First Impressions of the Mistweaver Monk Changes in Patch 11.0.5 - Guide Writer Feedback

To help smooth out some of the rougher edges from their War Within launch, Mistweaver Monks are receiving some significant changes in the upcoming 11.0.5 Patch. Our Mistweaver Monk Writer, JuneMW, breaks down the changes in Patch 11.0.5 including the talent changes, the buffing of Crackling Jade Lightning, and more.

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With the first season of The War Within well under way, the developers at Blizzard have been busy preparing for the 20th anniversary of the game with an entire patch dedicated to it! And while the celebration brings with it plenty to do, there's also some significant Mistweaver changes incoming when it goes live to talk about! And while these changes look gameplay defining on the surface, in reality they help to smooth out some of the rough edges present in the toolkit, while also giving some underused abilities new talents to give them strong niches carved out for them.

All Changes for Mistweaver Monk in 11.0.5

There are a handful of new talents added to our specialization tree, along with some older talents being removed or rolled into existing talents with some of the fat trimmed off, and a lot of these changes build on themselves, so we'll take it slow and talk about changes that'll effect all types of Mistweaver players, no matter their preferred playstyle, and narrow it down afterwards.

Ancient Teachings Changes

Ancient Teachings has become a baseline passive for Mistweaver! This type of effect has been a staple of our toolkit in one iteration or another since Mistweaver's inception in Mists of Pandaria as Eminence, with Summon Jade Serpent Statue also emanating this damage-to-healing conversion. During the Legion rework of the specialization, Eminence was Read more on wowhead.com