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Mistweaver Monk

Mistweaver Monk — Healer

Fistweaving or casting — heal by attacking, or by channelling.

Last updated 8/28/2026 by Guild guides

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Overview

Mistweaver has two distinct playstyles. Fistweaving means meleeing the boss and converting that damage into healing; the caster style leans on Soothing Mist and Enveloping Mist. Most builds blend the two. It has excellent mobility and strong single-target throughput.

How this spec operates

Strengths & weaknesses

Strengths
Weaknesses
  • Excellent mobility, especially while fistweaving
  • Strong single-target healing
  • Contributes real damage in fistweaving builds
  • Complex — two playstyles to learn rather than one
  • Melee range requirement for fistweaving carries risk
  • Weaker pure raid healing than some specialists

Fistweaving

Priority order
  1. 1Renewing Mist
  2. 2Rising Sun Kick
  3. 3Blackout Kick
  4. 4Spinning Crane Kick
  5. 5Enveloping Mist
  6. 6Tiger Palm

Left to right — use the first ability that is ready. Detailed notes for each step are below.

  1. 1
    Keep Renewing Mist rolling on the group — it spreads on its own.
  2. 2
    Rising Sun Kick and Blackout Kick on cooldown for healing through damage.
  3. 3
    Spinning Crane Kick when several targets need healing.
  4. 4
    Enveloping Mist on anyone taking heavy damage.
  5. 5
    Tiger Palm as filler.

Renewing Mist uptime is the backbone regardless of playstyle. Keep all charges moving.

Caster healing

Priority order
  1. 1Renewing Mist
  2. 2Soothing Mist
  3. 3Enveloping Mist
  4. 4Vivify

Left to right — use the first ability that is ready. Detailed notes for each step are below.

  1. 1
    Renewing Mist on cooldown.
  2. 2
    Soothing Mist channelled into your target.
  3. 3
    Enveloping Mist during the channel for a large boost.
  4. 4
    Vivify for group healing.

What top logs actually run

Sampled from Warcraft Logs via Archon · updated 2026-08-27T12:00:00Z · 66650 parses

Spec & Hero Popularity
19.6%
Keystone Level
+16
HPS
128.4k
DPS
52.0k

External references

Mistweaver Monk on Wowhead ↗Mistweaver Monk on Icy Veins ↗