Mistweaver Monk Healing Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)

Soothing Mist is a cheap, efficient, channelled heal that allows us to instantly cast all of our other single target abilities onto that target without breaking the channel. It also has a 1-second global cooldown, as opposed to the normal 1.5, meaning it is faster to channel Soothing Mist then Vivify than it would be to just cast Vivify on its own.

It used to be the case that swapping targets while channeling Soothing Mist would break the channel, which would actually increase the effective time between heals if you were swapping targets, but as of Midnight, if you are channeling Soothing Mist on one target, then cast Vivify or Enveloping Mist on another, the Soothing Mist will follow your cast to the new target.

Rising Sun Kick is a core DPS and healing ability for Mistweavers and our strongest single-target damage ability. Its cooldown is augmented by 3 separate mechanics, offering some on-the-fly randomness and variation to our rotation. First, Haste will reduce its cooldown so that it will always be in sync with your GCDs. Second, Teachings of the Monastery give Blackout Kick the chance to reset Rising Sun Kick. Third, Thunder Focus Tea can reduce the cooldown by 9 seconds. This reduction happens before the haste reduction, so you will always have 1 global cooldown in between your two Rising Sun Kicks.

It is a good idea to plan out your Blackout Kicks in such a way that they provide high-value resets. For example, using a 4-stack Blackout Kick when Rising Sun Kick has 3 seconds left on its cooldown and is generally pretty weak when you could save it and get a very high chance for a 1st GCD reset.

Rising Sun Kick is also a large driver of our healing through talents such as Rising Mist, Rapid Diffusion, Ancient Teachings, Crane Style, and Pool of Mists.

Roll often times is used in the same way a dash would, however unlike other dashes that simply move your character a set distance forward like Fel Rush, Roll is actually a movement speed increase like Sprint. When you press Roll, your character is locked into the directional button you were pressing, then given a ~400% movement speed increase for a few seconds. Most of the time this distinction does not matter much, however, when rolling off of ledges or other such terrain, your character will retain the the velocity of the roll until they hit the ground, allowing you to travel much farther.

Furthermore, this quirk can be paired with Lighter Than Air and Chi Torpedo. When you start losing horizontal velocity, you can do a mid-air torpedo and quickly mash the space bar to proc the dash from Lighter than Air. Normally, any dash will cancel your momentum while falling, but if you are quick enough, Chi Torpedo's speed boost lasts just long enough to carry over the dash, allowing you to reset your horizontal velocity.

Thunder Focus Tea is an active ability with a 45-second cooldown that empowers your next Renewing Mist, Rising Sun Kick, Enveloping Mist cast within 30 seconds. Depending on which spell you use the effect on, it has the following consequences.

• Renewing Mist: extends Renewing Mist's duration by 10 seconds;
• Enveloping Mist: makes Enveloping Mist instantly heal for a large amount;
• Rising Sun Kick: reduces the cooldown of Rising Sun Kick by 9 seconds;

It is also important to note that Thunder Focus Tea is not on the global cooldown, and can be cast during channelled spells, like Soothing Mist.

Most of your Thunder Focus Tea casts should be used on Renewing Mist for the extension on the HoT, but using it on Enveloping Mist can also be a good idea when you need the extra boost in single-target healing.

If running Secret Infusion, you can also select what spell you want to empower based on what buff it will give you. Most of the time, you will still want to go with Renewing Mist as it grants Haste; however during defensive moments, Rising Sun Kick granting you Versatility can be the deciding factor between living or dying.

Life Cocoon is a single-target healing cooldown, which places a damage absorption shield on the target, lasting for 12 seconds or until broken by damage. While the shield is active, the target also receives 50% increased healing from healing over time spells. It is not on the global cooldown and will not break Soothing Mist's channel if cast into the same target.

The way this cooldown functions is it summons an effigy of Yu'lon lasting for 25 seconds, which will periodically heal several members of your raid. Additionally, after you talent into Celestial Harmony, Yu'lon will apply a shield called Chi Cocoon to up to 5 players within 10 yards of your target, as well as reducing the cast time of your Enveloping Mists by 30%.

The game plan for this cooldown is fairly simple, you want to cast as many Enveloping Mists as you can to coat the raid with your HoTs (thanks to Rapid Diffusion), then extend them with Rising Mist. First, make sure you have your haste buff active from Secret Infusion, and spend all your charges of Renewing Mist prior to the damage event. When damage starts going out, pop Invoke Yu'lon, the Jade Serpent and start rotating Enveloping Mists on the raid. After casting 3-4 Enveloping Mists, you should Rising Sun Kick, pressing it every time it comes off cooldown. After that, you should be filling with Vivify casts to make use of all the extra Renewing Mists you have spread via Rapid Diffusion. Also make sure you keep weaving in casts of Enveloping Mist after every couple of globals to keep your HoTs rolling.

Invoke Chi-Ji, the Red Crane is the Mana-friendly version of Yu'lon that allows you to leverage your DPS to do tremendous healing. It causes all your Blackout Kicks, Rising Sun Kicks, and Spinning Crane Kicks to trigger a Mastery: Gust of Mists proc on 2 allies. Additionally, it makes your Enveloping Mist casts instant and cost 20% less mana.

The rotation is fairly simple; pressing Chi-ji will grant you 4 stacks of Teachings of the Monastery, so you will want to open with a Blackout Kick to spend those stacks, ideally hitting multiple targets. If large damage events are incoming, you can cast a few Enveloping Mists on your group both for the HoT but also the HPS amplification from Enveloping Mist before extending them with Rising Mist.

Revival is a raid-wide heal, which also removes any Magical, Disease or Poison effects from all targets. Revival also procs Mastery: Gust of Mists on everyone it hits, so if the damage patterns allow, it is a good idea to cast Essence Font prior to proc the double Mastery buff.

In most cases, you should use it for the heal it provides (which is quite powerful, considering the number of targets it heals), but it can also be used as a sort of "mass dispel." The spell has a 3-minute cooldown and a 40-yard range. If a fight requires your use of Revival, but the Magic dispel would cause a wipe, then talent into Restoral instead. The spell functions exactly the same, just without the Magic dispel and with the added perk of being able to be used while stunned.