Best Covenant for Windwalker Monk In Dragonflight Pre-Patch

By Babylonius Updated: 2022/11/28

Best Covenants for Windwalker Monks

Best Windwalker Monk Covenants and Soulbinds for Raid

Kyrian

Mikanikos

Necrolord

Emeni

Best Windwalker Monk Covenants and Soulbinds for Mythic+

Kyrian

Mikanikos

Necrolord

Emeni

Covenant Choice for Windwalker Monks During Dragonflight Pre-PatchBest Windwalker Monk Covenants for Raiding: Kyrian

Weapons of Order - This does quite a few things; provides 12.5% Mastery, Rising Sun Kick gives a buff that reduces the cost of all Chi-spenders by 1, and Blackout Kick reduces the cooldown of Rising Sun Kick and Fists of Fury by 2 seconds rather than 1. This is the Covenant that has the most "going on", but it doesn't dramatically change how Windwalkers play during the buff. You will look to fit in as many Rising Sun Kick as possible, get every Fists of Fury into the Rising Sun Kick chi-cost-reducing buff, and fill with Blackout Kick and Tiger Palm to keep resources up and reduce the other cooldowns as much as possible. This is currently believed to be the strongest Covenant ability for most purposes, especially given its cooldown synergy with Empowered Tiger Lightning to give it a little bit more "umph". The only "downside" to this is that Xuen does not currently scale with our Mastery, so that aspect of the benefit is lost.
Strike with Clarity - This provides more Mastery during the duration of Weapons of Order, which just further cements that you'll want to continue alternating abilities and obeying the Mastery. The extra duration isn't as important since it already lasts longer than Xuen does and its 30s baseline duration is as long as two Storm, Earth, and Fire casts.
Summon Steward - This summons a little steward that provides some different things like a free talent change or a vendor. The big draw, however, is Phial of Serenity, which is a healing potion that does not share the same cooldown as health potions. The potion also removes bleeds, which be useful in Castle Nathria and several dungeons where bleeds are prevalent.

Spinning Crane KickWeapons of OrderEffusive Anima AcceleratorWeapons of OrderBest Windwalker Monk Covenants for Mythic+: Necrolord

Bonedust Brew - This is an interesting ability as it is the strongest of all Covenants in sustained AOE, but the weakest in Single Target, meaning that you'll really be a specialist in one and not very strong in the other. This ability is at its strongest in Mythic Plus or fights where you have a bunch of targets to hit during its window. As of 9.1 the damage from this ability can now crit, making this ability even stronger.
Bone Marrow Hops - This merely increases the damage that you do during its duration and lets you use it more. If you're going to go with Necrolord, this will be a very powerful increase in damage.
Fleshcraft - This is a 3 second channeled ability that provides a shield that is equal to 40% of your maximum health with a 20% damage reduction during the channel. If you are near a corpse, this shield is increased to 50%. This ability will be somewhat difficult to use since you have to channel for 4 seconds for the full benefit. For any telegraphed damage, you will generally have a cooldown being used, so the additional buff may not be needed. Also, because it is channeled, it cannot be used as an emergency button. On fights where there is unavoidable downtime, its very easy to channel this for an added cushion from any upcoming damage..

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Comment by Affiiance

Just wanted to say thanks for all the work doing this guide, its extremely helpful! Can't imagine how much work figuring all of this out is with so many variables.

Comment by mikedarling905

i guess i am going necrolord, although not a huge fan of the abilities.

Comment by OphyJenkins

Thank you for the guide. It has helped me so very much. I am going Night Fae since it is "great" for both Raid and Mythic+ and I might actually do both this expac. Besides, I have plenty of alts to go with other covenants.

Comment by Chioy

Night Fae's Monk ability got some beautiful art

Best Covenant for Windwalker Monk In Dragonflight Pre-Patch

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