Windwalker Monk DPS Mythic+ Tips — The War Within (Season 1)
In this guide, you will find tips and advice to tackle Mythic+ dungeons with your Windwalker Monk in World of Warcraft — The War Within (Season 1).
Windwalker Monk Mythic+ Guide for The War Within Season 1
In this guide, we will talk about getting the most out of your Hunter in Mythic+ dungeons, including the best way to set up your character, how your rotation may change, and tips and tricks for using your abilities in the most optimal way.
If you are unfamiliar with Mythic+ and its associated general mechanics, you can read more about it on our dedicated Mythic+ page below.
To learn more about the Mythic+ Meta, check out our Mythic+ Tier List below.
Windwalker Monk in The War Within Mythic+
Windwalker Monk specializes in priority and single-target damage, with its AoE output also being relatively strong.
Best Mythic+ Talents for Windwalker Monk in The War Within
For a more general overview of Talents for Windwalker Monk, please visit our dedicated Talents page.
Best Mythic+ Talent Builds for Windwalker Monk
Mythic+ Utility for Windwalker Monk in The War Within Season 1
This section talks mostly about the uses of different spells. For in-depth explanations of all Monk Abilities and Talents, including these, check out our Spells page.
Utility of Windwalker Monk in The War Within
Interrupts, Stuns and Stops
Spear Hand Strike is your "kick" and your most important bit of utility in Mythic+, used to stop enemy casts for the benefit of the group and especially the tank. It is highly recommended to use a Focus Kick macro for this.
- /stopcasting
- /stopcasting
- /cast [@focus,exists,nodead][@mouseover,exists,nodead] [] Spear Hand Strike
This macro will kick your focus target if you have one, mouseover if you have no Focus target, and your target if you have neither of those.
To quickly set a focus target in hectic scenarios, we also recommend a Focus Mouseover macro.
- /focus [@mouseover]
Make sure that your UI shows your Focus Target's casts clearly so that you are always able to kick it on cooldown or in coordination with the rest of your group.
Stunning and "Stops"
Leg Sweep is your "AoE stop". It will knock down all targets in a generous radius, stopping their casts.
Ring of Peace is one of the most useful abilities in the game when it comes to controlling enemies. It interrupts casts and allows them to be positioned better./p>
Paralysis is a useful long CC that is used to isolate targets so that they aren't involved in the fight. It can also be used as an interrupt if the other options aren't available.
Other Utility
Detox is a useful ability to help remove any poison or disease debuffs that may be present.
Affix Tips, Tricks and Management for Windwalker Monk in The War Within Season 1
This section has Monk-specific tips for dealing with the various affixes of Mythic+. If you want general guides for each of our Dungeons or Mythic+ in general, check out our dedicated page below.
Affix Guide for Windwalker Monk in The War Within
Ascendant Affix Management for Windwalker Monk
Ring of Peace and Leg Sweep are enormously useful to help control adds that spawn. The extra targets can also be used to get Mark of the Crane stacks.
Voidbound Affix Management for Windwalker Monk
The extra targets can also be used to get Mark of the Crane stacks. Touch of Death can be used on the spawns to kill them quickly and get an extra damage buff.
Devour Affix Management for Windwalker Monk
Detox's Poison/Disease dispel is a source of dispel type for removing Void Rift.
Oblivion Affix Management for Windwalker Monk
Windwalker is incredibly mobile and has several defensives to help handle predictable damage, enabling them to be very helpful in intercepting orbs.
How To Sim Mythic+ for Windwalker Monk
MDT Sim
MDT Sim is the best way to sim Mythic+ for Windwalker Monk. It allows you to sim an entire dungeon, pull-by-pull, with appropriate HP amounts and so on. In this way, you get a full picture within a single sim, of various target counts and durations. I have created a route that I feel is a good "average" of all dungeons that you can use. Drop the contents of the Pastebin into your Raidbots > SimC Expert Mode at the bottom > 'Footer'. Detailed instructions and more info on MDT Sim can be found on the MDT Sim Wago page.
On our Gear Page below, we have compiled BiS items for Windwalker Monk that also apply to Mythic+.
Changelog
- 09 Sep. 2024: Updated for The War Within Season 1.
- 17 Jul. 2024: Reviewed and updated for The War Within Prepatch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4, no changes necessary.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6, no changes necessary.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated and Reviewed for Patch 10.2, updated talent recommendation.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Updated and Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7, no changes necessary.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated and Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5, no changes necessary.
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed and Updated for Patch 10.1, removed Thundering.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch, added Thundering information, removed Shadowlands things.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide is written and maintained by Babylonius; Guild Master and Raider in Occasional Excellence on US-Turalyon; Eight year veteran of Windwalker; Founder and owner of the dedicated Monk website, Peak of Serenity; and Admin/Owner of the Monk discord, PeakofSerenity. You can find him on Twitch, Twitter, and occasionally YouTube.
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