Monk Hero Talents — The War Within (11.2)

This page is specifically about Hero Talents in The War Within. If you want to learn more about the best regular talents for Windwalker Monk, check out our Talents page:

Conduit of the Celestials's primary strength is burst damage, which it does better than Shado-Pan. With the balancing going into Patch 11.2, Conduit of the Celestials continues to be the go-to Hero Talents for single target damage, but starts to fall behind when additional adds are present.

Shado-Pan is slightly behind Conduit of the Celestials in single target but can be closer or even pass it when more targets are present in order to take advantage of Power of the Thunder King.

Shado-Pan is a viable option for Mythic+ as it provides strong and consistent AOE damage through the Shadow buff of Wisdom of the Wall. It is a less burst-oriented option that may be best for groups that are not planning out their cooldown uses.

Conduit of the Celestials's primary strength is burst damage, which can be very useful in Mythic+. Unfortunately, it doesn't scale with larger target amounts, making it more ideal for groups or dungeons that have smaller pulls or ones where you are planning out cooldown use to take advantage of the more impactful burst window.

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Best Hero Talent Builds for Windwalker Monk

Shado-Pan Single-Target Build Shado-Pan Multi-Target Build Conduit of the Celestials Single-Target Build Conduit of the Celestials Multi-Target Build

Shado-Pan doesn't change the priority very much, putting a large emphasis on avoiding capping Energy since lost Energy is even more lost damage potential for Shado-Pan.

Conduit of the Celestials adds the ability Celestial Conduit, which is something that you want to line up with other offensive cooldowns as much as you can. Due to its longer cooldown, you may benefit from holding it so that you can use it for more damage later. This will depend on the fight and timings. With the addition of the Season 3 tier sets, you will want to use Slicing Winds for additional Heart of the Jade Serpent uptime and stacking.