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Monk
Disciplined martial artists who channel chi to strike, mend, and guard.
Monk at a glance
- Armor
- Leather
- Resource
- Energy and Chi
- Introduced in
- Mists of Pandaria
- Specializations
- 3
- Roles
- Tank, DPS, Healer
Specializations
BrewmasterTankBrewmaster talent treeBrewmaster spells: Mastery: Elusive Brawler, Leather Specialization, Critical Strikes, Celestial Fortune, Brewmaster's Balance, Expel Harm, Touch of Death, Dual Wield.
WindwalkerDPSWindwalker talent treeWindwalker spells: Afterlife, Leather Specialization, Mastery: Combo Strikes, Dual Wield, Touch of Death, Critical Strikes, Blackout Kick, Spinning Crane Kick.
MistweaverHealerMistweaver talent treeMistweaver spells: Mastery: Gust of Mists, Leather Specialization, Detox, Reawaken, Teachings of the Monastery, Ancient Teachings, Dome of Mist, Single-Button Assistant.
Monk spellbook
Abilities the Monk skill line teaches, A to Z.
Blackout Kick
Chi Burst
Chi Wave
Crackling Jade Lightning
<DND> Monk Energy Driver
Energy Usage
Expel Harm
Fists of Fury
Flying Serpent Kick
Healing Sphere
Leg Sweep
Monk
Mystic Touch
Parry
Provoke
Renewing Mist
Resuscitate
Roll- Roll Speed Controls
Sheilun's Gift
Soothing Mist
Spinning Crane Kick
Tiger Palm
Touch of Death
Monk appearance sets
Galactic Gladiator's Leather ArmorMidnight
Galactic Gladiator's Leather ArmorMidnight
Galactic Gladiator's Leather ArmorMidnight
Galactic Gladiator's Leather ArmorMidnight
Galactic Gladiator's Leather ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Leather ArmorMidnightGalactic Gladiator's Leather ArmorMidnight
Guile of the Monkey KingMidnightPieces of Galactic Gladiator's Leather Armor.
Galactic Gladiator's Leather BeltLadder snapshot and gold angle
Monks roll between nodes and off-heal, making them durable gatherers and steady solo farmers of old content.
Recent Monk hotfixes
- October 27, 2026 Classes › Monk › Mistweaver
Resolved an issue that caused the Mistline talent to sometimes not properly heal the lowest health target.
- October 27, 2026 Player versus Player › Monk › Mistweaver
Developers’ notes: Conduit of the Celestials has not been a competitive option for Mistweavers this season, so we’re increasing its consistent and burst healing.
- October 27, 2026 Player versus Player › Monk › Mistweaver
Conduit of the Celestials: Celestial Conduit healing increased by 35% in PvP combat.
- October 27, 2026 Player versus Player › Monk › Mistweaver
Conduit of the Celestials: Strength of the Black Ox absorb increased by 25% in PvP combat.
- October 6, 2026 Classes › Monk › Brewmaster
Developers’ notes: We’re finding Brewmasters’ death rates in dungeons is higher than we’d like, so we’re adjusting some rotational sources of damage reduction to help improve baseline durability.
- October 6, 2026 Classes › Monk › Brewmaster
Quick Sip now purifies 8% of current Stagger amount each time you gain 3 seconds of Stagger duration (was 5%).
- October 6, 2026 Classes › Monk › Brewmaster
Pretense of Instability grants 10% dodge for 8 seconds after drinking a Brew (was 5 seconds).
- October 6, 2026 Classes › Monk › Mistweaver
Developers’ notes: We’re making a few raid focused adjustments to Mistweaver with the aim of increasing their overall performance in that content.
Blizzard Entertainment's official hotfix notes, shown in full at the hotfix tracker.
Every Monk hotfix, by date: Monk hotfixes.
