Stat Priorities
Stat Ranking
Raid: Haste > Critical Strike > Versatility > Mastery
Mythic+: Haste > Versatility > Critical Strike > Mastery
Stat Outline
Haste: This increases our attack and spell casting speed, and reduces the time between our HoT ticks. This interacts especially well with our newer talents, such as Misty Peaks and Rapid Diffusion.
Versatility: This stat will increase your damage and healing done, whilst also reducing damage taken. Interestingly, absorbs such as Life Cocoon, Chi Cocoon, and Yu’lon’s Grace only scale with Versatility and player health. This makes Versatility even more beneficial for Mistweaver Monks.
Critical Strike: This gives your spells a chance for extra effectiveness on damage and healing. Versatility and Critical Strike are both very close in value.
Mastery: Directly impacts your scaling of Gust of Mists which procs from casting Renewing Mist or Enveloping Mist healing your target for a value based on your mastery. Mastery has historically been our worst and still considered to be in Midnight as it’s scaling really bad for the amount of invested statpoints needed for it to be good.
Races
For raiding the currently preferred race is Mag’har Orc because of its racial Ancestral Call giving a lot of secondary stats that lines up with your celestial cooldown.
Night Elf, Dwarf and Dark Iron Dwarf are three great choices for Mythic+.
Enchants
Cloak: Enchant Cloak - Chant of Leeching Fangs (Raid), Enchant Cloak - Chant of Winged Grace (Mythic+)
Chest: Enchant Chest - Crystalline Radiance
Bracers: Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Leech (Raid), Enchant Bracer - Chant of Armored Avoidance (Mythic+)
Boots: Enchant Boots - Defender's March
Legs: Sunset Spellthread
Rings: Enchant Ring - Radiant Haste
Weapon: Enchant Weapon - Stormrider's Fury
Gems
Insight Blasphemite as your main stat gem and then Deadly Emerald for all other gem slots. Alternatively, if you want to increase your maximum mana through the Algari Diamond effect of Insight Blasphemite make sure you slot different colors of gem.
Recommended gems with Haste that interacts with Insightful Blasphemite:
- Amber - Quick Amber
- Emerald - Deadly Emerald
- Onyx - Quick Onyx
- Ruby - Quick Ruby
- Sapphire - Quick Sapphire
Consumables
Food: Feast of the Divine Day or Stuffed Cave Peppers
Phials: Flask of Tempered Swiftness
Potions: Algari Mana Potion or Slumbering Soul Serum for mana. Tempered Potion for throughput increase.
Health Potions: Invigorating Healing Potion
Weapon Oil: Algari Mana Oil
Runes: Crystallized Augment Rune