Choosing your gear carefully is important for your Windwalker Monk in PvP. We give you a stat priority to help you choose items with the right stats, followed by advice on how to choose your gear and your trinkets.
Stat Priority for Windwalker Monks in PvP
The stat priority for Windwalker Monk in PvP is as follows:
Agility is the best stat in all situations. Versatility is the strongest
secondary stat at all times due to increasing your damage and reducing the
amount of damage you take. You should also try to focus on getting Mastery.
This increases the damage you deal when you do not repeat the previous
ability (
Mastery: Combo Strikes).
Gear Recommendations
In general, Windwalker Monks want to get trinkets that line up well with
Zenith/
Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger if you are playing
Conduit of the Celestials. These trinkets can have a passive or
on-use effect. The stat you want to be increasing is Versatility. The
reason you want to increase Versatility is because it increases your
overall damage. It is also handy for increasing your healing when you need
to use
Vivify to stay alive. Here is the best gear we recommend
you use as a Windwalker Monk.
You want to use PvP items as much as possible since they have increased item level in PvP combat. It is essential to be wearing 2 PvP trinkets. This will give you a Stamina and main-stat boost that will increase your survivability.
FAQWhich Tier Pieces Are Best To Catalyze?
With the new Catalyst system in 12.1, you will want to ensure to Catalyze pieces that have Versatility on them, and ideally Mastery as well. The recommended items are as follow:
- Helmet:
Venomous Gladiator's Leather Helm - Shoulders:
Venomous Gladiator's Leather Shoulderpads - Chest:
Venomous Gladiator's Leather Jerkin - Legs:
Venomous Gladiator's Leather Legwraps
Overall Best in Slot
Shirt
Tabard


Windwalker Monk Tier Sets
As noted above, acquiring both your 2-set and 4-set bonus is crucial. It is important to note that ALL tier sets are nerfed to 33% effectiveness in PvP. Although this nerf is significant, tier sets are still important to acquire to maximize your chances of winning. Below is the Windwalker Monk tier set.
- 2-set:
Fists of Fury strikes an additional time at the start of
its channel at 50% effectiveness - 4-set:
Fists of Fury increases the damage of your next
Rising Sun Kick by 10% or
Spinning Crane Kick by 20% each
time it strikes, stacking up to 6 times.
In general, it is recommended to get both 2-set and 4-set for Windwalker Monk.
Windwalker Monk Embellishments
Embellishments are bonuses that can be put on crafted gear. These effects can have a drastic impact on the game. You are only allowed to have two Embellishments equipped at the same time. Here are the recommended Embellishments for Windwalker Monk:
Arcanoweave Lining. This Embellishment gives your spells and
abilities a chance to empower you and an ally. This will increase you and
your teammate's primary stat. Overall, this is will give you and your team
the highest damage output.
Gems and Enchants
Here are the best enchants for a Windwalker Monk:
- Helmet:
Enchant Helm - Blessing of Speed - Shoulder:
Enchant Shoulders - Akil'zon's Swiftness - Chest:
Enchant Chest - Mark of the Worldsoul - Legs:
Forest Hunter's Armor Kit - Boots:
Enchant Boots - Farstrider's Hunt - Rings:
Enchant Ring - Zul'jin's Mastery - Weapon:
Enchant Weapon - Acuity of the Ren'dorei
For gems, you should primarily be using
Enduring Heliotrope for the
meta slot, and filling all other gem slots with
Flawless Versatile Amethyst.
Changelog
- 01 Aug. 2026: Updated recommended gear for Patch 12.1.
- 15 Jun. 2026: Reviewed for Patch 12.0.7.
- 21 May 2026: Updated recommended gear.
- Updated recommended enchants.
- Updated embellishments.
- 20 Apr. 2026: Reviewed for Patch 12.0.5.
- 16 Mar. 2026: Reviewed page for Midnight Season 1.
- 26 Feb. 2026: Updated Gear page for Midnight.
- Updated recommended gear.
- Updated tier sets section.
- Updated embellishments.
- Updated enchants.
- Updated gems.
- 19 Jan. 2026: Updated for Midnight Pre-Patch.
- Updated tier sets section.
- 30 Nov. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.7.
- 21 Oct. 2025: Updated recommended gear.
- Updated tier-set descriptions.
- 05 Oct. 2025: Updated recommended gear.
- 24 Aug. 2025: Updated Gearing sections.
- Updated tier set recommendations.
- 13 Aug. 2025: Updated recommended gear.
- Updated Gear for Reshii Wraps
- 04 Aug. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.2.
- Updated recommended gear.
- Updated tier sets section.
- Updated enchants.
- Updated gems.
- 15 Jun. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
- 21 Apr. 2025: Reviewed for patch 11.1.5.
- 03 Apr. 2025: Updated recommended gear.
- 03 Mar. 2025: Updated recommended gear for Season 2 of The War Within.
- 24 Feb. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.7.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Recommended Enchants.
- Updated Recommended Gems.
- 16 Sep. 2024: Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Recommended Embellishments.
- Updated Recommended Enchants.
- Updated Recommended Gems.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Updated Recommended gear.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 30 Jun. 2024: Several updates made.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Embellishments.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated Recommended Gear.
- 21 Feb. 2024: Updated Recommended Gear.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Tier Set bonuses.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 17 Jun. 2023: Several changes made.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Tier set description.
- Updated Best Gems and Enchants.
- 17 May 2023: Added Embelishments section.
- 06 May 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Tier-Set section.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Added Trinkets to Recommended Gear.
- Added Tier-Set section.
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Updated Recommended Gear.
- Updated Best Enchants.
- Updated Best Gems.
- 21 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 01 Aug. 2022: Updated for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 27 Feb. 2022: Updated for Patch 9.2.
- Updated Recommended Gear.
- Added Tier Sets section.
- Removed Shards of Domination section.
- 10 Nov. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 02 Jul. 2021: Updated Recommended Gear suggestions.
- Added Shards of Domination section.
- 08 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.1.
- 06 Dec. 2020: Added BiS gear list for Shadowlands.
- 27 Nov. 2020: Removed outdated Traits and Essences.
- Removed outdated gear.
- Added gems section.
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.