Windwalker Monk 10.1.5 Survival Guide

Class Changes

All ability damage increased by 3%. (Not part of 10.1.5, this was a hotfix from June 26)
All ability damage increased by 2%.

Other Changes

All Onyx Annulet Primordial Stones that deal damage now deal 40% less damage.
Seal of Diurna’s Chosen effect damage reduced by 25%.

What This Means

Windwalker does slightly more damage, or slightly less depending on when you’re comparing your current sims to. Most people will probably see a 0-1% change increase in damage compared to before the hotfix buff, depending on replacement gear.
Sim whatever replacement rings you have to figure out exactly what you’re doing for your character. Remember that you can spend excess Sparks on crafted rings if you want (likely with Crit/Vers). You can also use Droptimizer to help find replacement drops.
Onyx Annulet will likely be beaten by pretty much any season 2 item level ring. Sim whatever replacement you have to be sure.
Seal of Diurna’s Chosen, assuming you have a mythic version with a socket, can stick around over 447 socketed stat rings, especially in single target. For other situations, sim whatever replacement you have to be sure.

Dawn of the Infinite Megadungeon

None of the gear in here is overly impressive, and whether you care about any of it will depend on what other gear you have access to. As sims get updated, and we know more about the pieces, this will be updated to reflect that. Use Droptimizer and Top Gear to sim your options.

2 Comments

Oopster on July 20, 2023 at 1:16 am

You know part of me wishes we were in for a rework. I know monk plays fine and our mastery flows real well so I get why we haven’t gotten a rework. But as a wind walker monk player every expansion since they came out. To me, monk has largely felt the same. Other than when they took out tiger eye brew and changed how our spirits worked and I preferred the original way felt for more fun but maybe that’s just me. Monk has felt the same for nearly a decade, has the same issues every expansion and gsme play wise stayed pretty much the same at its core. While mages, shadow priests, rogues, ret, and many others see huge changes in one expansion to their kit. I mean wether the rework is good or bad I wouldn’t mind a change up just for the sake of it at this point.

Oopster on July 20, 2023 at 1:31 am

You know after writing that realized I wasn’t being fair to legion monk. If I recall that when we got strike of the wind lord which was more fun then and whirling dragon punch as we well as some the legendaries were alright. But I still stand by what I said haha.

Oopster on July 20, 2023 at 1:16 am

You know part of me wishes we were in for a rework. I know monk plays fine and our mastery flows real well so I get why we haven’t gotten a rework. But as a wind walker monk player every expansion since they came out. To me, monk has largely felt the same. Other than when they took out tiger eye brew and changed how our spirits worked and I preferred the original way felt for more fun but maybe that’s just me. Monk has felt the same for nearly a decade, has the same issues every expansion and gsme play wise stayed pretty much the same at its core. While mages, shadow priests, rogues, ret, and many others see huge changes in one expansion to their kit. I mean wether the rework is good or bad I wouldn’t mind a change up just for the sake of it at this point.
Oopster on July 20, 2023 at 1:31 am

You know after writing that realized I wasn’t being fair to legion monk. If I recall that when we got strike of the wind lord which was more fun then and whirling dragon punch as we well as some the legendaries were alright. But I still stand by what I said haha.