Mistweaver Monk Healing Gear and Best in Slot — 12.0.5

Upon reaching Level 90 in Midnight, you have three main options to start gearing your character: Dungeons and Raids, PvP such as Arena or Battlegrounds, and world systems like Renown with the four main Reputations.

Once you can get invited to Mythic dungeons, be sure to complete each one during your first week, then look to see if you can find groups for your preferred style of play, be that Mythic+ or Rated PvP.

Upgrading gear in Midnight continues to use the Crest system which lets you increase the item level of gear along tracks that relate to where you obtained the item, which harder content dropping gear that can be upgraded to higher Item Levels. For more information, read up on our dedicated page on how the gearing system works and what has changed in the Midnight expansion.

OverallMythic+Raid

This list contains the highest all-around HPS setup from most sources for Mistweaver Monk. This does not take into account content-specific weights and instead opts for a primarily item-level-based approach.

FAQWhich Tier Set Pieces Do I Want?

For Midnight Season 1 as a Mistweaver Monk, you will want to try and prioritize getting the Shoulder, Chest, Gloves and Leg set pieces. This is because the helm slot, Mask of Darkest Intent is naturally overstatted. That being said, our Tier helm is also very well statted, so while you are gearing up it is also a great option.

Mistweaver Monk

1.1.

Overall Best in Slot

Mask of Darkest Intent Helm

Midnight Falls Empowered Hex of Leeching

Thunderfists of Ra-den's Chosen Hands

Catalyst or Vorasius

Ribbon of Coiled Malice Neck

Fallen-King Salhadaar

Scorn-Scarred Shul'ka's Belt Waist

Chimaerus

Aurastones of Ra-den's Chosen Shoulders

Catalyst or Fallen-King Salhadaar Silvermoon's Mending

Swiftsweepers of Ra-den's Chosen Legs

Catalyst or Vaelgor and Ezzorak Sunfire Silk Spellthread

Adherent's Silken Shroud Cloak

Crafted by Tailoring

Eclipse Espadrilles Feet

Nexus-Point Xenas Shaladrassil's Roots

Battle Garb of Ra-den's Chosen Chest

Catalyst or Chimaerus Mark of the Worldsoul

Band of the Triumvirate Ring

Seat of the Triumvirate Silvermoon's Alacrity

Shirt

Eye of Midnight Ring

Midnight Falls Silvermoon's Alacrity

Tabard

Litany of Lightblind Wrath Trinket

Lightblinded Vanguard

Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors Bracers

Crafted by Leatherworking

Gaze of the Alnseer Trinket

Chimaerus

Arcanic of the High Sage Main Hand

Skyreach Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Grimoire of the Eternal Light Off Hand

Vorasius

This list contains the highest all-around HPS setup from Mythic+ and crafting for Mistweaver Monk. This does not take into account content-specific weights and instead opts for a primarily item-level-based approach.

TipsWhich Dungeons Should I Farm?

If you have limited time to play the game, we recommend to farm the following dungeons:

• Windrunner Spire: Both your trinkets drops here: Emberwing Feather and Heart of Wind.
• Seat of the Triumvirate: Has a high density of useful items such as your helm and both rings.
• Skyreach: Drops your Weapon which represents the largest HPS gain available.

Mistweaver Monk

1.2.

Mythic+ Gear Best in Slot

Voidlashed Hood Helm

Seat of the Triumvirate Empowered Hex of Leeching

Thunderfists of Ra-den's Chosen Hands

Catalyst

Pendant of Aching Grief Neck

Windrunner Spire

Falconer's Cinch Waist

Maisara Caverns

Aurastones of Ra-den's Chosen Shoulders

Catalyst Silvermoon's Mending

Swiftsweepers of Ra-den's Chosen Legs

Catalyst Sunfire Silk Spellthread

Adherent's Silken Shroud Cloak

Crafted by Tailoring

Eclipse Espadrilles Feet

Nexus-Point Xenas Shaladrassil's Roots

Battle Garb of Ra-den's Chosen Chest

Catalyst Mark of the Worldsoul

Band of the Triumvirate Ring

Seat of the Triumvirate Silvermoon's Alacrity

Shirt

Eredath Seal of Nobility Ring

Seat of the Triumvirate Silvermoon's Alacrity

Tabard

Heart of Wind Trinket

Windrunner Spire

Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors Bracers

Crafted by Leatherworking

Emberwing Feather Trinket

Windrunner Spire

Arcanic of the High Sage Main Hand

Skyreach Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Vexamus' Expulsion Rod Off Hand

Algeth'ar Academy

This list contains the highest all-around HPS setup from raid and crafting for Mistweaver Monk. This does not take into account content-specific weights and instead opts for a primarily item-level-based approach.

TipsWhich Raid-Items Do I Want Most?

Need to share a BiS list with your raid leader, or just want to zero in on the most important bosses and loot? We've got you covered!

• Mask of Darkest Intent and Eye of Midnight: Both uniquely powerful items, both drop from Midnight Falls.
• Chimaerus: Drops our BiS trinket, belt, and Tier shoulders, making it a very loot-dense fight for us.
• Weight of Command: Our BiS weapon - naturally a high value item to receive. Drops from Imperator Averzian.

Mistweaver Monk

1.3.

Raid Gear Best in Slot

Mask of Darkest Intent Helm

Midnight Falls Empowered Hex of Leeching

Thunderfists of Ra-den's Chosen Hands

Catalyst or Vorasius

Ribbon of Coiled Malice Neck

Fallen-King Salhadaar

Scorn-Scarred Shul'ka's Belt Waist

Chimaerus

Aurastones of Ra-den's Chosen Shoulders

Catalyst or Fallen-King Salhadaar Silvermoon's Mending

Swiftsweepers of Ra-den's Chosen Legs

Catalyst or Vaelgor and Ezzorak Sunfire Silk Spellthread

Adherent's Silken Shroud Cloak

Crafted by Tailoring

Void-Claimed Shinkickers Feet

Imperator Averzian Shaladrassil's Roots

Battle Garb of Ra-den's Chosen Chest

Catalyst or Chimaerus Mark of the Worldsoul

Signet of the Starved Beast Ring

Vorasius Silvermoon's Alacrity

Shirt

Eye of Midnight Ring

Midnight Falls Silvermoon's Alacrity

Tabard

Litany of Lightblind Wrath Trinket

Lightblinded Vanguard

Silvermoon Agent's Deflectors Bracers

Crafted by Leatherworking

Gaze of the Alnseer Trinket

Chimaerus

Weight of Command Main Hand

Imperator Averzian Acuity of the Ren'dorei

Grimoire of the Eternal Light Off Hand

Vorasius

Itemization

Enchants and Stat Priority

Looking to optimize your character? Check out our Enchant and Stat Priority guides for more information!

EnchantsStats

For healers like Mistweaver, trinkets that are often referred to as "stat sticks" are usually a very safe pick. Unlike DPS, where random procs are very rarely wasted, healers do not always have health bars to heal. A powerful proc can go totally unused if it does not line up with moments of extreme damage. Usually, a strong trinket for us will be an item that has static Intellect and a proc with a high uptime of either Haste or Critical Strike.

Click for Mistweaver Monk Trinket Rankings

Ranking	Item
A Tier	Litany of Lightblind Wrath Gaze of the Alnseer Emberwing Feather Heart of Wind Light of the Cosmic Crescendo
B Tier	Locus-Walker's Ribbon Crucible of Erratic Energies Volatile Void Suffuser Emerald Coach's Whistle Whisper of the Duskwraith
C Tier	Radiant Sunstone Refueling Orb

Patch 12.0.5 is (re)introducing two new systems to aid in gearing up your character:

• Nebulous Voidcores can be used to acquire a random item from specific bosses or dungeons. This system has bad-luck protection built in, in that once you receive a particular item from this method, you will no longer be able to roll that item again (until you receive everything from that source's loot table).
• Ascendant Voidcores can be used to further increase the item level weapons and trinkets up to a maximum of 298! This system will only be available on max rank Hero & Myth track items, as well as Radiance-Crafted pieces.

Seasonal Mechanics

Voidforge and Voidcores

Check our our guide on the Voidforge to learn how to acquire this powerful upgrades!

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The items that you choose to target will largely be a function of what items you already have as well as what content you have available to you. For the short-term, it can be valuable to send your rolls on any upgrade in order to get a burst of ilvl, however that comes at the cost of long-term character growth, and may hamper your future progression. Our generation recommendation is to save your rolls for high value items - a loose priority is listed below:

Voidcore (Bonus Roll) Priority

1. Myth Track Mainhand
2. Mythic Litany of Lightblind Wrath
3. Mythic Gaze of the Alnseer
4. Remaining BiS List items

You will want to use your Ascendant Voidcores on a Myth track weapon first. This will provide you with a larger throughput gain than if you were to use it on a trinket. If it does not seem likely that you will obtain a Myth track weapon any time soon, then using it on a crafted or Hero track item is also okay.

Crafted items provide powerful bonus effects to gear called Embellishments. The effects can fairly radically increase the power of a particular item slot. Your character can have a maximum of two Embellishments. The cost of these Embellishments however, is that crafted gear cannot reach the same maximum item level as Myth track pieces, meaning usually you will want to put Embellishments on gear slots that has the lowest stat budget possible: wrists and cloaks. That way you get all the power of the Embellishment, while minimizing the stat loss from the items. Alternatively, you can opt use one of your Embellishments on a weapon; over the long term this is sub optimal, however it provides the most radical boost in power at the start of a season, or for new characters.

Mistweaver Embellishment Priority

• For Armor: Arcanoweave Lining
• For Weapons: Darkmoon Sigil: Void

For more information about crafting gear you can visit our Professions page.

Helmets, Belts, and Bracers can all be socketed using the Radiant Jewelbinder consumable which is acquired by skipping your Great Vault selection. Doing so will earn you tokens, and six of those tokens can be exchanged for the Radiant Jewelbinder, which adds a socket to any eligible piece of gear acquired in Season 1.

Throughout this page and elsewhere in our guide, we regularly refer to the importance of simming yourself on Raidbots. This is because every character is unique, and each gear piece you have access to can change what is best right now for you.

While we do offer recommendations for gear and trinkets, these are not complete replacements for simming yourself. The only way to truly optimize your character to that degree is by making use of the tools available!

Optimization

Simulations and Tools

For further reading on how to truly maximize your character's potential, check out our guide on Raidbots!

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This guide has been written by Dhaubbs, a Mistweaver Monk theorycrafter, and founder of the once World 4th guild Big Dumb Guild (BDG) on Illidan-US. You can follow him on Twitter, Twitch, and YouTube.