Windwalker Monk DPS Easy Mode — 12.1

This build is ideal for beginners for pure single-target situations.

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This is our recommended build for beginners in AoE scenarios. This works well for AoE Fights in Raids, as well as Mythic+ and Delves.

Be sure to make use of the 'Export Talents' button to import the best build directly into your game!

The single-target Windwalker Monk rotation is based on a priority system.

1. Touch of Death
2. Whirling Dragon Punch
3. Strike of the Windlord
4. Fists of Fury
5. Rushing Wind Kick
6. Rising Sun Kick
7. Blackout Kick
8. Tiger Palm

Against multiple enemies, the rotation is also based on a priority system.

1. Touch of Death
2. Whirling Dragon Punch
3. Strike of the Windlord
4. Fists of Fury
5. Rushing Wind Kick
6. Rising Sun Kick
7. Blackout Kick
8. Spinning Crane Kick
9. Tiger Palm

Tigereye Brew is the new Apex talent node and is a callback to Windwalker's original damage cooldown, although mostly in name only. As the tooltip suggests, during combat you generate stacks that are then spent when you cast Zenith to increase your chance to Crit. Outside of combat it stacks back up to 10 very quickly, or will maintain its stacks if you are already at or above 10.

Generally you do not have to play around this buff, as you should be naturally using Zenith frequently enough to not need to worry about the cap of 20 stacks. The primary way that this buff affects your thought process is that it lessens the incentive to use both charges of Zenith back-to-back because the second use will have very few stacks. Most of the time, spreading them out is a reasonable choice to make, but sometimes you will still want to use them one after the other. This talent can be taken and ignored outside of the more extreme min-maxing situations that may be figured out as time goes on.

Windwalker's Season 2 Tier set bonuses: Monk Windwalker 12.1 Class Set 2pc and Unbroken Rhythm are very strong and cause you to want to use Spinning Crane Kick after Fists of Fury.

Touch of Karma is the only baseline defensive ability. This is often used as an offensive ability due to the damage being redirected back to your target. However, until you know you can comfortably use this offensively, it is always recommended that you only use it defensively. Very frequently, using it defensively is very similar to using it offensively.

Fortifying Brew while active, reduce the damage you take from all sources while also increasing your maximum health.

The general stat priority for a Windwalker Monk is seen below. This is very much a rough guideline and is designed for players who do not wish to sim their character. If you are simming your character, please disregard this stat priority completely and follow your sim! For more information on what's presented on this page, check out our main Stat Priority page.

If you would like a more convenient option when first gaining the feel for the Windwalker Monk rotation, there is also a Combat Assistant available from the spellbook. This assistant can perform a simplified version of the damage rotation and only requires you to use a single keybind. However, making use of this assistant comes at the cost of an increased cooldown between abilities on every press. This results in a 15-30% DPS loss in simulations but may still be a net improvement if you are inexperienced with a "fully manual" playstyle.

Note, however, that even with this assistant's help, you must still use your defensive abilities manually, as well as your key offensive cooldown of Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger.

Sadly, the otherwise-rosy portrayal of the combat assistant above assumes that it is working as it should. Unfortunately, at this time the assistant is not capable of pausing during a channeled ability like Fists of Fury. This means that it is recommended to use the following Macro as a button in place of just dragging the button from your spellbook to your bars.

• #showtooltip
• /stopmacro [channeling]
• /cast Single-Button Assistant