Windwalker Monk DPS Gear and Best in Slot — 12.1

With the changes in Midnight Season 2 allowing catalyzed pieces to retain their stats, there are MANY more potentially BiS items. This means that any piece that has a mix of Critical Strike, Haste, or Mastery can be catalyzed and is a contender for the best setup. It also means that you may see a range of gear, enchants, and gems being used by top players as they follow their sims to adjust to the gear they have.

Ideally, you will want to catalyze Hands and Legs as they are the tier pieces with Versatility as a secondary stat from the token. As long as the pieces don't have Versatility they are safe to catalyze to maintain your 4-piece bonus.

With the Catalyst inheriting the secondary stats and special effects of the original item, players now have massive flexibility in acquiring tier pieces with ideal stats in all five slots. assuming that you are both raiding and running Mythic+ as necessary, catalyze the following gear:

• Helm - Gaze of the Coiled Watcher (Ula'tek)
• Shoulders - Somber Spaulders (Voidscar Arena)
• Chest - Vestment of the Awakening (Nek'zali the Soulcoiler)
• Gloves - Gauntlets of Fevered Defense (Murder Row)
• Legs - Coiled Hex Legguards (The Coiled Altar)

The Great Vault has up to nine slots of items you can choose from every week, based on what content you have done on your character. This also impacts the item levels of each slot, with Mythic raid bosses awarding fully upgraded Myth track gear! However, this wide variety of potential item levels also makes it hard to provide blanket recommendations. In addition, players may instead select either a Nebulous Voidcore or Tokens of Merit that can be exchanged for a Miasmic Jewelbinder. The power of these alternatives should not be underestimated, even if they may feel a bit "boring" in comparison.

Although you should always simulate your options in a given vault's rewards (including the value of an extra socket on pieces you'll keep for the rest of the season), here is a basic priority to follow on selecting rewards:

1. (First Vault only) claim Tokens of Merit for a Miasmic Jewelbinder or a piece of your tier set if available.
2. If you will be raiding the Venomous Abyss on at least Heroic, select a Nebulous Voidcore to bonus roll items from Ula'tek as Brewmaster. Do so until you have obtained all the pieces.
3. Choose the highest reward track items that can complete your tier set, ideally those that match our Catalyst recommendations for Windwalkers.
4. Select the highest item level pieces with minimal Versatility, those from the best-in-slot lists below, or additional Nebulous Voidcores/ Miasmic Jewelbinders depending on your character's goals.

With the changes in Midnight Season 2 allowing catalyzed pieces to retain their stats, there are MANY more potentially BiS items. This means that any piece that has a mix of Critical Strike, Haste, or Mastery can be catalyzed and is a contender for the best setup. It also means that you may see a range of gear, enchants, and gems being used by top players as they follow their sims to adjust to the gear they have.

Ideally, you will want to catalyze Hands and Legs as they are the tier pieces with Versatility as a secondary stat from the token. As long as the pieces don't have Versatility they are safe to catalyze to maintain your 4-piece bonus.

With the Catalyst inheriting the secondary stats and special effects of the original item, players now have massive flexibility in acquiring tier pieces with ideal stats in all five slots. assuming that you are only running Mythic+ as necessary, catalyze the following gear:

• Helm - Vilefiend's Guise (Murder Row)
• Shoulders - Somber Spaulders (Voidscar Arena)
• Chest - War Trial Vestments (Den of Nalorakk)
• Gloves - Gauntlets of Fevered Defense (Murder Row)
• Legs - Coiled Hex Legguards (The Coiled Altar)

If you have limited time to play the game, we recommend to farm the following dungeons:

• Altar of Fangs: Drops a very strong weapon and a Best-in-Slot on-use trinket.
• The Blinding Vale: Drops the strongest passive trinket.
• Den of Nalorakk: Drops good boots and chest.
• Murder Row: Drops the most strong items, with Head, Neck, Hands, and Legs all being good choices.
• Voidscar Arena: Drops a strong ring and shoulders worth catalyzing.
• Temple of Sethraliss: Drops a strong ring.

With the changes in Midnight Season 2 allowing catalyzed pieces to retain their stats, there are MANY more potentially BiS items. This means that any piece that has a mix of Critical Strike, Haste, or Mastery can be catalyzed and is a contender for the best setup. It also means that you may see a range of gear, enchants, and gems being used by top players as they follow their sims to adjust to the gear they have.

Ideally, you will want to catalyze Hands and Legs as they are the tier pieces with Versatility as a secondary stat from the token. As long as the pieces don't have Versatility they are safe to catalyze to maintain your 4-piece bonus.

With the Catalyst inheriting the secondary stats and special effects of the original item, players now have massive flexibility in acquiring tier pieces with ideal stats in all five slots. assuming that you are only raiding, catalyze the following gear:

• Helm - Gaze of the Coiled Watcher (Ula'tek)
• Shoulders - Frothing Venom Spaulders (Vashnik the Malignant)
• Chest - Vestment of the Awakening (Nek'zali the Soulcoiler)
• Gloves - Gauntlets of Fevered Defense (Murder Row)
• Legs - Ruthless Slaughtergrips (Sszorak)

The following items are the ones you should seek out first; some of them may be highly contested by other specializations, particularly in offensive trinkets:

• Abyssal Broodfiend's Bardiche: This weapon drops from Ula'tek, the final boss of the Venomous Abyss, and is your BiS piece. Only a few specializations can equip it, allowing you to avoid crafting a weapon. What's more, when bonus rolled on Heroic with a Nebulous Voidcore, this item will drop in its Myth-track variant; on Mythic, it will instead be "elevated" with an additional 10 item levels.
• Aqirbane Reliquary: This necklace from Ula'tek is unique in many ways, being purely statted with Critical Strike, a second socket, and two cantrip effects that further empower your player. It is far and away the best accessory available to you.
• Voracious Heart of Ula'tek: A potent on-use trinket from Ula'tek that not only provides static Critical Strike, but also on-demand Agility and raw Physical damage. This choice was truly made for a Windwalker.
• Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique: Not one, but both of your best-in-slot trinkets come from this raid. Due to its elevated item level (and optional synergy with a very rare one-handed weapon), this is one of them.