Midnight S1
Tank

Monk — Brewmaster

Brewmaster Monk is a mobile stagger tank that turns spikes into a manageable DoT, then uses Purifying Brew and Celestial Brew to control the dangerous moments. In Midnight it plays as a priority system built around Blackout Combo, Keg Smash, Breath of Fire, Exploding Keg, Niuzao, and smart brew timing rather than a fixed rotation.

World of Warcraft: Midnight · Season 1

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Spec briefing

How Brewmaster Monk wins

Brewmaster Monk is a mobile stagger tank that turns spikes into a manageable DoT, then uses Purifying Brew and Celestial Brew to control the dangerous moments. In Midnight it plays as a priority system built around Blackout Combo, Keg Smash, Breath of Fire, Exploding Keg, Niuzao, and smart brew timing rather than a fixed rotation.

Role
Tank
Stat lead
Item Level then Agility
Single target
Shado-Pan
Cleave / AoE
Shado-Pan
Patch 12.0.7Updated Jul 16, 2026

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Character setup

Stat priority and consumables

Item level and effect strength still matter. Use this ordering to break close choices, then re-check it after major gear swaps.

  1. 1.Item Level
  2. 2.Agility
  3. 3.Critical Strike
  4. 4.Versatility
  5. 5.Mastery
  6. 6.Haste

Item level and Agility are king. At equal item level, Critical Strike and Versatility are the best general Brewmaster secondaries. Critical Strike improves damage and Celestial Fortune value; Versatility gives damage, healing, and flat damage reduction. Mastery adds dodge and attack power. Haste increases Energy regeneration and lowers Keg Smash, Rushing Jade Wind, and Purifying Brew cooldowns, but is usually the lowest general priority.

Consumables

Flasks, food, potions, weapon oils, and runes for this build.

7 rows
FoodSilvermoon ParadeDefault food option.FoodHarandar CelebrationAlternative feast option.FlaskFlask of the Shattered SunDefault flask.Combat potionLight's PotentialDefault combat potion.Health potionSilvermoon Health PotionCarry for raid and keys.WeaponThalassian Phoenix OilDefault weapon oil.Augment runeVoid-Touched Augment RuneUse for progression and high keys.
Combat

Opener and priority

Use these as decision priorities, not a rigid cast sequence. Re-evaluate whenever targets, resources, procs, or mechanics change.

Core principles

  • Build and maintain Shuffle: it smooths how quickly you take damage. Casting Blackout Kick and Keg Smash on cooldown maintains it easily - Blackout Kick's cooldown never changes, so plan your ability usage around it.
  • Spend Energy appropriately: only some abilities cost Energy (Keg Smash does, Breath of Fire does not). Keep enough Energy to cast Keg Smash on cooldown; Tiger Palm and Spinning Crane Kick dump the spare.
  • Remember your Brews: Purifying Brew reduces your Stagger damage, and everything with 'Brew' or 'Infusion' in the name gains cooldown reduction from some of your spells.
  • Hit those cooldowns: Invoke Niuzao and Exploding Keg are used on cooldown, with Celestial Infusion and Fortifying Brew for defense - both count as Brews.
Master of HarmonyThe Standard Raiding Build default. These are mid-combat priorities - see the opener for how to enter a pull.

Single-target priority

  1. 1.Touch of Death - execute an enemy when allowed
  2. 2.Blackout Kick - to trigger Blackout Combo
  3. 3.Chi Burst
  4. 4.Celestial Brew / Celestial Infusion - only to deal additional damage - consume one charge if at two
  5. 5.Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox
  6. 6.Tiger Palm - to consume your Blackout Combo buff
  7. 7.Empty Barrel - consume an active one from Bring Me Another
  8. 8.Breath of Fire
  9. 9.Exploding Keg
  10. 10.Keg Smash - use a charge
  11. 11.Purifying Brew - an extra charge if taking minimal damage, to trigger Special Delivery or Bring Me Another Empty Barrels
  12. 12.Tiger Palm - when there is nothing else to press

AoE priority

  1. 1.Touch of Death - execute an enemy when allowed
  2. 2.Blackout Kick - to trigger Blackout Combo
  3. 3.Chi Burst
  4. 4.Celestial Brew / Celestial Infusion - only to deal additional damage - consume one charge if at two
  5. 5.Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox
  6. 6.Tiger Palm - to consume your Blackout Combo buff
  7. 7.Breath of Fire
  8. 8.Keg Smash - first charge, or an active Empty Barrel from Bring Me Another
  9. 9.Exploding Keg
  10. 10.Keg Smash - second charge
  11. 11.Purifying Brew - an extra charge if taking minimal damage, to trigger Special Delivery or Empty Barrels
  12. 12.Tiger Palm - when there is nothing else to press

Opener

  1. 1.Use Chi Burst from a distance and move toward your target.
  2. 2.Use Keg Smash while moving to your target.
  3. 3.Use Blackout Kick.
  4. 4.Use Breath of Fire.
  5. 5.Use Tiger Palm.
  6. 6.Use Exploding Keg.
  7. 7.Use Keg Smash.
  8. 8.Use Blackout Kick.
  9. 9.Activate Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox, then follow the rotational priority.
  10. 10.When gathering multiple groups, add a Spinning Crane Kick or two while moving before starting the proper sequence.
Shado-PanSame core loop, but AoE revolves around fitting Breath of Fire and Keg Smash inside Niuzao windows to push Flurry Strikes.

Single-target priority

  1. 1.Touch of Death - execute an enemy when allowed
  2. 2.Blackout Kick - to trigger Blackout Combo
  3. 3.Celestial Brew / Celestial Infusion - only if taking minimal damage
  4. 4.Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox
  5. 5.Tiger Palm - to consume your Blackout Combo buff
  6. 6.Keg Smash - first charge, or an active Empty Barrel from Bring Me Another
  7. 7.Breath of Fire
  8. 8.Exploding Keg
  9. 9.Chi Burst
  10. 10.Keg Smash - second charge
  11. 11.Purifying Brew - an extra charge if taking minimal damage, to trigger Special Delivery or Empty Barrels
  12. 12.Tiger Palm - when there is nothing else to press

AoE priority

  1. 1.Touch of Death - execute an enemy when allowed
  2. 2.Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox
  3. 3.Breath of Fire - while Invoke Niuzao is active
  4. 4.Keg Smash - while Invoke Niuzao is active
  5. 5.Blackout Kick - to trigger Blackout Combo
  6. 6.Breath of Fire
  7. 7.Tiger Palm - to consume your Blackout Combo buff
  8. 8.Keg Smash - first charge, or an active Empty Barrel from Bring Me Another
  9. 9.Chi Burst
  10. 10.Exploding Keg
  11. 11.Celestial Brew / Celestial Infusion - only if taking minimal damage
  12. 12.Keg Smash - second charge
  13. 13.Purifying Brew - an extra charge if taking minimal damage
  14. 14.Spinning Crane Kick - when nothing else is available and Blackout Combo is not active

Opener

  1. 1.Use Chi Burst from a distance and move toward your target.
  2. 2.Use Keg Smash while moving to your target.
  3. 3.Use Blackout Kick.
  4. 4.Use Breath of Fire.
  5. 5.Use Tiger Palm.
  6. 6.Use Exploding Keg.
  7. 7.Use Keg Smash.
  8. 8.Use Blackout Kick.
  9. 9.Activate Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox, then follow the rotational priority.

Pre-combat checks

  • Consumables check: flask (1 hour, 2 for Alchemists), food (1 hour, lost on death unless hearty), weapon enhancement (2 hours), augment rune (1 hour, lost on death).
  • Gear repair: durability drops in combat and each death costs another 10%. Broken gear provides no stats.
  • Talent check: should you have Detox or Pressure Points selected? Look again to be sure.
  • Everything else - Shuffle, Mystic Touch - applies within your first ability or two.

Major cooldowns

Cooldown philosophy

  • All four major cooldowns have both an offensive and defensive benefit. Use them largely on cooldown, briefly delaying for larger AoE bursts.
  • Do not worry about activating several at once - the rotation has too many high-priority buttons to allow it anyway.

Exploding Keg

  • Your shortest damage cooldown and largest single burst - excellent early in a big pull for threat, and it resets Keg Smash.
  • The defensive perk (melee attacks deal 1 damage briefly) only affects auto attacks, and on-hit debuffs still apply - you are not necessarily safe.
  • Do not chase the bonus Fire damage with Spinning Crane Kick spam; have Rushing Jade Wind up beforehand if talented and continue the normal priority. Shado-Pan should fit in a Keg Smash to trigger Flurry Strikes.

Purifying Brew

  • Three rules: never let both charges sit off cooldown (wasted cooldown reduction), purify right after a big damage spike, and spend a charge when the second is about to come back.
  • Keg Smash grants 3 seconds and Tiger Palm 1 second of Brew cooldown reduction per cast - effectively halving your Brews' cooldowns.
  • Playing as if you have one charge available keeps a cushion for back-to-back hits; purifying at Moderate or even Light Stagger is acceptable to keep the cycle moving.

Celestial Brew vs Celestial Infusion

  • Celestial Brew is a full absorb for up to 8 seconds - stronger against overwhelming spike damage, but prone to wasting your passive healing and creating spiky intake.
  • Celestial Infusion absorbs only a portion of damage for up to 16 seconds - think 30% damage reduction to a cap - which smooths intake and makes you easier to heal.
  • Most players should default to Celestial Infusion, especially with Niuzao's Resolve; switch to Celestial Brew for concentrated spike mechanics.

Advanced tips

Stagger: a primer

  • Every hit splits into an instant portion and a Staggered portion dealt every 0.5 seconds over 10 seconds (15 with Bob and Weave). Physical Stagger scales mostly with Agility; only 58% of that value applies to magic, including most DoTs.
  • Light Stagger is 1-29% of max health in the pool, Moderate 30-59%, Heavy 60%+. Exceeding 100% happens regularly in hard content and is survivable with steady healing.
  • Purifying Brew (2 charges, 20-second recharge) instantly removes 50% of the current pool - purifying earlier after a hit prevents more total damage.
  • Shuffle dramatically increases how much damage enters the pool: 5 seconds per Keg Smash, 3 per Blackout Kick, up to 4 per Spinning Crane Kick, capped at 15. Dropping it mid-fight is catastrophic.

Self-healing and Healing Spheres

  • Gift of the Ox is fully predictable: one Healing Sphere per 100% of your max health taken as raw damage (after armor and cooldowns, before Stagger and absorbs).
  • Spheres last 30 seconds with a cap of 5 - beyond that the oldest is auto-consumed. Spinning Crane Kick drags spheres toward you and can consume them accidentally.
  • Expel Harm (15 Energy, 5-second cooldown) consumes all active spheres, gets buffed by Strength of Spirit, and deals 10% of the healing done as damage. Watch its counter to track your spheres.

Optimizing Blackout Combo

  • Keep pressing Blackout Kick on cooldown to generate as many combo buffs as possible.
  • Consume the buff almost exclusively with Tiger Palm - Counterstrike, Face Palm, and Master of Harmony's Meditative Focus make it far exceed normal damage. Comboing Keg Smash for cooldown reduction is rarely worth it.
  • Use non-combo abilities - Breath of Fire, Spinning Crane Kick, Rushing Jade Wind, Chi Burst, cooldowns, and defensives - as gap fillers so the buff survives until Tiger Palm.

Choice-node nuance

  • Rushing Jade Wind is AoE threat and a rotation gap filler, but its Haste-scaled duration is hard to maintain (especially in Bloodlust) and loses value while kiting. Special Delivery deals passive damage from your Brews with a 50% snare and usually edges it out for damage - but be careful, it can break crowd control.
  • Charred Passions (with the always-recommended Sal'salabim's Strength) keeps Blackout Kick permanently buffed and wins small pulls; Dragonfire Brew breathes twice more and pulls ahead in large pulls with less pressure on perfect Blackout Kicks.
  • If you talent Scalding Brew, you must take Charred Passions - its refreshes are the only way to maintain Breath of Fire's DoT.
Build

Talents and hero trees

Use Shado-Pan for the single-target profile below and Shado-Pan when cleave or adds make its toolkit more valuable.

Recommended starting profiles

Single-target: Shado-Pan

Master of Harmony is the default for the Standard Raiding Build, asking you to cast Celestial Brew / Celestial Infusion frequently to empower your kit - it is especially strong into physical staggered damage.

Multi-target: Shado-Pan

Shado-Pan is the alternative, using Flurry Strikes and Niuzao windows for strong physical pressure and threat.

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Raid Standard / Defensive

General raid build with a simpler defensive profile. Uses Special Delivery over Rushing Jade Wind and can swap Celestial Brew / Celestial Infusion by encounter.

Shado-PanSpecial DeliveryKeg SmashBlackout ComboPurifying BrewCelestial BrewInvoke Niuzao, the Black Ox
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Raid Advanced / Offensive

Higher-damage raid build that trades passive durability for Black Ox Brew and more offensive decision-making.

Shado-PanBlack Ox BrewBlackout ComboKeg SmashTiger PalmExploding KegInvoke Niuzao, the Black Ox
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Mythic+ Standard

Durable dungeon default using Shado-Pan for strong threat, Flurry Strikes, and simple pull-to-pull defensive planning.

Shado-PanRushing Jade WindBreath of FireCharred PassionsExploding KegRing of PeaceLeg Sweep
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Complete talent reference

Every class, specialization, and hero-tree talent from Blizzard game data. Active and choice talents stay open; passive nodes remain searchable and expand on demand.

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Monk class tree

Shared class talents, including throughput, control, defensives, and movement.

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Active and choice talents

Soothing MistActiveHeals the target for 6,386 over 7.1 sec. While channeling, Enveloping Mist and Vivify may be cast instantly on the target.ParalysisActiveIncapacitates the target for 1 min. Limit 1. Damage may cancel the effect.StaggerActiveYou shrug off attacks, delaying a portion of Physical damage based on your Agility, instead taking it over 10 sec. Affects magical attacks at 58% effectiveness.Tiger's LustActiveIncreases a friendly target's movement speed by 70% for 6 sec and removes all roots and snares.Crashing MomentumChoiceTargets you Roll through are snared by 40% for 5 sec.DisableChoiceReduces the target's movement speed by 50% for 15 sec, duration refreshed by your melee attacks.DetoxActiveRemoves all Poison and Disease effects from the target.Spear Hand StrikeActiveJabs the target in the throat, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell from that school of magic from being cast for 5 sec.Chi WaveChoiceEvery 15 sec, your next Rising Sun Kick or Vivify releases a wave of Chi energy that flows through friends and foes, dealing 7 Nature damage or 21 healing. Bounces up to 7 times to targets within 25 yards.Chi BurstChoiceHurls a torrent of Chi energy up to 40 yds forward, dealing 98 Nature damage to all enemies, and 77 healing to the Monk and all allies in its path. Healing and damage reduced beyond 5 targets. Casting Chi Burst does not prevent avoiding attacks.TranscendenceActiveSplit your body and spirit, leaving your spirit behind for 15 min. Use Transcendence: Transfer to swap locations with your spirit.CelerityChoiceReduces the cooldown of Roll by 5 sec and increases its maximum number of charges by 1.Chi TorpedoChoiceTorpedoes you forward a long distance and increases your movement speed by 30% for 10 sec, stacking up to 2 times.Quick FootedChoiceThe duration of snare effects on you is reduced by 20%.Hasty ProvocationChoiceProvoked targets move towards you at 50% increased speed.Ring of PeaceChoiceForm a Ring of Peace at the target location for 5 sec. Enemies that enter will be ejected from the Ring.Song of Chi-JiChoiceConjures a cloud of hypnotic mist that slowly travels forward. Enemies touched by the mist fall asleep, Disoriented for 20 sec.Fortifying BrewActiveTurns your skin to stone for 15 sec.Strength of SpiritChoiceExpel Harm's healing is increased by up to 100%, based on your missing health.Profound RebuttalChoiceExpel Harm's critical healing is increased by 50%.Summon Black Ox StatueActiveSummons a Black Ox Statue at the target location for 15 min, pulsing threat to all enemies within 20 yards. You may cast Provoke on the statue to taunt all enemies near the statue.Ironshell BrewChoiceIncreases your maximum health by an additional 10% and your damage taken is reduced by an additional 10% while Fortifying Brew is active.Expeditious FortificationChoiceFortifying Brew cooldown reduced by 30 sec.Escape from RealityChoiceAfter you use Transcendence: Transfer, you can use Transcendence: Transfer again within 10 sec, ignoring its cooldown.Transcendence: Linked SpiritsChoiceTranscendence now tethers your spirit onto an ally for 1 hour. Use Transcendence: Transfer to teleport to your ally's location.

Passive talents

Elusive MistsPassiveReduces all damage taken by you and your target while channeling Soothing Mists by 6%.Fast FeetPassiveBlackout Kick deals 20% increased damage. Spinning Crane Kick deals 10% additional damage. Grace of the CranePassiveIncreases all healing taken by 4%.Bounding AgilityPassiveRoll and Chi Torpedo travel a small distance further.Calming PresencePassiveReduces all damage taken by 3%.Wind's ReachPassiveThe range of Disable is increased by 5 yds. The duration of Crashing Momentum is increased by 3 sec and its snare now reduces movement speed by an additional 20%.Vivacious VivificationPassiveAfter casting Rising Sun Kick, your next Vivify becomes instant cast. This effect also reduces the energy cost of Vivify by 75%. Silent SanctuaryPassiveWhile no enemies are within 15 yds, you heal for 1,140 every 3 sec.Jade WalkPassiveWhile out of combat, your movement speed is increased by 15%.Pressure PointsPassiveParalysis now removes all Enrage effects from its target.ReinvigorationPassiveAfter Detox successfully removes an effect from an ally, their movement speed is increased by 30% for 5 sec.Ancient ArtsPassive2 ranksReduces the cooldown of Paralysis by 15 sec and the cooldown of Leg Sweep by 10 sec.Energy TransferPassiveSuccessfully interrupting an enemy reduces the cooldown of Paralysis and Roll by 5 sec.Stillstep CoilPassiveLeg Sweep applies Disable for 5.0 sec when it ends.Ferocity of XuenPassive2 ranksIncreases all damage dealt by 4%.Spirit's EssencePassiveTranscendence: Transfer snares targets within 10 yds by 70% for 4 sec when cast.Tiger Tail SweepPassiveIncreases the range of Leg Sweep by 4 yds.Improved Touch of DeathPassiveTouch of Death can now be used on targets with less than 15% health remaining, dealing 35% of your maximum health in damage.Vigorous ExpulsionPassiveExpel Harm's healing increased by 5% and critical strike chance increased by 15%. Yu'lon's GracePassiveFind resilience in the flow of chi in battle, gaining a magic absorb shield for 1.0% of your max health every 3 sec in combat, stacking up to 10%.Peace and ProsperityPassiveReduces the cooldown of Ring of Peace by 5 sec and Song of Chi-Ji's cast time is reduced by 0.5 sec.Dance of the WindPassiveYour dodge chance is increased by 5%.Save Them AllPassiveYour healing is increased by up to 10%, based on the current health of your target. Lower health targets are healed for more.Swift ArtPassiveRoll removes a snare effect once every 30 sec.Diffuse MagicPassiveActivating Fortifying Brew transfers all currently active harmful magical effects on you back to their original caster if possible.Celestial DeterminationPassiveWhile your Celestial is active, you cannot be slowed below 90% normal movement speed.Chi ProficiencyPassive2 ranksMagical damage done increased by 4% and healing done increased by 4%.Healing WindsPassiveTranscendence: Transfer immediately heals you for 10% of your maximum health.WindwalkingPassiveYou and your allies within 10 yards have 4% increased movement speed. Stacks with other similar effects.Chi TransferPassiveTouch of Death now heals you for 50% of its damage done.Martial InstinctsPassive2 ranksIncreases your Physical damage done by 4% and Avoidance increased by 4%.Lighter Than AirPassiveRoll causes you to become lighter than air, allowing you to double jump to dash forward a short distance once within 5 sec, but the cooldown of Roll is increased by 2 sec.Flow of ChiPassiveYou gain a bonus effect based on your current health. Above 90% health: Movement speed increased by 5%. This bonus stacks with similar effects. Between 90% and 35% health: Damage taken reduced by 5%. Below 35% health: Healing received increased by 10%. Fatal TouchPassiveTouch of Death's cooldown is reduced by 90 sec.Rushing ReflexesPassiveYour heightened reflexes allow you to react swiftly to the presence of enemies, causing you to quickly lunge to the nearest enemy in front of you within 10 yards after you Roll.

Brewmaster specialization tree

Every Brewmaster talent currently exposed by Blizzard game data.

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Active and choice talents

Keg SmashActiveSmash a keg of brew, dealing 99 Physical damage to your primary target and 67 Physical damage to all other enemies within 8 yds, and reducing their movement speed by 20% for 15 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.Purifying BrewActiveClears 50% of your Staggered damage, or a minimum of 8% of your maximum health.Staggering StrikesChoiceWhen you Blackout Kick, your Stagger is reduced by 210, increased by up to 200% based on your missing health.Quick SipChoicePurify 5% of your Staggered damage each time you gain 3 sec of Shuffle duration.Special DeliveryChoiceDrinking from your Brews has a 100% chance to toss a keg high into the air that lands nearby after 3 sec, dealing 34 Physical damage to all enemies within 8 yards and reducing their movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.Rushing Jade WindChoiceSummons a whirling tornado around you, causing 43 Physical damage over 5.4 sec to all enemies within 8 yards. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.Celestial BrewChoiceA swig of strong brew that coalesces purified chi escaping your body into a celestial guard, absorbing 793 damage.Celestial InfusionChoiceA strong herbal brew that coalesces purified chi escaping your body into a celestial guard, absorbing 30% of incoming damage, up to 794 total.Shadowboxing TreadsChoiceBlackout Kick's damage increased by 20% and it strikes an additional 2 targets.Fluidity of MotionChoiceBlackout Kick's cooldown is reduced by 1 sec.Breath of FireActiveBreathe fire on targets in front of you, causing 35 Fire damage. Deals reduced damage to secondary targets. Targets affected by Keg Smash will also burn, taking 23 Fire damage and dealing 5% reduced damage to you for 12 sec.Light BrewingChoiceReduces the cooldown of Purifying Brew, Celestial Brew, and Celestial Infusion by 20%.Training of NiuzaoChoiceGain up to 15% Mastery based on your current level of Stagger.Scalding BrewChoiceKeg Smash deals an additional 20% damage to targets affected by Breath of Fire.Sal'salabim's StrengthChoiceWhen you use Keg Smash, the remaining cooldown on Breath of Fire is reset.Fortifying Brew: DeterminationActiveFortifying Brew increases Stagger effectiveness by 15% while active. Combines with other Fortifying Brew effects.Bob and WeaveChoiceIncreases the duration of Stagger by 5.0 sec, causing Staggered damage to be dealt to you more gradually.Black Ox BrewChoiceChug some Black Ox Brew, which instantly refills your Energy, Purifying Brew charges, and grants one charge of Celestial Brew or Celestial Infusion.Dragonfire BrewChoiceBreath of Fire deals 100% increased damage, and after using Breath of Fire, you breathe fire 2 additional times, each dealing 7 Fire damage.Charred PassionsChoiceYour Breath of Fire ignites your right leg in flame for 8 sec, causing your Blackout Kick and Spinning Crane Kick to deal 50% additional damage as Fire damage and refresh the duration of your Breath of Fire on the target.Press the AdvantageChoiceYour main hand auto attacks reduce the cooldown on your Brews by 0.50 sec and block your target's chi, dealing 10 additional Nature damage. After 10 attacks, the next casts Tiger Palm at 100% effectiveness.Blackout ComboChoiceBlackout Kick also empowers your next ability: Tiger Palm: Damage increased by 100%. Keg Smash: Reduces the remaining cooldown on your Brews by 2 additional sec.Exploding KegActiveHurls a flaming keg at the target location, dealing 133 Fire damage to nearby enemies, causing your attacks against them to deal 10 additional Fire damage, and causing their melee attacks to deal 100% reduced damage for the next 3 sec. Resets the cooldown of Keg Smash.Awakening SpiritChoicePurifying Brew also surrounds you with protective energies for 15 sec. When Staggered damage would be dealt to you, you instead absorb up to 50%, until 210 has been prevented.Vital FlameChoiceHeal for 40% of all Fire or Nature damage dealt by your spells and abilities.Invoke Niuzao, the Black OxActiveSummons an effigy of Niuzao, the Black Ox for 25 sec that attacks your primary target and Stomps when you cast Blackout Kick, damaging all nearby enemies. While active, 40% of damage delayed by Stagger is instead Staggered by Niuzao, and Niuzao is healed for 100% of your purified Stagger.Bring Me AnotherActiveDrinking a Brew has a 20% chance to leave you with an Empty Barrel, which is tossed along with your next Keg Smash to deal 105 Physical damage to your target. Ricochets up to 4 times at 80% effectiveness.

Passive talents

ShufflePassiveNiuzao's teachings allow you to shuffle during combat, increasing the effectiveness of your Stagger by 100%. Shuffle is granted by attacking enemies with your Keg Smash, Blackout Kick, and Spinning Crane Kick. Stagger: You shrug off attacks, delaying a portion of Physical damage based on your Agility, instead taking it over 10 sec. Affects magical attacks at 58% effectiveness. August BlessingPassiveWhen you would be healed above maximum health, you instead convert an amount equal to 40% of your critical strike chance to a heal over time effect.Elixir of DeterminationPassiveWhen you fall below 40% health, you gain an absorb for 30% of your recently Purified damage, or a minimum of 8% of your maximum health. Cannot occur more than once every 15 sec.Improved Blackout KickPassiveBlackout Kick deals 20% increased damage.Swift as a Coursing RiverPassiveDrinking from a Brew increases your movement speed by 15% and your auto-attack speed by 10% for 15 sec.Gift of the OxPassiveWhen you take damage, you have a chance to summon a Healing Sphere. Healing Sphere: Summon a Healing Sphere visible only to you. Moving through this Healing Sphere heals you for 114.Spirit of the OxPassiveBlackout Kick has a chance to summon a Healing Sphere. Healing Sphere: Summon a Healing Sphere visible only to you. Moving through this Healing Sphere heals you for 113.Jade FlashPassiveCrackling Jade Lightning deals its damage in 75% less time, costs 75% less Energy, and strikes 4 additional targets, but has a 60 sec cooldown.Niuzao's ResolvePassiveHealing Spheres now heal over 10 sec, and their healing is increased by up to 80% based on your missing health.Celestial FlamesPassiveDrinking from Brews has a 30% chance to coat you with Celestial Flames for 6 sec. While Celestial Flames is active: Special Delivery: Kegs thrown by Special Delivery are ignited and splash upon landing, dealing 35 Fire damage to up to 5 nearby enemies. Rushing Jade Wind: Rushing Jade Wind becomes a firestorm, increasing its radius by 30% and causing it to deal Fire damage. Elusive FootworkPassiveBlackout Kick deals an additional 5% damage. Blackout Kick critical hits grant an additional 1 stack of Elusive Brawler.One With the WindPassiveYou have a 10% chance to not reset your Elusive Brawler stacks after a successful dodge.Gai Plin's Imperial BrewPassivePurifying Brew instantly heals you for 25% of the Staggered damage it clears.Pretense of InstabilityPassiveDrinking a Brew grants you 10% dodge for 5 sec.Walk with the OxPassive2 ranksYour damaging abilities have an increased chance to invoke Niuzao, causing him to charge to your target's location and Stomp, dealing 139 Physical damage to your target and reduced damage to secondary targets. Zen StatePassiveThe effectiveness of your Stagger is increased by up to 15%, based on your missing health.Tranquil SpiritPassiveWhen you consume a Healing Sphere, you clear 5% of your currently Staggered damage.Face PalmPassiveTiger Palm's damage is increased by 100% and reduces the remaining cooldown of your Brews by 0.5 additional sec.High TolerancePassive2 ranksStagger is 4% more effective at delaying damage. Purifying Brew refunds 4.0 sec of its cooldown if cast at Elevated Stagger.Anvil and StavePassive2 ranksEach time you dodge or an enemy misses you, the remaining cooldown on your Brews is reduced by 1.0 sec. Effect reduced by 50% for each additional recent attacker, up to 5.CounterstrikePassiveEach time you dodge or an enemy misses you, your next Tiger Palm or Spinning Crane Kick deals 100% increased damage.Ox StancePassiveCasting Purifying Brew grants a charge of Ox Stance. When you take damage that is greater than 60% of your current health, a charge is consumed to increase the amount you Stagger.Fuel on the FirePassiveExploding Keg also causes your next 2 casts of Keg Smash to summon a whirl of flame which spirals outwards, dealing 70 additional Fire damage to each enemy struck.Empty the CellarPassiveExploding Keg can be reactivated within 20 sec to throw 5 additional kegs at nearby targets, each dealing 70 Physical damage and reducing the cooldown of your Brews by 3.0 sec.Stormstout's Last KegPassiveKeg Smash deals 50% additional damage to its primary target, has 1 additional charge, and its range is increased by 10 yards.Heart of the OxPassiveMastery increased by 5%. Double this effect while Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox is active.Mighty StompPassiveWhile active, Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox can be recast to cause Niuzao to stomp mightily and knock nearby enemies into the air.

Conduit of the Celestials

Conduit of the Celestials hero talents, including every active, choice, and passive node exposed by Blizzard.

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Active and choice talents

Restore BalanceChoiceBlizzard does not currently expose a description for this node.Yu'lon's KnowledgeChoiceRising Sun Kick damage increased by 15%.Temple TrainingChoiceBlizzard does not currently expose a description for this node.Xuen's GuidanceChoiceTeachings of the Monastery has a 15% chance to refund a charge when consumed. The damage of Tiger Palm is increased by 10%.Niuzao's ProtectionChoiceFortifying Brew grants you an absorb shield for 25% of your maximum health.Jade SanctuaryChoiceYou heal for 10% of your maximum health instantly when you activate Celestial Conduit and receive 15% less damage for its duration. This effect lingers for an additional 8 sec after Celestial Conduit ends.Invoke Xuen, the White TigerActiveSummons an effigy of Xuen, the White Tiger for 20 sec. Xuen attacks your primary target, and strikes 3 enemies within 10 yards every 0.9 sec with Tiger Lightning for 8 Nature damage.Celestial ConduitActiveThe August Celestials empower you, causing you to radiate 386 Nature damage onto enemies and 21,151 healing onto up to 5 injured allies within 15 yds over 3.6 sec, reduced beyond 5 targets. You may move while channeling, but casting other healing or damaging spells cancels this effect. Restore BalanceChoiceBlizzard does not currently expose a description for this node.Xuen's BondChoiceInvoke Xuen, the White Tiger's damage is increased by 30% and its cooldown is reduced by 30 sec.

Passive talents

Path of the Falling StarPassiveCelestial Conduit's healing and damage is increased by 100% when striking a single target. Each addtional target reduces this bonus by 20%.Inner CompassPassiveYou switch between alignments every 8 sec, increasing a corresponding secondary stat by 2%. Crane Stance: Haste Tiger Stance: Critical Strike Ox Stance: Versatility Serpent Stance: MasteryChi-Ji's SwiftnessPassiveYour movement speed is increased by 75% during Celestial Conduit and by 15% for 3 sec after being assisted by any Celestial. Unity WithinPassiveCelestial Conduit can be recast once during its duration to call upon all of the August Celestials to assist you at 200% effectiveness. Unity Within is automatically cast when Celestial Conduit ends if not used before expiration.Stampede of the AncientsPassiveStrength of the Black Ox's effect is 400% more effective on your primary target.Courage of the White TigerPassiveXuen claws your target for 118 Physical damage, healing a nearby ally for 100% of the damage done. Invoking a celestial guarantees your next cast activates this effect.Flowing WisdomPassiveHeart of the Jade Serpent increases your haste by 10% while active.Heart of the Jade SerpentPassive upon Yu'lon to increase the cooldown recovery rate of by 75% for .Strength of the Black OxPassiveBlizzard does not currently expose a description for this node.Yu'lon's AvatarPassiveVivify and Sheilun's Gift have a chance to trigger Heart of the Jade Serpent for 4 sec at 100% effectiveness.Celestial ConduitPassiveAfter Invoking Xuen, the White Tiger you may cast Celestial Conduit within 1 min. Celestial Conduit: The August Celestials empower you, causing you to radiate 390 Nature damage onto enemies and 20,636 healing onto up to 5 injured allies within 15 yds over 3.6 sec, reduced beyond 5 targets. You may move while channeling, but casting other healing or damaging spells cancels this effect.

Shado-Pan

Shado-Pan hero talents, including every active, choice, and passive node exposed by Blizzard.

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Passive talents

Vigilant WatchPassiveBlackout Kick deals an additional 30% critical damage.Martial PrecisionPassiveYour attacks penetrate 12% armor.Flurry StrikesPassiveYour auto attacks have a chance to generate 1-2 Flurry Charges. When you cast Keg Smash, unleash all Flurry Charges, dealing 21 Physical damage per charge. Veteran's EyePassiveHaste increased by 5%.One Versus ManyPassiveAuto attack critical strikes generate double the amount of Flurry Charges. Keg Smash damage increased by 35%.Efficient TrainingPassiveEnergy spenders deal an additional 20% damage. The cooldown of Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox is reduced by 25 sec.Wisdom of the WallPassiveInvoke Niuzao, the Black Ox causes Breath of Fire to launch 3 Flurry Strikes.Against All OddsPassiveYour agility is increased by 4%.Shado Over the BattlefieldPassiveFlurry Strikes deal 18 Nature damage to all enemies within 6 yds, reduced beyond 8 targets.Stand ReadyPassiveActivating Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox instantly grants 10 stacks of Flurry Strikes that trigger on your next attack at 70% effectiveness.Weapons of the WallPassiveInvoke Niuzao, the Black Ox's stomp damage increased by 20%.

Master of Harmony

Master of Harmony hero talents, including every active, choice, and passive node exposed by Blizzard.

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Active and choice talents

Tiger's VigorChoiceCasting Tiger's Lust reduces the remaining cooldown on Roll by 5 sec.Roar from the HeavensChoiceTiger's Lust grants 20% movement speed to up to 2 allies near its target.Purified SpiritChoiceWhen Aspect of Harmony ends, any remaining vitality is expelled as healing over 8 sec, split among nearby targets.Harmonic GambitChoiceDuring Aspect of Harmony, Rising Sun Kick, Blackout Kick, and Tiger Palm also withdraw vitality to damage enemies for an additional 20% over 8 sec.Path of ResurgenceChoiceChi Burst increases vitality stored by 25% for 10 sec.Way of a Thousand StrikesChoiceRising Sun Kick, Blackout Kick and Tiger Palm contribute 30% additional vitality.Mantra of PurityChoiceWhen cast on yourself, your single-target healing spells heal for 10% more and restore an additional 570 health over 6 sec.Mantra of TenacityChoiceFortifying Brew grants 20% Stagger.

Passive talents

Overwhelming ForcePassiveRising Sun Kick, Blackout Kick and Tiger Palm deal 15% additional damage to enemies in a line in front of you. Damage reduced above 5 targets.ManifestationPassiveChi Burst and Chi Wave deal 50% increased damage and healing.Aspect of HarmonyPassiveStore vitality from 10% of your damage dealt and 30% of your healing. For 10 sec after casting Thunder Focus Tea your spells and abilities draw upon the stored vitality to deal 40% additional healing over 8 sec.Endless DraughtPassiveThunder Focus Tea has 1 additional charge.CoalescencePassiveWhen Aspect of Harmony heals, it has a chance to spread to a nearby ally. When you directly heal an affected target, it has a chance to intensify, withdrawing additional vitality to increase its effect by up to 20%. Vivify no longer contributes vitality. While Aspect of Harmony is not active, Vivify instead draws on available vitality to deal an additional 100% healing over 8 sec. Vitality stored by other abilities is increased by 50%.Clarity of PurposePassiveCasting Enveloping Mist stores 1,140 additional vitality.Balanced StratagemPassiveCasting a Physical spell or ability increases the damage and healing of your next Fire or Nature spell or ability by 3%, and vice versa. Stacks up to 5.Harmonic SurgePassiveCasting Thunder Focus Tea grants 2 charges of Potential Energy. Your next cast of Tiger Palm or Vivify consumes all charges of Potential Energy to cause a Harmonic Surge. Harmonic Surge: For each charge of Potential Energy, deal 836 Nature damage to your target and 836 Nature damage to other nearby enemies, and heal up to 5 allies for 190. Damage reduced above 5 targets.Potential EnergyPassiveCasting Keg Smash grants a charge of Potential Energy.Meditative FocusPassive Blackout Combo: Increases Tiger Palm damage by an additional 50% and Keg Smash reduces the cooldown on your Brews by an additional 1.0 sec. Press the Advantage: Nature damage dealt by your main hand auto-attacks is increased by 100% and they now reduce the cooldown on your Brews by an additional 0.25 sec.
Gear

Boss and dungeon loadouts

Switch between raid and Mythic+ to inspect the top player for every available encounter: exact talents, source link, item level, enchant and socket counts, and the player's gear.

Loading verified raid results

Pulling the top Warcraft Logs result, exact talents, and equipment for each boss.

Editorial acquisition targets

Use these slot targets when planning drops and crafted pieces. The encounter explorer above remains the source for the exact gear worn by each ranked player.

Raid acquisition targets

15 slots
Best tier helm or high-track leather helm
Head
298
Tier or Crit / VersEmpowered Hex of Leeching
Raid tier / catalyst
Best socketed neck
Neck
298
Critical Strike / VersatilityIndecipherable Eversong DiamondFlawless Versatile Peridot
Raid, Sporefall, dungeon, or crafted
Best tier shoulders
Shoulder
298
TierSilvermoon's Mending
Raid tier / catalyst
Highest item-level cloak
Back
298
Critical Strike / Versatility
Raid, dungeon, or crafted
Best tier chest
Chest
298
TierMark of the Worldsoul
Raid tier / catalyst
Crafted or high-track leather bracers
Wrist
298
Custom Critical Strike / VersatilityLeatherworking
Leatherworking / dungeon
Best tier gloves
Hands
298
Tier
Raid tier / catalyst
High-track leather belt
Waist
298
Critical Strike / Versatility
Raid, dungeon, or crafted
Best tier legs or high-track leather legs
Legs
298
Tier or Crit / VersForest Hunter's Armor Kit
Raid tier / catalyst
High-track leather boots
Feet
298
Critical Strike / VersatilityShaladrassil's Roots
Raid, dungeon, or crafted
Socketed Crit / Vers ring
Finger
298
Critical Strike / VersatilityNature's FuryFlawless Versatile Peridot
Raid, dungeon, or crafted
Socketed Vers / Mastery ring
Finger
298
Versatility / MasteryNature's FuryFlawless Versatile Garnet
Raid, dungeon, or crafted
Best tank durability trinket
Trinket
298
Defensive or absorb value
Raid / Sporefall / vault
Best damage tank trinket
Trinket
298
Agility / damage
Raid / dungeon / vault
Highest item-level agility weapon
Weapon
298
Agility / Crit / VersAcuity of the Ren'dorei or Jan'alai's Precision
Raid, dungeon, crafted, or vault

Mythic+ acquisition targets

15 slots
Best tier helm or high-track leather helm
Head
298
Tier or Crit / VersEmpowered Hex of Leeching
Raid tier / catalyst
Socketed Crit / Vers neck
Neck
298
Critical Strike / VersatilityIndecipherable Eversong Diamond
Dungeon, Sporefall, crafted, or vault
Best tier shoulders
Shoulder
298
TierSilvermoon's Mending
Raid tier / catalyst
High-track cloak
Back
298
Critical Strike / Versatility
Dungeon or crafted
Best tier chest
Chest
298
TierMark of the Worldsoul
Raid tier / catalyst
Crafted leather bracers
Wrist
298
Custom Critical Strike / VersatilityLeatherworking
Leatherworking
Best tier gloves
Hands
298
Tier
Raid tier / catalyst
High-track leather belt
Waist
298
Critical Strike / Versatility
Dungeon or vault
Best tier legs or high-track leather legs
Legs
298
Tier or Crit / VersForest Hunter's Armor Kit
Raid tier / catalyst
High-track leather boots
Feet
298
Critical Strike / VersatilityShaladrassil's Roots
Dungeon or vault
Socketed Crit / Vers ring
Finger
298
Critical Strike / VersatilityNature's FuryFlawless Versatile Peridot
Dungeon or crafted
Socketed Vers / Mastery ring
Finger
298
Versatility / MasteryNature's FuryFlawless Versatile Garnet
Dungeon or crafted
Dungeon defensive trinket
Trinket
298
Defensive / absorb
Dungeon / vault
Dungeon damage trinket
Trinket
298
Agility / AoE damage
Dungeon / vault
Highest item-level agility weapon
Weapon
298
Agility / Crit / VersAcuity of the Ren'dorei or Jan'alai's Precision
Dungeon, crafted, or vault
Enhancements

Enchants

Choose enhancements after your equipment is settled. Secondary-stat enchant choices move with your current stat mix and the content you are preparing for.

Recommended enchants
8 recommendations
Empowered Hex of Leeching+44 Leech - Outdoor kills in Midnight zones heal 2% Health, once per 5 secHead - Default tank helm enchant for extra self-sustain.EnchantingSilvermoon's Mending+132 LeechShoulders - Default defensive shoulder enchant.InscriptionMark of the Worldsoul+50 Primary StatChest - Default chest enchant.EnchantingShaladrassil's Roots+28 Leech - +232 StaminaBoots - Default tank boot enchant.EnchantingForest Hunter's Armor Kit+41 Agility or Strength - +115 StaminaLegs - Current agility tank leg armor kit.LeatherworkingNature's Fury+29 Critical StrikeRings - Default Brewmaster ring enchant.EnchantingAcuity of the Ren'doreiWeapon enchant - +53 Primary Stat for 15 sec when Might of the Void triggersWeapon - General weapon enchant option.EnchantingJan'alai's PrecisionWeapon enchant - Precision of the Dragonhawk grants +124 Critical Strike for 15 secWeapon - Alternative weapon enchant option.Enchanting
Enhancements

Gems

Socket into the current stat priority, then re-check after major equipment swaps rather than treating a gem choice as permanent.

Recommended gems
6 recommendations
Indecipherable Eversong Diamond+32 Primary StatStraightforward unique diamond for main stat.JewelcraftingPowerful Eversong Diamond+23 Primary Stat - +0.15% critical strike effectiveness per unique Midnight gem colorAlternative diamond if your socket colors support it.JewelcraftingFlawless Versatile Peridot+16 Haste - +7 VersatilityVersatility color-support gem.JewelcraftingFlawless Deadly Amethyst+16 Mastery - +7 Critical StrikeCritical Strike color-support gem.JewelcraftingFlawless Versatile Garnet+16 Critical Strike - +7 VersatilityVersatility color-support gem.JewelcraftingFlawless Deadly Lapis+16 Versatility - +7 Critical StrikeCritical Strike color-support gem.Jewelcrafting
Crafting

Embellishments

Crafted effects are capped at two equipped embellishments. Lock these in only after deciding which crafted slots survive your next raid or Mythic+ upgrades.

Recommended embellishments
3 recommendations
Use two throughput embellishments once your crafted slots are settled.Defensive crafted embellishmentCrafted leather - Pick after weapon, tier, and trinkets are settled; sim defensive and damage options.LeatherworkingStat-focused crafted slotCrafted armor - Use crafted stats to tune Crit / Vers / Mastery around your current gear.Leatherworking
Survival and control

Utility, defensives, and movement

Your Monk toolkit is part of the rotation whenever it prevents lost uptime, lethal damage, or an enemy cast.

Defensives

Utility & CC

Movement

Transcendence lets you blink back to a placed spirit - huge for mechanics and skips.

Interrupt: Spear Hand Strike - grab a focus-interrupt macro on the Brewmaster macros page.

Execution

Interface and macros

Use interface changes only when they expose a decision sooner: resources, procs, defensives, dispels, interrupts, and encounter assignments.

Better Blizzplates - cleaner, threat-colored nameplates with cast bars and cooldown text - the nameplate upgrade nearly every top player runs.
OmniCD - party and enemy defensive/utility cooldown tracking - the biggest information edge the base UI still does not show.
Mythic Dungeon Tools - build and follow pull-by-pull Mythic+ routes.
Details! (optional) - deep damage/healing breakdowns and Warcraft Logs uploads beyond Midnight's built-in meter.
Method Raid Tools - external assignments and pull timers for progression.

Focus interrupt

#showtooltip Spear Hand Strike
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Spear Hand Strike
Full addon guide →Brewmaster macros →Keybind setups →
Execution review

What improves results

  • Read your Stagger color. Light is safe, Moderate means plan, Heavy means purify or pair a defensive before the DoT wins.
  • Shuffle is mandatory for real Stagger value, but your normal rotation maintains it through core buttons.
  • Do not purify every time a charge appears. Purifying low Stagger wastes the charge and weakens your next Celestial Brew.
  • Use Ring of Peace and Leg Sweep to reduce incoming damage, not only to fix emergencies.
  • For Shado-Pan, try to fit as many Blackout Kick and Breath of Fire casts as possible during Niuzao to push Wisdom of the Wall / Flurry Strikes value.
  • Secondary-stat enchants and gems can move with your current gear, dungeon route, raid boss, and whether you need damage, leech, or survival.
Self-review

Common mistakes

Arena Talent Planning

Talents by enemy class

Pick an opponent to see the pressure your PvP build must answer. The baseline comes from this spec's current arena build when one is published.

Open full matchup guide
Their pressure

Grip setups, anti-caster pressure, and sustained melee uptime.

Talent focus

Mobility, anti-slow, and physical or magic mitigation.

Game plan

Keep an answer for grip-based isolation and do not spend movement before the Death Knight commits their control chain.

No reviewed PvP baseline is published for this spec yet. Use the live tree to apply the matchup focus above rather than treating a PvE build as an arena answer.

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