PvE Mistweaver Monk Pre-Raid Best in Slot (BiS)

Before you can start earning the most powerful items from raids, you’ll need some equipment to get you started. Mistweaver Monks who are just starting to dip their toes into endgame content will want to work on building a set of pre-raid gear that provides plenty of mana regeneration from Spirit while also boosting their healing power through Intellect and other throughput stats.

Monks can use Cloth as well as Leather, but you should always wear Leather due to the 5% increased Intellect you receive through your Leather Specialization passive ability.

Pre-Raid Best-in-Slot Items

Here is the best gear you can obtain as a Mistweaver Monk outside of raids in Mists of Pandaria, including dungeon loot, random daily scenario rewards, reputation rewards, and profession bonuses. Don’t forget to gem, enchant, and reforge every item to complete your optimization.

Head

• Snowdrift Helm
  • 2250 Valor Points – requires Honored with Shado-Pan
• Camouflage Retinal Armor
  • Engineering BoP – taught by Engineering Trainers
• Hozen-Stitched Hood
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Hood of Viridian Residue
  • Vizier Jin’bak in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)

Neck

• Links of the Lucid
  • 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Klaxxi
• Brewfather Necklace
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Mindcapture Pendant
  • Xin the Weaponmaster in Mogu’shan Palace (Heroic)

Shoulder

• Whitepetal Shouldergarb
  • 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Golden Lotus
• Hozen-Stitched Shoulders
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Incarnadine Scarlet Spaulders
  • High Inquisitor Whitemane in Scarlet Monastery (Heroic)

Back

• Sagewhisper’s Wrap
  • 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with Shado-Pan
• Brewfather Cloak
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Dirl’s Drafty Drape
  • World Drop BoE
• Cloak of Hidden Flasks
  • Hoptallus in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)

Chest

• Nightfire Robe
  • Leatherworking BoE – Pattern: Nightfall Robe drops from Phase 1 raids
• Mistfall Robes
  • 2250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Golden Lotus
• Wildblood Vest
  • Leatherworking BoE – Pattern: Wildblood Vest requires Honored with The Golden Lotus
• Hozen-Stitched Jerkin
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Chestwrap of Arcing Flame
  • Commander Vo’jak in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)
• Chestguard of Despair
  • Sha of Doubt in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)

Wrist

• Clever Ashyo’s Armbands
  • 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The August Celestials
• Hozen-Stitched Bindings
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Star Summoner Bracers
  • Gu Cloudstrike in Shado-Pan Monastery (Heroic)

Hands

• Liferuned Leather Gloves
  • Leatherworking BoE – Pattern: Liferuned Leather Gloves drops from Phase 1 raids
• Ogo’s Elder Gloves
  • 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with The August Celestials
• Hozen-Stitched Gloves
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Wildblood Gloves
  • Leatherworking BoE – Pattern: Wildblood Gloves requires Honored with The Golden Lotus
• Rattling Gloves
  • Rattlegore in Scholomance (Heroic)

Waist

• Klaxxi Lash of the Harbinger
  • 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Klaaxi
• Soothing Straps (Alliance) / Bambrick’s Striking Strap (Horde)
  • 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with Operation: Shieldwall (Alliance) / Dominance Offensive (Horde)
• Hozen-Stitched Waistband
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Hurricane Belt
  • Legacy of the Clan Leaders in Mogu’shan Palace (heroic)

Legs

• Wind-Reaver Greaves
  • 2250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Klaaxi
• Hozen-Stitched Britches
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Darkbinder Leggings
  • Taran Zhu in Shado-Pan Monastery (Heroic)
• Leggings of Whispered Dreams
  • Lorewalker Stonestep in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)

Feet

• Statue Summoner’s Treads (Alliance) / Treads of Rejuvenating Mists (Horde)
  • 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with Operation: Shieldwall (Alliance) / Dominance Offensive (Horde)
• Booots of the High Adept
  • 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with The August Celestials
• Hozen-Stitched Boots
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Airstream Treads
  • Striker Ga’dok in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
• Treads of Corrupted Water
  • Wise Mari in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)

Finger

• Loop of the Shieldwall (Alliance) / Dominator’s Loop (Horde)
  • 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with Operation: Shieldwall (Alliance) / Dominance Offensive (Horde)
• Leven’s Circle of Hope
  • 1250 Valor Points – requires Honored with The Golden Lotus
• Seal of the Prime
  • Shadow of the Empire quest in Dread Wastes
• Vithrak, Gaze of the Deadman
  • Flameweaver Koegler in Scarlet Halls (Heroic)
• Brewfather Signet
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Beastbinder Ring
  • Houndmaster Braun in Scarlet Halls (Heroic)
• Viscous Ring
  • Commander Ri’mok in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)

Trinket

• Heartwarmer Medallion (Alliance) / Cutstitcher Medallion (Horde)
  • 1750 Valor Points – requires Honored with Operation: Shieldwall (Alliance) / Dominance Offensive (Horde)
• Scroll of Revered Ancestors
  • 1750 Valor Points – Requires Honored with Shado-Pan
• Relic of Chi-Ji
  • Reward for turning in Darkmoon Crane Deck at the Darkmoon Faire
• Price of Progress
  • Darkmaster Gandling in Scholomance (Heroic)
• Vial of Ichorous Blood
  • General Pa’valak in Siege of Niuzao Temple (Heroic)
• Empty Fruit Barrel
  • Ook-Ook in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)

Main Hand

• Je’lyu, Spirit of the Serpent
  • Sha of Doubt in Temple of the Jade Serpent (Heroic)
• Scavenged Pandaren Scepter
  • Daily Random Scenario
• Carapace Breaker
  • Raigonn in Gate of the Setting Sun (Heroic)
• Amber Saber of Klaxxi’vess
  • 168 gold – requires Exalted with The Klaxxi

Off Hand

• Inscribed Red Fan
  • Inscription BoE – taught by Inscription Trainers
• Scroll of Whispered Secrets
  • World Drop BoE
• Umbrella of Chi-Ji
  • Archaeology BoA – Pandaren artifact
• Bottle of Potent Potables
  • Hoptallus in Stormstout Brewery (Heroic)