Mistweaver Monk PvP Rotation and Playstyle — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)

The main role of a Mistweaver Monk, besides keeping your team alive, is to always keep your team offensive and take advantage of your mobility. To do this, use Paralysis on healers and Leg Sweep/ Song of Chi-Ji them once it is over. Be careful not to use all of your mobility to reach the enemy healer. This will make it easy for teams to make swaps to you.

Managing your mobility is also crucial. Mistweavers are one of the squishiest healers. Use abilities like Chi Torpedo and Transcendence: Transfer to push in with your team and push out if they swap to you. Transcendence: Transfer does have a relatively long cooldown, so make sure it is available when you overextend with abilities like Leg Sweep.

Before the gates open, you should make sure to have multiple stacks of water in your bags. This is important because you can run out of Mana quickly, and having the option to drink is crucial. Sometimes, you can bait the team into overextending by starting to drink (making them think you will be out of action for a while). This can open up the potential for a kill. Well timed Paralysis/ Song of Chi-Ji combos can quickly win games.

Healers do not really have an "opener" as such. As a Mistweaver, you want to do two things when the gate opens.

1. Put down your Summon Jade Serpent Statue if you are talented into it. If you are using Jade Infusion, Thunder Focus Tea will summon Jade Serpent Statue.
2. Place your Transcendence portal in a safe place (such as behind a pillar). This is crucial for avoid crowd control and swaps on you.

After this, start putting Renewing Mist on your teammates so they get bonus healing from Lotus Infusion. This should be easy because you have two charges of Renewing Mist. If you think the enemy team will focus you at the start, put a charge on yourself.

The other team is going to try to force your trinket in the opener so they have an advantage later in the game. Use Transcendence: Transfer to avoid incoming crowd control on you, and hold on to your trinket for as long as you can for when you need to use Life Cocoon.

Use this to heal sustained damage throughout the match (damage done when the other team does not have burst cooldowns available).

1. Use Renewing Mist every time it comes off cooldown.
2. Cast Enveloping Mist on party members that are being targeted by the enemy team.
   • With Serene Surge, this will make your next Vivify instant.
3. Use Vivify for both single-target and spread healing.
4. Use Thunder Focus Tea. After using Thunder Focus Tea:
   • If your teammate is extremely low, use Enveloping Mist. If they are not, use Vivify.
   • Channel Crackling Jade Lightning on an enemy.
   • Use Vivify.
5. Invoke Yu'lon, the Jade Serpent is an extremely powerful cooldown that gives you powerful single-target healing. Follow this up with an Enveloping Mist to do a large amount of healing.
6. Channel Mana Tea when the enemy team is running away or not using burst cooldowns. You can also use Mana Tea while interrupted or silenced. It is a good idea to use Mana Tea while this is happening, this way you have Mana reduction once the interrupt is over.

When there is spread damage (a single teammate is not being focused), do the following.

1. Keep Renewing Mist on all teammates.
2. Use Enveloping Mist on teammates that are low on health (prioritize the lowest health target).
3. Use Thunder Focus Tea.
4. Channel Crackling Jade Lightning on an enemy.
5. Use Revival/ Restoral if needed.
6. Channel Mana Tea when the enemy team is running away or not using burst cooldowns.

If you want to play a more aggressive playstyle, you can utilize the talents Way of the Crane and Rushing Wind Kick to convert your physical damage to healing. The rotation is the following.

1. Use Renewing Mist on your teammates.
2. Use Enveloping Mist on whichever teammate is primarily taking damage.
3. Use Thunder Focus Tea
4. Use Rushing Wind Kick off cooldown.
   • With Vivacious Vivification, your next Vivify will be instant after using Rushing Wind Kick.
5. Use Vivify.
6. Use Crackling Jade Lightning for damage.
7. Use Rushing Wind Kick.
8. Use Vivify.
9. Use Rushing Wind Kick.
10. Use Vivify.

Invoke Chi-Ji, the Red Crane is one of your most powerful cooldowns. It is important not to overlap it with other major cooldowns, or your team will quickly die. Use Chi-Ji to recover when your multiple teammates are taking damage. Here is the rotation for when Chi-Ji is up.

1. Use and maintain Renewing Mist on your teammates. Chi Harmony increases the healing teammates recieve from you.
2. Use Thunder Focus Tea.
3. Use Rushing Wind Kick.
4. Use Enveloping Mist on your teammate being targetted.
5. Use Vivify.
6. Use Rushing Wind Kick.
7. Use Rushing Wind Kick.
8. Use Vivify.
9. Use Enveloping Mist on your teammate being targetted.
10. Use Rushing Wind Kick.
11. Use Vivify.

Use this if the enemy team uses their cooldowns to try to kill a teammate and you do not have time to heal.

1. Cast Life Cocoon.
2. Use Renewing Mist.
3. Use Vivify if you have an instant proc.
4. Use Thunder Focus Tea.
5. Use Enveloping Mist if someone needs a large heal.
6. Use Soothing Mist and Vivify if someone is taking damage, but not in immediate danger.
7. Channel Crackling Jade Lightning on an enemy.

If you do not have Life Cocoon, do the following:

1. Use Renewing Mist.
2. Channel Mana Tea if you have 5+ stacks.
3. Use Thunder Focus Tea.
4. Use Enveloping Mist.
5. Use Vivify.
6. Channel Crackling Jade Lightning on an enemy.
7. Channel Soothing Mist on your teammate taking damage.
8. Use Vivify
9. Use Revival/ Restoral if your team is taking heavy spread damage.
10. Invoke Yu'lon, the Jade Serpent is an extremely powerful cooldown that gives you powerful single-target healing. Follow this up with an Enveloping Mist to do a large amount of healing.
11. Use Celestial Conduit if there is spread damage and you do not have any other cooldowns.

• Leg Sweep should be used for crowd control on the enemy healer most of the time. If you are being focused and cannot get away or receive help from your teammates, use Leg Sweep to stun enemies near you.
• Transcendence can be used to teleport behind pillars. Use this when you push in for a Leg Sweep and Transcendence: Transfer back before you get swapped to. If an enemy is casting crowd control on you, you can teleport before their cast finishes to avoid being crowd-controlled.
• Fortifying Brew is a damage reduction spell that also increases your health. This works well with Healing Elixir, and, if you play with a Warlock, Healthstones. Use this when Transcendence is on cooldown, and you cannot get away from the enemy team.
• Paralysis can be used when you have been interrupted. If the enemy team is trying to kill one of your teammates and you get interrupted, use Paralysis on one of the enemy DPS to prevent their damage. You can also use Paralysis to interrupt casts, including to avoid incoming crowd control.
• Provoke can be used to taunt enemy pets. Using this on a pet 1-2 seconds before being in crowd control can cause the pet to attack you and break the crowd control. For example, taunting a Mage's Water Elemental right before a Polymorph cast will cause the elemental to release you.

It is advised to use Macros to use abilities on enemies or allies without having to target them. For this reason, we have a page dedicated to them.