Stat Priorities
Stat Ranking
Raid: Haste > Critical Strike > Versatility > Mastery
Mythic+: Haste > Versatility > Critical Strike > Mastery
Stat Outline
Haste: This increases our attack and spell casting speed, and reduces the time between our HoT ticks. This interacts especially well with our newer talents, such as Misty Peaks and Rapid Diffusion.
Versatility: This stat will increase your damage and healing done, whilst also reducing damage taken. Interestingly, absorbs such as Life Cocoon, Chi Cocoon, and Yu’lon’s Grace only scale with Versatility and player health. This makes Versatility even more beneficial for Mistweaver Monks.
Critical Strike: This gives your spells a chance for extra effectiveness on damage and healing. Versatility and Critical Strike are both very close in value. Additionally, Critical Strike synergises extremely well with Uplifted Spirits.
Mastery: This makes our Renewing Mist, Enveloping Mist, Rising Sun Kick, Expel Harm, Revival / Restoral, Sheilun’s Gift, Jadefire Stomp and Vivify cause a gust of mist to hit our target, healing the primary target for a value based on your mastery. Mastery has historically been our worst stat. With several buffs to our Mastery scaling in The War Within it’s now a decent stat but we’ll not actively pursue high amounts of it as the other stats still outperforms mastery.
Races
For raiding the currently preferred race is Mag’har Orc because of its racial Ancestral Call giving a lot of secondary stats that lines up with your celestial cooldown.
Night Elf, Dwarf and Dark Iron Dwarf are three great choices for Mythic+.
Enchants
Cloak:
Chest: Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
Bracers:
Boots: Enchant Boots - Defender's March
Legs: Sunset Spellthread
Rings: Enchant Ring - Radiant Haste
Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Stormrider's Fury
Gems
Insightful Blasphemite as your main stat gem and then Deadly Emerald for all other gem slots. Alternatively, if you want to increase your maximum mana through the Algari Diamond effect of Insightful Blasphemite make sure you slot different colors of gem.
Recommended gems with Haste that interacts with Insightful Blasphemite:
- Amber - Quick Amber
- Emerald - Deadly Emerald
- Onyx - Quick Onyx
- Ruby - Quick Ruby
- Sapphire - Quick Sapphire
Consumables
Food: Feast of the Divine Day or Stuffed Cave Peppers
Phials: Flask of Tempered Swiftness
Potions: Algari Mana Potion or Slumbering Soul Serum for mana. Tempered Potion for throughput increase.
Health Potions: Algari Healing Potion
Weapon Oil: Algari Mana Oil
Runes: Crystallized Augment Rune