Mistweaver Monk Healing Simulations in Battle for Azeroth (BfA) 8.0.1

Table of Contents

• +Introduction
  • 1. Class Overview
  • 2. Patch 8.0.1 Changes for Mistweaver Monks
  • 3. Contents
  • 4. Changelog
• +Easy Mode
  • 1. Foreword
  • 2. The Basics of Mistweaver Monks
  • 3. Talent Choice for Mistweaver Monks
  • 4. Stat Choice for Mistweaver Monks
    • 4.1. Raids
    • 4.2. Dungeons
  • 5. Basic Playstyle for Mistweaver Monks
    • 5.1. Single Target Healing
    • 5.2. Raid Healing
  • 6. Mistweaver Monk Cooldown Usage
  • 7. Changelog
• +Spell Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Main Resource of Mistweaver Monks
  • 3. Basic Abilities for Mistweaver Monks
    • 3.1. Movement for Mistweaver Monks
    • 3.2. Defensive Abilities for Mistweaver Monks
  • 4. Important Procs for Mistweaver Monks
  • 5. Cooldowns for Mistweaver Monks
  • 6. Changelog
• +Builds and Talents
  • 1. Talent Choices for Mistweaver Monk
  • 2. Tier 1 (Level 15) Talents for Mistweaver Monks
  • 3. Tier 2 (Level 30) Talents for Mistweaver Monks
  • 4. Tier 3 (Level 45) Talents for Mistweaver Monks
  • 5. Tier 4 (Level 60) Talents for Mistweaver Monks
  • 6. Tier 5 (Level 75) Talents for Mistweaver Monks
  • 7. Tier 6 (Level 90) Talents for Mistweaver Monks
  • 8. Tier 7 (Level 100) Talents for Mistweaver Monks
  • 9. Changelog
• +Azerite Traits and Armor
  • 1. Azerite Gear for Mistweaver Monk
  • 2. Recommended Traits
    • 2.1. Dungeons and Mythic+
    • 2.2. Raids
  • 3. Outer Ring Traits for Mistweaver Monk
    • 3.1. Spec-Specific Outer Ring Traits
  • 4. Middle Ring Traits for Mistweaver Monk
  • 5. Inner Ring Traits for Mistweaver Monk
  • 6. Find Azerite Armor By Trait/Power
  • 7. Changelog
• +Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
  • 1. Single Target Healing for Mistweaver Monks
  • 2. Raid Healing for Mistweaver Monks
  • 3. Fistweaving
  • 4. Cooldown Usage for Mistweaver Monks
  • 5. Optional Read: Mastering Your Mistweaver Monk
    • 5.1. Important Concepts
      • 5.1.1. Soothing Mist
      • 5.1.2. Rising Sun Kick
      • 5.1.3. Mastery: Gust of Mists
    • 5.2. Detailed Cooldown Usage for Mistweaver Monks
      • 5.2.1. Thunder Focus Tea
      • 5.2.2. Life Cocoon
      • 5.2.3. Revival
      • 5.2.4. Tier 1 Talents
      • 5.2.5. Tier 3 Talents
      • 5.2.6. Tier 6 Talents
      • 5.2.7. Tier 7 Talents
    • 5.3. Roll and Transcendence for Mistweaver Monks
      • 5.3.1. Roll
      • 5.3.2. Transcendence
  • 6. Changelog
• +Mythic+ Tips
  • 1. Mythic+ Guide for Mistweaver Monks
  • 2. Talents for Mythic+
  • 3. Changelog
• +Common and Worst Mistakes
  • 1. Soothing Mist Target Swapping
  • 2. Casting Blackout Kick When Rising Sun Kick is Nearly Off Cooldown
  • 3. Not Casting Renewing Mist Enough
  • 4. Not Using Thunder Focus Tea on Cooldown
  • 5. Changelog
• +Frequently Asked Questions
  • 1. Frequently Asked Questions
    • 1.1. If I'm Tank Healing, Does That Mean I Don't Raid Heal?
    • 1.2. Is Fistweaving Viable?
    • 1.3. How Much Should I Play Into Lifecycles?
  • 2. Changelog
• +Boss by Boss Strategies
  • 1. Disclaimer
    • 1.1. Talent Cheatsheet for Mistweaver Monk
  • 2. Taloc
  • 3. M.O.T.H.E.R.
  • 4. Fetid Devourer
  • 5. Vectis
  • 6. Zek'voz, Herald of N'Zoth
  • 7. Zul, Reborn
  • 8. Mythrax the Unraveler
  • 9. G'huun
  • 10. Changelog
• +Stat Priority
  • 1. The Basics of Stats for Mistweaver Monk
    • 1.1. Raiding
    • 1.2. Mythic+
  • 2. Getting a Better Understanding of Mistweaver Monk Stats
    • 2.1. Statistics Explanations
  • 3. Changelog
• +Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
  • 1. Gems for Mistweaver Monks
    • 1.1. Raiding
    • 1.2. Mythic+
  • 2. Enchants for Mistweaver Monks
    • 2.1. Raids
    • 2.2. Mythic+
  • 3. Consumables for Mistweaver Monks
  • 4. Changelog
• +Macros and Addons
  • 1. Macros
    • 1.1. Generic Macros for Monks
      • 1.1.1. Detox Mouseover Macro
      • 1.1.2. Tiger's Lust Mouseover Macro
    • 1.2. Specific Macros for Mistweaver Monks
      • 1.2.1. Mouseover Macros
  • 2. Addons
    • 2.1. Generic Addons for Monks
      • 2.1.1. ElvUI
      • 2.1.2. Boss Mods: Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs
      • 2.1.3. GTFO
      • 2.1.4. Parrot or Mik's Scrolling Battle Text
      • 2.1.5. Weak Auras
      • 2.1.6. Recount / Skada / Details!
      • 2.1.7. Grid and GridClickSets (Optional)
    • 2.2. Specific Addons for Mistweaver Monks
• +Gear and Best in Slot
  • 1. Best in Slot List for Mistweaver Monks
  • 2. Healing Trinkets
  • 3. Best in Slot Set List for Mistweaver Monks from Dungeons
  • 4. Best in Slot Set List for Mistweaver Monks from Raids
  • 5. Changelog
• ×Simulations
  • 1. Simulating your Mistweaver Monk

General Information

On this page, we present you with various simulations results for Mistweaver Monk in World of Warcraft Battle for Azeroth 8.0.1.

The other pages of our Mistweaver Monk guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.

About Our Author

This guide has been written by Dhaubbs a Mistweaver Monk theorycrafter, and moderator on the Monk Discord Peak of Serenity. He raids in Big Dumb Guild on Illidan-US, where he also produces encounter videos. You can follow him on Twitter, Twitch, and/or YouTube.

1. Simulating your Mistweaver Monk

Due to the nature of healing in general, it is effectively impossible to sim healers. Unlike DPS, whose goal is to simply deal as much damage to the boss as possible, healers instead aim to keep players alive. This means sometimes playing in sub-optimal ways in order to save a life. Equally, healing is a zero-sum game, in that if one person does exceptional HPS, the HPS of their co-healers will suffer as a result. These compounding factors, along with the randomness injected into the system by players interacting with their characters, makes simulating healers next to impossible.

Rather than using prescriptive tools like simulations, healers must instead depend on descriptive methods of post-fight analysis, such as spreadsheets (specifically Teaching of the Red Crane by Garg) and WoWAnalyzer (maintained by Anomoly).

These tools are currently being updated for Battle for Azeroth, but will be linked here upon release, so check back often.