As
you no doubt know, Monks can tank, dps, or heal. If your goal is
speedy leveling, you have three basic options. You could level with a
friend (recruit a friend if you can, the exp bonus and teleports are
great) and heal for him or her. Alternatively, you could dps and have
your leveling friend heal you. If there's no one in your life willing
to play along with you, your best choice is a sturdy, hard-hitting
tank build.
Warning
Leveling
a monk can be… boring, for lack of a better word. At later levels,
variation and damage potential increase, but the early levels tend to
drag on. A friend is a good choice for more reasons than just faster
leveling and strength in numbers.
Talent
Trees and Specializations
With
the new talent system, every level interval offers three different
talents that could be a good choice for every spec. Still, some
talents could get you to 90 faster, depending on your spec.
Specializations,
only available with certain prerequisite talents, offer a more
focused character build. If you're playing with friends, you want to
lean more toward your role. If you're leveling alone, choose more
balanced specializations.
Brewmaster
Brewmaster
is the name for the monk tank spec. If you're leveling on your own,
being able to take a hit is going to save you a lot of trips to the
graveyard. Remember that the best talents for high level play may be
different from the ones you need for leveling. You need to be able to
kill things fast. This spec is a good balance between defense and
damage output.
Recommended
Brewmaster Leveling Talents
15-
Celerity
30-
Chi Burst
45-
Ascension
60-
Charging Ox Wave
75-
Dampen Harm
90-
Chi Torpedo
Mistweaver
The
monk healer spec. Focus on basic healing spells, and let your level
buddy go down with damage. Quick healing and restorations spells take
precedence, but some talents have damage potential as well.
Recommended
Mistweaver Leveling Talents
15-
Tiger's Lust
30-
Chi Wave
45-
Chi Brew
60-
Deadly Reach
75-
Healing Elixers
90-
Chi Torpedo
Wind
Walker
The
monk dps spec. With a leveling partner keeping you at full health,
all you need to worry about is bringing the hurt. Churning through
mobs is essential to quick leveling.
Recommended
Wind Walker Talents
15-
Momentum
30-
Chi Burst
45-
Power Strikes
60-
Leg Sweep
75-
Diffuse Magic
90-
Rushing Jade Wind
Must
Have Specializations - Brewmaster
Your
three most important Brewmaster specializations are:
Keg
Smash - Chi generating, effects up to three targets, and makes mobs
easier to kill? Yes, please.
Breath
of Fire - Provides much-needed dps with fire effect to take out those
pesky fleeing mobs with less running.
Guard
- Take more damage and a plus to healing yourself. Essential when
leveling alone.
Must
Have Specializations - Mistweaver
Soothing
Mist - Your basic healing ability. If you level with a dps, you'll
get to know this ability pretty well. Also, has a chance to
regenerate chi.
Enveloping
Mist - The best second "mist" option for levelers, the
others are more for raid situations. Increases the efficacy of
soothing mist.
Mana
Tea - Greatly increases mana production if you stack it fully. You
don't want to end up oom in the middle of nowhere.
Must
Have Specializations - Windwalker
Fist
of Fury - Will help you handle large groups of mobs with evenly
distributed damage and stuns.
Flying
Serpent Kick - A movement buff, good for shooting from one pocket of
mobs to the next. Has damage potential as well.
Spinning
Fire Blossom - Use on far away mobs to draw them in, the damage is
greater that way.
Good
luck using these builds to get to the rich end game content WOW
provides. Trust me, it's worth the grind to get to 90, and the faster
you level up, the faster you're there.
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