Dragonflight Season 3 Windwalker Monk Guide
General Information
Welcome to the Season 3 Guide for Windwalker Monk in Patch 10.2 – Guardians of the Dream. We will help you to learn and master Windwalker Monk in either Raids or Mythic Keystone Dungeons.
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Stat Priority
General Stat Priority for Windwalker Monk with our Build is:
- Agility
- Versatility
- Critical Strike
- Mastery
- Haste
Best Embellishments
- Toxified Armor Patch + Toxic Thorn Footwraps
- Blue Silken Lining + Undulating Sporecloak
- Elemental Lariat if the players has many Socket Slots on their Items to increase the duration of its effect
Changes in Season 3
Season 3 has introduced many Class Changes, aswell as a new Tier Set, new Embellishments and more.
Monk
- Jade Serpent Statue’s Soothing Mist healing increased by 40 percent.
Windwalker
- Fixed an issue that prevented Windfoot from being correctly consumed when Spinning Crane Kick was used.
- Fixed an issue that caused Windfoot to be consumed when Dance of Chi-Ji empowers a Spinning Crane Kick.
- Fixed an issue that prevented Dance of Chi-Ji from granting Blackout Reinforcement.
- Developers’ note: The Windwalker changes above were applied to the PTR environment late last week.
- Blackout Reinforcement’s tooltip updated to reflect the updated cooldown reduction value.
- Developers’ note: We heard community feedback that the additional Spinning Crane Kicks granted by Windfoot were difficult to fit into the rotation and Blackout Reinforcement alone was not an impactful enough payoff. Windfoot has been removed and the set will now directly grant Blackout Reinforcement. Additionally, free Spinning Crane Kicks should now more reliably and consistently grant Blackout Reinforcement. As always, we will continue to monitor feedback around this bonus and appreciate the testing the community has put forth.
- Spinning Crane Kicks cast during Serenity now correctly grant Blackout Reinforcement.
- Blackout Reinforcement is correctly removed at the start of Mythic+ dungeons and raid encounters.
- Blackout Reinforcement can no longer be canceled. Usage of Cancelaura macros on Dance of Chi-Ji without casting a Spinning Crane Kick will no longer grant Blackout Reinforcement.
- Developers’ note: We liked the positive effect that Fangs of the Vermillion Forge had on Windwalker single target damage, and are transferring some of that power from the class set into the base specialization as players adventure into Amirdrassil and replace their existing gear. The net effect of these changes is an overall increase in character power.Additionally, we heard player concerns that the effort required to play Whirling Dragon Punch wasn’t worth the resulting increase in power. We agree, and have increased the damage it deals as a result.We have also added additional damage to the Amirdrassil (4) set as the cooldown reduction, while fun, was not entirely meeting our goals for additional power granted by the bonus.
- Rising Sun Kick damage increased by 10 percent.
- Fists of Fury damage increased by five percent and additional damage to primary target increased by 10 percent.
- Whirling Dragon Punch damage increased by 10 percent.
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (2) Set Bonus: Rising Sun Kick bonus damage reduced to 5 percent (was 10 percent).
- Aberrus, the Shadowed Crucible (4) Set Bonus: Fists of Fury primary target damage reduced to 20 percent (was 30 percent).
Stat Priority in Patch 10.2
General Stat Priority for Windwalker Monk with our Build is:
- Agility
- Versatility
- Critical Strike
- Mastery
- Haste
- Agility is your primary stat, meaning that Itemlevel is superior in most cases. Higher Itemlevel will also increase your Stamina and Armor that you gain.
- Critical Strike increases the chance for your abilities and spells to deal double damage.
- Haste reduces your global cooldown, your time to cast spells, and reduces the cooldown of many abilities.
- Versatility grants you a flat damage increase, but also a damage decrease for half of its value.
- Mastery increases your damage by Combo Strikes, dealing more damage whenever your next ability is not a repeat of the previous one.
The further we are getting into the expansion, the effects of diminishing returns start to limit your effective gain of your secondary stats. After reaching 30% (by rating) of any given stat, you will start to receive a penalty that reduces the gain from more of the same stat over this treshold.
Stat priority can differ on every character. Make sure to simulate yourself on Raidbots get the perfect results for you.
Builds and Talents
Our Talent Trees are updated every week, reflecting all current Mythic+ Affixes, aswell as the most popular Talent Builds for Raid.
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Gear and Trinkets for Season 3
Windwalker Monk Best In Slot Gear from the current Raid – Amirdrassil, the Dreams Hope
This list contains the BiS Items for Windwalker Monk obtained through the current Raid – Amirdrassil, The Dreams Hope. Those Items yield the highest natural Itemlevel which grants the most amount of Primary Stats.
| Slot | Item |
| Head | Mystic Heron’s Hatsuburi |
| Necklace | Amulet of Eonar’s Chosen |
| Shoulders | Mystic Heron’s Hopeful Effigy |
| Cloak | Mantle of Blazing Sacrifice |
| Chest | Mystic Heron’s Burdens |
| Wrists | Verdant Sanctuary Bands |
| Hands | Mystic Heron’s Glovebills |
| Belt | Bloody Dragonhide Belt |
| Legs | Mystic Heron’s Waders |
| Boots | Lavaforged Sollerets |
| Ring 1 | Band of Burning Thorns |
| Ring 2 | Signet of the Last Elder |
| Weapon 1 | Rashon, the Immortal Blaze |
| Weapon 2 |
Best Embellishments for Windwalker Monk
Besides all other Items that can be obtained through Crafting on the highest Itemlevel, Players can wear two Items with the “Embellishment” tag. These Items grant additional power which should be used. The current most popular Embellishments for Windwalker Monk are:
- Toxified Armor Patch + Toxic Thorn Footwraps
- Blue Silken Lining + Undulating Sporecloak
- Elemental Lariat if the players has many Socket Slots on their Items to increase the duration of its effect
Best Primordial Stones for Windwalker Monk from Patch 10.0.7
If a player still chooses to wear the Onyx Annulet, you can equip three Primordial Stones into it. The most popular Primordial Stones are:
- Damage: Storm-Infused Stone (or Freezing Ice Stone for Single Target), Desirous Blood Stone, Prophetic Twilight Stone
- Absorption: Indomitable Earth Stone, Cold Frost Stone, Shining Obsidian Stone
- Healing: Deluging Water Stone, Exuding Steam Stone, Wild Spirit Stone
Best Trinkets for Windwalker Monk
This List shows the current best Trinkets of Windwalker Monk in a Single Target Situation. This list might not reflect the perfect choice for your specific situation. Trinkets can differ at any boss or in different dungeons. To see a full overview of Trinkets – Please visit Bloodmallet
Gems, Enchants and Consumables
Best Gems in Season 3
Regarding the Stat Priority listed above, we currently suggest using the following Sockets in your Gear. Keep in mind that using Elemental Lariat will always trigger the lower-valued stat of your Gems. If you want to trigger the desired stat, you have use the opposite Gem at least once in your Gear.
Best Enchants in Season 3
Enchants of Tertiary Stats (Avoidance, Speed and Leech) varies by player preference.
- Cloak: Avoidance
Enchant Cloak – Graceful Avoidance - Chest: Primary Stats
Enchant Chest – Waking Stats - Bracers: Leech
Enchant Bracer – Devotion of Leech - Belt: Stamina
Shadowed Belt Clasp - Boots: Stamina
Enchant Boots – Watcher’s Loam - Pants: Primary Stat / Stamina
1 - Rings: Versatility
2 - Weapon: Sophic Devotion (Primary Stats)
Enchant Weapon – Sophic Devotion
Best Consumables in Season 3
- Phial: Iced Phial of Corrupting Rage or Phial of Tepid Versatility
- Buff Food: Grand Banquet of the Kalu’ak
- Weapon Oil: Howling Rune
- Health Potion: Dreamwalker’s Healing Potion
- Augmentation Rune: Draconic Augment Rune
- Combat Potion: Elemental Potion of Ultimate Power
- Raid: Vantus Rune: Amirdrassil, the Dream’s Hope
Best Races for Windwalker Monk
Each Race in World of Warcraft offers their unique combat benefits which provide different powers to a specific Class. We would suggest that Players choose the Race of their choice, regardless of the Power gained. Here is a list of the different Races and their performance.