Windwalker Monk

Mirrors the current rank-1 Sinister Single parse — every slot is what the best Windwalker Monk actually wears.

Midnight Season 2 · Shado-Pan · updated 2026-08-05

How it plays

• You press Tiger Palm more than anything else — about 14 times a minute — but the damage lands on Fists of Fury, which is 28% of the total.

Measured on the reference parse below, not a description of the spec — so it changes when the tuning does.

Stat priority

Haste > Critical Strike > Mastery > Versatility

These are not weights pulled from a spreadsheet — they are the live ratings on the reference character this build is taken from, so the order reflects what the best-performing Windwalker Monk is actually stacking right now.

Source: Turbonked — the log. Rank 1 Windwalker Monk on Sinister Single (Dummy Dome), avg ilvl 332. Slots the parse left un-upgraded (waist) use the field-standard pick instead.

Talent build

Laid out exactly as the in-game talent UI draws it, hero tree Shado-Pan. Lit nodes and gold lines are the path this build takes; everything dimmed was passed over. Hover any node for what it does.

Rotation

Never press the same ability twice in a row. Combo Strike is a damage bonus on everything, and breaking it costs more than whatever you repeated was worth.

Openers

Single target

1. Tiger Palm for Chi.
2. Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger, then Zenith.
3. Strike of the Windlord, then Fists Of Fury.
4. Whirling Dragon Punch as soon as it lights up.
5. Celestial Conduit in the back half of Zenith.

How much damage, and where

The same best-in-slot profile below, simulated across four fights on our own SimulationCraft build. A spec's number moves with the fight — and each card opens its full report: DPS timeline, buffs, and a Copy-SimC button to reproduce it in Raidbots. Compare every spec →

Where the damage comes from

Measured on the reference log — a 300-second single-target parse. Worth comparing against the rotation above: the button you press most is rarely the one doing the most.

Source: Sinister Single, 300s.

Best in slot

The finished loadout, built by Pathfinder — the strongest item available for every slot, with the item level to chase and where it drops. 337 average item level across 15 slots, gathered from 3 places.

Gaze of the Coiled Watcher 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ✦ Empowered Hex of Leeching

Sentinel's Vitriolic Chain 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Entombed Sentinels ◆ Powerful Eversong Diamond

Tassels of the Monkey King 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers ✦ Silvermoon's Mending

Adherent's Silken Shroud 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Tailoring

Battle Gi of the Monkey King 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Mark of the Worldsoul

Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Leatherworking

Abyssal Broodfiend's Bardiche 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) · Two-handed The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ✦ Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Windwalker Monk 337 average item level

Monkey King's Fighting Fists 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Entombed Sentinels ✦ Gloves Enchant (+3 Stamina)

Sash of the Forlorn Vessel 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — The Coiled Altar

Pantaloons of the Monkey King 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

Breakwater Boots 334 · Myth 6/6 The Tidebound Grotto — Nymrissa Wavecaller ✦ Lynx's Dexterity

Vile Alchemist's Band 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Silvermoon's Alacrity◆ Flawless Quick Amethyst

Alluring Bubbleband 334 · Myth 6/6 The Tidebound Grotto — Nymrissa Wavecaller ✦ Silvermoon's Alacrity◆ Flawless Quick Amethyst

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — The Coiled Altar

Voracious Heart of Ula'tek 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek

Where to spend bonus rolls as Windwalker Monk

A Voidcore pays out an item every time — the question is only whether it is one you wanted. For this build, in order:

Roll Ula'tek — 3 of its 5 drops are on your list

60% of every roll here lands something on the list. In The Venomous Abyss, it owes you head, trinket 2 and main hand.

Then Nymrissa Wavecaller — 2 of its 3 drops are on your list

67% of every roll here lands something on the list. In The Tidebound Grotto, it owes you feet and ring 2.

The general principles behind this — knockout protection, why finishing one boss beats spreading rolls, and the crests a roll quietly costs you — are in the bonus roll guide.

Week-by-week route

1. Pre-season: the campaign, a world tour of Mythic 0s for a 292 loadout, and the weekly Spark quest. No Myth crests exist yet — bank the Spark.
2. Week 1: farm +10 keys to a full Hero 3/6 (311) loadout and fill the vault. You open the week holding two full Sparks, so craft Adherent's Silken Shroud and Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors back to back if your Myth crests cover both infusions. Every Hero crest goes into lifting pieces toward 6/6 (321).
3. Week 2: first Voidcore — roll Ula'tek, where 3 of 5 drops are on this list. Catalyse the set slots for the 4-set. No new Spark this week — the next whole one banks in Week 3.
4. Weeks 3–6: one Voidcore a week down the order above — finish a boss before starting the next. Keep spending Hero crests; every slot should sit at 321 by about Week 6.
5. Week 7 onward: two Voidcores a week (the vault and Orin Straylight). Roll Myth-track bases in the set slots, re-catalyse them, and take each to 6/6 for 80 Myth and 20 Hero crests.
6. Late season: Gaze of the Coiled Watcher, Sash of the Forlorn Vessel, Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique, Voracious Heart of Ula'tek and Abyssal Broodfiend's Bardiche come from the last two bosses at Myth 9 (344). Secure the base items early — that is the only place the extra three ranks exist.

The fast variant

Same stat priority, 5 slots moved. Pathfinder builds the list above for raw power and does not care how many bosses that takes; Slate prices the route as well, and takes an equal-strength item from a boss you are already farming over one that sends you somewhere new. It visits 3 places against the strongest list's 3, at the same average item level.

• Neck — Aqirbane Reliquary instead of Sentinel's Vitriolic Chain
• Wrist — Restless Spirit Shackles instead of Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors
• Waist — Silvermoon Agent's Utility Belt instead of Sash of the Forlorn Vessel
• Ring 1 — Alluring Bubbleband instead of Vile Alchemist's Band
• Ring 2 — Vile Alchemist's Band instead of Alluring Bubbleband

Gaze of the Coiled Watcher 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ✦ Empowered Hex of Leeching

Aqirbane Reliquary 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ◆ Powerful Eversong Diamond

Tassels of the Monkey King 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — The Lost Explorers ✦ Silvermoon's Mending

Adherent's Silken Shroud 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Tailoring

Battle Gi of the Monkey King 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Mark of the Worldsoul

Restless Spirit Shackles 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Nek'zali the Soulcoiler

Abyssal Broodfiend's Bardiche 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) · Two-handed The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek ✦ Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Windwalker Monk 337 average item level

Monkey King's Fighting Fists 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Entombed Sentinels ✦ Gloves Enchant (+3 Stamina)

Silvermoon Agent's Utility Belt 331 · Spark Crafted +Myth Epic Profession Items — Leatherworking

Pantaloons of the Monkey King 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Sszorak ✦ Forest Hunter's Armor Kit

Breakwater Boots 334 · Myth 6/6 The Tidebound Grotto — Nymrissa Wavecaller ✦ Lynx's Dexterity

Alluring Bubbleband 334 · Myth 6/6 The Tidebound Grotto — Nymrissa Wavecaller ✦ Silvermoon's Alacrity◆ Flawless Quick Amethyst

Vile Alchemist's Band 334 · Myth 6/6 The Venomous Abyss — Vashnik the Malignant ✦ Silvermoon's Alacrity◆ Flawless Quick Amethyst

Zul'jin's Guillotine Technique 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — The Coiled Altar

Voracious Heart of Ula'tek 344 · Myth 9/6 (VC) The Venomous Abyss — Ula'tek