Healer Rotation & Cooldowns
This rotation offers a general priority list for Mistweaver Monk abilities, along with key cooldowns at the bottom. It's based on a standard build and is here to help while we work on a smarter, build-aware system. If you are very new to the game or this class, we added info on the new assisted rotation features at the bottom of this guide. Updated for the latest patch in World of Warcraft: The War Within (11.2).
Note: Rotation guides will be continually refined for 11.2 throughout the week.
Single Target
Ensure Renewing Mist is active on as many targets as possible.
For single-target healing, prioritize Vivify and Soothing Mist for consistent damage. Use Enveloping Mist for high damage and maintain Renewing Mist uptime. Save Life Cocoon for emergencies.
AoE
Maintain Renewing Mist on as many targets as possible.
For AoE healing, prioritize Vivify for multiple damaged allies and Enveloping Mist for spot healing. Use Invoke Yulon, The Jade Serpent during heavy damage and Chi Burst for efficient group healing.
Cooldowns
Use Thunder Focus Tea often to empower key spells. Save Life Cocoon for heavy damage, Revival for emergencies, and Invoke Chi Ji, The Red Crane or Invoke Yulon, The Jade Serpent for extended damage phases.
New to Class? Try Assisted Rotation
Patch 11.1.7 introduced new features that make it eaiser to pick and play new characters. These new settings can be enabled from settings » gameplay enhancements:
- Single-Button Assistant
- Assisted Highlight
- Cooldown Manager
If you are new to World of Warcraft or a certain class, enabling Assisted Highlight and Cooldown Manager can help you learn which abilities to prioritize and use.
While the Single-Button Assistant can be a much easier and more accessible way to play the game, it does come with a slight performance hit due to a small GCD penalty, as you will have to wait 25% longer in between spells and abilities.
To see which specs are best with the Single-Button Assistant feature, you can check out our DPS Rankings which uses SimC to sim every class using this feature.