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Windwalker Monk Mythic+ PvE Guide for The War Within Season 2

Welcome to Murlok.io’s Windwalker Monk PvE guide for Mythic+ Dungeons in World of Warcraft: The War Within Season 2.

Built using real-time data from the top 50 Windwalker Monks across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions, this guide highlights the optimal stats, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, gems, and races used in Patch 11.1.7 competitive M+.

Data is refreshed every 8 hours via Blizzard’s Battle.net API to ensure accuracy and up-to-date insights.

Top Mythic+ Windwalker Monks

  1. Dabnel's icon
    1
    Dabnel
    Area 52 (US)
    Dwarf | Conduit Of The Celestials | 684 ilvl
    3971
  2. 글랜수's icon
    2
    글랜수
    Azshara (KR)
    Night Elf | Shado Pan | 685 ilvl
    3924
  3. Sanjìkun's icon
    3
    Sanjìkun
    Silvermoon (EU)
    Human | Conduit Of The Celestials | 684 ilvl
    3851
  4. Эльдворфито's icon
    4
    Эльдворфито
    Howling Fjord (EU)
    Night Elf | Conduit Of The Celestials | 685 ilvl
    3846
  5. Macys's icon
    5
    Macys
    Tarren Mill (EU)
    Dwarf | Conduit Of The Celestials | 685 ilvl
    3844

Stat Priority

Stats directly affect your combat performance, appearing on gear, consumables, enchantments, and gems.

They have diminishing returns after reaching +20% from gear, so proper balance ensures the best results.

Optimal Secondary Stats

  • 18% Critical Strike +5359
  • 20% Haste +13256
  • 86% Mastery +20466
  • 8% Versatility +6301

Stat priority

  1. Mastery
  2. Haste
  3. Versatility
  4. Critical Strike

Additional Minor Stats

  • 4% Avoidance +1934
  • 1% Leech +729
  • 2% Speed +0

Stat priority

  1. Avoidance
  2. Leech
  3. Speed

Talent Build

Talents play a major role in Mythic+ Dungeons. The heatmaps below show how frequently each talent is selected among the top Windwalker Monks.

  1. Most used talents, strongly recommended!
  2. Frequently used talents, offer flexibility or suit personal preference.
  3. Rarely used talents, usually chosen to unlock deeper rows in the tree.

Best-in-Slot Gear for Mythic+

Gear provides core stat bonuses and typically comes from the Great Vault, crafted items, raids, dungeons, Delves, or PvP vendors.

These items are most frequently used by top-ranked Windwalker Monks in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Head

  1. Ageless Serpent's Mane

    • Set
    • 46
    Ageless Serpent's Mane icon

  2. Mekgineer's Mindbending Headgear

    • 2
    Mekgineer's Mindbending Headgear icon

  3. Rune-Branded Hood

    • Craft
    • 1
    Rune-Branded Hood icon

  4. Waterworks Filtration Mask

    • 1
    Waterworks Filtration Mask icon

Neck

  1. Gobfather's Gifted Bling

    • 21
    Gobfather's Gifted Bling icon

  2. Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship

    • 17
    Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  3. Strapped Rescue-Keg

    • 9
    Strapped Rescue-Keg icon

  4. Flickering Glowtorc

    • 2
    Flickering Glowtorc icon

  5. Heart of Azeroth

    • 1
    Heart of Azeroth icon

Shoulders

  1. Ageless Serpent's Shoulderpads

    • Set
    • 47
    Ageless Serpent's Shoulderpads icon

  2. Vandal's Skullplating

    • 2
    Vandal's Skullplating icon

  3. Extravagant Epaulets

    • 1
    Extravagant Epaulets icon

Back

  1. Consecrated Cloak

    • Craft
    • 29
    Consecrated Cloak icon

  2. Ageless Serpent's Flowing Grace

    • 6
    Ageless Serpent's Flowing Grace icon

  3. Electrician's Siphoning Filter

    • 6
    Electrician's Siphoning Filter icon

  4. Test Pilot's Go-Pack

    • 3
    Test Pilot's Go-Pack icon

  5. Undercircuit Racing Flag

    • 2
    Undercircuit Racing Flag icon

Chest

  1. Ageless Serpent's Inked Coils

    • Set
    • 48
    Ageless Serpent's Inked Coils icon

  2. Jerkin of Awakened Stone

    • 1
    Jerkin of Awakened Stone icon

  3. Venture Co. Plenipotentiary Vest

    • 1
    Venture Co. Plenipotentiary Vest icon

Wrist

  1. Rune-Branded Armbands

    • Craft
    • 39
    Rune-Branded Armbands icon

  2. Ageless Serpent's Cuffs

    • 3
    Ageless Serpent's Cuffs icon

  3. Battle-Scarred Fisticuffs

    • 3
    Battle-Scarred Fisticuffs icon

  4. Killer Queen's Wristflickers

    • 3
    Killer Queen's Wristflickers icon

  5. Disturbed Kelp Wraps

    • 2
    Disturbed Kelp Wraps icon

Hands

  1. Ageless Serpent's Handguards

    • Set
    • 48
    Ageless Serpent's Handguards icon

  2. Rune-Branded Grasps

    • Craft
    • 1
    Rune-Branded Grasps icon

  3. Self-Sanitizing Handwraps

    • 1
    Self-Sanitizing Handwraps icon

Waist

  1. Durable Information Securing Container

    • 48
    Durable Information Securing Container icon

  2. Competitor's Battle Cord

    • 1
    Competitor's Battle Cord icon

  3. Rune-Branded Waistband

    • Craft
    • 1
    Rune-Branded Waistband icon

Legs

  1. Ageless Serpent's Leggings

    • Set
    • 28
    Ageless Serpent's Leggings icon

  2. Flame-Seared Leggings

    • 11
    Flame-Seared Leggings icon

  3. Rune-Branded Legwraps

    • 6
    Rune-Branded Legwraps icon

  4. Bilgerat's Discarded Slacks

    • 4
    Bilgerat's Discarded Slacks icon

  5. Fearless Challenger's Leggings

    • 1
    Fearless Challenger's Leggings icon

Feet

  1. Ageless Serpent's Ankleweights

    • 12
    Ageless Serpent's Ankleweights icon

  2. Rune-Branded Kickers

    • Craft
    • 10
    Rune-Branded Kickers icon

  3. Dragster's Last Stride

    • 9
    Dragster's Last Stride icon

  4. Stalwart Guardian's Boots

    • 7
    Stalwart Guardian's Boots icon

  5. Backbreaking Bootstrappers

    • 6
    Backbreaking Bootstrappers icon

Rings

  1. The Jastor Diamond

    • 43
    The Jastor Diamond icon

  2. Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship

    • Craft
    • 17
    Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  3. Cyrce's Circlet

    • 8
    Cyrce's Circlet icon

  4. Radiant Necromancer's Band

    • 8
    Radiant Necromancer's Band icon

  5. 85-Year Tenure Ring

    • 6
    85-Year Tenure Ring icon

Trinkets

  1. Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker

    • 42
    Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker icon

  2. House of Cards

    • 41
    House of Cards icon

  3. Funhouse Lens

    • 5
    Funhouse Lens icon

  4. Eye of Kezan

    • 4
    Eye of Kezan icon

  5. Signet of the Priory

    • 3
    Signet of the Priory icon

Main Hand

  1. Greasemonkey's Shift-Stick

    • 15
    Greasemonkey's Shift-Stick icon

  2. Giga Bank-Breaker

    • 11
    Giga Bank-Breaker icon

  3. Glorious Defender's Poleaxe

    • 9
    Glorious Defender's Poleaxe icon

  4. Gallytech Turbo-Tiller

    • 6
    Gallytech Turbo-Tiller icon

  5. Sticky Stirring Stick

    • 3
    Sticky Stirring Stick icon

Off Hand

  1. Crowd Favorite

    • 1
    Crowd Favorite icon

  2. Vagabond's Torch

    • 1
    Vagabond's Torch icon

Embellishments

Embellishments add special effects to crafted gear. Only two can be equipped, so selection is important.

The following embellishments are the most commonly used by high-rated Windwalker Monks.

  1. Duskthread Lining

    • 76
    Rune-Branded Armbands icon

  2. Elemental Focusing Lens

    • 6
    Amulet of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  3. Dawnthread Lining

    • 4
    Rune-Branded Armbands icon

  4. Writhing Armor Banding

    • 3
    Rune-Branded Armbands icon

  5. Ascendance

    • 2
    Charged Halberd icon

Enchantments

Enchantments enhance gear with additional stats or special procs. Most are crafted by Enchanters, leg enchants come from Leatherworkers, and some slot-specific options appear through seasonal content.

These are the top enchantments for Windwalker Monk gear in Mythic+ Dungeons during The War Within Season 2.

Head

  1. Greater Rune of the Void Ritual

    • 49
    Greater Rune of the Void Ritual icon

  2. Greater Rune of Gushing Wound

    • 1
    Greater Rune of Gushing Wound icon

Back

  1. Chant of Winged Grace

    • 42
    Chant of Winged Grace icon

  2. Chant of Leeching Fangs

    • 5
    Chant of Leeching Fangs icon

  3. +355 Avoidance

    • 1
    +355 Avoidance icon

Chest

  1. Crystalline Radiance

    • 50
    Crystalline Radiance icon

Wrist

  1. +1090 Avoidance

    • 42
    +1090 Avoidance icon

  2. +2040 Leech

    • 6
    +2040 Leech icon

  3. +650 Speed

    • 1
    +650 Speed icon

Legs

  1. Stormbound Armor Kit

    • 47
    Stormbound Armor Kit icon

  2. Sunset Spellthread

    • 2
    Sunset Spellthread icon

  3. Daybreak Spellthread

    • 1
    Daybreak Spellthread icon

Feet

  1. Defender's March

    • 48
    Defender's March icon

  2. Scout's March

    • 1
    Scout's March icon

Rings

  1. +315 Mastery

    • 59
    +315 Mastery icon

  2. +315 Haste

    • 21
    +315 Haste icon

  3. +315 Versatility

    • 15
    +315 Versatility icon

Main Hand

  1. Authority of Radiant Power

    • 15
    Authority of Radiant Power icon

  2. Authority of the Depths

    • 13
    Authority of the Depths icon

  3. Oathsworn's Tenacity

    • 10
    Oathsworn's Tenacity icon

Off Hand

  1. Authority of the Depths

    • 1
    Authority of the Depths icon

Gems

Gems provide focused secondary stat bonuses to help fine‑tune builds. They are crafted by Jewelcrafters and socketed into gear.

Sockets can be added to Necklaces and Rings with the Magnificent Jeweler's Setting , or to other gear through seasonal vendor items.

These are the most popular gems among top‑rated Windwalker Monks in Mythic+ Dungeons.

Algari Diamond

  1. Culminating Blasphemite

    • 47
    Culminating Blasphemite icon

  2. Elusive Blasphemite

    • 2
    Elusive Blasphemite icon

Cyrce's Circlet

  1. Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine

    • 8
    Fathomdweller's Runed Citrine icon

  2. Stormbringer's Runed Citrine

    • 8
    Stormbringer's Runed Citrine icon

  3. Windsinger's Runed Citrine

    • 7
    Windsinger's Runed Citrine icon

  4. Legendary Skipper's Citrine

    • 1
    Legendary Skipper's Citrine icon

Prismatic

  1. Quick Onyx

    • 91
    Quick Onyx icon

  2. Masterful Emerald

    • 47
    Masterful Emerald icon

  3. Versatile Onyx

    • 42
    Versatile Onyx icon

  4. Masterful Sapphire

    • 29
    Masterful Sapphire icon

  5. Masterful Ruby

    • 26
    Masterful Ruby icon

Durable Information Securing Container

Durable Information Securing Container is a powerful belt introduced in Patch 11.1.7, obtained from Overcharged Delves. It features a unique effect that enhances character builds and can significantly impact performance in competitive content.

  1. Electric Current

    • 22
    Electric Current icon

  2. Critical Chain

    • 16
    Critical Chain icon

  3. Spark Burst

    • 8
    Spark Burst icon

Most Played Races for Windwalker Monk M+

Racial traits can provide noticeable advantages in PvE, giving a competitive edge in Mythic+ Dungeons.

These are the most commonly chosen races among top‑rated Windwalker Monks in The War Within Season 2.

  1. Night Elf

    • 18
    Night Elf icon

  2. Dwarf

    • 8
    Dwarf icon

  3. Human

    • 7
    Human icon

  4. Orc

    • 4
    Orc icon

  5. Mag'har Orc

    • 3
    Mag'har Orc icon

Windwalker Monk Guide FAQ

Here are answers to common questions about how this guide is built and how to interpret the data.

How is this Mythic+ PvE guide created?

This guide compiles live data from the top Windwalker Monks in Mythic+ Dungeons using Blizzard’s Battle.net API .

How often is the information updated?

Data updates every 8 hours.

Why is this guide valuable?

The guide provides real-time build insights, showing exactly what high-ranking players are currently using, helping you make informed decisions for your character.

Is this guide current?

Yes. The guide always reflects the latest information for The War Within Season 2 and Patch 11.1.7.

Is this guide suitable for beginners?

Yes. Beginners can easily identify current trends and optimal setups. However, it does not provide gameplay tutorials.

Why isn’t my character listed in the top rankings?

Reasons may include inactivity, falling below the minimum rating threshold, frequent spec changes, or gear not optimized for PvE.