WoW Hero Talents Guide for Shado-Pan Monk: The War Within

The Shado-Pan Monk Hero Talent tree, first revealed in March, appeared thematically intriguing. While the launch of World of Warcraft: The War Within has slightly lessened its potential, there remains a lot to appreciate.

Hero Talents represent Blizzard’s endeavor to enhance the game’s existing systems, offering additional depth and customization. This feature especially broadens the viability of various activities and specializations.

Each class has three new Hero Talent trees, although players can only select from two based on their specialization. Notable exceptions are the Demon Hunter and Druid, which are permitted two and four trees, respectively.

With all this context, here’s a comprehensive overview of the Shado-Pan Monk.

Shado-Pan Monk Full Hero Talent Tree Explained

Every Hero Talent tree follows a similar structure. A Keystone Talent establishes the theme, while an individual Capstone Talent signifies its peak. In the interim, players engage with three rows of talents, each accompanied by choice nodes, showcasing the real flexibility within this new system. Available to both Brewmaster and Windwalker Monks, the complete list of talents includes:

Shado-Pan Monk Keystone Hero Talent

Overwhelming Flurry: Inflicting damage equal to your maximum health generates a Flurry Charge. For every 400 Energy expended, unleash all Flurry Charges as Flurry Strikes, inflicting physical damage per charge.

Shado-Pan Monk First-Row Hero Talents

Choice Node: Pride of Pandaria and High Impact

Pride of Pandaria: Flurry Strikes gain a 15% increased chance to critically strike.
High Impact: Enemies that die within 5 seconds of being damaged by a Flurry Strike explode, delivering damage to uncontrolled enemies within an 8-yard radius.

Veteran’s Eye: Hitting the same target 5 times within 2 seconds grants a 2% haste buff. This effect can stack up to 10 times.

Martial Precision: Attacks bypass 10% of the target’s armor.

Shado-Pan Monk Second-Row Hero Talents

Choice Node: Protect and Serve and Lead from the Front

Protect and Serve: Your Vivify healing always includes an extra 30% of its total value.
Lead from the Front: Chi Burst, Chi Wave, and Expel Harm now leech 20% of the damage dealt.

One versus Many: Damage from Fists of Fury and Keg Smash counts as double toward Flurry Charge generation, with Fists of Fury damage increased by 10% and Keg Smash damage boosted by 30%.

Choice Node: Whirling Steel and Predictive Training

Whirling Steel: When injured, summon Whirling Steel, boosting your Parry chance and Avoidance by 15% for 6 seconds.
Predictive Training: Successfully dodging or parrying an attack reduces damage taken by 10% for the subsequent 6 seconds.

Shado-Pan Monk Third-Row Hero Talents

Against All Odds: Flurry Strikes enhance your Agility by 1% for 6 seconds, stacking up to 20 times.

Efficient Training: Abilities consuming Energy deal 15% more damage. Additionally, every 50 Energy spent decreases the cooldown of Storm, Earth, Fire, Serenity, and Weapons of Order by 1 second.

Vigilant Watch: Blackout Kick inflicts an extra 20% critical damage, amplifying the damage of your next Flurry Strikes by 10%.

Shado-Pan Monk Capstone Hero Talent

Wisdom of the Wall: After every 10 Flurry Strikes, become infused with Wisdom of the Wall for 20 seconds. Wisdom of the Wall provides the following benefits:

Your critical strikes inflict an additional 30% damage.
Your Mastery effect is amplified by 25%.
Versatility now additionally boosts your Dodge and critical strike chance by 25% of its effect.
Flurry Strikes will also deal additional Shadow damage to all uncontrolled enemies within a 6-yard range.