10.0.5 Brewmaster Guide for Mythic Plus...

Here we are. I have finally brought myself to attempt to make my first Brewmaster guide! As some of you know, I’ve been playing Brewmaster for the last few years as an alt but this time around, I decided to do a full main swap to it and I’ve never been happier!
Of course, if you have any questions, leave them in the comments below! You can also join my discord for all things related to tanking :)
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www.wowhead.com/guide/classes...
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Chapter:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Quick Disclaimer
01:19 Patch Changes
02:27 Brewmaster Class Tree
05:03 Brewmaster Spec Tree
10:05 Blackout Combo Build
10:51 Minimal Button Build
12:32 Secondary Stats
13:11 Buffs to Track
14:43 General Rotation and Priority
15:43 Brewmaster Defensives
18:56 Thanks for Watching!

[@maximef1]

I really enjoy how you explained the tree by giving alternatives. Especially in regards to newer brewmaster monks.

[@Sha_IRL]

Glad it was helpful!

[@anjohnette5639]

I love the quality of your videos, very good audio and a very good visual presentation, not to mention the content itself! You can be very proud of your work.

[@Sha_IRL]

Thanks! 👍

[@Squashedbybrad]

Thanks for the guide man, glad you're enjoying Brew! I've found dropping Bone Dust Brew & Bountiful for 2 stacks in HT has made this week far more manageable (I bloody hate bolstering as a monk), it's also one less cooldown to remove from our already busy rotation. Will probs switch back to Bonedust on Tyran weeks but definitely one to consider bro :)

[@blackestmamba]

Been looking forward to this guide, I love monk as my alt, gonna start keys soon with her. Thanks a lot !

[@0soSnowy]

Loving your brewmaster content, please keep it coming!

[@Loki19810310]

Im so happy I found Sha back in the days. What a bro, and the vids just keep getting better 😍

[@familyw5661]

man your the bomb! love your videos and ive spread them to the guys in my guild.

[@Hipsterjes]

What an amazing video. THANK YOU!

[@johnbutler814]

easily got my sub!! Great video, this helped me a lot along with it being such a smooth video to follow along with! BIG HELP, Making easier alternatives for people like myself not get overwhelmed with buttons, I appreciate it tremendously! Please keep them coming with more Videos! Great work!!

[@Sha_IRL]

Glad it helped!

[@pinertj]

thanks mate, great guide

[@mubats]

awesome video dude! thank you for the effort

[@Sha_IRL]

No problem!

[@bloodtyrantkorr4076]

Great guide dude

[@benjaminwesercreative]

nice love the detail

[@MRPC5]

What's really annoying about blackout combo is if you use it with breath of fire for the extra DR, a regular breath of fire overrides the empowered one.

[@Zerg777]

This! I used it with the 20% incr keg instead and charred for extending fire dot. Worked ok i guess

[@Elias_IV]

You've got a sub. I want a 1 hour version :D

[@toemasmeems]

You are my favorite WoW content creator and I’m not even a tank main lol but I’ve been playing it slowly more and more because of the confidence from your vid’s

[@Sha_IRL]

Appreciate the kind words! Glad you find my content helpful

[@grasa95]

I havent played monk since first patch of BfA and now im decided on playing it as my alt, but i couldnt decide if i wanted to go WW or MW. Well after watching you i guss im gonna start tanking :D

[@Sha_IRL]

Tanking is a lot of fun on the Brewmaster!

[@barnabaslaczko7279]

Thanks for the nice guide, you could be our next Nagura for moonkins but for brew monks.

[@Sha_IRL]

Maybe one day :P

[@kattenstaart6911]

thank you!

[@Sha_IRL]

You're welcome!

[@deuces3573]

Big fan great content

[@Furtivexx]

Cool guide, thanks for sharing. I’ve been playing this as my primary alt because it’s fun but I didn’t realize the purifying brew stacks chi stacks? What I’ve been doing is using a weak aura to track when I have over 88k in stagger :S I chose this value due to wow analyzer mentioning uses below that approximate value were not so great. Haven’t done any high keys though . Anyways, learned something ty

[@KingKryptify]

The only thing I disagree with this is that tiger palm does have a use. It's not the best for damage, but it does give a little more reduction on your brews whereas SCC doesn't. You'll get a good amount from using Keg smash, but I find I do tiger palm from time to time to snag a few extra seconds.

[@Loorny]

I enjoyed the guide a lot. However I really wished you could explain optional burst combo e.g bonddust into explosive keg. Frankly what offensive cool-downs to use in what order.

[@Sha_IRL]

I'll have to make a separate video for that in the near future. For the most part, you just described it. Bonedust Brew into exploding keg. There are some small nuances to it but I'll try to cover those soon!

[@Ssalyer41]

I have those two in a cast sequence macro with cast @player mod on it. So much easier that way.

[@Geanfcb]

In the class tree you can spend the point on improving death touch and not in the improving roll i think. Do you think the versa alchemist trinket is a good option for brewmaster ? also, in dual wield weapon why not using 2 enchants for agility over 1 enchant for agility and other for frost damage (Like frozen devotion) ? btw nice guide, it opened my eyes through some spec talents, i just copied the talents from wowhead.

[@serafinhikes]

For the high keys or multi-pack pulls I use my black ox statue to aoe taunt or mobs go everywhere.

[@OmegaAndGamma]

Awesome video! Can you share the WA you're using in the middle of your UI please?

[@mapograph]

I want the 1 hour version as well 😊

[@Funkloving]

Fantastic build as always, do you think the minimal button build could be taken into 15+ keys if played and geared well?

[@Sha_IRL]

Yes I do! Your damage may be lower but you'll be just as tanky

[@judeloire1522]

Zen Meditation is also great for when bosses do hard hitting channel abilities aoe. Like Tempest in Nokhud, pop it and let the healer worry about others.

[@Furtivexx]

It’s a cool ability but I’m hard pressed to find uses for it. Yesterday I used it in the Azure Vaults, Telash Greywing fight. When he leaps away and does AOE to you in the blue bubble .absolute zero is the ability name

[@Sha_IRL]

Good tip!

[@Nimbus1612]

Zen med on stormslash hit on last boss of ruby is nice too. Yeah it only mitigates one hit since it breaks after eating the slash, but when boss is low and healer is chilling on the floor it can make or break the key.

[@Furtivexx]

Found another use recently. 2nd boss of Shadowmoon burial grounds. When he does his channeled frontal cone attack that stays with the tank.

[@caseyking8394]

Really tiny nitpick, "expeditious" is pronounced expe-DISH-us. Great video btw, I like the pacing of this guide :)

[@raechu_01210]

Hi Sha! Thanks for the guide, very conveniently timed because I'm looking to roll a brew alt in 10.0.5! I have a question about Exploding Keg. It seems obviously extremely strong when you pull a big trash pack that's auto-attacking you. But isn't it a lot weaker in dungeons where we care a lot more about ranged or caster mobs and magic damage? Are there any dungeons in this season where it's worth dropping it to gain more defensive power against magic damage?

[@Sha_IRL]

Exploding Keg by itself does a TON of damage. It brings a little bit of defensive value, but the damage alone is worth taking in almost all scenarios and there isn't really an alternative that can keep up with the damage it deals and the defensive value that it brings when it comes to melee attacks.

[@N1NJ4P1R4T3]

Do you have a brewmaster 101 guide? There's lots of general guides out there, but none really focused on helping people understand how to survive in higher keys with smoother damage intake The main complaint I see is that brewmaster is made of tissue paper, but it looks like you absolutely slay with it.

[@jace4817]

I'm doing "higher keys" for my ilvl I would guess. 392 and doing +16s. Tip 1: A bad resto druid is equal to a good other healer. All healers have some hots, but the way resto druids work just is a perfect match for Brew. Tip 2: The more "Absorb" effects you can get the better. Primal Ritual Shell, Cobalt Assembly Ring, Broodkeeper ring, Granyth's Enduring Scale. Get 2-3 of these effects and it will do wonders to smooth out your damage intake. Tip 3: (goes for all tanks) but in M+ there are a few mobs in several dungeons that has magic-based tank busters. Skeletons at start of SBG, Shieldmaidens in HoV. There are 6-7 places where these mobs are and no tank wants to facetank those regardless. Learn where they are and constantly slowly backpedal when fighting them and they will miss all their casts. These are casts that take a warrior form 100->0 if they dont have wall up, so nothing specific for Brew.

[@johnmassey2632]

Might not be super efficient, but I bind healing elixir into a macro with expel harm. If I’m using one, I generally need the other anyway, and I try to save them for when I really need a heal. Saves on button bloat and gives a juicy heal more often than not

[@whitedove9516]

Expel harm is just a 5 sec cooldown. This macro forces you to use it less often when you would want to.

[@wildbill9755]

Bad idea. Bad bad.

[@Fnez]

Cast sequence macro, maybe.

[@zikomaestro]

Great video well done, a question about rising sun kick is it worth to press in big aoe pulls?

[@silvach2]

No. BCK - yes, but RSK - no. Exception being if you absolutely have to focus one specific target before rest of the pull - than yes, use RSK on CD for single target DPS.

[@Sha_IRL]

I think it depends. With the new talent being introduced (Spirit of the Ox), Rising Sun Kick now has a chance to generate a Healing Sphere. When it comes to strictly damage, Spinning Crane Kick will pull ahead at 4+ targets and even less when you add the "Counter Strike" talent into the mix. Though, spamming Spinning Crane Kick might leave you Energy starved which is why Rising Sun Kick is still okay to press since it has no cost. It's hard to say and could be argued that it's situationally dependent.

[@jonathanalvar1234]

But tiger palm makes your celestial brew to have a very low cool down

[@teovavalos8940]

Hey , nice video. Can you explain about why drop TP from Bars? Plz

[@jernbek1]

What’s your UI addons? Any good add ins that will track stagger? I can’t find anything good.

[@sonnykapoor6137]

I would add bone dust brew increases healing from expel harm

[@Sprinkles1208]

Great guide, but do you have a link for your UI and Brewmaster monk ability tracker WA in the middle of your screen? im subbed to your twitch but dont know where to find it

[@Sha_IRL]

You'll need to make sure your Discord is linked to your Twitch. Once you do that, it should grant you access to my WeakAura channel automatically. If you have any questions, you can reach out to me privately in Discord!

[@mjohn3126]

I love my monk and now I’m excited to use Brewmaster as I felt that surviving was difficult for me early on

[@brainshack9077]

So if avoidance is a great stat for BM, why don they take the talent that grants avoidance in the class tree?

[@Ssalyer41]

Brewmaster feels so much better since the patch. I kinda wish we had more health scaling though.

[@MrChillah91]

Would be OP with stagger

[@jello2tube]

Ty this is great. If we are going to ignore TP, then does it still make sense to take the face Palm in the talent tree? I find SCK now the best filler. Thoughts Sha?

[@Sha_IRL]

Sadly we have to take the Facepalm talent to get to Counterstrike

[@jello2tube]

@@Sha_IRL yikes - missed that one. thanks.

[@GefarenZone]

Why u said tigerpalm is Kind a no Press Button isnt that reduce Ur brew cds as well ? Thanks 4 Ur nice Video ❤

[@deathcass]

One of the best ways for me to learn a rotation is to watch. If you could have a short sequence of an AOE situation and a boss fight portion it would be helpful. The streamer needs to have the abilities used in a separate bar to make viewing each ability used easier.

[@morningglory2129]

With the new race class combo being worgen and monk I'm probably gonna swap over to this from bear. Bear has just been so disappointing for the last 6 years. Just sucks since bear was my first actual main since I started in bfa and it has just never gotten any better.

[@chadjohnson8527]

I think avoidance is bugged. I never notice any increase in my avoidance stats with it active

[@bonez545]

Is this tree usable for raids too?

[@mrknowitall8663]

I like brewmaster. What I don't like is how many binds there are.

[@jgrifable]

Is buffed quick sip ever worth taking? Is it just bad once you have the 4piece?

[@Sha_IRL]

It's hard to tell. Most of the PTR testing I did was just for bug checks. I'm not sure if it will be worth, at least while we have the current 4-set bonus in place. Once I play with it on live servers I'll report back :)

[@jace4817]

What is it that makes Dragonfire brew so much easier to play than Charred Passion? To me it seems that the rotation is the same Keg->BoF->Bok->SCK. I guess you can technically forget SCK in one of them and lose less dps than the other, but that opens holes in the rotation so not sure why anyone would just be standing around :P

[@Sha_IRL]

Essentially what Charred Passions does is add one additional thing to track that is pretty important to your damage. Trying to maintain the buff for 90%+ will lockdown your rotation when trying to Min/max your damage.

[@ALDAVINUR]

We ever use chi wave???

[@sgtbassmaster3129]

is this still good or did anything change?

[@Zerg777]

Whats your view on a nizao focused build

[@Sha_IRL]

I think it's not worth the amount of points for the damage and uptime you get. It was great in Shadowlands, but that's because it was an addition to the kit. Now it's a choice between those Niuzao talents and talents like Exploding Keg, Bonedust Brew, Weapons of Order, etc.

[@GrantBrown-sp2tg]

Do you still think vers > crit? It seems like most of the top Brews prio crit a lot more at this point in the season

[@Sha_IRL]

Earlier this season Vers > Crit was preferred but as ilvl has inflated, most Brewmasters have hit a breakpoint with Vers so they have swapped to prioritizing Critical Strike. Both stats are great regardless!

[@GrantBrown-sp2tg]

@@Sha_IRL I assume the breakpoint is around 20-25% do you start pushing into mastery at that point or are crit and vers still that much better that even past the break point vers still is better than mastery?

[@ripcrusader]

Too hard for casual want to play monk tank but i could not

[@FlowSh0ws]

The term “minimal button build” makes my brews wet.

[@kend.9189]

Brewmaster has a lot of skills but IMO it is not button bloat because the skills work very well together moving from one situation to the next. Especially with these new changes, the many skills of BM is a well stocked toolbox.

[@AdemirRED]

hey man, could you share your wa?

[@romelangelalfaropaucarchuc6524]

Nice vídeo please subs español latinoamérica

[@ravnos04]

Noice…first

[@jamesjohnsoniii8068]

Unfortunate that I can't like twice

[@TheFarGaurd]

Honestly sounds like a poorly designed spec, if you need macros and addons to play a spec properly than it’s not a good design. A tank isn’t supposed to be super bloated with buttons and micro CDs. You have to be able to focus on the whole landscape of whatever you are tanking. They need to rework BM.