Mistweaver Monk Healing Artifact Talents/Traits and Relics (Legion 7.2.5)

Table of Contents

• +Introduction
  • 1. Class Overview
  • 2. Patch 7.2.5 Changes
  • 3. Patch 7.2 Changes
  • 4. Contents
  • 5. ChangeLog
• +Easy Mode
  • 1. The Basics
  • 2. Talent Choice
  • 3. Stat Choice
  • 4. Basic Playstyle
    • 4.1. Single Target Healing
  • 5. Raid Healing
  • 6. Cooldown Usage
  • 7. ChangeLog
• +Spell Summary
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Main Resource
  • 3. Basic Abilities
    • 3.1. Movement
  • 4. Important Procs
  • 5. Cooldowns
  • 6. ChangeLog
• +Builds and Talents
  • 1. Talent Choices
  • 2. Tier 1 (Level 15) Talents
  • 3. Tier 2 (Level 30) Talents
  • 4. Tier 3 (Level 45) Talents
  • 5. Tier 4 (Level 60) Talents
  • 6. Tier 5 (Level 75) Talents
  • 7. Tier 6 (Level 90) Talents
  • 8. Tier 7 (Level 100) Talents
  • 9. ChangeLog
• ×Artifact Traits and Relics
  • 1. Artifact Progression
  • 2. Relic Choice
    • 2.1. Raiding/Fistweaving
    • 2.2. Mythic+
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Rotation, Cooldowns, and Abilities
  • 1. Single Target Healing
  • 2. Raid Healing
  • 3. Fistweaving
  • 4. Cooldown Usage
  • 5. Optional Read: Mastering Your Mistweaver Monk
    • 5.1. Important Concepts
      • 5.1.1. Artifact Ability
      • 5.1.2. Soothing Mist
      • 5.1.3. Uplifting Trance
      • 5.1.4. Mastery: Gust of Mists
    • 5.2. Detailed Cooldown Usage
      • 5.2.1. Thunder Focus Tea
      • 5.2.2. Life Cocoon
      • 5.2.3. Revival
      • 5.2.4. Tier 1 Talents
      • 5.2.5. Tier 6 Talents
      • 5.2.6. Tier 7 Talents
    • 5.3. Roll and Transcendence
      • 5.3.1. Roll
      • 5.3.2. Transcendence
  • 6. ChangeLog
• +Stat Priority
  • 1. Basics
    • 1.1. Mistweaving
    • 1.2. Fistweaving
    • 1.3. Mythic+
  • 2. Getting a Better Understanding
    • 2.1. Statistics Explanations
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Gems, Enchants, and Consumables
  • 1. Gems
    • 1.1. Mistweaving
    • 1.2. Fistweaving
    • 1.3. Mythic+
  • 2. Enchants
    • 2.1. Mistweaving
    • 2.2. Fistweaving
    • 2.3. Mythic+
  • 3. Consumables
  • 4. ChangeLog
• +Macros and Addons
  • 1. Macros
    • 1.1. Generic Macros for Monks
      • 1.1.1. Detox Mouseover Macro
      • 1.1.2. Tiger's Lust Mouseover Macro
      • 1.1.3. Ring of Peace Mouseover Macro
    • 1.2. Specific Macros for Mistweaver Monks
      • 1.2.1. Mouseover Macros
  • 2. Addons
    • 2.1. Generic Addons for Monks
      • 2.1.1. ElvUI
      • 2.1.2. Boss Mods: Deadly Boss Mods or Bigwigs
      • 2.1.3. GTFO
      • 2.1.4. Parrot or Mik's Scrolling Battle Text
      • 2.1.5. Weak Auras
      • 2.1.6. Recount / Skada / Details!
      • 2.1.7. Grid and GridClickSets (Optional)
    • 2.2. Specific Addons for Mistweaver Monks
  • 3. ChangeLog
• +Gear, Legendaries, and Best in Slot
  • 1. Best in Slot
  • 2. Tier 20 Set Bonuses
  • 3. Legendary Items
    • 3.1. Raiding
    • 3.2. Mythic+
  • 4. Loot Competition
  • 5. ChangeLog

General Information

This page shows you how to level up the Artifact and how to choose the right Relics for your Mistweaver Monks. It is updated for World of Warcraft Legion 7.2.5.

The other pages of our Mistweaver Monk guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the right.

About Our Reviewer

This guide has been reviewed and approved by Suplift, a long-time Mistweaver Monk theorycrafter who raids in Ego (the guild that resulted from the merger of Lotion and Entropy). You can follow him on Twitter: @suplift.

1. Artifact Progression

For the first 35 points, the Artifact progression path for Mistweaver Monks is straightforward for a number of traits, after which you will be confronted with a choice between Dancing Mists and Blessings of Yu'lon. We recommend Dancing Mists, but Blessings of Yu'lon can be viable.

Regardless of your later choices, the first 15 points should be invested as follows.

1. Sheilun's Gift
2. Mists of Wisdom
3. Essence of the Mists
4. Spirit Tether
5. Way of the Mistweaver
6. The Mists of Sheilun
7. Mists of Life
8. Extended Healing

At this point, you should either take Dancing Mists (by taking Infusion of Life and Shroud of Mist first), or Blessings of Yu'lon (by taking Protection of Shaohao first).

Regardless of which choice you go for, the next step should be to complete the other path. Once you have both Dancing Mists and Blessings of Yu'lon, take Coalescing Mists on your way to Celestial Breath, and then take any remaining traits (with Light on Your Feet being the least valuable one).

After this, you should take the remaining traits (added in Patch 7.2) as follows.

1. Mists of the Broken Temple
2. Tendrils of Revival
3. Infusion of Life
4. Extended Healing
5. Essence of the Mists
6. Way of the Mistweaver
7. Effusive Mists
8. Whispers of Shaohao
9. Coalescing Mists
10. Protection of Shaohao
11. Soothing Remedies
12. Shroud of Mist
13. Spirit Tether
14. Concordance of the Legionfall

2. Relic Choice

Both the item level and trait of the relic can have a huge impact on your choice. Each trait is worth a certain number of item levels in terms of raw performance; below is a list of each trait and how much they are worth in terms of your weapon's item level. When comparing relics, you should compare the combined item level increase provided by the actual relic and the value in the list below, and then choose the relic with the higher combined value.

2.1. Raiding/Fistweaving

1. Essence of the Mists (+3 item levels)
2. Tendrils of Revival, Infusion of Life, and Extended Healing (+2 item levels)
3. Everything else (+0 item levels)

2.2. Mythic+

1. Way of the Mistweaver, Infusion of Life, Extended Healing, and Essence of the Mists (+2 item levels)
2. Everything else (+0 item levels)

3. ChangeLog

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• 13 Jun. 2017: Updated relic priorities.
• 27 Mar. 2017: Added path for the Artifact traits added in Patch 7.2.
• 10 Jan. 2017: Updated Relic recommendations.
• 07 Sep. 2016: Tweaked Relic priorities.
• 30 Aug. 2016: Removed mention of first taking 1/3 in Extended Healing before maxing it out; you can now go for 3/3 directly.
• 30 Aug. 2016: Clarified and improved the Artifact path (no changes to early point distribution).
• 29 Aug. 2016: Added.