Windwalker Monk Leveling Guide from 1 to 70 — The War Within Pre-Patch

While it is mostly a matter of personal preference, generally, Windwalker will be the quickest of the three Monk specs, given the normal leveling route of doing quests and unlocking the story. That being said, flexibility can be very beneficial, so having the ability to swap specs in order to do a dungeon quest can drastically lower the amount of time spent waiting around in the queue.

In the open world, Windwalker is a viable option for questing. Windwalker, for reasons mentioned above, is suited to leveling purely on the basis of it being a DPS spec, as well as having great tools for self-sustain.

When leveling up, you should always choose the piece of loot with the highest item level. The only exception to this rule is if you have a Ring or Necklace with a slightly lower item level, but 2 secondary stats on it instead of 1.

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The Windwalker Monk rotation is based on a priority system. Use the highest ability on the list as soon as it is available. This list assumes you have access to many talents, so simply remove the ones you don't have. It is also set up for AOE pulls, as Windwalker is very capable of doing so.

1. Invoke Xuen
2. Touch of Death
3. Tiger Palm if <5 Chi AND about to cap energy
4. Blackout Kick try not to overcap Teachings of the Monastery
5. Spinning Crane Kick with Dance of Chi-Ji proc
6. Fists of Fury
7. Whirling Dragon Punch
8. Strike of the Windlord
9. Spinning Crane Kick
10. Blackout Kick
11. Rising Sun Kick
12. Chi Burst

In this section, we will rank the PvP talents best for leveling and doing solo / small group PvE content. Below is a ranking of both General PvP Talents and Windwalker Monk-specific PvE talents.

• Relentless is a passive ability, but it does not automatically remove crowd control abilities. Instead, it reduces the duration.
• Gladiator's Medallion is an on-use ability that removes all movement-impairing effects and all loss of control effects.
• Adaptation is recommended; it is likely your most passive choice since it will automatically remove loss of control effects over 5 seconds.

1. Alpha Tiger is very useful for a small added burst as you go between targets.
2. Reverse Harm is very useful for survivability and for added damage.
3. Turbo Fists is an incredibly strong PvP talent that makes pulling large groups significantly easier.

Congratulations! You made it to Level 70! Now that you are in the end game, we recommend looking at our Easy mode page and Talents section to see how to transition from leveling to the end game.