Brewmaster Monk Talents

The War Within Pre-Patch

Talents in World of Warcraft define your character's gameplay. They offer active abilities for offense and defense, major cooldowns, or passive enhancements to your stats and spells. Here are the current Brewmaster Monk talents for The War Within Pre-Patch.

Where to Find Talents

Talents can be found in the talent menu, which is accessible by pressing the N key (default) or by clicking the target icon in the micro menu:

Screenshot of the talents button in the micro menu

Class Talents

Class talents represent a common tree shared across all Monk specializations. These talents provide foundational skills and enhancements essential to the Monk class, offering a range of abilities that lay the groundwork for a Monk's overall capabilities.

Name	Cast	Effect
Soothing Mist	Channeled - 40 Yd Range	Heals the target for 61,989 over 7.2 sec. While channeling, Enveloping Mist and Vivify may be cast instantly on the target.
Paralysis	Instant - 20 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Incapacitates the target for 1 min. Limit 1. Damage will cancel the effect.
Rising Sun Kick	Instant - Melee Range - 10 Sec Cooldown	Kick upwards, dealing 762 Physical damage.
Elusive Mists	Passive	Reduces all damage taken by you and your target while channeling Soothing Mists by 6%.
Tiger's Lust	Instant - 20 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Increases a friendly target's movement speed by 70% for 6 sec and removes all roots and snares.
Crashing Momentum	Passive	Targets you Roll through are snared by 40% for 5 sec.
Disable	Instant - Melee Range	Reduces the target's movement speed by 50% for 15 sec, duration refreshed by your melee attacks.
Fast Feet	Passive	Rising Sun Kick deals 70% increased damage. Spinning Crane Kick deals 10% additional damage.
Grace of the Crane	Passive	Increases all healing taken by 4%.
Bounding Agility	Passive	Roll and Chi Torpedo travel a small distance further.
Calming Presence	Passive	Reduces all damage taken by 3%.
Wind's Reach	Passive	The 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%.
Detox	Instant - 40 Yd Range	Removes all Poison and Disease effects from the target.
Vivacious Vivification	Passive	Every 10 sec, your next Vivify becomes instant and its healing is increased by 20%. This effect also reduces the energy cost of Vivify by 75%.
Jade Walk	Passive	While out of combat, your movement speed is increased by 15%.
Pressure Points	Passive	Paralysis now removes all Enrage effects from its target.
Spear Hand Strike	Instant - Melee Range - 15 Sec Cooldown	Jabs the target in the throat, interrupting spellcasting and preventing any spell from that school of magic from being cast for 3 sec.
Ancient Arts	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Paralysis by 15 sec and the cooldown of Leg Sweep by 10 sec.
Chi Wave	Passive	Every 15 sec, your next Rising Sun Kick or Vivify releases a wave of Chi energy that flows through friends and foes, dealing 106 Nature damage or 320 healing. Bounces up to 7 times to targets within 25 yards.
Chi Burst	1 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Hurls a torrent of Chi energy up to 40 yds forward, dealing 1,503 Nature damage to all enemies, and 1,172 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.
Transcendence	Instant - 10 Sec Cooldown	Split your body and spirit, leaving your spirit behind for 15 min. Use Transcendence: Transfer to swap locations with your spirit.
Energy Transfer	Passive	Successfully interrupting an enemy reduces the cooldown of Paralysis and Roll by 5 sec.
Celerity	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Roll by 5 sec and increases its maximum number of charges by 1.
Chi Torpedo	Instant	Torpedoes you forward a long distance and increases your movement speed by 30% for 10 sec, stacking up to 2 times.
Quick Footed	Passive	The duration of snare effects on you is reduced by 20%.
Hasty Provocation	Passive	Provoked targets move towards you at 50% increased speed.
Ferocity of Xuen	Passive	Increases all damage dealt by 2%.
Ring of Peace	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 45 Sec Cooldown	Form a Ring of Peace at the target location for 5 sec. Enemies that enter will be ejected from the Ring.
Song of Chi-Ji	1.8 Sec Cast - 40 Yd Range - 30 Sec Cooldown	Conjures a cloud of hypnotic mist that slowly travels forward. Enemies touched by the mist fall asleep, Disoriented for 20 sec.
Spirit's Essence	Passive	Transcendence: Transfer snares targets within 10 yds by 70% for 4 sec when cast.
Tiger Tail Sweep	Passive	Increases the range of Leg Sweep by 4 yds.
Improved Touch of Death	Passive	Touch of Death can now be used on targets with less than 15% health remaining, dealing 35% of your maximum health in damage.
Vigorous Expulsion	Passive	Expel Harm's healing increased by 5% and critical strike chance increased by 15%.
Yu'lon's Grace	Passive	Find 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%.
Diffuse Magic	Instant - 1.5 Min Cooldown	Reduces magic damage you take by 60% for 6 sec, and transfers all currently active harmful magical effects on you back to their original caster if possible.
Peace and Prosperity	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Ring of Peace by 5 sec and Song of Chi-Ji's cast time is reduced by 0.5 sec.
Fortifying Brew	Passive	Turns your skin to stone for 15 sec, increasing your current and maximum health by 20% and reducing all damage you take by 20%. Combines with other Fortifying Brew effects.
Dance of the Wind	Passive	Your dodge chance is increased by 5%.
Dampen Harm	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Reduces all damage you take by 20% to 50% for 10 sec, with larger attacks being reduced by more.
Save Them All	Passive	When your healing spells heal an ally whose health is below 35% maximum health, you gain an additional 10% healing for the next 4 sec.
Swift Art	Passive	Roll removes a snare effect once every 30 sec.
Strength of Spirit	Passive	Expel Harm's healing is increased by up to 100%, based on your missing health.
Profound Rebuttal	Passive	Expel Harm's critical healing is increased by 50%.
Summon Black Ox Statue	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 10 Sec Cooldown	Summons 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 Brew	Passive	Increases your maximum health by an additional 10% and your damage taken is reduced by an additional 10% while Fortifying Brew is active.
Expeditious Fortification	Passive	Fortifying Brew cooldown reduced by 30 sec.
Celestial Determination	Passive	While your Celestial is active, you cannot be slowed below 90% normal movement speed.
Chi Proficiency	Passive	Magical damage done increased by 4% and healing done increased by 4%.
Healing Winds	Passive	Transcendence: Transfer immediately heals you for 10% of your maximum health.
Windwalking	Passive	You and your allies within 10 yards have 4% increased movement speed. Stacks with other similar effects.
Bounce Back	Passive	When a hit deals more than 12% of your maximum health, reduce all damage you take by 20% for 4 sec. This effect cannot occur more than once every 30 seconds.
Martial Instincts	Passive	Increases your Physical damage done by 4% and Avoidance increased by 4%.
Lighter Than Air	Passive	Roll 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 Chi	Passive	You 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%.
Escape from Reality	Passive	After you use Transcendence: Transfer, you can use Transcendence: Transfer again within 10 sec, ignoring its cooldown.
Transcendence: Linked Spirits	Passive - 10 Sec Cooldown	Transcendence now tethers your spirit onto an ally for 1 hour. Use Transcendence: Transfer to teleport to your ally's location.
Fatal Touch	Passive	Touch of Death increases your damage by 5% for 30 sec after being cast and its cooldown is reduced by 90 sec.
Rushing Reflexes	Passive	Your 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.
Clash	Instant - 8 30 Yd Range - 1 Min Cooldown	You and the target charge each other, meeting halfway then rooting all targets within 6 yards for 4 sec.

Specialization Talents

Specialization talents provide Brewmaster Monks with unique abilities and enhancements tailored to their combat style. These talents differentiate Brewmaster Monks from other Monk specializations, maximizing effectiveness in combat.

Name	Cast	Effect
Keg Smash	Instant - 15 Yd Range - 1 Sec Cooldown	Smash a keg of brew on the target, dealing 531 Physical damage to all enemies within 8 yds and reducing their movement speed by 20% for 15 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Purifying Brew	Instant - 1 Sec Cooldown	Clears 50% of your damage delayed with Stagger.
Shuffle	Passive	Niuzao'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.
Staggering Strikes	Passive	When you Blackout Kick, your Stagger is reduced by 478.
Gift of the Ox	Passive	When you take damage, you have a chance to summon a Healing Sphere. ealing Sphere: Summon a Healing Sphere visible only to you. Moving through this Healing Sphere heals you for 1,719.
Spirit of the Ox	Passive	Rising Sun Kick and Blackout Kick have a chance to summon a Healing Sphere. ealing Sphere: Summon a Healing Sphere visible only to you. Moving through this Healing Sphere heals you for 1,775.
Quick Sip	Passive	Purify 5% of your Staggered damage each time you gain 3 sec of Shuffle duration.
Hit Scheme	Passive	Dealing damage with Blackout Kick increases the damage of your next Keg Smash by 10%, stacking up to 4 times.
Elixir of Determination	Passive	When 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.
Special Delivery	Passive	Drinking from your Brews has a 100% chance to toss a keg high into the air that lands nearby after 3 sec, dealing 380 damage to all enemies within 8 yards and reducing their movement speed by 50% for 15 sec.
Rushing Jade Wind	Instant - 6 Sec Cooldown	Summons a whirling tornado around you, causing 631 Physical damage over 5.4 sec to all enemies within 8 yards. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
Celestial Flames	Passive	Drinking from Brews has a 30% chance to coat the Monk with Celestial Flames for 6 sec. While Celestial Flames is active, Spinning Crane Kick applies Breath of Fire and Breath of Fire reduces the damage affected enemies deal to you by an additional 5%.
Celestial Brew	Instant	A swig of strong brew that coalesces purified chi escaping your body into a celestial guard, absorbing 5,017 damage. Purifying Stagger damage increases absorption by up to 200%.
August Blessing	Passive	When 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.
One With the Wind	Passive	You have a 10% chance to not reset your Elusive Brawler stacks after a successful dodge.
Zen Meditation	Channeled - 5 Min Cooldown	Reduces all damage taken by 60% for 8 sec. Being hit by a melee attack, or taking another action will cancel this effect.
Strike At Dawn	Passive	Rising Sun Kick grants a stack of Elusive Brawler.
Breath of Fire	Instant - 15 Sec Cooldown	Breathe fire on targets in front of you, causing 286 Fire damage. Deals reduced damage to secondary targets. Targets affected by Keg Smash will also burn, taking 176 Fire damage and dealing 5% reduced damage to you for 12 sec.
Gai Plin's Imperial Brew	Passive	Purifying Brew instantly heals you for 25% of the purified Stagger damage.
Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 3 Min Cooldown	Summons an effigy of Niuzao, the Black Ox for 25 sec. Niuzao attacks your primary target, and frequently Stomps, damaging all nearby enemies. While active, 25% of damage delayed by Stagger is instead Staggered by Niuzao.
Tranquil Spirit	Passive	When you consume a Healing Sphere or cast Expel Harm, your current Stagger amount is lowered by 5%.
Shadowboxing Treads	Passive	Blackout Kick's damage increased by 20% and it strikes an additional 2 targets.
Fluidity of Motion	Passive	Blackout Kick's cooldown is reduced by 1 sec and its damage is reduced by 10%.
Scalding Brew	Passive	Keg Smash deals an additional 20% damage to targets affected by Breath of Fire.
Sal'salabim's Strength	Passive	When you use Keg Smash, the remaining cooldown on Breath of Fire is reset.
Fortifying Brew: Determination	Passive	Fortifying Brew increases Stagger effectiveness by 15% while active. Combines with other Fortifying Brew effects.
Bob and Weave	Passive	Increases the duration of Stagger by 3.0 sec.
Black Ox Brew	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	Chug some Black Ox Brew, which instantly refills your Energy, Purifying Brew charges, and resets the cooldown of Celestial Brew.
Walk with the Ox	Passive	Abilities that grant Shuffle reduce the cooldown on Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox by 0.50 sec, and Niuzao's Stomp deals an additional 20% damage.
Light Brewing	Passive	Reduces the cooldown of Purifying Brew and Celestial Brew by 20%.
Training of Niuzao	Passive	Gain up to 15% Mastery based on your current level of Stagger.
Pretense of Instability	Passive	Activating Purifying Brew or Celestial Brew grants you 10% dodge for 5 sec.
Counterstrike	Passive	Each time you dodge or an enemy misses you, your next Tiger Palm or Spinning Crane Kick deals 100% increased damage.
Dragonfire Brew	Passive	After using Breath of Fire, you breathe fire 2 additional times, each dealing 106 Fire damage. Breath of Fire damage increased by up to 100% based on your level of Stagger.
Charred Passions	Passive	Your 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.
High Tolerance	Passive	Stagger is 4% more effective at delaying damage. You gain up to 10% Haste based on your current level of Stagger.
Exploding Keg	Instant - 40 Yd Range - 1 Min Cooldown	Hurls a flaming keg at the target location, dealing 1,520 Fire damage to nearby enemies, causing your attacks against them to deal 117 additional Fire damage, and causing their melee attacks to deal 100% reduced damage for the next 3 sec.
Improved Invoke Niuzao, the Black Ox	Passive	While Niuzao is active, Purifying Brew increases the damage of Niuzao's next Stomp, based on Stagger level.
Elusive Footwork	Passive	Blackout Kick deals an additional 5% damage. Blackout Kick critical hits grant an additional 1 stack of Elusive Brawler.
Anvil & Stave	Passive	Each time you dodge or an enemy misses you, the remaining cooldown on your Brews is reduced by 1.0 sec. Effect reduced for each recent melee attacker.
Face Palm	Passive	Tiger Palm has a 50% chance to deal 200% of normal damage and reduce the remaining cooldown of your Brews by 1 additional sec.
Ox Stance	Passive	Casting Purifying Brew grants a charge of Ox Stance, increased based on Stagger level. When you take damage that is greater than 60% of your current health, a charge is consumed to increase the amount you Stagger.
Stormstout's Last Keg	Passive	Keg Smash deals 20% additional damage, and has 1 additional charge.
Blackout Combo	Passive	Blackout Kick also empowers your next ability: Tiger Palm: Damage increased by 100%. Breath of Fire: Damage increased by 50%, and damage reduction increased by 5%. Keg Smash: Reduces the remaining cooldown on your Brews by 2 additional sec. Celestial Brew: Gain up to 3 additional stacks of Purified Chi. Purifying Brew: Pauses Stagger damage for 3 sec.
Press the Advantage	Passive	Your main hand auto attacks reduce the cooldown on your brews by 0.5 sec and block your target's chi, dealing 117 additional Nature damage and increasing your damage dealt by 1% for 20 sec. Upon reaching 10 stacks, your next cast of Rising Sun Kick or Keg Smash consumes all stacks to strike again at 100% effectiveness. This bonus attack can trigger effects on behalf of Tiger Palm at reduced effectiveness.
Weapons of Order	Instant - 2 Min Cooldown	For the next 30 sec, your Mastery is increased by 9%. Additionally,
Black Ox Adept	Passive	Rising Sun Kick grants a charge of Ox Stance.
Heightened Guard	Passive	Ox Stance will now trigger when an attack is larger than 40% of your current health.
Call to Arms	Passive	Weapons of Order calls forth Niuzao, the Black Ox to assist you for 12 sec. Triggering a bonus attack with Press the Advantage has a chance to call forth Niuzao, the Black Ox.
Chi Surge	Passive	Triggering a bonus attack from Press the Advantage or casting Weapons of Order releases a surge of chi at your target's location, dealing Nature damage split evenly between all targets over 8 sec. ress the Advantage: Deals 1,373 Nature damage. eapons of Order: Deals 2,747 Nature damage and reduces the cooldown of Weapons of Order by 4 for each affected enemy, to a maximum of 20 sec.

Hero Talents

Hero talents allow for deeper customization of the Brewmaster Monk class fantasy, further enhancing its combat effectiveness.

Shado Pan

Name	Cast	Effect
Flurry Strikes	Passive	Every 2,256 damage you deal generates a Flurry Charge. For each 300 energy you spend, unleash all Flurry Charges, dealing 345 Physical damage per charge.
Pride of Pandaria	Passive	Flurry Strikes have 15% additional chance to critically strike.
High Impact	Passive	Enemies who die within 10 sec of being damaged by a Flurry Strike explode, dealing 531 physical damage to uncontrolled enemies within 8 yds.
Veteran's Eye	Passive	Striking the same target 5 times within 2 sec grants 1% Haste. Multiple instances of this effect may overlap, stacking up to 10 times.
Martial Precision	Passive	Your attacks penetrate 12% armor.
Protect and Serve	Passive	Your Vivify always heals you for an additional 30% of its total value.
Lead from the Front	Passive	Chi Burst, Chi Wave, and Expel Harm now heal you for 20% of damage dealt.
One Versus Many	Passive	Damage dealt by Fists of Fury and Keg Smash counts as double towards Flurry Charge generation. Fists of Fury damage increased by 15%. Keg Smash damage increased by 35%.
Whirling Steel	Passive	When your health drops below 50%, summon Whirling Steel, increasing your parry chance and avoidance by 15% for 6 sec. This effect can not occur more than once every 180 sec.
Predictive Training	Passive	When you dodge or parry an attack, reduce all damage taken by 10% for the next 6 sec.
Against All Odds	Passive	Flurry Strikes increase your Agility by 1% for 6 sec, stacking up to 20 times.
Efficient Training	Passive	Energy spenders deal an additional 20% damage. Every 50 Energy spent reduces the cooldown of Weapons of Order by 1 sec.
Vigilant Watch	Passive	Blackout Kick deals an additional 20% critical damage and increases the damage of your next set of Flurry Strikes by 10%.
Wisdom of the Wall	Passive	Every 10 Flurry Strikes, become infused with the Wisdom of the Wall, gaining one of the following effects for 20 sec. Critical strike damage increased by 30%. Dodge and Critical Strike chance increased by 25% of your Versatility bonus. Flurry Strikes deal 862 Shadow damage to all uncontrolled enemies within 6 yds. Effect of your Mastery increased by 25%.

Master Of Harmony

Name	Cast	Effect
Aspect of Harmony	Passive	Store vitality from 10% of your damage dealt and 20% of your healing. For 10 sec after casting Thunder Focus Tea your spells and abilities draw upon the stored vitality to deal 25% additional healing over 8 sec.
Manifestation	Passive	Chi Burst and Chi Wave deal 50% increased damage and healing.
Purified Spirit	Passive	When Aspect of Harmony ends, any remaining vitality is expelled as healing over 8 sec, split among nearby targets.
Harmonic Gambit	Passive	During Aspect of Harmony, Rising Sun Kick, Blackout Kick, and Tiger Palm also withdraw vitality to damage enemies.
Balanced Stratagem	Passive	Casting 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.
Tiger's Vigor	Passive	Casting Tiger's Lust reduces the remaining cooldown on Roll by 5 sec.
Roar from the Heavens	Passive	Tiger's Lust grants 20% movement speed to up to 2 allies near its target.
Endless Draught	Passive	Thunder Focus Tea has 1 additional charge.
Mantra of Purity	Passive	When cast on yourself, your single-target healing spells heal for 10% more and restore an additional 8,301 health over 6 sec.
Mantra of Tenacity	Passive	Fortifying Brew grants 20% Stagger.
Overwhelming Force	Passive	Rising 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.
Path of Resurgence	Passive	Chi Burst increases vitality stored by 25% for 10 sec.
Way of a Thousand Strikes	Passive	Rising Sun Kick, Blackout Kick, and Tiger Palm contribute 30% additional vitality.
Clarity of Purpose	Passive	Casting Vivify stores 5,534 vitality, increased based on your recent Gusts of Mist.
Coalescence	Passive	When 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. Targets damaged or healed by your Aspect of Harmony take 10% increased damage or healing from you.

PvP Talents

PvP talents are tailored for player-versus-player combat scenarios. Activated in arenas, battlegrounds, and the open world with War Mode enabled, these talents optimize a Brewmaster Monk 's performance in PvP encounters. They provide specialized enhancements that give players an edge in combat against other players.

Name	Cast	Effect
Microbrew		Reduces the cooldown of Fortifying Brew by 50%.
Hot Trub		Purifying Brew deals 20% of cleared damage split among nearby enemies. After clearing 100% of your maximum health in Stagger damage, your next Breath of Fire incapacitates targets for 4 sec.
Guided Meditation		The cooldown of Zen Meditation is reduced by 50%. While Zen Meditation is active, all harmful spells cast against your allies within 40 yards are redirected to you. Zen Meditation is no longer cancelled when being struck by a melee attack.
Avert Harm		Guard the 4 closest players within 15 yards for 15 sec, allowing you to Stagger 20% of damage they take.
Nimble Brew		Douse allies in the targeted area with Nimble Brew, preventing the next full loss of control effect within 8 sec.
Double Barrel		Your next Keg Smash deals 50% additional damage, and stuns all targets it hits for 3 sec.
Mighty Ox Kick		You perform a Mighty Ox Kick, hurling your enemy a distance behind you.
Eerie Fermentation		You gain up to 30% movement speed and 15% magical damage reduction based on your current level of Stagger.
Admonishment		You focus the assault on this target, increasing their damage taken by 3% for 6 sec. Each unique player that attacks the target increases the damage taken by an additional 3%, stacking up to 5 times. Your melee attacks refresh the duration of Focused Assault.
Niuzao's Essence		Drinking a Purifying Brew will dispel all snares affecting you.
Rodeo		Every 3 sec while Clash is off cooldown, your next Clash can be reactivated immediately to wildly Clash an additional enemy. This effect can stack up to 3 times.
Grapple Weapon		You fire off a rope spear, grappling the target's weapons and shield, returning them to you for 5 sec.
Dematerialize		Demateralize into mist while stunned, reducing damage taken by 30%. Each second you remain stunned reduces this bonus by 10%.
Alpha Tiger		Attacking new challengers with Tiger Palm fills you with the spirit of Xuen, granting you 20% haste for 8 sec. This effect cannot occur more than once every 30 sec per target.