Windwalker Monk

Fast melee that chains many different strikes.

DPSMeleeMedium to play

Talents

Copy the build, then in game press N to open Talents, click Import and paste.

Best stats

  1. 1Haste
  2. 2Crit
  3. 3Mastery
  4. 4Versatility

Pick gear, gems and enchants with your top stats first. Item level still matters most.

Patch 12.1. Stat source

Consumables

Picks for Windwalker in patch 12.1, from the Icy Veins guide.

  • Flask Flask of the Blood Knights Haste. The best flask for Windwalker.
  • Combat potion Potion of Recklessness The strongest potion for this spec. Use it with your big cooldowns. Light's Potential is the simpler pick if your secondary stats are evenly spread.
  • Health potion Concentrated Silvermoon Health Potion Healing in combat. It doesn't share a cooldown with Healthstones, so you can use both.
  • Food Harandar Celebration A group feast. On your own, eat Royal Roast instead.
  • Augment rune Void-Touched Augment Rune Raises your Agility. It's expensive and is lost when you die, so save it for progression.
  • Weapon oil Thalassian Phoenix Oil Lasts an hour. Reapply it after it wears off.

Enchants

  • Head

    Raises Avoidance, so you take less damage from area attacks.

  • Shoulders

    Raises Avoidance, so you take less damage from area attacks.

  • Chest

    Raises your primary stat.

  • Legs

    Raises Agility or Strength, plus Stamina.

  • Feet

    Raises Avoidance and Stamina.

  • Both rings

    Raises Haste.

    Depends on your other stats.

  • Main hand

    Your spells and abilities can grant Hash'ey's Might, a boost to a random secondary stat.

Gems

  • First socket

    Raises your primary stat.

  • Every other socket

    Raises Haste and Critical Strike.

    Pick the gem that adds your two lowest secondary stats.

Patch 12.1. Source

Trinkets

Best trinkets for Windwalker

  • S

    Venomous Abyss raid, boss 8: Ula'tek

  • S

    Venomous Abyss raid, boss 7: The Coiled Altar

  • A

    Farmable

    Dungeon: Murder Row

  • A

    Farmable

    Dungeon: Altar of Fangs

  • A

    Venomous Abyss raid, boss 3: The Lost Explorers

  • A

    Unbinding of Kith'ix raid: Kith'ix

  • A

    Farmable

    Dungeon: The Blinding Vale

  • A

    Venomous Abyss raid, boss 2: Entombed Sentinels

Grades for Windwalker, patch 12.1.5. Trinket source

Playing a Windwalker Monk?

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Full rotation and talent guide on Icy Veins ›

Other Monk specs: Brewmaster · Mistweaver

Tier ranks from patch 12.1.5, mid-October 2026. See the full tier list.