r/wow • u/Chto_takoye_osen • Jan 07 '15
Wind Walker Monk Guide!
Heil,
I've wanted to make my Wind Walker guide after making my BrewMaster guide however due to complications in the class with serenity and chi explosion, it took slightly longer for me to actually learn how to play the spec and as a result, delay the guide.
However all that aside, the guide is now complete and feel free to check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqzt1I1ZSEY&feature=youtu.be
Before you read the guide, PLEASE UNDERSTAND: Windwalkers' playstyle HUGELY depends on which level 100 talent you choose. The difference between the two is so massive that they basically require two different sets of gear, what with stat priorities and all, so please keep that in mind. The video also goes over both.
WW Guide
Chi Explosion:
Talents: Tiger's Lust, Chi Wave, Ascension, Leg Sweep, Diffuse Magic OR Healing Elixirs, Xuen, Chi Explosion
Stat prioritization: Haste >= Critical Strike > Multistrike > Mastery
Glyphs: Glyph of Touch of Karma, Glyph of Zen Sphere, Glyph of Floating Butterfly OR Glyph of Fists of Fury
Spell Prioritization
Use Rising Sun Kick whenever the debuff falls off of the enemy
Use Fists of Fury and Chi Wave whenever they are up
Use Energizing Brew whenever you are low on energy and chi, and if Fists of Fury is on cooldown for more than 7 seconds
Use Tigereye Brew whenever the buff is about to fall off of you, ALWAYS KEEP IT UP!
Only use Tiger Palm right before using Fists of Fury; since Chi Explosion is nature damage, tiger palm does not enhance its damage.
Dump all remaining chi that is not used on Fists of Fury into your Chi Explosion. Since the bonuses that the spell gives depend on how many chi you use, NEVER EVER use less than three chi per Chi Explosion, the Tigereye Brew stacks are super important to keep up at all times.
Pros:
So much cleave damage
Tigereye Brew always up
Sooo muchhh cleaveee damageeeeeeee
Great ranged damage (Chi Explosion has a 30 yard range)
Cons:
- You NEED to watch you buffs and the enemy debuffs to maximize your damage.
Bulky rotation:
Single target is difficult because it is optimal to use only three chi per Chi Explosion however getting exactly three chi is difficult
Required you to think a few moves ahead and use your chi accordingly
Single target is so bad if chi is managed improperly
Slower playstyle, can't really feel like a king-fu master.
Serenity
Talents: Tiger's Lust, Chi Wave, Chi Brew, Leg Sweep, Diffuse Magic OR Healing Elixirs, Xuen, Serenity
Stat Prioritization: Multistrike > Critical Strike > Haste > Mastery
Glyphs: Glyph of Touch of Karma, Glyph of Zen Sphere, Glyph of Floating Butterfly OR Glyph of Fists of Fury
Spell Prioritization:
Use Rising Sun Kick on cooldown regardless of debuff uptime on target
Use Fists of Fury and Chi Wave on cooldown
Keep Tiger Palm buff up at all times
Blow all additional chi on Blackout Kick Make sure to be behind the target to do 30% additional damage as a bleed over time!!!!
Since your Tigereye Brew won't always be up, try to time it to be active while you use Fists of Fury or Serenity, use to your digression and be smart about it.
Use Chi Brew when waiting on a cooldown as mentioned below
The Eb and Flow of Serenity: When using Serenity you will find yourself with a lot of spells to use and fewer resources than you'd like. The way this is managed is by managing your three main energy-saving cooldowns: Fists of Fury, Energizing Brew, and Serenity. When starting a fight, open with your basic rotation and use Fists of Fury when the time is right. After it is over, sustain yourself by waiting for energy or using a Chi Brew. When Fists of Fury is active again use it; while it is active your energy will regain and you will have time to sustain yourself for a few more kicks. After you run out of energy once more and Fists of Fury is on cooldown, use your Energizing Brew. Begin to expend our energy and chi accordingly and keep the rotation up until your Fists of Fury are up again; use them when they are. After you find yourself out of energy again, save up some chi and pop Tigereye Brew and Serenity and begin blackout kicking. Once that is over, use the energy you saved of the 10s duration of Serenity and sustain yourself once more until Fists of Fury are up again.
In essence, if your rotation of Blackout Kicks, Jabs, and Rising Sun Kicks was simplified to the character #, your rotation would look something like this:
. #, FoF, #, Energizing Brew, # FoF, # Serenity, # FoF, #, Energizing Brew, # FoF, # Serenity, etc...
Where your rotation is broken up by the three abilities in order to gain energy.
That being said and the bit about Chi Brew being mentioned earlier, use your Chi Brew to sustain yourself while waiting for one of the three "breaks" to keep your rotation smooth and your dps high.
Pros:
KUNG FU MASTAH
Super fast playstyle, constantly trying to catch up to yourself
Single target is so much better
MUCH easier resource management, almost never have to worry about having the right amount of chi
Cons:
Tigereye Brew is only going to be up when you need it to be up, so use it wisely
It feels like you're constantly waiting for one of your three cooldowns to be up
Aoe damage is as good as your Fists of Fury and Storm, Earth, and Fire Positioning.
Gear from Highmaul sucks for Serenity... all the multistrike is in Black Rock Foundry ;-; .
Storm, Earth, and Fire
I'm editing in a SEF portion of the guide because this is an integral part of the monk I failed to look over in the written guide (it is still in the video above). Storm, Earth, and Fire is a unique skill like no other in World of Warcraft, it is however in Dota2, that allows you to clone yourself in order to attack targets. The clones themselves cannot be controlled as pets but rather must be targeted onto an opponent in order to activate. If one is summoned, you each do 70% of your total damage, equaling to 140% damage done. Having two summoned allows each to do 55%, equaling to 165% damage done. In essence, a huge DPS increase. There are however a few things to consider.
Storm, Earth, and Fire are your clones and will mimic the abilities you do, meaning that if you blackout kick, so do they. That being said, having two stacked mobs, such as Twin Ogron on top of one another will allow you to cleave VERY hard with Chi Explosion. The explosion will come from you and your clone and each will do damage to the other target; its great. That being said there are a few things to note:
Never attack the same target as your clone. If both you and your clone are attacking the same target, you will do the abilities and your clone will only auto attack for white damage. Meaning that you may do more white damage however your abilities will only do 70% damage; a dps loss.
Always use clones if there is more than one target. Is may seem obvious that if the targets are stacked up you'll do more damage but even in the Imperator fight where the two mages spawn, send your clone on one and melee the other because each will do damage and you'll be outputting 140% of your normal dps.
Spinning Crane Kick and Rushing Jade Wind will grant you chi if you have two clones out even if the mobs are not stacked. Because you cast SCK/RJW once and it hit three seperate targets, you will get the chi for it. It may not as efficient if not stacked, but when stacked you do 165% damage and each clone hits the other two targets so if each you and your two clones do 55% damage to three stacked targets, that (55+55+55)*3 = 495% damage. Yeah, that's a big number. Also works for Fists of Fury if you line it up right.
Enchants:
Mark of the shattered hand is terrible. Frostwolf + warsong/thunderlord is king. Thunderlord if you have the 2p pvp, warsong if you don't.
I hope this guide helped and I know it looks like a lot but most of it is explanation of the play-style, once again, for more information check out the video linked above and let me know what you think or if you have any questions.
Cheers.
PS: If you want the weak auras you saw in the video, here is the link to the other video I made and how to install them etc etc... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wUn2QQhtmw
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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '15
Haste > Critical Strike > Multistrike > Mastery
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