Windwalker Monk Torghast Guide and Best Anima Powers — Shadowlands 9.0.5
On this page, we tell you all you need to know to prepare your Windwalker Monk before entering Torghast and then how to pick up the right Anima Powers once you are inside!
Torghast as a Windwalker Monk
This page will guide you on how to get the most out of your Windwalker Monk in Torghast, Tower of the Damned. For more information about Torghast, check out our dedicated pages below.
Best Windwalker Monk Setup for Torghast, Tower of the Damned
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25 |
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30 |
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35 |
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40 |
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45 |
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50 |
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Level 15 Talents for Torghast as a Windwalker Monk
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This tier is largely personal preference but given the prevalence
of AoE in Torghast, Chi Burst is a good default.
Level 25 Talents for Torghast as a Windwalker Monk
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Another tier of largely personal preference. Because of the many Anima
Powers that work off of Roll, using
Celerity or
Chi Torpedo will allow you to take more strength from the connected
Anima Powers.
Level 30 Talents for Torghast as a Windwalker Monk
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Due to some downtime between pulls, Energizing Elixir is mostly
useless.
Fist of the White Tiger is likely the easiest to use, although
Ascension will cut down on wasted resources.
Level 35 Talents for Torghast as a Windwalker Monk
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Each talent in this row has its strength and weakness, so it comes down to how you play and your tendency to use different abilities.
Level 40 Talents for Torghast as a Windwalker Monk
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This tier is mostly a question about survivability, so it comes down to what manner of damage reduction you would like to have.
Level 45 Talents for Torghast as a Windwalker Monk
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Hit Combo will be difficult to keep up between packs, and
Rushing Jade Wind this leaves
Dance of Chi-Ji as the primary
choice of this row.
Level 50 Talents for Torghast as a Windwalker Monk
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Whirling Dragon Punch should be the default choice for all
situations.
Best Windwalker Monk Anima Powers
Throughout Torghast, you will be met with a ton of different choices when it comes to Anima Powers. Choosing the right one can be difficult, so we have made a Tier List below that should help you make the decision on the fly. This Tier List assumes that the powers are the same level.
Do not follow this list blindly, though, as there is a lot of personal
choice and preference involved in choosing your Anima Powers. If you never use
Tar Trap in your playstyle, it would be silly to pick an Anima Power
that increases its radius, for example.
Torghast is meant to be flexible and fun, so do not feel like you NEED to use these recommendations or you will not be able to complete your run.
For a complete list of Anima Powers, please refer to the two pages below.
Corrosive Dosage: Top Anima Power for Windwalker Monk
It may not make a lot of sense but Corrosive Dosage is probably the
strongest Anima Power that Windwalker has access to. Rather unexpectedly
this power results in an insane amount of damage while you just stand
and heal yourself. Use it at any point chance you can get it.
Great Anima Powers for Windwalker Monk
36 Pressure Point Technique
Balance of the Ox
Caught by the Dropkicks
Constellation Star-Chart
Fatal Flying Guillotine
Feathers of a Hundred Flocks
Flowing Chi Rolls
Hit Scheme
Stroke of Elegance (Up to 3 stacks)
Balancing Stave
Celestial Weapon-Chains
Haven's Breath
Scales of Order
Fading Memory Shards
Good Anima Powers for Windwalker Monk
Amplified Samples
Bad Karma
Celestial Lasso
Deathtouched Brew
Shadowboxing Treads
Technique of the Rushing Tiger
Tiger and Crane Figurines
Whirling Stormgem
Wrist Wraps of the Zen Master
Grandmaster's Cypher
Grandmaster's Lesson
Grandmaster's Mythos
Anima-Tinged Weapon Oil
Maw-Darkened Slippers
Deep Reflection
Bulging Brew
Corrosive Carbonation
Unfiltered Bone Broth
Staggered Stomps
Bad Anima Powers for Windwalker Monk
Stroke of Elegance (After 3 stacks)
Grandmaster's Ultimatum
Dowsing Rod
Fae Aftershock
Fae Footwraps
Non-DPS Increasing Anima Powers for Windwalker Monk
Some of the powers in Torghast do not provide direct increases to your DPS but are there entirely for enjoyment and flavor.
Grandmaster's Gift
Grandmaster's Invocation
Grandmaster's Legacy
Forgotten Armor of Order
Cloud of Feathers
Ever-tumbling Stone
Fortified Leg Braces
Katamawri
Rolling Tigers
Tumbling Rollstone
Bottled Wind
Shadowy Essence
If an Anima Power is not in the Tier List above, it is either because we have been unable to test it or find information about its tuning. It will be populated over time as we learn more about them.
Phantasma Anima Powers for Windwalker Monk
Occasionally you will be offered the ability to get Phantasma instead of an Anima Power, or increases to your Phantasma generation. It is hard to evaluate these, but we recommend choosing them when there is no "good" or higher alternative Anima Power.
Windwalker Monk Playstyle for Torghast, Tower of the Damned
Inherently, Windwalker should be pretty strong for Torghast, but it can absolutely be viable and to help you achieve this, we have some tips below.
- Pay attention to how much you pull when you first start, do not pull too much.
Afterlife is your absolute best friend when it comes to self-healing. Creative and intelligent use of these orbs can make you nigh invincible.
- Windwalker has a lot of tools to control targets, like
Leg Sweep and
Ring of Peace, so use them liberally to manage the enemies that you pull.
- Although many packs will be AOE focused, do not shy away from saving a large target for a single pull to use your single target focused abilities.
- Several Anima Powers increase the strength or frequency of your defensive abilities pay attention to what you can use more often than usual and make use of the extra uses.
Changelog
- 09 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for 9.0.5.
- 25 Nov. 2020: Page added.
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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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