Introduction
This will be your introductory guide to playing as a Mistweaver monk, written by Tincell who’s part of the healer team in Salted for Midnight’s forthcoming raiding tiers. With experience from several tiers of cutting edge progress playing monk, priest and paladin.
Mistweaver Monk Overview
Mistweaver, having been one of the more complex healing specs to master, has seen several changes with the launch of Midnight. Gone are the multiple stacking modifiers that interacted with each other which made the spec convoluted in maximising its healing. Now is the perfect time to pick up Mistweaver if you’ve ever considered learning something new.
Strengths:
- Excellent targeted spot-healing with Vivify or triage healing using Sheilun’s Gift paired with Legacy of Wisdom.
- High throughput being able to easily convert mana into more healing fast, at the cost of mana consumption.
- Highly mobile as a healer and can easily reach and get out of mechanics without issue.
- Considered a melee healer so several mechanics in fights never target you
- Always-be-casting playstyle where there’s always something to press and never any downtime.
Weaknesses:
- Mana consumption is at an all time high and you’ll run out of mana quickly if you’re not careful
- Purely a throughput healer being heavily dependant on the spec being tuned properly
- Utility spells that are rarely are in demand. Ring of Peace, Paralysis and Tiger’s Lust are all considered very niche and rarely of any demand in raids and Mythic+.
- Mystic Touch is not highly valued in a dungeon or raid setting as most damage done to enemies are not physical. Also most of Mistweavers damaging abilities are not physical damage. Raid buff is usually brought by any other monk spec in a raid setting.
What has changed
Patch 12.1
With the release of 12.1 Mistweaver received mostly minor changes.
- New talent Vital Expenditure
- Increases your Soothing Mist healing, however it also increases its mana cost at the same time. Talent shares a choice node with Dancing Mists. As Soothing Mist already has a high mana cost this talent will most likely see little play in its current form.
- Spinning Crane Kick damage has been decreased by 15%
- Way of the Crane healing transfer for Spinning Crane Kick is now set at 280%, down from earlier 340%.
- Jadefire Teachings transfer rate has been adjusted to 320% from its earlier 270% to compensate for the changes to Way of the Crane.
- Gust of Mists received a major increase in its scaling putting your base mastery at 249.48%.
- Morning Breeze effectiveness was reduced by 60% to make sure the talent stays at the same power level with the change to Gust of Mists.
- Mana Tea was buffed by 20% now giving 6480 mana per stack from earlier 5400.
- Silent Sanctuary healing was increased by 25%
- Chi Transfer now heals you for 60% of the damage dealt, up from previous value of 50%.
Patch 12.0.7
No tuning changes to Mistweaver will happen with the release of 12.0.7.
Patch 12.0.5 Changes to Mistweaver
Mistweaver received the following changes with the release of 12.0.5.
- All healing reduced by 5%
- Sheilun's Gift healing increased by 5% per cloud (was 10%).
- Conduit of the Celestials subtalent Inner Compass now rotates stats every 8 seconds.
- Spiritfont now reduces cast time of Enveloping Mist by 50%.
- Redesign of Harmonic Surge in the Master of Harmony hero talent tree
- Thunder Focus Tea grants 2 charges of Potential Energy. Casting Tiger Palm or Vivify consumes the charges proccing Harmonic Surge
- Harmonic Surge deals increased healing and damage based on how many stacks of Potential Energy are consumed
- Potential Energy is now granted after using Rising Sun Kick or Rushing Wind Kick.
Heroic Raid Week Tuning (March 17th)
Announced changes mostly target Mythic+ forMistweaver. Increasing your overall healing while emphasising our Way Of The Crane playstyle in Mythic+ where you use Spinning Crane Kick to heal. No overall playstyle changes for Mistweaver with this tuning.
Changes in this tuning:
- Sheilun's Gift healing increased by 60%
- Sheilun's Gift clouds now increase its healing by 10% per stack (was 33%)
- Jadefire Teachings now increase the transfer rate of Ancient Teachings by 260% (was 200%)
- Way Of The Crane now transfers 340% of damage onto 1 ally (was 125% onto 3 allies)
- Jadefire Stomp damage now transfers into Ancient Teachings at 20% effectiveness
- Invigorating Mists healing increased by 30%
Midnight Changes for Mistweaver Monk
As for every spec with the release of a new expansion there’s been a major overhaul of several parts of the Mistweaver talent tree. Here’s the most important changes you need to know with the launch of the Midnight expansion.
Introduction of Apex talents - our new capstone talents that brings with it extra power for the spec through several new spells and interactions.
Notable changes to be aware of:
- Mastery: Gust of Mists now only triggers from casting Renewing Mist or Enveloping Mist. Rising Sun Kick, Spinning Crane Kick and Blackout Kick only triggers Gust Of Mists if talented into Crane Style.
- Diffuse Magic was reworked into a passive talent when activating Fortifying Brew
- Mana Tea no longer has a mana cost reduction attached to it
- Invoke Chi-Ji, the Red Crane now gives instant cast of Enveloping Mist
Several talents were removed, below you find some formerly impactful talents that no longer exist for Mistweaver.