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Zen Flight

Zen Flight

Instant
Requires Monk
Requires level 1

You fly through the air at a quick speed on a meditative cloud.

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Nature

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n/a

GCD category

Normal

Cost

None

Range

0 yards (Self)

Cast time

Instant

Cooldown

n/a

GCD

1 second

Effect #1

Apply Aura: Cannot dodge, block or parry
Value: 1

Effect #2

Apply Aura: Mod Flight Speed % - Stacks
Value: 60%

Effect #3

Apply Aura: ?? (Aura #321)

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Comment by Aliok

Nimbus!

Comment by qoozord

Can be only cast out of combat and outdoors.

Comment by imbapojken

AANG THE LAST AIRBENDER FTW!

Comment by kendi

goku is that you?

Comment by Maelgwn42

Can anyone say...

FLYING NIMBUS!

Or whistle up some Monkey Magic cloud riding?

Comment by Blyyshk

Now that the monk glyphs are finally on the beta I've been toying around a bit with Zen Flight (I'm also attempting to upload a screenshot). It can currently be used in Pandaria. The speed increase is 60%, but the 10% mount increase speed from the guild perk currently works with it. On the ground it is default move speed, guild perk does not apply. It is an instant cast and when you dismount in the air you get a parachute for 10 seconds. As it is an instant cast you can just cast it again, just like flight form from druids.
Only works outdoors, have yet to see if it works in dungeon with outdoor area's. I doubt it will, but if it is possible it will probably be hotfixed at some point.

Edit: Screenshot uploaded

Comment by wormling

Do you need to be lvl 60 to ride this "thing/cloud" like or can you travel 60% at lvl 1, thank you.
Looking 4ward to MoP Good work Blizzard Entertainment.......... ;

Comment by Cielos

~~Just make sure you don't log out in Zen Flight from a high altitude. You won't have the buff when you log back in and you'll drop, at least for right now.~~

They fixed it.

Comment by Rankkor

I kinda wish this could scale with riding training. If its stuck at 60% flight speed then its just a gimmick, rather than something useful. I'd rather it had the 1.5 cast speed of all mounts as long as I could fly at max speed on it.

Nevertheless its a truly awesome skill, and allows to make endless references to Dragon Ball, or Journey to the West.

Comment by Werlwind

You can use your Heartstone while Zen Flight is active.

Comment by Adamsm

Luckily, those who are not so Pure of Heart can ride on these.

Comment by rusty34

You can cast some spells while flying in Zen Flight mode. I have found this really useful for some pre-MOP quests since you don't have to clear a safe area to use a quest item now.

Also, you can mount while in Zen Flight mode. This means you can instantly get in the air, and then mount onto something faster from safety.

I have not tested whether you can gather herbs + minerals while in Zen Flight since I have different professions. Maybe someone else can confirm that.

EDIT: One difference from bird form that should be noted is that you don't have to be on the ground to do any of this. If this works with mining and herbalism, we could see monks gathering without getting aggro from mobs at all.

Comment by Gregstafelam

I thought druid's Flight Form was the best "mount" in game, but now.....
1- It's one awwweeeesome reference to dragon ball :P
2- You can fish while over the cloud! I tested it, i was few feets over water and i started to fish o.o SOOOOO FUUN!
3- You can perform other actions like: Picking herbs, skinning - Mining i have not tested yet but i think its possible too.
4- I made one near useless test, just for fun, cooked over the cloud, i needed fire close to me so i went over one house, placed the fire on the edge (did that without taking out the cloud) then i went off the edge and cooked some dishes :B And you can do other proffessions actions over the cloud, like crafting, prospecting ETC.
5- Someone said when you dismount in air you get one parachute... i tested and that really not happened i only died, i tried from different altitudes.
6- Its instant cast, like druid's Flight Form!
7- Can be funny if you turn your particles graphics to low, looks like your monk is having some gases problems :P and no cloud hahahaha
8- You can pet battle without dismounting the cloud! Tested it too now! haha
9-I conclude that you can perform any "NON COMBAT" actions, while over the cloud

Well that's what i can tell about that beauty *-*, loving more and more my monk and MoP.

OBS: Sorry about poor english >.<

Comment by Toldry

I tested the speed and apparently it flies at 176% speed (compared to the regular 275% of Expert Riding)
And a 100% speed when used as a "ground mount".

It's too bad this cant be used to replace regular mounts.

Comment by Toldry

Things that can be used while Zen Flying:

Hearthstone
Trinkets
Mounts
Crafting (including Cooking Fire)
use quest items
pick quest items up

Things that CAN'T be used while Zen Flying:

Any regular monk spells
Zen Pilgrimage
Stance switch
Eating and drinking

Feel free to add more to the list

Comment by lolkidspain

at a quick speed

Lies.

Comment by Thror

You can cast Survey while afloat. You can pick up the shards you find through archaeology without cancelling Zen Flight. Archaeology has never been so easy. Evading mobs is a cakewalk.

(Do switch to a faster mount for movement from digsite to digsite, though.)

Comment by wulfmojo

I find this incredibly useful for farming tradeskills, as you don't need to 'dismount' to gather. This is especially true for Archeology, as you don't even need to be near the ground to Survey or collect fragments.

Comment by Tarnage

This ability appears to operate a lot like the druid flight form. You can still gather herbs/minerals/skins while 'mounted', but it is less restricted than that. Fishing, Crafting, and even prospecting dig sites while hovering a few yards above ground are all possible.

A tip: If you don't enjoy the fairly slow speed that it grants and still want to safely farm, try canceling your flying mount midair above the collection spot, casting zen flight as you fall, floating down to acquire the goods, then cast your flying mount of choice while still on the cloud for an all around easy, safe, and fast farming experience in areas that allow you to fly. Have fun!

Comment by Kazlehoff

Speaking from the perspective of a druid main, monk alt player, IMO its fair to make this slower than a regular mount, due to being able to do some things in zen flight that not even druids can do in flight form (fish, archeology, hearth, craft & mount). its a trade off.
i'd be fine with them making this a clone of flight form as long as the aforementioned abilities were taken away from it to truly make it a clone of flight form (and retaining the things flight form druids CAN do, such as herb, gather quests, etc.)

all in all its a very interesting ability, and should be in a monks arsenal whenever theres a glyph slot open to use it..

Comment by Kazlehoff

Step one: Potion of illusion a Druid.
Step Two: Zen flight.
Step three: Nyan cat song.

Profit.

Comment by oberonsedai2102

you need lvl 60 for Flight Master's License , but i see people lvl 42 moving around on this cloud.
how come ?

Comment by Reignac

I'd take this over Flight Form any day, speaking as a Druid main.

Flight Form is free level 60 flying training, true, and it scales with your mount speed, true.
But Zen Flight has so many more uses. You can do any gathering profession without dismounting (including Arch and fishing), whereas with Flight Form only herbalism lets you stay (well maybe skinning but my druid doesn't skin so I'm not positive).

But that's not the best part.

The best part about Zen Flight is that you can use your hearthstone and mount up on your real mount in midair. That is amazing and you have no idea how much I wish Flight Form had that.

Comment by raymix

Simple macro, might come in handy:

#showtooltip
/dismount
/cast Zen Flight

Comment by Auroth

Someone should just make a petition already, asking Blizz for this mount to be more like Druid Flight Form. I'd dig it.

Comment by Mithael

Shadowmeld Zen Flight macro for any night elf monks.

#showtooltip Shadowmeld
/cast Shadowmeld
/cast Zen Flight

(spam the button as fast as possible and almost guaranteed to get mounted so you can fly away).

Comment by Varomar

So this is undoubtabley a bug but i was able to fly from wintergrasp to dalaran despite not having coldweather flight, only the masters flight license. I had to repeatedly spam the zen flight button to make it work but it did. Ive submited a letter to Blizz to see what their opinion is, hopefully not a ban..lol

Comment by ibroadfo

*CAN* be used while pet battling without dismounting. You do need to be on the ground though.

Comment by dragonyup911

the "cloud is just like the gylph for priest levitate spell glyph that "makes it look like you are floating on a cloud" which it most certinately does not.t a puff of purple with a poor effect. hope this is changed to the smae cloud used in the flying red disk mount.

Comment by Fenaris

Ok. I did the figures, and there's unfortunate news.

When your monk has epic flight training, Zen Flight is no longer a viable alternative for farming over mounted flight.

I tested the flight times going from the bridge on the river in Hillsbrad to Thoradin's Wall. I went once in Zen Flight, once in Epic speed.

Epic Speed : 29 sec
Zen Flight : 67 sec

In order to make Zen Flight a viable option, there would have needed to be over 25 nodes between the river in Hillsbrad and Thoradin's Wall to make up for the 1.5 sec cast time of a mount.

If you plan on keeping old flight speed, it's an improvement. If you're planning on getting epic flight, it's no longer a viable alternative.

Comment by llangevi

With the latest patch (27-Nov-2012) they nerfed the heck out of this thing. It used to be alout as OP as the Druid bird form - not as fast, but I could farm herbs with it and even skim the servace of the water with it.

Yes, I used to fly over some herbs normally, then pop this Zen Flight to drop down and pick without dismounting, and if a monster hit me a couple of times as I finished up, I could levitate out of the way and no longer be under attack.

Now, if you are hit at all, you dismount. I was flying over a spot where an npc sot me and my zen cloud turned into a parachute! And down I fell into the crowd of awaiting foes. And if I get too close to the water, it just disappears.

I also see that after the server reboot on 29-Nov-2012, the spell seems to have disappeared. I expect they are working on that.

So in the meantime, I'm going to replace it with something more useful.

Comment by gutbag

Hehe, cool, now I can play gravity chicken with monks, too.

Comment by Xirobe

It is possible to fly using this while wearing Ensorcelled Choker.

Couple additional notes:
When the disguise breaks you will not be dismounted.
When you put on the disguise it will dismount you, though.

Comment by mihalidis

and for the today's useful tip....

..drums...

you can make a cooking fire on water .. YES thats right, the fire actually floats on the surface of whatever puddle of water you drop it. ...

Feeling hungry while crossing continents? No problem.. whip out your fire and cook yourself up some nice dumplings while enjoying the waves

brought to you by Zen Flight entertainment

Comment by cirustar

Is there a macro to end Zen Flight? I'd like to put it at the beginning of my attacks so when I go to attack something, it doesn't give me 'Can't attack while actions are prevented.' Any help would be appreciated!

Comment by evariel

Unable to use this at Sunsong Ranch. It says 'Spell cannot be cast on a stealthed target'.

Comment by AkiraNamejin

Can no longer be used for archaeology fragment digging :(

Comment by MrJumpingBean

Can people use the turtle shell to knock you off this?

Comment by lewilalon

u sit on a flying cloud while moving swftly throu the air OR....

u sit on a bit of smoke while snails pass u -.-

Comment by Skullhawk13

Fun fact, being in combat cancels this.

Comment by DarkDei7

#showtooltip Zen Flight
/dismount
/castsequence Zen Flight, Spectral Gryphon

Enjoy

Edit: #showtooltip Zen Flight
/dismount
/castsequence reset=3 Zen Flight, Spectral Gryphon This Macro allows you to do whatever you want with your cloud,basically allowing you to get back on Zen Flight every 3 seconds,resetting the macro and literally making possible to zen spam,to allow big / long jump chains.

Comment by shinjii

As of patch 5.4, Zen Flight no longer allows you to gather materials without touching the ground or a structure. I am not sure if this is intended or a bug as it is not listed on the patch note as far as I know. =(

Comment by aggromaster

A macro that works well is;

#showtooltip
/cast (insert flying mount here); (insert ground mount here)
/cast !zen flight

Comment by Xemit100

Im confused, does this act as a mount or just as a spell?

Comment by Auberzz

My personal uses for this:

Saving self from falling
Mining nodes close together (or herbs)
Fishing in style
Getting those awkward nodes you can't reach without falling
Twirling around in Goldshire
Quick Escapes with nearby mobs while farming

EDIT: Have a lot of ores to smelt? Throw down an anvil, or smelt in stormwind with a crapton of people around you and contemplate life WHILE smelting your ghost iron!

Comment by Harmmony

Use Moonfang's Paw and then cast Zen Flight. Look, you are a wolf sitting on a cloud, meditating! (I'm new to the comments system, how do I link the spells/items?)

Comment by AngeredPally

So you can use your Hearthstone while using Zen Flight.
But did you know that if you cancel your Zen Flight while using your hearthstone, and you will be casting it while falling.
This can make for a really fun way to hearth.
This also applies to anything else you can use during Zen Flight, but the Hearthstone has to be the most satisfying.

Comment by vexis58

Apparently cannot be used in zones that do not allow flight.

Tried using it in Draenor because it looks cool to float along on a cloud instead of walking, but it just says "You can't use that here."

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