Windwalker Monk PvP Talents and Builds — The War Within (11.0.5)

Last updated on Nov 08, 2024 at 08:45 by Mysticall 17 comments

Choosing the right PvP and PvE talents is a prerequisite to proper performance in PvP. This guide goes through the various talent choices available to you as a Windwalker Monk and gives you the best combinations you can take.

This page is part of our Windwalker Monk PvP Guide.

1.

Talents for Windwalker Monks

While the above calculator provides a generally accurate overview of the viability of talents, some finer points are discussed in the sections that follow, and we recommend you read those for a deeper understanding.

2.

Windwalker Talents Summary

2.1.

Monk Tree Talent Highlights

  • Fast Feet Icon Fast Feet. This talent simply increases the damage of your Rising Sun Kick Icon Rising Sun Kick and Spinning Crane Kick Icon Spinning Crane Kick.
  • Increased survivability with talents that buffs Expel Harm Icon Expel Harm. Strength of Spirit Icon Strength of Spirit, Profound Rebuttal Icon Profound Rebuttal, and Vigorous Expulsion Icon Vigorous Expulsion all increase the healing of Expel Harm and helps increase your survivability.
  • Celestial Determination Icon Celestial Determination makes it so you cannot be slowed below 90% movement speed while Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger Icon Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger is active. This is crucial for when you are playing against teams trying to run away during the burst cooldowns.
2.2.

Windwalker Monk Tree Talent Highlights

  • Strike of the Windlord Icon Strike of the Windlord. This ability is crucial for increasing Windwalker Monk burst and sustained damage output. This talent is also buffed from Thunderfist Icon Thunderfist.
  • Whirling Dragon Punch Icon Whirling Dragon Punch/Revolving Whirl Icon Revolving Whirl are two very strong damage talents. Whirling Dragon Punch is already a great spell to include in your damage rotation and Revolving Whirl now grants Dance of Chi-Ji Icon Dance of Chi-Ji after using Whirling Dragon Punch.
  • Fist of Fury is an important spell for Windwalker Monks, and most of your damage that is dealt will come from it. The talents Momentum Boost Icon Momentum Boost, Transfer the Power Icon Transfer the Power and Fury of Xuen Icon Fury of Xuen all increase the damage of Fist of Fury and make it a powerful cooldown.
3.

PvP Talents for Windwalker Monks

You can choose 3 of the following PvP talents. Each of them has their uses, but some are better for certain strategies than others. The top three choices are the most useful but can be replaced with other PvP talents depending on your team's goal.

3.1.

Mandatory PvP Talents

Versus teams with melee on it, Turbo Fists Icon Turbo Fists is a mandatory PvP talent. This not only increases the damage of your Fists of Fury Icon Fists of Fury, but it slows enemies hit by it, and you Parry all attacks while it is channeling. This makes it so you can use Fists of Fury aggressively for damage but also use it defensively to prevent some incoming damage and slow an entire team.

Rising Dragon Sweep Icon Rising Dragon Sweep makes Whirling Dragon Punch Icon Whirling Dragon Punch knock enemies into the air and fall slowly. This gives Windwalker an additional way to interrupt enemies from casting their spells.

3.2.

Situational PvP Talents

Reverse Harm Icon Reverse Harm makes Expel Harm Icon Expel Harm deal more damage and generate Chi. This is crucial for increasing your survivability and making your rotation feel much smoother. Reverse Harm will be used to help build up Chi if you have previously used Tiger Palm Icon Tiger Palm and heal you for a good amount when you are being focused.

Ride the Wind Icon Ride the Wind causes Flying Serpent Kick Icon Flying Serpent Kick to form a path of wind in its wake, increasing the movement speed of all allies who stand in it by 25% and rendering them immune to slowing effects. This talent is crucial if you think your healer will be the primary target for the enemy team. This will help your entire team kite away from burst damage.

Grapple Weapon Icon Grapple Weapon disarms your enemy. This is a great choice versus teams with melee on it. This should also be taken versus Death Knights. The reason for this is that they will not be able to heal while they are disarmed.

4.

Changelog

  • 08 Nov. 2024: Updated Talents.
    • Updated Recommended Talents.
    • Updated Talents Overview.
  • 21 Oct. 2024: Updated for Patch 11.0.5.
    • Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 12 Sep. 2024: Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
  • 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within.
  • 27 Jul. 2024: Updated Recommended Talents.
    • Updated PvP Talents.
  • 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
  • 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
  • 22 Apr. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.6
  • 24 Jan. 2024: Updated Talent Tree.
  • 15 Jan. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 10.2.5.
  • 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2.
    • Updated Recommended talents.
  • 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7.
  • 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5.
  • 17 Jun. 2023: Updated Talent Calculator.
  • 06 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
  • 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
    • Updated Talent Tree.
    • Updated PvP Talents.
  • 01 Feb. 2023: Updated Recommended Talents.
  • 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
  • 11 Dec. 2022: Updated Best Talents.
    • Updated PvP Talents.
  • 21 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
  • 01 Aug. 2022: Reviewed for Shadowlands Season 4.
  • 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
  • 27 Feb. 2022: Updated for Patch 9.2.
    • Updated Tiers 3 and 6 Regular Talents.
  • 10 Nov. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
  • 02 Jul. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.1.
  • 08 Mar. 2021: Updated PvP Talent Choices.
  • 26 Oct. 2020: Updated Talent Table.
  • 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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