Brewmaster Monk Tank Stat Priority — 12.0.5

As a Brewmaster Monk, your stat priority stays simple for whatever you want to do. This includes whether you are playing as a Shado-Pan Brewmaster, or a Master of Harmony. Regardless of your choice, the following stat priorities will not change with your Hero Talents!

The stat priority below is specifically for playing defensively.

Brewmaster stats are fairly close in defensive value. For this reason, you should wear the highest item-level gear you have available. Having more stats will often be more useful than having "better" stats for your defense. Jewelry slots are the main exception, as they do not have Agility or Armor on them. For these slots, you should focus on whatever provides the least amount of Haste when optimizing for defense.

If you're trying to push damage and surviving is less of an issue, the following altered stat priority will be what you want to follow.

Optimization

Simulations and Tools

While a generalized stat priority will assist new players, there really is no substitute for simming your character. Learn more with this guide!

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Critical Strike — 46 rating = 1%: increases your chance to deal double damage or healing on most of your spells.

Haste — 44 rating = 1%: improves your Energy regeneration rate, lets you auto attack faster, and reduces the cooldown of some abilities. Although this stat normally reduces your global cooldown as well, Brewmaster and other specializations that use Energy as a resource always have a global cooldown of 1 second regardless of Haste.

Versatility — 54 rating = 1%: enhances all damage and healing you perform (including from gear effects like trinkets) and reduces all damage you take.

Mastery — 46 rating = 1%: Mastery: Elusive Brawler grants you a stacking buff that increases your chance to dodge every time you are attacked or cast Blackout Kick until you successfully dodge an attack; Mastery also passively increases your Attack Power.

Agility — 1 rating = 1 Attack Power: increases your ability strength, dodge chance, Stagger percentage, and even your self-healing. This is your most important stat.

Stamina — 1 rating = 20 Health: improves your maximum health, providing you with greater survivability in general. Nearly every piece of gear you equip will include some amount of Stamina, making it a stat that is passively increased with item level.

Armor is a stat you will acquire from most of your gear by default, with higher item-level pieces offering more. It has strong defensive value, but only works to reduce the damage received from Physical attacks.

Every stat has a limit where they will begin to offer less increase per point gained, which are known as the points of diminishing return. Once you have reached these amounts, stats will become progressively less valuable and may fall behind other options. The current breakpoints are:

Itemization

Gearing and Enchants

Your stat priority extends to enchants, consumables, and gear. Take what you learned on this page and apply it to your gameplay with these two guides!

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This guide has been written by Sinzhu, a Mythic raider on US-Kiljaeden who has passionately played Brewmaster for the past ten years. He also contributes to the Peak of Serenity and is a Moderator of the Monk Class Discord.