Windwalker Monk Midnight Talents Guide

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Ring Of Peace: A staple of Monk utility, this can be utilized in many different ways, such as using it in conjunction with Paralysis to skip enemies in M+, or in certain raid encounters to prevent enemies from getting close to a boss. Learning how to use this well is the difference between a good monk player and a great one.

Zenith Stomp: This is a new talent in Midnight and does a large amount of damage when you activate your cooldown and with the Rank 3 Apex Talent you will have multiple charges available to use during Zenith. When this is combined with other burst damage in your opener, you may need to be wary of pulling threat off your tank.

Lighter Than Air: This talent really unlocks the full potential of your mobility and is very flexible. Most notably, this dash can be used to cancel forced movement effects such as knockbacks, but this can also be used while channeling Fists Of Fury or to cancel the animation of Whirling Dragon Punch. There’s also a ‘trick’ where if you use this dash with Whirling Dragon Punch, you can keep forward momentum and launch yourself way further than you would otherwise be able to. Overall, this is a very nuanced talent that is extremely fun to use.

Xuen's Battlegear: A core part of your spec and one of the only significant effects we have that have crit synergy. This drastically increases the value of Rising Sun Kick in all situations because not only is the crit chance higher, but giving you massive cooldown reduction on your highest damage ability, Fists Of Fury.

Rushing Wind Kick: This proc replaces your Rising Sun Kick temporarily but benefits from all effects that benefit it. This includes Xuen's Battlegear, allowing you to benefit from the cooldown reduction on multiple targets. It’s also important to note that this functions as a different spell than Rising Sun Kick when it comes to Mastery: Combo Strikes. This allows you to cast Rushing Wind Kick and then Rising Sun Kick back-to-back.

Tigereye Brew: This stacking buff will grant you 1% crit per stack when you use Zenith, but the most interesting part of this Apex Talent comes with how it stacks. During combat, you generate a stack for every 3 Chi spent. Every ability that is discounted such as during Zenith or from free procs like Dance Of Chi-Ji/Combo Breaker will count for their full Chi value for generating stacks of Tigereye Brew. You will also replenish up to 10 stacks out of combat quickly if you are below that value.

This does have the unfortunate penalty of reducing the benefit of using both stacks of Zenith back-to-back during Bloodlust, as you won’t have accumulated many Tigereye Brew stacks for the 2nd charge usage.

The rank 3 of your Apex Talent replaces your Zenith button upon activation with multiple charges of the Zenith Stomp ability. These do massive AoE damage and generate 2 Chi and should basically be used to replace Tiger Palm to generate Chi and you should try to use these before your Zenith expires because any remaining charges will be lost.

Shado-Pan

Flurry Strikes: The core mechanic of the Hero Talent, but also the only thing you need to be aware of. This stacks up to 30 and you want to make sure you are not overcapping them by not pressing Fists Of Fury. This usually won’t happen in normal gameplay, but it is worth noting.

Conduit of the Celestials

Heart Of The Jade Serpent: The most important effect in this tree by far due to the drastically sped up rotation and quicker Fists Of Fury channeling. Before entering one of these windows, you want to have enough Chi to cast your core spells to not waste any of the window. It’s important to note that the Heart Of The Jade Serpent granted by Zenith via Yu'lon's Avatar stacks with other Heart Of The Jade Serpent buffs.