Source from the awesome wowinsider (props to them):http://wow.joystiq.com/2012/08/10/leveling-a-monk-in-mists-of-pandaria-part-1/
Levels 21 to 30
First up, you'll receive two more baseline abilities, Legacy of the Emperor, which is a buff identical to a paladin's Blessing of Kings, and Touch of Death. ToD is very cool because it allows you to instakill an enemy with lower health than you; the downside is it requires 3 chi, which typically means you'll have already half-killed an enemy by the time you can use it. Still fun, though, especially because it also interacts with your level 24 ability, Fortifying Brew. While Fortifying Brew is designed to be used as an "oh, crap" damage reduction ability, its 20% health buff pushes the Touch of Death threshold just a bit higher.
You'll also get another Touch ability here that's a windwalker exclusive, Touch of Karma. This is sort of like warriors' Spell Reflection, but way better; this reflects all damage you take for 10 seconds. Now, good PvPers will quickly learn to recognize the spell effect and back off, but you're about to ruin XxPwnYrFcexX's day, which is perfectly fine with me.
Rounding out the baseline abilities, you'll pick up Expel Harm at level 26. This ability should instantly hit your bars, because it heals you for a decent amount, does that amount of damage to an enemy target, and generates chi. One thing to note, though, is that it has to heal you to do damage, but it will still generate chi regardless. You'll also pick up Afterlife here, a simple passive that causes healing or chi spheres to occasionally proc when you kill an enemy. Finally, you get Disable at level 28, which is essentially the monk's version of Hamstring. (Yes, they stole Improved Hamstring from warriors, too.)
At last, you'll reach level 30. You'll get dual spec here, so if windwalker's getting boring, feel free to try one of the other specs for a while. While this milestone doesn't come with any new abilities, you'll open up your second tier of talents, which are all skills that combine damage and healing. While I love Chi Burst's visual effect, Zen Sphere is your best bet for solo questing, since it lets you turn excess chi into healing on the move.
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