DPS Rotation & Cooldowns
This rotation offers a general priority list for Windwalker Monk abilities, along with key cooldowns at the bottom. It's based on a standard build and is here to help while we work on a smarter, build-aware system. If you are very new to the game or this class, we added info on the new assisted rotation features at the bottom of this guide. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: The War Within (11.1.7).
Single Target
Ensure Invoke Xuen, The White Tiger is active before engaging.
Maintain Chi and energy balance while prioritizing Strike Of The Windlord and Celestial Conduit when Heart Of The Jade Serpent is inactive. Use Rising Sun Kick with buffs, and manage procs like Dance Of Chi Ji and Last Emperors Capacitor.
AoE
Activate Storm, Earth, And Fire at the start of the fight.
For AoE, prioritize Strike Of The Windlord and Celestial Conduit when Heart Of The Jade Serpent is inactive. Use Spinning Crane Kick with procs, and maintain Chi with Tiger Palm.
Cooldowns
Use Invoke Xuen, The White Tiger for burst, Storm, Earth, And Fire with Fists Of Fury, and adapt to Heart Of The Jade Serpent priorities during its uptime.
New to Class? Try Assisted Rotation
Patch 11.1.7 introduced new features that make it eaiser to pick and play new characters. These new settings can be enabled from settings » gameplay enhancements:
- Single-Button Assistant
- Assisted Highlight
- Cooldown Manager
If you are new to World of Warcraft or a certain class, enabling Assisted Highlight and Cooldown Manager can help you learn which abilities to prioritize and use.
While the Single-Button Assistant can be a much easier and more accessible way to play the game, it does come with a slight performance hit due to a small GCD penalty, as you will have to wait 25% longer in between spells and abilities.
To see which specs are best with the Single-Button Assistant feature, you can check out our DPS Rankings which uses SimC to sim every class using this feature.