Mythic+ Talents

Regarding the situational talents in our class tree, we want to always take Ring of Peace, as it is an extremely helpful utility spell in all of the dungeons. By default, we run Detox, too, but this can be swapped out for Hasty Provocation or Eye of the Tiger in dungeons that don't have any poison dispels (more discussed in the dungeons & affixes section). We also take Spear Hand Strike, our interrupt, for every dungeon, as well as two point into Bounce Back for a nice overall damage reduction. For our optional class talents, I choose to take Celerity. If you want to take Chi Torpedo instead, you can take one point out of Generous Pour for Improved Roll, but the extra 2% increased avoidance for us and our allies is very helpful.

Regarding our spec tree, we take all of the situational AoE talents, such as Dragonfire Brew and Stormstout's Last Keg. We also take Pretense of Instability for increased tankiness, especially in large pulls where a ton of mobs are constantly meleeing us. If you want, you can take one point of High Tolerance instead of Counterstrike. In certain dungeons, Fundamental Observation can be worth taking for tank beaters (more discussed in the dungeons & affixes section). As discussed previously, if you want fewer keybinds, you can swap out Black Ox Brew for Bob and Weave, along with Special Delivery, instead of Rushing Jade Wind. If you do choose to take Special Delivery, however, you should take Light Brewing instead of Training of Niuzao for more brews.

Raid Talents

Our class tree is very similar to the mythic+ build, with only a few differences. In raid, we want both Close to Heart and Generous Pour. We only ever take Ring of Peace when we want Eye of the Tiger for single target parsing. We can also take Improved Touch of Death for single target parsing, but it requires you to get rid of a point from Close to Heart or Generous Pour. If there is another monk in your raid providing Close to Heart or Generous Pour, you can put points into Eye of the Tiger and Improved Touch of Death, too. Again, you can replace Celerity for Chi Torpedo, but it is then recommended that you also take Improved Roll. Lastly, I choose to take Hasty Provocation, as the increased speed taunt is really helpful on a lot of bosses where the two tanks are spread out.

Our spec tree is also very similar to the mythic+ build, with the only differences being that we don't run Dragonfire Brew, Pretense of Instability, and Stormstout's Last Keg. We never want to run Pretense of Instability because we don't need the extra survivability, so, instead, we put a point into Face Palm for a big single target damage increase. Instead of Dragonfire Brew and Stormstout's Last Keg, we run Charred Passion and Chi Surge for additional single target damage. On super heavy aoe fights, you will want to take an AoE build that looks similar to the mythic+ build. Rushing Jade Wind is a lot stronger than Special Delivery on single target, so we don't want to ever run Special Delivery, which means that Light Brewing is also not a very good option. You can still run Bob and Weave instead of Black Ox Brew if you wish, though.