Windwalker Monk PvP Talents and Builds (The War Within Pre-Patch)

While the above calculator provides a generally accurate overview of the viability of talents, some finer points are discussed in the sections that follow, and we recommend you read those for a deeper understanding.

• Fast Feet. This talent simply increases the damage of your Rising Sun Kick and Spinning Crane Kick.
• Increased survivability with talents that buffs Expel Harm. Strength of Spirit, Profound Rebuttal, and Vigorous Expulsion all increase the healing of Expel Harm and helps increase your survivability.

• Strike of the Windlord. This ability is crucial for increasing Windwalker Monk burst and sustained damage output. This talent is also buffed from Thunderfist.
• Whirling Dragon Punch/ Knowledge of the Broken Temple are two very strong damage talents. Whirling Dragon Punch is already a great spell to include in your damage rotation and Knowledge of the Broken Temple now grants 4 stacks of Teachings of the Monastery after using Whirling Dragon Punch.
• Fist of Fury is an important spell for Windwalker Monks, and most damage that is dealt will come from it. The talents Momentum Boost, Transfer the Power and Fury of Xuen all increase the damage of Fist of Fury and make it a powerful cooldown.

You can choose 3 of the following PvP talents. Each of them has their uses, but some are better for certain strategies than others. The top three choices are the most useful but can be replaced with other PvP talents depending on your team's goal.

Versus teams with melee on it, Turbo Fists is a mandatory PvP talent. This not only increases the damage of your Fists of Fury, but it slows enemies hit by it, and you Parry all attacks while it is channeling. This makes it so you can use Fists of Fury aggressively for damage but also use it defensively to prevent some incoming damage and slow an entire team.

Rising Dragon Sweep makes Whirling Dragon Punch knock enemies into the air and fall slowly. This gives Windwalker an additional way to interrupt enemies from casting their spells.

Reverse Harm makes Expel Harm deal more damage and generate Chi. This is crucial for increasing your survivability and making your rotation feel much smoother. Reverse Harm will be used to help build up Chi if you have previously used Tiger Palm and heal you for a good amount when you are being focused.

Ride the Wind causes Flying Serpent Kick to form a path of wind in its wake, increasing the movement speed of all allies who stand in it by 25% and rendering them immune to slowing effects. This talent is crucial if you think your healer will be the primary target for the enemy team. This will help your entire team kite away from burst damage.

Grapple Weapon disarms your enemy. This is a great choice versus teams with melee on it. This should also be taken versus Death Knights. The reason for this is that they will not be able to heal while they are disarmed.