Talent Builds
Raid Offensive
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This talent build is for advanced players looking to push their damage to its limits in a raid setting. I'd only recommend this to players comfortable with the spec and encounters they are playing it in.
Raid Defensive
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This talent build is for players that are generally newer to the spec and want to be as safe as possible. You sacrifice a lot of offensive power to bolster your survivability. You shouldn’t have much of a problem surviving with these talents as long as you don’t let your Shuffle drop!
Mythic+ Offensive
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This talent build has a solid mix of defensive and offensive talents, leaning more into the offensive side of things.
Mythic+ Defensive
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Class Talents
The Monk class tree has a lot to play with now. You have an abundance of talent points to move around.
Notable Talents
Detox - There are numerous encounters where Detox has a use and it’s a powerful piece of utility in those scenarios that I’d definitely recommend taking if needed.
Pressure Points - Any time an enrage effect takes place, this can benefit you greatly. It’s almost exclusively a dungeon specific talent as there aren’t any raid encounters with an enrage.
Windwalking - Gotta go fast. You have extra points to play with in the Monk class tree as a Brewmaster, so why not buff yourself and your party with some extra movement speed?
Summon Black Ox Statue - Simply put, this generates pulsing threat within 20 yards of wherever you place it, and can also be used as Brewmasters own mass taunt, This becomes very useful in raid on fights where there are lots of spawning mobs.
Spec Talents
In this section I will discuss some of the more notable talent nodes, where you want to use them and how they synergise with your spec.
Elixir Of Determination - This is an extremely powerful 1 point talent node right near the top of our spec tree. The absorb is based on how much damage you’re purifying, and can be treated as an extra defensive/safety net. It cannot occur more than once every 15 seconds so I do recommend tracking this where possible.
Rushing Jade Wind / Special Delivery - This is a highly debated choice node for a lot of Brewmaster players, but essentially what it comes down to in Midnight is whether or not you’re playing Breath Of Fire, you’ll want Rushing Jade Wind as it procs Walk With The Ox more, but if you’re not, or you simply want less buttons to press, you’ll play Special Delivery. Rushing Jade Wind is also a pickup for M+ as it helps you gather packs more effectively.
Face Palm - This talent is a very strong single damage option. It does have minor defensive value, but it’s almost exclusively used for the damage. It incentivises more Tiger Palms, which synergises with our Shado-pan hero talent to generate Flurry Charges, which is even more damage.
Anvil & Stave - This is a purely defensive talent node that gives us access to more brew cooldown reduction. It’s far better in Mythic+ than it is raid due to the reduction rate from melee attacks being more frequent.
Ox Stance - Ox stance and its capstones provide large defensive benefits against any form of tank buster. Black Ox Adept is the weaker capstone of the two, as Ox Stance doesn’t proc too often, so you end up overcapping on stacks regardless. Heightened Guard allows you to proc it more reliably and more often.
Blackout Combo - This only affects Keg Smash and Tiger Palm as of Midnight’s Pre-patch, reducing the complexity of the spec substantially.
Hero Talents
Currently Shado-Pan is recommended for both Mythic+ and Raid.
There is no reason to play Master of Harmony right now, neither hero talent provides anything substantial enough defensively. That being said, it's important to highlight that unless you’re chasing the boundaries of cutting edge content in a raid environment or mythic+, both hero talents are viable and suitable for all available content.
Shado-Pan
With Midnight, Shado-Pan has been revisited. Flurry Strikes are now a result of successful autoattacks and are eventually unleashed via Keg Smash, dealing substantial damage per charge.
Due to the removal of Weapons Of Order, Invoke Niuzao, The Black Ox will take over Shado-Pan’s cooldown interactions.
Shadow-Pan favors physical damage as a result of Martial Precision, resulting in the strongest possible Tiger Palm damage when combined with other talents like Face Palm, Blackout Combo and Counterstrike.
One of the key goals to aim for with Shado-Pan is to use the Invoke Niuzao, The Black Ox’s duration, to cast as many Breath Of Fire and Blackout Kick as you can, to activate Wisdom Of The Wall for even more damage in the form of Flurry Strikes.
Master of Harmony
Master of Harmony Brewmaster has to cast Celestial Brew / Celestial Infusion frequently to empower your other spells, such as Keg Smash.
Balanced Stratagem can empower your Chi Burst and Exploding Keg up to 25% if you use up to 5 Physical abilities beforehand, this should happen as a result of following the general priority list.
Each time you cast Keg Smash you will consume a Harmonic Surge stack, this is your hardest hitting spender in ST, the goal is to cast this when buffed by Blackout Combo or Counterstrike.