Playstyle & Rotation
Instead of following a set pattern or rotation, Brewmaster is primarily a priority list, utilizing certain abilities over others based on the moment. We will go over the general priority list for both single target and AoE, along with how to properly utilize your defensives to live challenging encounters.
Single Target Damage Rotation
Brewmaster's single target is very straight forward. Your main goal is to keep your buffs up as much as possible, while making sure that you use your hard hitting abilities on cooldown. Regarding our Blackout Combo, it is most important to use it on Tiger Palm, as it does a lot of damage on single target. If you are at extremely high levels of stagger, it can be worth spending Blackout Combo on Breath of Fire, but this is very rare.
- Maintain Rushing Jade Wind (if talented)
- Maintain Charred Passions (if talented)
- Maintain Bonedust Brew as much as possible
- Exploding Keg if Bonedust Brew is on the target
- Breath of Fire before using Keg Smash (if talented into Dragonfire Brew)
- Keg Smash if you are at 2 charges
- Rising Sun Kick
- Blackout Kick
- Tiger Palm if buffed by Blackout Combo
- Keg Smash
- Tiger Palm
- Chi Wave / Chi Burst
AoE Damage Rotation
Brewmaster's AoE is very similar to its single target. Unlike the single target rotation, however, where you want to spend every Blackout Combo on Tiger Palm, you can weave it between Keg Smash for brew cooldown reduction and Breath of Fire for additional damage. We also replace Tiger Palm as our filler with Spinning Crane Kick.
- Maintain Rushing Jade Wind (if talented)
- Maintain Charred Passions (if talented)
- Maintain Bonedust Brew as much as possible
- Exploding Keg if Bonedust Brew is on enemies
- Breath of Fire before using Keg Smash or if buffed by Blackout Combo (if talented into Dragonfire Brew)
- Keg Smash if you are at 2 charges
- Blackout Kick
- Keg Smash
- Rising Sun Kick if 4 or less targets
- Spinning Crane Kick
- Chi Wave / Chi Burst
Weapons of Order Burst
Brewmaster has one of the longest and most complex burst rotations in the game. This burst can also change based on if you are running Dragonfire Brew or Charred Passions. Luckily, this burst rotation remains the same on both single target and AoE, so it comes down to just memorizing every step.
Dragonfire Brew
- Rushing Jade Wind (if talented)
- Keg Smash
- Blackout Kick
- Breath of Fire
- Summon White Tiger Statue
- Weapons of Order
- Keg Smash
- Rising Sun Kick
- Blackout Kick
- Breath of Fire
- Bonedust Brew
- Keg Smash
- Blackout Kick
- Breath of Fire
- Rushing Jade Wind (if talented)
- Exploding Keg
- Resume respective rotation
Charred Passions
- Rushing Jade Wind (if talented)
- Breath of Fire
- Summon White Tiger Statue
- Keg Smash
- Weapons of Order
- Blackout Kick
- Breath of Fire
- Keg Smash
- Rising Sun Kick
- Blackout Kick
- Keg Smash
- Rushing Jade Wind (if talented)
- Blackout Kick
- Breath of Fire
- Bonedust Brew
- Keg Smash
- Exploding Keg
- Resume respective rotation
Defensive Priority List
While the damage that you deal is important, it is most important to keep yourself alive. A lot of dungeons and raid bosses have extremely hard hitting tank busters where you'll want to pop a big defensive accordingly. These defensives can also be used for when you are taking a lot of sustained damage, such as in a really large pull in mythic+.
- Fortifying Brew
- Defensive Trinket
- Diffuse Magic (vs magic damage)
- Dampen Harm (if talented)
- Celestial Brew
- Black Ox Brew
- Zen Meditation (more discussed in the advanced section of the guide)