Strike of the Windlord
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.
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 PunchPerforms 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.
ZenithChi 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 WindStrike of the Windlord and Whirling Dragon Punch have their cooldowns reduced by 5 sec and their damage is increased by 20%.
Revolving WhirlStrike of the Windlord and Whirling Dragon Punch have a 100% chance to activate Dance of Chi-Ji.
Echo TechniqueCasting Strike of the Windlord or Whirling Dragon Punch grants Blackout Kick!.
Universal EnergyYour 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-JiSpending Chi has a chance to make your next Spinning Crane Kick cost no Chi.
Shadowboxing TreadsBlackout Kick damage increased by 5% and strikes an additional 2;targets at 80% effectiveness.
Energy BurstWhen you consume Blackout Kick!, you have a 100% chance to generate 1 Chi.
Inner PeaceIncreases 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).
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)