Brewmaster Monk Guide for Midnight Season 2 (Patch 12.1)
viewsAbout the class
This is a tank whose primary stat is Agility. This tank does not use a shield, and as a weapon it wields either a two-handed weapon (staff, polearm) or two one-handed weapons (axe, mace).
The defining feature of this tank is its delayed-damage mechanic — 
Stagger. Damage taken is not dealt to the monk all at once, but gradually over 10 seconds.
- Stagger scales with Agility and reduces incoming damage by splitting it into two parts. You take the first part immediately, and the second part is dealt evenly over 10 seconds. You must “clear” the second part of the damage with the
Purifying Brew ability. The
Shuffle ability increases the effectiveness of Stagger. You gain Shuffle when using the abilities 
Keg Smash, 
Blackout Kick, and 
Spinning Crane Kick. When using the basic rotation, the uptime of this buff will be 100%, so tracking it is not mandatory. But your job is to gain this buff before taking your first damage from enemies. That is exactly why Keg Smash will always be your first ability at the start of a fight.The abilities
Gift of the Ox and 
Celestial Fortune are passive healing abilities. When you take damage, you can summon a healing sphere; collecting it restores your health.
There are three ways to absorb the spheres:
Use
Expel Harm (use it only at 4-5 stacks). Use
Spinning Crane Kick.Simply walk over them (yellow spheres).
Strengths
- Easy to learn.
- No need to think about a cooldown rotation for defensives.
- One of the most mobile tanks.
- High damage.
- Handles any incoming damage very well.
- A class debuff that increases physical damage dealt by 5% against targets the monk attacks.
- Smooth incoming damage, which makes it easier for healers to keep you up in critical situations.
Weaknesses
- Requires healer support, although most of the time it survives almost on its own.
- Weak group utility.
- A large number of active abilities.
Stat priority
Agility
Critical Strike
Versatility
Mastery
HasteTalents
Rotation (Ability Priority)
The opener is a set sequence of abilities you use as you engage an enemy. Memorising it helps initiate your rotation in the most optimal way possible.
- 1(3 sec before pull)
Breath of Fire - 2(1 sec before pull)
Chi Burst - 3Keg Smash
- 4
Potion of Unwavering Focus - 5Blackout Kick
- 6Breath of Fire
- 7
Tiger Palm - 8
Exploding Keg - 9
Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox - 10Keg Smash
- 11Blackout Kick
- 12Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox
- 13Exploding Keg
Touch of Death — if the ability is available on the target- Blackout Kick — to gain
Blackout Combo - Chi Burst
Celestial Brew / 
Aspect of Harmony — even with minimal damage, if two charges have built up or your Stagger pool is nearly full: this triggers 
Harmonic Surge and grants an empty keg from 
One More Round!- Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox — only if the fight will last at least 25 seconds
- Tiger Palm — consumes Blackout Combo and all charges of
Energy Reserve - Keg Smash — if an empty keg from One More Round! is active: it grants Energy Reserve and spends Stagger for extra damage
- Breath of Fire
- Exploding Keg — resets the cooldown of one charge of Keg Smash; with the
Draining the Cellar talent it is reused at the same priority - Keg Smash — regular charge
- Purifying Brew — an extra charge if you are taking almost no damage: more procs of Special Delivery and a chance for One More Round!
- Tiger Palm — filler; make sure you have enough energy for the next Keg Smash
Best in Slot gear (BiS)
Don't forget to explore our class pages, where not only the best items in the slot are available, but also other alternatives for any class, spec or situation:
Enchants, gems, consumables
Leveling process
The main damage-dealing abilities at early levels will be Blackout Kick and Spinning Crane Kick.
As you level up, you will gain new abilities. We recommend following the ability priority from the rotation section.
Handy tips for Mythic+ keys
Thanks to the abilities 
Roll, 
Tiger's Lust, 
Lighter Than Air, and 
Transcendence, you will be very mobile in the dungeon. Use them to gather packs of mobs faster.
The Tiger's Lust ability removes movement-impairing debuffs from you or your target. As a rule, such debuffs deal damage or can cause you to take heavy damage from a void zone. Try to use this ability to remove such debuffs.
Detox lets you dispel poison and disease effects. Use the ability in cases where such debuffs deal significant damage to you or an allied healer.
Using the 
Paralysis ability lets you bypass groups of monsters if they are not on your route through the dungeon.
Macros
#showtooltip /cast [@focus,exists,harm][] Spear Hand Strike
#showtooltip /cast [@mouseover,exists,harm,nodead] Paralysis; Paralysis
#showtooltip /cast [@cursor] Ring of Peace
#showtooltip /use [@player] Tiger's Lust
#showtooltip Provoke /cast [nomod,@mouseover,harm,nodead] Provoke /cast [nomod] Provoke /targetexact [mod:alt] Black Ox Statue /cast [mod:alt] Provoke /targetlasttarget [mod:alt,exists]
#showtooltip /cast [@cursor] Exploding Keg
#showtooltip /use Keg Smash /cancelaura Blessing of Protection
#showtooltip /cast [@mouseover,exists,harm,nodead] Crackling Jade Lightning; Crackling Jade Lightning
Author
Rupi
Rupi is a blogger and streamer who started playing WoW during the Legion expansion. His first character was a Blood Death Knight. In Shadowlands he began actively raiding in various top-100 world guilds, playing different tank specs. Rupi holds 95-100 logs on multiple tanks, and has frequently broken into the world top 5 on Blood DK and Demon Hunter in Mythic+.
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