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Strike of the Windlord

Strike of the Windlord1 point

Strike with both fists at all enemies in front of you, dealing Physical damage and reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec. Deals reduced damage to secondary targets.

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TypeTalent
Ranks1 point
ClassMonk
Specializations3
Tree sectionWindwalker specialization talents
Row7 of 11
Opens at8 points spent
Choice withWhirling Dragon Punch
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Windwalker Monk talent tree, Strike of the Windlord sits in the Windwalker specialization talents, row 7 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Windwalker Talents.

Choice node

Strike of the Windlord shares its node with Whirling Dragon Punch. A character takes one of the two.

  • Whirling Dragon Punch

    Performs a devastating whirling upward strike, dealing damage to all nearby enemies and an additional (450% of Attack Power) damage to the first target struck. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets. Only usable while both Fists of Fury and Rising Sun Kick are on cooldown.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Strike of the Windlord from Zenith.

  • Zenith

    Chi costs are reduced by 1 and Blackout Kick reduces the cooldown of affected abilities by an additional 1 sec for 15 sec. Activating Zenith resets the remaining cooldown on Rising Sun Kick.

Connected below

Strike of the Windlord leads on to Communion With Wind, Revolving Whirl or Echo Technique and Universal Energy.

  • Communion With Wind

    Strike of the Windlord and Whirling Dragon Punch have their cooldowns reduced by 5 sec and their damage is increased by 20%.

  • Revolving Whirl

    Strike of the Windlord and Whirling Dragon Punch have a 100% chance to activate Dance of Chi-Ji.

  • Echo Technique

    Casting Strike of the Windlord or Whirling Dragon Punch grants Blackout Kick!.

  • Universal Energy

    Your magical damage is increased by 8%.

Same row

Also on this row: Dance of Chi-Ji, Shadowboxing Treads, Energy Burst and Inner Peace.

  • Dance of Chi-Ji

    Spending Chi has a chance to make your next Spinning Crane Kick cost no Chi.

  • Shadowboxing Treads

    Blackout Kick damage increased by 5% and strikes an additional 2;targets at 80% effectiveness.

  • Energy Burst

    When you consume Blackout Kick!, you have a 100% chance to generate 1 Chi.

  • Inner Peace

    Increases maximum Energy by 30. Tiger Palm's Energy cost reduced by 5.

Talent trees

Strike of the Windlord is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Monk: Brewmaster (Tank), Mistweaver (Healer), Windwalker (DPS).

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Strike of the Windlord Changes by patch

Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.

  • First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)
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