of them impact how you play very much; they are mostly tuning and quality of life updates. That is, however until you complete your new tier set, as the bonus it provides could drastically alter how you play, as well as give rise to new builds. As such, the pages with the largest changes will be our Rotation, Gear, and Talent guides.

Boss tips for the upcoming 10.1 raid Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible will not be fully complete until after the raid releases.

At first glance, Mistweaver looks largely unchanged in Dragonflight, with the new talent system appearing to just give us back our abilities and Shadowlands perks in the form of talents. However, in truth, the new talent system opens up a breadth of opportunity to mix and match abilities and powers that we have never been able to use simultaneously before. So while the fundamentals may look the same, there is now a level of granularity with how you can tailor your character to the specific task at hand.

If you are interested in playing a Mistweaver, but are not yet at max level, consider taking a look at our leveling guide!

Before you start leveling you should consider setting up your addons, to allow yourself some time to become familiar with them. It can be sort of overwhelming to try and set everything up all at once after reaching max level, and once you have already built up some muscle memory. Feel free to browse our recommended addons page linked below.

Like all healers, a Mistweaver needs to have a solid understanding of their spells so that they know which one to use in any given context. Unlike DPS, who can follow a rotation or priority queue, Healers are much more contextual.

Your aim needs to be maximizing efficient casts, to squeeze the most healing out of your Mana bar. Essence Font is an incredibly efficient spell, and also procs your Ancient Teachings which allows you to heal by dealing damage. Your damaging abilities will also extend the duration of your healing over time spells, such as Renewing Mist, which in turn increases the power of your Vivify spell, leading to moments of powerful burst group healing.

If you are a total beginner you should check out the Spell Summary and Easy Mode pages linked below.

However, if you are familiar with Mistweaver Monks, or just need to get a quick build in a hurry, then feel free to head straight to our Talents and Rotation pages.

Gearing can seem a little daunting at first, but there are certain stats that provide more benefit to Mistweaver than others. However, once you get an idea of the value of these stats, then you can begin to intuit which pieces are likely better than others. You can find out how our stats affect our characters as well as a list of Best in Slot gear from the current raid tier in the links below.

In that same vein you will need to enchant your gear, as well as select consumables such as food and phials. For simple stat buffs it can be pretty easy to just follow your stat priority, but for more complicated effects like weapon enchants, be sure to check out our Enchants and Gems pages.

Once you have reached the end-game, your goals will shift significantly. Below are some handy guides centered around the late game avenues of progression that WoW has to offer, from raiding, to dungeons, to PvP.

While it might seem as though the goal of a healer is to keep people alive through healing, your goal is actually no different than any other role: to kill bosses, and clear content. Most of the time that means you will be healing, however, when there is little to no healing required, then you ought to be spending your time dealing damage. Being able to consistently deal high damage while also keeping the raid healthy is the mark of a great healer.

If you are finding your performance to be lacking a bit, it then you should check out our guide linked below that goes over common mistakes, as well as external tools that judge your performance and show you specifically where you need to improve.