MoP Classic Mistweaver Monk — Guide (Phase 5)
viewsAbout the Class
The Mistweaver Monk is a healer who spends mana, but whose strongest heals are locked behind Chi. You can play in two ways: stand in the back and pour out 
Soothing Mist, 
Surging Mist and 
Enveloping Mist, or move into melee — where 
Stance of the Wise Serpent turns part of your dealt damage into raid healing.
In a raid this is a very strong single-target and spread-group healer thanks to 
Renewing Mist and 
Uplift, and on top of that the monk deals more damage than any other healer.
Strengths
- Very powerful single-target healing.
- Uplift heals the entire group, even when people are spread out.
- Can heal while dealing damage.
- The highest personal damage among all healers.
- Extremely mobile:
Chi Torpedo, 
Tiger's Lust, 
Transcendence. - Strong emergency buttons:
Life Cocoon and 
Revival.
Weaknesses
- You have to manage mana throughout the entire fight.
- Requires ramp-up time before group healing reaches full power.
- No raid-wide damage-reduction cooldown.
- A second resource, Chi, limits your strongest heals.
- Fewer cooldowns than other healers.
Stat Priority
- 1Intellect
- 2Spirit (no lower than 5100)
- 3Haste (up to the Renewing Mist thresholds: 1578 / 4719 / 7864 / 11033 without buffs)
- 4Critical Strike rating
- 5Haste beyond the required threshold
- 6Mastery
You don't need to gather Hit and Expertise separately: Stance of the Wise Serpent converts 50% of Spirit into both of them, and 5100 Spirit fully solves the miss problem. With the raid buff for 5% haste, the thresholds shift downward.
Talents
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.
- 1Renewing Mist
- 2Renewing Mist
- 3
Jab - 4
Tiger Palm - 5
Blackout Kick - 6Renewing Mist
- 7Uplift
- 8
Thunder Focus Tea - 9Uplift
- 10Soothing Mist
- 11Enveloping Mist
- Renewing Mist — keep it rolling: it's free healing and free Chi
- Soothing Mist — channel on the wounded target, the foundation of all single-target healing
- Enveloping Mist — spend Chi when Soothing Mist alone isn't enough
- Surging Mist — fast healing right during the channel, watch your mana expenditure
Chi Brew — build Chi and don't let the charges overflow- Life Cocoon — shield in advance on a target about to be hit
- Thunder Focus Tea — empowers the next Surging Mist or refreshes all Renewing Mists
Expel Harm — cheap Chi and a bit of self-healing- Jab — build Chi in melee
- Tiger Palm — damage that turns into healing through reflection
Key Abilities
Best in Slot Gear (BiS)
Best in Slot Gear (BiS)Tier 16 Set — Robes of Seven Sacred Seals
Tier 16 Set — Robes of Seven Sacred SealsGarrosh drops a universal token that can be exchanged for any piece of the set.
Enchants, Gems, Consumables
Enchants
Gems
ConsumablesRaces
- Gourmand doubles the bonus from food — roughly 300 extra Intellect. The best racial choice for a monk.
- Bouncy grants double rest at inns.
Best Professions
Synapse Springs on demand for damage windows, Nitro Boosts for mobility.
Socket Bracer and 
Socket Gloves — two extra gems.
Gives the best shoulder inscription and strong pre-raid items.
Lightweave Embroidery on the cloak provides regular Intellect procs.
Author
Fouren
Fouren has been playing World of Warcraft for over 15 years. He is an active player with 12 Cutting Edge achievements under his belt, and has reached the top 1% and 0.1% multiple times on various classes. His main classes are healers, particularly Holy Paladin.
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