The Best Monk Race in WoW: The War Within

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Playing the role of a monk in WoW: The War Within is an intriguing experience due to the changes the class has received compared to previous expansions. Simply put, the class’s stats scale much better, so if you’re interested in playing as a Monk, here are the best races you should choose.

The Strongest Monk Race in WoW: The War Within

Each faction has its own superior race that you should consider if you want to maximize your Monk’s potential.

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Midget

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The best Alliance race, most suitable for a Monk, is Midget for several reasons. First, The Power of the Mountain passive skill allows for 2% stronger critical hits, which can be a noticeable boost in Windwalker’s DPS. For both Mistwaver and Brewmaster, Stone form is one of the strongest defensive abilities in the game. It removes all negative status effects (a godsend in tough encounters) while also reducing damage by 10% for eight seconds. You really can’t go wrong with a Dwarf if you want to stand out as an Alliance Monk.

Man

Human Monk in WoW
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Alternatively. People make one of the best monks by race The human spirit. This race increases all secondary stats (Haste, Critical Strike, Masery, and Versatility) by an additional 2%. All Monk specs require some secondary stats, so this is a very good race for Monk.

Orc

Orc Monk in WoW
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The best Horde race most suited for the Monk class is Orc due to their unique racial characteristics. Bloody Fury increases all of your damage by a scaling amount of your Attack Power (based on level) for 15 seconds. When used with other buffing effects such as Bloodlust, Trinkets to Use, or powerful Monk cooldown skills such as Earth, Storm, and Fire, these combined effects will result in an boost in the health of your overall DPS. Defensively, Resistance reduces the duration of all stun effects by 20%, which is great for all Monk specializations, but especially for Master Brewers.

Blood Elf

Blood Elf Monk in WoW
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If the Orcs aren’t interested in you, then a good secondary option would be Blood Elf. Blood Elves get Arcanic Torrentwhich dispels all magic-based effects in an area around them, and also restores one Chi (the Monk’s primary resource) at a time. This is a powerful, offensive dynamic ability. Additionally, Blood Elves gain a free 1% increased Critical Hit Chance at all times, which is good for DPS.

Is it worth playing a different race of monks?

The differences between the races available to your Monk are fairly minimal. Racial abilities usually don’t provide a significant enough advantage to limit your choices to just the top two. This means you can choose any race for your Monk without worrying about a major impact on performance.

The above suggestions are mainly for players who want to maximize every bit of potential. However, if you prefer the aesthetics or racial traits of another race, feel free to choose it without hesitation.


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