Mistweaver Monk Healing Gear and Best in Slot — The War Within (11.1.0)
On this page, you will find the best gear and best in slot items for your Mistweaver Monk in World of Warcraft The War Within (11.1.0).
BiS Gear Guide for Mistweaver Monks
Because of the diverse nature of gear and the variability of item level due to things like the weekly cache, a true "best in slot" list is slippery. You should always be equipping items that will benefit you based on your stat weights. To acquire said weights, use WoW Analyzer. More on that can be found below.
To find out how to best augment your gear with enchants and gems and optimize your characters with consumables, check out our Gem, Enchant, and Consumable page below.
Gearing up for The War Within
Upon reaching Level 80, you have 3 main options to start gearing your character: Dungeons and Raids, PvP such as Arena or Battlegrounds, and world systems like Renown with the four main Reputations.
Once you can get invited to Mythic dungeons, be sure to complete each one during your first week, then look to see if you can find groups for your preferred style of play, be that Mythic+ or Rated PvP.
BiS Gear for Mistweaver Monk
BiS List for Mistweaver Monk
This list contains the highest all-around HPS setup from most sources for Mistweaver Monk. This does not take into account content-specific weights and instead opts for a primarily item-level-based approach.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapon | ![]() ![]() |
Crafted — Inscription |
Helm | ![]() |
Operation: Floodgate |
Neck | ![]() |
Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Cloak | ![]() |
The MOTHERLODE!! |
Chest | ![]() |
Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Bracers | ![]() |
The MOTHERLODE!! |
Gloves | ![]() |
Cauldron of Carnage in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Belt | ![]() ![]() |
Crafted — Leatherworking |
Legs | ![]() |
Stix Bunkjumper in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Boots | ![]() |
Theater of Pain |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
The One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Cauldron of Carnage in Liberation of Undermine |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine |
Mythic+ Gear BiS List for Mistweaver Monk
This list contains the highest HPS setup, with farmable gear from Mythic+ Dungeons. This is a great place to start on a relatively new character, as you can infinitely grind out these items from Mythic+.
Slot | Item | Source/Note |
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Weapon | ![]() |
Operation: Mechagon |
Off-hand | ![]() |
Theater of Pain |
Helm | ![]() |
Operation: Mechagon |
Neck | ![]() |
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Shoulder | ![]() |
Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Cloak | ![]() |
The MOTHERLODE!! |
Chest | ![]() |
Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Bracers | ![]() |
The MOTHERLODE!! |
Gloves | ![]() |
Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Belt | ![]() |
Cinderbrew Meadery |
Legs | ![]() |
Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Boots | ![]() |
The MOTHERLODE!! |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
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Ring #2 | ![]() |
Siren Isle |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Priory of the Sacred Flame |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Theater of Pain |
Raid Gear BiS List for Mistweaver Monk
This list contains the highest HPS setup, only using gear from Raids.
This list is mostly useful for informing your organized guild of what loot is optimal for you for loot distribution purposes.
Weapon | ![]() |
Vexie and the Geargrinders in Liberation of Undermine |
Off-hand | ![]() |
The One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine |
Helm | ![]() |
The One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Neck | ![]() |
Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine |
Shoulder | ![]() |
Rik Reverb in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Cloak | ![]() |
Vexie and the Geargrinders in Liberation of Undermine |
Chest | ![]() |
Sprocketmonger Lockenstock in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Bracers | ![]() |
Rib Reverb in Liberation of Undermine |
Gloves | ![]() |
Cauldron of Carnage in Liberation of Undermine/Matrix Catalyst/Great Vault |
Belt | ![]() |
Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine |
Legs | ![]() |
Stix Bunkjumper in Liberation of Undermine |
Boots | ![]() |
Vexie and the Geargrinders in Liberation of Undermine |
Ring #1 | ![]() |
The One-Armed Bandit in Liberation of Undermine |
Ring #2 | ![]() |
Cauldron of Carnage in Liberation of Undermine |
Trinket #1 | ![]() |
Chrome King Gallywix in Liberation of Undermine |
Trinket #2 | ![]() |
Mug'Zee in Liberation of Undermine |
Trinkets
The ranking system is as follows:
- A Tier: These trinkets are by far the strongest and are always good options.
- B Tier: are slightly weaker than A but may be lacking in certain areas.
- C Tier: are middling trinkets that have either difficult-to-use effects or random procs that drastically reduce their effective value.
- D Tier: These are generally worthless trinkets you should avoid.
A Tier
Mug's Moxie Jug
Mister Pick-Me-Up
Eye of Kezan
Soulletting Ruby
Signet of the Priory
B Tier
Reverb Radio
Entropic Skardyn Core
Carved Blazikon Wax
Burin of the Candle King (Good option in Mythic+ to survive one-shots)
House of Cards (Again, for Mastery builds)
C Tier
Ingenious Mana Battery
Gallagio Bottle Service
Vial of Spectral Essence
Remnant of Darkness
Goldenglow Censer from Delves
Best Cyrce's Circlet Gems for Mistweaver Monk
Cyrce's Circlet is a ring added in Patch 11.0.7 that you can acquire by completing the intro quest line on the new Siren Isle. This ring is customizable via its 3 unique sockets, each of which can be fitted with a gemstone of its type (Thunder, Sea, and Wind). There are 4 gems of each type, for a total of 12 to choose from.
This ring starts at ilvl 639, and can be upgraded to 658 over the course of 6 weeks by doing weekly quests on Siren's Isle. Because of this heightened ilvl, this ring will remain competitive through the start of season 2.
You will want to replace this ring once you acquire a Myth track ring.
These are generally considered to be the best gems, but that may change depending on your gear and/or goals (Mythic+ players may want to try damage gems for example).
Stormbringer's Runed Citrine;
Legendary Skipper's Citrine;
Mariner's Hallowed Citrine.
For more information on how to get the ring, as well as acquiring all of the different gems that you can possibly socket into it, check out our Cyrce's Circlet guide below!
Embellishments
When an item is being crafted, you can add a reagent called an Embellishment that will cause that piece of gear to have a specific proc, depending on the reagent used. Additionally, some pieces of gear come with embellishments already on them. You can wear a maximum of 2 pieces of embellished gear.
The following are the best Embellishments for Mistweaver Monk:
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Darkmoon Sigil: Ascension
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Darkmoon Sigil: Symbiosis
Tier Sets
Tier Sets are a group of items that provide you with bonuses depending on how many items of that group you equip. These are always dropped from raids, but you can also acquire them from your Great Vault or by upgrading items via the Matrix Catalyst. The bonuses for Mistweavers are as follows:
Monk Mistweaver 11.1 Class Set 2pc — Healing spells have a chance to apply
Insurance! to your target, healing them for a large amount over 15 seconds. If the target drops below 40% Health, Insurance is consumed, healing the player for a moderate amount.
Monk Mistweaver 11.1 Class Set 4pc —
Renewing Mist applies
Insurance! to its target for 6 seconds, and Insurance's strength is increased by up to 50%, in proportion to the coverage of Renewing Mist on your group, up to 10 players
This tier set adds a very powerful HoT to our kit that will passively increase our HPS by quite a bit.
It should be noted that Insurance! is amped by our bonus healing effects like
Enveloping Mist and
Chi Harmony, and that the 50% bonus of the 4-set scales with your group. If you have 5 people in your group, then all 5 need Renewing Mist on them in order to get the full bonus.
Changelog
- 05 Mar. 2025: Fixed and error on the Mythic+ weapon recommendation.
- 03 Mar. 2025: Adjusted trinket tier list.
- 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.
- 17 Dec. 2024: Updated Cyrce's Circlet section to reflect the buffs.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Added section for Cyrce's Circlet.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Adjusted raid trinket recommendations.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Updated for The War Within Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Season 4.
- 19 Mar. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Updated trinket rankings.
- 07 Nov. 2023: Added Changes to Embellishments.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reintroduced BiS Lists, and updated for 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Added Dawn of the Infinite section.
- 24 May 2023: Added Cataclysm Timewalking Section.
- 06 May 2023: Added Aberrus Trinkets.
- 01 May 2023: Updated for 10.1
- 25 Mar. 2023: Adjusted the Onyx Annulet section to reflect the buffs to Primordial Gemstones.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Added section of Onyx Annulet.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 13 Jan. 2023: Added Embellishment section.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reformatted the page, added a tier list for Trinkets.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Dhaubbs a Mistweaver Monk theorycrafter, and moderator on the Monk Discord Peak of Serenity. He raids in Big Dumb Guild on Illidan-US, where he also produces encounter videos. You can follow him on Twitter, Twitch, and/or YouTube.
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