Windwalker Monk Leveling Guide from 1 to 80 — The War Within (11.0.7)

Last updated on Dec 15, 2024 at 16:00 by Babylonius 44 comments

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.

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Windwalker Monk Leveling Guide for The War Within

1.1.

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.

Move the slider below to make the guide update to your level!

Level: 70
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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.

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Windwalker Monk Leveling Talents

Best Leveling Talent Build
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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!

Move the slider below to make the guide update to your level!

Level: 70
4.1.

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.

  1. Invoke Xuen Icon Invoke Xuen
  2. Touch of Death Icon Touch of Death
  3. Tiger Palm Icon Tiger Palm if <5 Chi AND about to cap energy
  4. Blackout Kick Icon Blackout Kick try not to overcap Teachings of the Monastery Icon Teachings of the Monastery
  5. Spinning Crane Kick Icon Spinning Crane Kick with Dance of Chi-Ji Icon Dance of Chi-Ji proc
  6. Fists of Fury Icon Fists of Fury
  7. Whirling Dragon Punch Icon Whirling Dragon Punch
  8. Strike of the Windlord Icon Strike of the Windlord
  9. Spinning Crane Kick Icon Spinning Crane Kick
  10. Blackout Kick Icon Blackout Kick
  11. Rising Sun Kick Icon Rising Sun Kick
  12. Chi Burst Icon Chi Burst
4.2.

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.

4.2.1.

General PvP Talents

  • Relentless Icon Relentless is a passive ability, but it does not automatically remove crowd control abilities. Instead, it reduces the duration.
  • Gladiator's Medallion Icon Gladiator's Medallion is an on-use ability that removes all movement-impairing effects and all loss of control effects.
  • Adaptation Icon Adaptation is recommended; it is likely your most passive choice since it will automatically remove loss of control effects over 5 seconds.
4.2.2.

Windwalker Monk PvP Talents for Leveling

  1. Alpha Tiger Icon Alpha Tiger is very useful for a small added burst as you go between targets.
  2. Reverse Harm Icon Reverse Harm is very useful for survivability and for added damage.
  3. Turbo Fists Icon Turbo Fists is an incredibly strong PvP talent that makes pulling large groups significantly easier.
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The End Game

Congratulations! You made it to Level 80! Now that you are in the end game, we recommend looking at our Easy mode page and Talents section to see how to transition from leveling to the end game.

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Changelog

  • 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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