Windwalker Monk Leveling Guide from 1 to 80 — The War Within (11.1.7)
On this page, you will find our Level by Level Windwalker Monk leveling guide for The War Within. Make sure to use the slider to make the guide adapt to your level. For more general leveling information, please refer to our Monk leveling guide.
Windwalker Monk Leveling Guide for The War Within
Leveling Gear for Windwalker Monk
When leveling up, always choose the piece of loot with the highest item level. The only exception to this rule is if you have a Ring or Necklace with a slightly lower item level, but 2 secondary stats on it instead of 1.
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Best Leveling Talents for Windwalker Monk
You unlock the Talent Trees at Level 10. Further below is the recommended Leveling Talent path.
Windwalker Monk Leveling Talents
Level by Level Rotation
To keep things simple while leveling and learning the spec, use the slider to select your level, and watch as the leveling rotation grows with each level!
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Leveling Rotation for Windwalker Monk
The Windwalker Monk rotation is based on a priority system. Use the highest ability on the list as soon as it is available. This list assumes you have access to many talents, so simply remove the ones you don't have. It is also set up for AOE pulls, as Windwalker is very capable of doing so.
Invoke Xuen
Touch of Death
Tiger Palm if <5 Chi AND about to cap energy
Blackout Kick try not to overcap
Teachings of the Monastery
Spinning Crane Kick with
Dance of Chi-Ji proc
Fists of Fury
Whirling Dragon Punch
Strike of the Windlord
Spinning Crane Kick
Blackout Kick
Rising Sun Kick
Chi Burst
Windwalker Monk War Mode Talents for Leveling
In this section, we will rank the PvP talents best for leveling and doing solo / small group PvE content. Below is a ranking of both General PvP Talents and Windwalker Monk-specific PvE talents.
General PvP Talents
Relentless is a passive ability, but it does not automatically remove crowd control abilities. Instead, it reduces the duration.
Gladiator's Medallion is an on-use ability that removes all movement-impairing effects and all loss of control effects.
Adaptation is recommended; it is likely your most passive choice since it will automatically remove loss of control effects over 5 seconds.
Windwalker Monk PvP Talents for Leveling
Alpha Tiger is very useful for a small added burst as you go between targets.
Reverse Harm is very useful for survivability and for added damage.
Turbo Fists is an incredibly strong PvP talent that makes pulling large groups significantly easier.
Changelog
- 01 Jul. 2025: Fixed leveling pathing again, added back Hero talent order.
- 15 Jun. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7, it's not currently broken so no changes needed.
- 21 Apr. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5, removed "Congratulations" section, I'm sure the leveling order will break for some reason.
- 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.0.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.7.
- 22 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Reviewed and updated for The War Within Launch, minor formatting changes.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated with new leveling path for TWW Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Season 4.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
- 01 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 20 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 24 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 28 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight launch.
- 25 Oct. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
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This guide is written and maintained by Babylonius; Raider in Zero Pecent Wipe; Twelve 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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