Introduction
Welcome to the Mistweaver Monk guide written by Tincell, part of Honolulu's raid team going into The War Within. I’ve dabbled in the likes of Discipline Priest and Holy Paladin for years of Cutting Edge progress until Mistweaver took hold of me. As a Mistweaver enjoyer my fellow guildies will never hear the end of how awesome we are for everything between Raiding, Mythic+ and outrunning every other class with our great mobility.
Mistweaver is an incredibly strong specialisation. We excel at targeted spot-healing, but are also incredible at healing a large raid group. We have a strong 1-minute cooldown, making us extremely flexible in any raid composition. This is also a great boon in Mythic+, and we have a variety of tools which make us an asset in any 5-man group.
Mistweaver is, however, quite unique from other healers. In raid, we function closest to Discipline. In M+, we are closest to a hybrid of Holy Paladin and Discipline, although with many key differences. A lot of our healing comes directly from our DPS, although we are able to pump insane amounts of healing into individuals. The fact that we are quite unique makes Mistweaver potentially quite intimidating for new players, although I’d argue it is by far the most fun healer in The War Within!
What has changed
The War Within changes
Mistweaver has received several changes to both talent trees going into The War Within. We won’t cover every change and instead focus on the most important ones below.
- Teachings of the Monastery moved to baseline talents
- Mastery: Gust of Mists received several large buffs increasing its percentage scaling and healing per point of mastery.
- Jade Bond buffed for both Chi-Ji and Yu’lon
- Rising Sun Kick and Jadefire Stomp added to Mastery: Gust of Mists
- Crane Style added as new talent
- Vivify healing increased by 56%
- Zen Pulse no longer deals damage and is reworked to a proc based passive heal on your next Vivify
- Essence Font, Clouded Focus, Dampen Harm, Close to Heart and Generous Pour has been removed
- Mana Tea was buffed to compensate for Clouded Focus being removed
- Fortifying Brew cooldown reduced