Mistweaver Monk Healing Mythic+ Tips — Dragonflight 10.0.7

If you are unfamiliar with Mythic+ and its associated general mechanics, you can read more about it on our Dragonflight Mythic+ page below.

Dragonflight Season 1 introduces the Thundering affix. This will periodically spawn many dodgeable lightning strikes all at once, as well as marking everyone in the group with one of two debuffs. While debuffed, players will deal 30% additional damage and healing, however if this is not removed within 15 seconds, the players will take very high Nature damage, as well as a stun. To remove the debuff, players will simply need to stand on top of a party member who has the opposite debuff.

For a more in-depth look at this affix or any other, check out our affix guide linked below.

Generally, the following talents are ideal, however you should adjust your build to meet the requirements of your group and the dungeon. You can directly import the talent tree below into the game with the following string:

These talents are most suited for Mythic+, but there is wiggle room depending on the dungeon / key level that you are doing. For example, if you know you are going to take extremely heavy damage, it can be a good idea to take a point out of Resonant Fists to put into Bounce Back or even Fortifying Brew. Check out our Talent page for a more in-depth analysis of our available talents.

The priority of your spell casts does not change in Mythic+. If you follow the guidelines laid out in the Rotation page linked below, you will still be casting optimally. All this means is you will generally not be casting Essence Font because there are not enough targets to make it worthwhile. However, there are exceptions to this, namely if you need to heal and move at the same time, or if you need to exploit the double Mastery procs from the Essence Font HoT to counter extreme group damage.

If you need the extra Mastery procs, it is best to cast Essence Font, then immediately cancel it by casting Vivify. The entire group will get an Essence Font buff within the first 0.8 seconds so you do not need to worry about finishing the channel. Of course, if you think you can get away with finishing the channel without someone dying, then you should do that just to increase Mana efficiency.

It is also good to get your Essence Font HoT on our group before using Invoke Chi-Ji, the Red Crane if you know a period of extreme group damage is about to happen.

However, these are niche scenarios, as Faeline Stomp will generally cover a good amount of your group with the HoT from Essence Font, as well as triggering your Ancient Teachings.

Mistweavers bring a very diverse set of tools when to support a group during a dungeon. Multiple types of Crowd Control, diverse dispels that cover the most frequent debuff types, and a group wide physical damage increase just to name a few.

• Leg Sweep stuns all enemies within 6 yards for 3 seconds. AoE stuns are incredibly powerful in Mythic+, as they can be used to interrupt large groups of enemies while they are performing dangerous abilities.
• Detox removes all Poison, Disease, and Magic effects from the target. Poison and Disease effects are easily the most common debuff types found in Mythic+ that not all healers can remove. Monks being able to remove both of them makes us much more desirable for dungeons that have these dangerous effects.
• Ring of Peace creates an area with a 10-yard diameter for 5 seconds that knocks all enemies out of it, and prevents them from coming back in. Against mobs that can be knocked back, this move is powerful for all the same reasons as Leg Sweep, however it has other applications as well. This ability does not engage combat, so you are able to bump patrolling packs of mobs away from your group, so they do not engage you at an inopportune time. Equally, it can be used to split dangerous mobs out of the current pack. The control that this one ability gives you over enemy mobs cannot be understated.
• Paralysis incapacitates an enemy for 60 seconds, rendering them unable to move or attack. Any damage done to the mob will remove this effect. Unlike some other forms of crowd control that are restricted by mob types, Paralysis works on any type of creature in the game. If the target can be crowd controlled, Paralysis will work on them. Unlike Polymorph for example, if you walk within aggro range of a mob controlled by Paralysis, they will aggro to you, and will put you in combat. If you want to use Paralysis in order to skip trash, then you can try to pair it with Ring of Peace in order to knock them further away from the group, after you have Paralyzed them. The Paralysis will prevent them from walking back to their original location, so they will remain wherever they land until the effect wears off.
• Mystic Touch is applied to any enemy that you deal damage to and increases the physical damage they take by 5%.
• Touch of Death instantly kills a target with lower Health than you. This ability is very effective at helping to take care of high priority targets.
• Provoke taunts the enemy causing them to attack you instead of their current target, while also giving them a moderate movement speed increase for a short time. This can be very useful for taking threat off of someone who might have otherwise been killed by the mob, or helping the tank to reposition a specific enemy very quickly. When used in conjunction with your movement abilities listed below, Mistweavers can kite enemies very effectively.
• Tiger's Lust increases the target's movement speed by 70% for 6 seconds, while also removing all roots and snares. This is very good for helping a slower teammate when they need a little boost, either to catch up to the group or to move out of a dangerous effect. The removal of slow and snares is also tremendously powerful in the right contexts.
• Roll is the Monk displacement ability. Like mentioned above, this gives us excellent tools for kiting, but also dodging dangerous affects. It can also be used to quickly get yourself to the next trash pack and start drinking while your team catches up.
• Transcendence allows you to swap positions with a pre-placed spirit. Yet more in the way of our ability to kite dangerous foes. There are also rare niche situations in which this ability can be used to skip trash. If you are on a multi-seated mount, your passengers will be brought along when using this ability. Also, you can place a Transcendence spirit down in front of a trash pack you would like to skip and have your group pull the pack while you stay out of combat. Once the mobs run over your spirit and out of range, you can teleport behind them, have your group die, and then you can use Reawaken to resurrect them all past the pack.
• Spear Hand Strike allows you to interrupt an enemy spell cast, which often times can mean the difference between life or death.

Sadly, in spite of the fact that Mythic+ can scale into the hardest content in the game, Blizzard refuses to reward the upper echelons of that content in any way. As such, in order to obtain best-in-slot gear for Mythic+, you are required to raid. Check out our gearing page for more information.

However, one item of note that will make your time in Mythic+ much easier is Mote of Sanctification from Halls of Valor. Not only does it have a ton of Mastery, but it gives you an extra emergency group heal on a 90-second cooldown. On certain Tyrannical fights, it can feel almost mandatory to have this trinket equipped.

In order to know which items to prioritize, make sure you are familiar with our recommended stat priority, which you can find on the stats page.