Windwalker Monk DPS Spec, Builds, and Talents — Dragonflight 10.0.7

Optimizing talents on a contextual basis is the highly recommended method of setting up your build. That being said, the builds listed below are very well rounded and should give you good results. For Mythic+, your choices will depend on whether the key is Fortified or Tyrannical, although other affixes are also important. Either way, you should generally use the AoE/Cleave build as a baseline for dungeons.

This is the best generic-single target build. Remember that you can easily import the talent tree below into the game with either of the two "Copy Export String" buttons:

This is the best generic-cleave build.

This is the best generic-AOE build.

Raiding generally leans more heavily on single target damage. However, Windwalker's strength, historically, is AOE and cleave damage. This means that your group may get more mileage out of you playing a build that is more focused on AOE damage so that others can focus on ST more.

Mythic+ can potentially require a mix of certain AoE and Single-Target talents, depending on affixes and other variables. If you want advice and a build that is specific to Mythic+, you should check out our page below.

There are multiple talents that require a change or addition to your rotation in order to use them optimally. You can find more information on how your rotation will look after selecting your talents on our rotation page below.

Ultimately there is some flexibility with the talent trees, largely in the Monk tree where you can swap between defensive abilities like Dampen Harm, Fortifying Brew, and Diffuse Magic, movement abilities like Escape from Reality and Improved Roll, and utility abilities like Generous Pour, Close to Heart, and Windwalking based on the content that you are doing, your group's needs, and your own personal preferences.

• Soothing Mist (SooM) — Heals your target.
• Rising Sun Kick (RSK) — Deals damage to a single target.
• Tiger's Lust (TL) — Increases your target's speed.
• Disable — Slows your target.
• Detox — Dispels Poisons and Diseases on the target.
• Paralysis (Para) — Long crowd control on a target.
• Transcendence — Allows you to teleport from one place to another.
• Spear Hand Strike (SHS) — Interrupts spellcasting
• Fortifying Brew — Reduces damage taken and increases maximum health.
• Chi Burst (CB) — Deals damage to all targets in the line, generates 1 chi. CHOICE NODE WITH Chi Wave.
• Chi Wave (CW) — Bounces between healing allies and damaging enemies. CHOICE NODE WITH Chi Burst.
• Ring of Peace (RoP) — Knocks back all targets who are in, or who try to enter an area.
• Diffuse Magic (DM) — Reduces magic damage taken during its duration.
• Dampen Harm (DH) — Reduces all damage taken during its duration.
• Summon Jade Serpent Statue — Drops a statue that channels Soothing Mist when you do.
• Summon White Tiger Statue — Drops a statue that deals pulsing AOE damage.
• Summon Black Ox Statue — Drops a statue that deals pulsing threat and can be Provoked to AOE taunt enemies around it.

• Improved Roll — Grants an additional charge of Roll.
• Calming Presence (CP) — Passive reduction to damage taken.
• Tiger Tail Sweep (TTS) — Increases the range and reduces the cooldown of Tiger's Lust.
• Vigorous Expulsion (VE) — Increases the healing and critical chance of Expel Harm.
• Improved Vivify — Increases the healing of Vivify.
• Grace of the Crane (GotC) — Passive increase to healing received.
• Vivacious Vivification (VV) — Makes Vivify instant every 10 seconds.
• Ferocity of Xuen — Passive increase to damage done.
• Improved Paralysis — Reduces the cooldown on Paralysis from 60s to 45s.
• Elusive Mists (EM) — Reduces damage you take while channeling Soothing Mist.
• Hasty Provocation (HP) — Increases the speed of any target taunted by Provoke.
• Fast Feet (FF) — Passive increase to damage done by Rising Sun Kick and Spinning Crane Kick.
• Celerity — Reduces the cooldown and grants an additional charge of Roll. CHOICE NODE WITH Chi Torpedo.
• Chi Torpedo (CT) — Replaces Roll with a slightly longer Roll and a stacking movement speed buff after using it. CHOICE NODE WITH Celerity.
• Expeditious Fortification (EF) — Increases armor and dodge while Fortifying Brew is active. CHOICE NODE WITH Ironshell Brew.
• Ironshell Brew (IB) — Reduces the cooldown of Fortifying Brew from 6 minutes to 4 minutes. CHOICE NODE WITH Expeditious Fortification.
• Profound Rebuttal (PR) — Increases the critical healing of Expel Harm.
• Eye of the Tiger (EotT) — Puts a dot on the target when using Tiger Palm that deals damage over time.
• Improved Touch of Death — Allows Touch of Death to be used for more than an execute.
• Strength of Spirit (SoS) — Increases the healing potential of Expel Harm.
• Close to Heart (C2H) — Increases healing taken by yourself and allies around you.
• Escape from Reality (EfR) — Allows more uses of Transcendence to get back to where you teleported away from and increases self-healing after using Transcendence.
• Windwalking — Increases movement speed of yourself and allies around you.
• Fatal Touch (FT) — Reduces the cooldown of Touch of Death by 45 seconds per rank.
• Generous Pour (GP) — Increases the avoidance of yourself and allies around you.
• Save Them All (StA) — Increases healing after healing a target whose health is below 35%.
• Resonant Fists (RF) — Passive AOE damage proc.
• Bounce Back (BB) — Reduces damage taken by big hits.

• Fists of Fury (FoF) — Deals damage to current target and other targets in front of you.
• Touch of Karma (ToK) — Absorbs damage and redirects it to the target.
• Flying Serpent Kick (FSK) — Zooms you forward, can be cancelled early to deal small AOE damage where you land.
• Serenity — Increases damage dealt, makes spenders free, and doubles cooldown speed. [b]CHOICE NODE WITH Storm, Earth, and Fire.[/b]
• Storm, Earth, and Fire (SEF) — Splits into clones that zip around tagging targets and copying abilities. [b]CHOICE NODE WITH Serenity.[/b]
• Strike of the Windlord (SotW/SotWL) — Deals damage and slows targets in a very very narrow cone in front of you.
• Jade Ignition (JI) — Fists of Fury stacks up charges that are exploded by Spinning Crane Kick.
• Rushing Jade Wind (RJW) — Deals damage to targets around you.
• Invoke Xuen — Summons a glowing kitty to fight with you for a bit.
• Bonedust Brew (BdB) — Gives abilities a chance to deal extra Shadow damage.
• Whirling Dragon Punch (WDP) — Spins up in the air and deals damage around you.
• Faeline Stomp (FLS) — Stomps a line in front of you that deals damage to those hit.

• Ascension — Increases maximum Chi to 6 and increases energy regen.
• Power Strikes (PS) — Tiger Palm provides an additional Chi and deals additional damage every 15 seconds.
• Widening Whirl (WW) — Increases the range of Spinning Crane Kick.
• Touch of the Tiger (TotT) — Increases the damage of Tiger Palm.
• Hardened Soles (HS) — Increases the damage of Blackout Kick.
• Flashing Fists (FF) — Increases the damage of Fists of Fury.
• Open Palm Strikes (OPS) — Increases the damage of Fists of Fury and gives it a chance to refund 1 Chi.
• Mark of the Crane (MotC) — Increases the damage of Spinning Crane Kick for each target tagged.
• Glory of the Dawn (GotD) — Gives Rising Sun Kick a chance to deal extra damage and refund 1 Chi.
• Shadowboxing Treads (SbT) — Increases the damage of Blackout Kick and allows it to hit extra targets.
• Inner Peace (IP) — Increases maximum energy.
• Meridian Strikes (MS) — Increases the damage and reduces the cooldown of Touch of Death.
• Dance of Chi-Ji (DoCJ) — Proc chance to make Spinning Crane Kick free and deal additional damage.
• Drinking Horn Cover (DHC) — Extends the duration of Serenity and Storm, Earth, and Fire.
• Spiritual Focus (SF) — Reduces the cooldown of Serenity and Storm, Earth, and Fire.
• Hit Combo (HC) — Yes, its back. Stacking damage increase.
• Forbidden Technique (FT) — Increases the damage of Touch of Death and allows you to use it a second time after the first.
• Teachings of the Monastery (TotM) — Gives Blackout Kick a chance to reset Fists of Fury and Tiger Palm allows Blackout Kick to hit more times.
• Thunderfist (TF) — Strike of the Windlord grants increased auto attack damage for each target hit.
• Crane Vortex (CV) — Increases the damage of Spinning Crane Kick.
• Xuen's Bond (XB) — Reduces the cooldown and increases the damage of Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger.
• Fury of Xuen (FoX) — Stacking buff that increases Haste and summons Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger after using Fists of Fury.
• Empowered Tiger Lightning (ETL) — Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger deals damage to targets around it.
• Rising Star (RS) — Increases damage of Rising Sun Kick.
• Fatal Flying Guillotine (FFG) — Allows Touch of Death to hit up to 5 targets.
• Last Emperor's Capacitor (Emp Cap) — Provides a stacking buff that increases the damage and reduces the cost of Crackling Jade Lightning.
• Xuen's Battlegear (XBG) — Rising Sun Kick crits reduce the cooldown of Fists of Fury. Casts of Fists of Fury increase the crit chance of Rising Sun Kick.
• Transfer the Power (TtP) — Stacking increase to damage dealt by Fists of Fury.
• Attenuation — Increases damage and reduces cooldown of Bonedust Brew.
• Dust in the Wind (DitW) — Increases radius of Bonedust Brew.
• Skyreach — Increase to crit chance after hitting a target with Tiger Palm.
• Invoker's Delight (ID) — Provides Haste after casting Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger.
• Way of the Fae (WotF) — Increases damage of Faeline Stomp based on targets hit.
• Faeline Harmony (FLH) — Increases reset chance of Faeline Stomp and increases damage dealt to target hit by it.

Enabling War Mode provides the following benefits:

• PvP talents enabled in the outdoor world.
• 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 to be "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 both General PvP Talents and Windwalker Monk-specific PvE talents.

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. Also increases Flying Serpent Kicks 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.