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Windwalker Monk Mythic+ PvE Guide for The War Within Season 3

Welcome to Murlok.io’s Windwalker Monk PvE guide for Mythic+ Dungeons in World of Warcraft: The War Within Season 3.

Built using real‑time data from the top 50 Windwalker Monk DPS across the US, EU, KR, and TW regions, this guide highlights the optimal stats, talents, gear, embellishments, enchantments, gems, and races used in Patch 11.2 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. Эльдворфито's icon
    1
    Эльдворфито
    Howling Fjord (EU)
    Night Elf | Shado Pan | 713 ilvl
    3510
  2. Dabnel's icon
    2
    Dabnel
    Area 52 (US)
    Dwarf | Shado Pan | 715 ilvl
    3502
  3. Sanjìkun's icon
    3
    Sanjìkun
    Silvermoon (EU)
    Human | Shado Pan | 712 ilvl
    3499
  4. Monkasan's icon
    4
    Monkasan
    Tarren Mill (EU)
    Night Elf | Shado Pan | 712 ilvl
    3491
  5. Темканайк's icon
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    Темканайк
    Howling Fjord (EU)
    Night Elf | Shado Pan | 713 ilvl
    3461

Stat Priority

Stats directly affect a Windwalker Monk's DPS 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

  • 21% Critical Strike +6401
  • 23% Haste +14986
  • 83% Mastery +19478
  • 15% Versatility +11856

Stat priority

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

Additional Minor Stats

  • 3% Avoidance +1825
  • 1% Leech +679
  • 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. Half-Mask of Fallen Storms

    • Set
    • 42
    Half-Mask of Fallen Storms icon

  2. Irradiated Impurity Filter

    • 5
    Irradiated Impurity Filter icon

  3. Rune-Branded Hood

    • Craft
    • 2
    Rune-Branded Hood icon

  4. Helm of the Righteous Crusade

    • 1
    Helm of the Righteous Crusade icon

Neck

  1. Momma's Mega Medallion

    • 15
    Momma's Mega Medallion icon

  2. Sin Stained Pendant

    • 15
    Sin Stained Pendant icon

  3. Bloodstained Memento

    • 7
    Bloodstained Memento icon

  4. Cabochon of the Infinite Flight

    • 6
    Cabochon of the Infinite Flight icon

  5. Chrysalis of Sundered Souls

    • 3
    Chrysalis of Sundered Souls icon

Shoulders

  1. Glyphs of Fallen Storms

    • Set
    • 45
    Glyphs of Fallen Storms icon

  2. Epaulets of the Clipped Wings

    • 3
    Epaulets of the Clipped Wings icon

  3. Mantle of Wounded Fate

    • 1
    Mantle of Wounded Fate icon

  4. Rune-Branded Mantle

    • Craft
    • 1
    Rune-Branded Mantle icon

Back

  1. Reshii Wraps

    • 50
    Reshii Wraps icon

Chest

  1. Gi of Fallen Storms

    • Set
    • 46
    Gi of Fallen Storms icon

  2. Darksorrow's Corrupted Carapace

    • 1
    Darksorrow's Corrupted Carapace icon

  3. Reinforced Stalkerhide Vest

    • 1
    Reinforced Stalkerhide Vest icon

  4. Seraphic Wraps of the Ordained

    • 1
    Seraphic Wraps of the Ordained icon

  5. So'azmi's Fractal Vest

    • 1
    So'azmi's Fractal Vest icon

Wrist

  1. Rune-Branded Armbands

    • Craft
    • 44
    Rune-Branded Armbands icon

  2. Bindings of Lost Essence

    • 2
    Bindings of Lost Essence icon

  3. Unbreakable Beetlebane Bindings

    • 2
    Unbreakable Beetlebane Bindings icon

  4. Bracers of Autonomous Classification

    • 1
    Bracers of Autonomous Classification icon

  5. Scheming Assailer's Bands

    • 1
    Scheming Assailer's Bands icon

Hands

  1. Grasp of Fallen Storms

    • Set
    • 44
    Grasp of Fallen Storms icon

  2. Winged Gamma Handlers

    • 3
    Winged Gamma Handlers icon

  3. Rune-Branded Grasps

    • Craft
    • 2
    Rune-Branded Grasps icon

  4. Knuckle-Dusting Handwraps

    • 1
    Knuckle-Dusting Handwraps icon

Waist

  1. Rune-Branded Waistband

    • Craft
    • 33
    Rune-Branded Waistband icon

  2. Durable Information Securing Container

    • 12
    Durable Information Securing Container icon

  3. Adrenal Surge Clasp

    • Craft
    • 2
    Adrenal Surge Clasp icon

  4. Atomic Phasebelt

    • 1
    Atomic Phasebelt icon

  5. Reaper's Dreadbelt

    • 1
    Reaper's Dreadbelt icon

Legs

  1. Legwraps of Fallen Storms

    • Set
    • 30
    Legwraps of Fallen Storms icon

  2. Rune-Branded Legwraps

    • Craft
    • 7
    Rune-Branded Legwraps icon

  3. Spittle-Stained Trousers

    • 6
    Spittle-Stained Trousers icon

  4. Anomalous Starlit Breeches

    • 3
    Anomalous Starlit Breeches icon

  5. Gauzewoven Legguards

    • 2
    Gauzewoven Legguards icon

Feet

  1. Interloper's Reinforced Sandals

    • 42
    Interloper's Reinforced Sandals icon

  2. Boots of Titanic Deconversion

    • 3
    Boots of Titanic Deconversion icon

  3. Geezle's Zapstep Boots

    • 2
    Geezle's Zapstep Boots icon

  4. Kinetic Dunerunners

    • 1
    Kinetic Dunerunners icon

  5. Stalwart Guardian's Boots

    • 1
    Stalwart Guardian's Boots icon

Rings

  1. Whispers of K'aresh

    • 28
    Whispers of K'aresh icon

  2. Signet of the False Accuser

    • 21
    Signet of the False Accuser icon

  3. High Nerubian Signet

    • 12
    High Nerubian Signet icon

  4. Radiant Necromancer's Band

    • 11
    Radiant Necromancer's Band icon

  5. Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship

    • 6
    Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

Trinkets

  1. Astral Antenna

    • 23
    Astral Antenna icon

  2. Unyielding Netherprism

    • 22
    Unyielding Netherprism icon

  3. Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker

    • 17
    Improvised Seaforium Pacemaker icon

  4. Cursed Stone Idol

    • 12
    Cursed Stone Idol icon

  5. Araz's Ritual Forge

    • 6
    Araz's Ritual Forge icon

Main Hand

  1. Obliteration Beamglaive

    • 17
    Obliteration Beamglaive icon

  2. Harvester's Interdiction

    • 10
    Harvester's Interdiction icon

  3. Gallytech Turbo-Tiller

    • 7
    Gallytech Turbo-Tiller icon

  4. Spellstrike Warplance

    • 4
    Spellstrike Warplance icon

  5. Marvel of Technomancy

    • 3
    Marvel of Technomancy 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

    • 71
    Rune-Branded Armbands icon

  2. Dawnthread Lining

    • 7
    Rune-Branded Waistband icon

  3. Ascendance

    • 3
    Charged Halberd icon

  4. Elemental Focusing Lens

    • 3
    Ring of Earthen Craftsmanship icon

  5. Writhing Armor Banding

    • 3
    Rune-Branded Waistband 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 3.

Back

  1. Chant of Winged Grace

    • 42
    Chant of Winged Grace icon

  2. Chant of Leeching Fangs

    • 4
    Chant of Leeching Fangs icon

  3. Chant of Burrowing Rapidity

    • 2
    Chant of Burrowing Rapidity icon

Chest

  1. Crystalline Radiance

    • 49
    Crystalline Radiance icon

  2. Crystalline Radiance

    • 1
    Crystalline Radiance icon

Wrist

  1. +1090 Avoidance

    • 40
    +1090 Avoidance icon

  2. +2040 Leech

    • 7
    +2040 Leech icon

  3. +1325 Leech

    • 1
    +1325 Leech icon

Legs

  1. Stormbound Armor Kit

    • 48
    Stormbound Armor Kit icon

  2. Defender's Armor Kit

    • 1
    Defender's Armor Kit icon

Feet

  1. Defender's March

    • 46
    Defender's March icon

  2. Defender's March

    • 2
    Defender's March icon

  3. Scout's March

    • 1
    Scout's March icon

Rings

  1. +315 Mastery

    • 43
    +315 Mastery icon

  2. +315 Haste

    • 31
    +315 Haste icon

  3. +315 Versatility

    • 17
    +315 Versatility icon

Main Hand

  1. Stonebound Artistry

    • 25
    Stonebound Artistry icon

  2. Oathsworn's Tenacity

    • 9
    Oathsworn's Tenacity icon

  3. Council's Guile

    • 6
    Council's Guile 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

    • 44
    Culminating Blasphemite icon

  2. Elusive Blasphemite

    • 1
    Elusive Blasphemite icon

Fiber

  1. Pure Energizing Fiber

    • 36
    Pure Energizing Fiber icon

  2. Pure Chronomantic Fiber

    • 9
    Pure Chronomantic Fiber icon

  3. Pure Dexterous Fiber

    • 3
    Pure Dexterous Fiber icon

  4. Energizing Fiber

    • 1
    Energizing Fiber icon

  5. Pure Precise Fiber

    • 1
    Pure Precise Fiber icon

Prismatic

  1. Quick Onyx

    • 55
    Quick Onyx icon

  2. Masterful Emerald

    • 40
    Masterful Emerald icon

  3. Quick Sapphire

    • 27
    Quick Sapphire icon

  4. Deadly Sapphire

    • 24
    Deadly Sapphire icon

  5. Versatile Onyx

    • 24
    Versatile Onyx 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. Critical Chain

    • 5
    Critical Chain icon

  2. Electric Current

    • 3
    Electric Current icon

  3. Spark Burst

    • 2
    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 Monk DPS players in The War Within Season 3.

  1. Night Elf

    • 17
    Night Elf icon

  2. Orc

    • 8
    Orc icon

  3. Human

    • 7
    Human icon

  4. Dwarf

    • 4
    Dwarf icon

  5. Void Elf

    • 4
    Void Elf 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 3 and Patch 11.2.

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.