Windwalker Monk DPS Spec, Builds, and Talents — Midnight Pre-Patch (12.0)

These builds are very generic recommendations for different types of content. We have more specific recommendations for Raid and Mythic+ available in our dedicated sections:

Windwalker gets to pick between two distinct Hero Talent choices: Shado-Pan and Conduit of the Celestials.

With current tuning and raid boss design, Shado-Pan is the recommended Hero Talent tree for all content. The default talent build has the talents for it to succeed in boss damage and only gets stronger with more targets and longer fights. Conduit of the Celestials can be used if you prefer, if a fight is shorter than 5-minutes, or if a fight has increased damage phases that can take advantage of the burst-focused playstyle. Generally Dimensius, or a fight like it, with short phases and large damage amps.

Mythic+ can require a mix of AoE and Single-Target talents, depending on affixes and other variables. You should check out our page below if you want advice specific to Mythic+.

Some talents will require you to play in a particular way to get the most out of them. You can find more information on how your rotation will look after selecting your talents on our rotation page below.

To better understand our Talent Builds and the Talents within them, it is helpful to understand all of Windwalker Monk's spells and abilities in detail to get some context. For that, check out our dedicated Spells page:

War Mode offers several benefits for you in the open world.

• PvP talents enabled in the outdoor world.
• At least 10% increase in World Quest rewards at maximum level.
• 10% more experience gained while leveling.
• Earn Conquest Points, which can reward gear every week.

With the benefits of enabling War Mode for leveling and PvE content, it is recommended to enable the feature to maximize your leveling and rewards at maximum level. However, you will make yourself available for open-world PvP, and the possibility of being "ganked" while leveling or doing World Quests exists.

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

1. Wind Waker grants you and allies affected by Windwalking an effect that makes them immune to slow and snare effects once every 30 seconds.
2. Reverse Harm doubles the healing of Expel Harm and provides an extra Chi when used.
3. Disabling Reach increases the range of your Disable to 10 yards.
4. Alpha Tiger grants you 30% Haste upon attacking a new target with Tiger Palm. This can happen once every 30 seconds per target.
5. Grapple Weapon grants you an additional spell which prevents your target from using their weapons for 6 seconds.
6. Turbo Fists causes Fists of Fury to deal full damage to all targets hit and reduce their movement speed by 90%. It additionally grants you 100% Parry chance during the channel.
7. Ride the Wind causes Flying Serpent Kick to increase the movement speed of allies in its path by 30%. This applies to yourself. It also increases Flying Serpent Kick's cooldown by 10 seconds.
8. Pressure Points reduces the cooldown of Touch of Death by 60 seconds if you kill a player with it.
9. Tigereye Brew generates stacks of Tigereye Brew whenever you spend 3 Chi. Using these stacks makes your attacks bypass armor but deal slightly less damage for 2 seconds per stack.

Turbo Fists, Reverse Harm, and Alpha Tiger are the three talents that will benefit you the most when doing PvE content. They grant you sustainability, as well as survivability.