World of Warcraft: The War Within Monk Hero Talents Guide for Conduit of the Celestials

With one of the most intriguing names in the World of Warcraft Hero Talent trees, the Conduit of the Celestials Monk brings a significant air of mystery. Fortunately, it features some captivating mechanics.

Hero Talent trees have been introduced in the latest WoW expansion, The War Within. These new talents are linked to specializations in the same manner as traditional talents, aiming to enhance depth and provide more viable build options.

Each class has access to three new Hero Talent trees, with players able to choose two based on their selected specialization. Druids have an exception, having four trees, while Demon Hunters have just two.

Here’s a comprehensive overview of the Conduit of the Celestials Monk.

Conduit of the Celestials Monk Full Hero Talent Tree Explained

All Hero Talent trees follow a consistent format. A Keystone Talent defines the tree’s direction and purpose, while a Capstone Talent acts as its powerful conclusion. Between these, three rows of talent nodes allow players to customize their build according to their preferences.

Conduit of the Celestials Monk Keystone Hero Talent

Celestial Conduit: The August Celestials empower you, enabling you to radiate Nature damage to enemies and provide healing to up to 5 injured allies within a 20-yard radius over 4 seconds, evenly divided among them. Healing and damage increase by 6% per enemy struck, up to 30%.

You can move while channeling, but casting other healing or damaging spells will cancel this effect. This ability has a 1.5-minute cooldown.

Conduit of the Celestials Monk First Row Hero Talents

Choice Node: Temple Training and Xuen’s Guidance

Temple Training: Increases the healing of Enveloping Mist and Vivify by 10% (Mistweaver). Fists of Fury and Spinning Crane Kick deal 10% more damage (Windwalker).
Xuen’s Guidance: When consumed, the Teachings of the Monastery has a 15% chance to refund a charge. The damage of Tiger Palm is increased by 30%.

Courage of the White Tiger: Tiger Palm and Vivify have a 15% chance to prompt Xuen to claw a nearby enemy for physical damage, healing a nearby ally for 200% (Mistweaver) or 100% (Windwalker) of the damage dealt.

This chance increases while Invoke Yu’lon, the Jade Serpent, Invoke Chi-Ji, the Red Crane (Mistweaver), or Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger (Windwalker) is active.

Choice Node: Restore Balance & Yu’lon’s Knowledge

Restore Balance: Gain Refreshing Jade Wind while Chi’Ji the Red Crane or Yu’lon the Jade Serpent is active (Mistweaver). Gain Rushing Jade Wind while Xuen, the White Tiger, is active (Windwalker).
Yu’lon’s Knowledge: Increases Refreshing Jade Wind’s duration by 10 seconds (Mistweaver). Rushing Jade Wind’s duration is extended by 4 seconds, allowing multiple uses to overlap (Windwalker).

Conduit of the Celestials Monk Second Row Hero Talents

Heart of the Jade Serpent: Consuming 8 stacks of Sheilun’s Gift causes Yu’lon to cut the cooldown time of Renewing Mist, Rising Sun Kick, Life Cocoon, and Thunder Focus Tea by 100% for 8 seconds (Mistweaver).

For Windwalker, consuming 30 Chi enables Yu’lon to decrease the cooldown time of Rising Sun Kick, Fists of Fury, Strike of the Windlord, and Whirling Dragon Punch by 100% for 8 seconds.

Strength of the Black Ox: After Xuen assists you, your next Enveloping Mist’s cast time is reduced by 50%, and Niuzao grants an absorb shield to 5 nearby allies for 5% of your maximum health (Mistweaver). After Xuen’s assistance, your next Blackout Kick causes Niuzao to stomp at your target’s location, dealing damage to nearby enemies, reduced beyond 5 targets (Windwalker).

Flight of the Red Crane: Refreshing Jade Wind (Mistweaver), Rushing Jade Wind (Windwalker), and Spinning Crane Kick have a chance to make Chi-Ji rush to 5 targets, healing each target (Mistweaver) or dealing physical damage to each target struck (Windwalker).

Conduit of the Celestials Monk Third Row Hero Talents

Choice Node: Niuzao’s Protection and Jade Sanctuary

Jade Sanctuary: When you activate Celestial Conduit, you heal for 10% of your maximum health instantly and receive 15% less damage during its duration.

Chi-Ji’s Swiftness: Your movement speed increases by 25% during Celestial Conduit and for 3 seconds after being assisted by any Celestial.

Choice Node: Inner Compass and August Dynasty

Inner Compass: You switch between alignments after an August Celestial assists you, boosting a corresponding secondary stat by 3%.
- Crane Stance: haste
- Tiger Stance: critical strike
- Ox Stance: Versatility
- Serpent Stance: Mastery
August Dynasty: Casting Jadefire Stomp boosts the damage of your next Rising Sun Kick by 30% or the healing of your next Vivify by 50% (Mistweaver only).

Conduit of the Celestials Monk Capstone Hero Talent

Unity Within: Celestial Conduit can be recast once during its duration to summon all August Celestials to assist you at 200% effectiveness. Unity Within is automatically activated when Celestial Conduit ends if not used before its expiration.