Brewmaster Monk Tank Starter Guide - Shadowlands 9.0.5

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Stormstout's Last Keg for Progression Raiding and Mythic+.

Charred Passions for maximizing damage in raids.

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Agility: Increases all damage done by native class spells, abilities, and auto attacks, and increases the value of your Ignore Pain. Historically the weakest stat, but now the most powerful, which makes raw item level more important.

Versatility: An excellent damage and damage reduction stat that still has modest self-healing value. It is a very strong stat, valued just slightly ahead of Critical Strike. Because Versatility is generally in much shorter supply than Critical Strike, it is typically a better option for gems and enchants, but your mileage may vary depending on your specific gear.

Critical Strike: Thanks to Celestial Fortune, Critical Strike directly increases your healing taken, and is integral to surviving with Brewmaster’s limited self-healing toolkit. It's also an excellent offensive stat. Outstanding stuff.

Haste: Increases Energy generation and reduces the cooldown of Keg Smash. Haste is a weaker offensive and defensive option than Critical Strike and Versatility, but not by a huge margin. Its value is slightly higher in AoE than single target.

Mastery: Functions more or less like Dodge chance. It is a decent, reliable offensive boost as well, about on par with Haste. It has built-in inefficiencies, in that Blackout Kick can push stacks over the hard cap, resulting in wasted avoidance - and that it does nothing to reduce damage that cannot be dodged, such as spell damage. Despite those limitations, it is the strongest effective damage reduction stat against auto attacks. Mastery is a good stat, but you will want to prioritize Critical Strike and Versatility ahead of it under normal circumstances.

Brewmaster Monk Enchants and Consumables

Cloak: Increase stamina and tertiary bonuses. Avoidance is good for reducing unavoidable AoE damage, and Speed helps make dodging boss effects slightly easier - Enchant Cloak - Fortified Avoidance or Enchant Cloak - Fortified Speed

Chest: Agility & Stamina - Enchant Chest - Eternal Stats

Wrists: Hearth cooldown? - Enchant Bracers - Shaded Hearthing

Boots: Increases Agility - Enchant Boots - Eternal Agility or Enchant Boots - Agile Soulwalker (budget)

Rings: Increases Versatility - Enchant Ring - Tenet of Versatility or Enchant Ring - Bargain of Versatility (budget)

Mainhand Weapon: AoE damage proc - Enchant Weapon - Lightless Force

Offhand Weapon: AoE damage proc - Enchant Weapon - Lightless Force

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