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Flying Serpent Kick

Flying Serpent Kick

Instant	25 sec cooldown

Requires Monk (Windwalker)
Requires level 18

Soar forward through the air at high speed for 2 sec.

If used again while active, you will land, dealing (53.658% of Attack power) damage to all enemies within 8 yards, and slowing them by 70% for 4 sec.

Spell Details

Duration

2 seconds

School

Physical

Mechanic

n/a

Dispel type

n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

None

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

25 seconds

GCD

1 second

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Mod Speed % and Unable to Control Character
Value: 300%

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Overrides Actionbar Spell

	Flying Serpent Kick

Affected Spells:

	Flying Serpent Kick

Effect #3

Apply Aura: Pacify & Silence

Effect #4

Apply Aura: Water Walking

Effect #5

Apply Aura: Mod Minimum Speed %
Value: 400%

Effect #6

Apply Aura: Run Speed Limit %
Value: 36%

Effect #7

Apply Aura: Area Trigger (2156)

Effect #8

Apply Aura: Area Trigger (388)

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Comments

Comment by bearmug

First click makes you fly forward at high speed. Second makes you land and do the aoe part of the spell. High speed combined with server lag makes it impossible to aim and land at the spot you want.

Very good as bonus Roll though.

Comment by Wizgill

This would be more interesting if the spell damaged when passing the mobs. Timing the drop can be weird, (Think darkmoon canon) with strange landings that sometimes leaves lagged mobs not even agging you. If the ability applied all the effects to Mobs that the toon passed through, then this ability would significantly increase in function as a DPS/CC ability.

For example, have the slow effect applied on passing, and instead of the AOE damage on landing, a minor buff to spin kick for 10 seconds or so after landing would be neat. It would create the feel of combo-moves that Blizz is going for. Also, the targeting aspect of the ability is clunky and unforgiving. By adding a buff, if the mobs you intended to target had pathed away, you could easily roll to them and then lay on a buffed ability to do some damage.

This spell is already a terrific mobility ability. A couple notes on the mobility though.

-You will take fall damage. This kick is not like charge, where you can charge down weird ledges.
-At this time, the path is very picky about anything that clips in its path. Small fences, crates, etc will cause your crazy, kicking monk to hang up.

All in all though, this is a terrific and fun ability. The damage and slow effects just need to be thought out more.

Comment by MirgAngel

this is great spell for running away but i want to know will it be usable in Arena? or will be Forbidden like Lay on Hands ?

Comment by qoozord

Neither roll, nor this spell can be used to prevent fall damage. The animation will be done in the air, but you will take all the damage. So take care :)

Comment by dirbrian

As of now in beta, you can use this backwards as well like disengage but you go much farther in distance

Comment by fleinght

What I'm wondering is : Can you jump use your engineer parachute then activate that spell?

If you can do this like you do with Disengage from Hunter, that would be one hell of a good spell to Flag carrying in Twin Peak if you're Horde.

I think I saw people using FSK with the flag but never I saw a Monk using that spell and the cloak tinker from engi!

Comment by kgurnhill

New ability: Jesus Kick!

If swimming, you can jump out of the water and use this while your character is in mid-air, which will cause your character to glide across the surface in a kicking animation... its awesome!

Have uploaded a screenshot! :)

Comment by Toldry

You fly at 400% movement speed during the kick.

Comment by wowhennie

I don't know if this is intended or not but...
If you want to Flying Serpent Kick without flying very far you can use whatever button you got keybound to walking to slow it down significantly!
This also works on Roll.

Comment by Nokorus

Now you, too, can perform a DYNAMIC ENTRY!

Comment by Jormungandr

Bored?

Fly up to the peak of Mount Neverest in Kun-Lai summit, enjoy the view and use your Flying Serpent Kick , just remember to use Zen Flight before hitting the ground.

Comment by Azaram

This skims across the surface of water, letting you cross quite large rivers quickly without having to swim.

Comment by Bogdanov89

If you toggle walking instead of running both the Flying Serpent Kick and the Roll will travel a VERY short distance, which is perfect for using FSK just for it's damage or Roll just for it's threat dropping Retreat glyph.

Comment by sakera

Interestingly enough, when transformed into a Hyldnir or Brunnhildar female this causes you to perform a standing leap instead of the flying leap you usually do.

Comment by Griffmstr

A thing to note, all Push back mechanics are negated by this. Such as Lei Shi's Get Away!, Wing Leader Ner'onok's Gusting Winds, and Blade Lord Ta'yak's Wind walls.
Using flying serpent kick allows you to pass over this and not be pushed back or even slowed at all.

Comment by kevinmd88

Awesome Flying Serpent Kick macro that will /say "Everybody was Kung-Fu fighting!" when you start, and /say "HYUH!" when you land.

/run local _,_,i1=GetSpellInfo(101545) local _,_,i2=GetSpellInfo(115057) if i1==i2 then SendChatMessage("HYUH!","SAY") else SendChatMessage("Everybody was Kung-Fu fighting!","SAY") end
/use Flying Serpent Kick

Comment by archonoid

I think they should have added this skill to all Monk Specs or just for Mistweawer..

Comment by F1ns

This together with roll, make monks a great bank alt (for ah activities) if you can afford leveling it to 18.

Covers the exact distance between Thunder Bluff Auctioneer and closest mailbox/guildbank.

Comment by Gyrwym

Use this while a priest is levitating you. Such elegance.

Comment by GaaraFredNorris

This ability is endorsed by Robin Shou (AKA: Liu Kang's Live action actor) and David Wu

Comment by Ruben252

Using this spell while being drunk will make you curve instead of kicking straight forward.

Comment by Taraezor

A good use for FSK in WoD is to cast TWO of these in a row as a kind of filler for when you have no Chi or Energy (you wish to use at the time). The important thing is to cast the second one a.s.a.p. The back-to-back FSK effectively means you travel little distance so all the mobs in your immediate area will take some nice AoE damage yet you remain in melee range.

Distance Details:

The distance I travel is exactly 60 yards along level ground. This intuitively makes sense as I can run about 15 yards in 2 seconds and the buff does say I "fly" at 400%.

I was unbuffed with unenchanted boots. My run speed, when I enquire upon myself, says that I have 110% but I suspect that the 400% is calculated from the 100% base.

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