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Spinning Crane Kick
Ability monk cranekick new
  • Spinning Crane Kick
  • Level 7 monk ability
  • Brewmaster25 Energy
    Mistweaver1% of Base Mana
    Windwalker2 Chi
  • Channeled
  • Spin while kicking in the air, dealing (40% of Attack power) Physical damage over 1.5 sec to all enemies within 8 yds. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
  • Brewmaster Rank 2: Dealing damage with Spinning Crane Kick grants Shuffle for 1 sec, and your Healing Spheres travel towards you
Properties
Class Monk
School Physical
Cooldown None/Global Cooldown
Radius 8 yards
Other information
Level learned 7
Rank levels ?? (rank 2)
Improvements Inv misc volatilefire [Celestial Flames], Ability monk mightyoxkick [Charred Passions], Ability monk palmstrike [Counterstrike], Ability monk cranekick new [Crane Vortex], Ability monk cranekick new [Dance of Chi-Ji], Ability monk risingsunkick [Fast Feet], Ability monk chiexplosion [Jade Ignition], Ability monk cranekick new [Mark of the Crane], Ability monk shuffle [Shuffle], Ability monk forcesphere pink [Widening Whirl]
Related buff
Ability monk cranekick new
  • Spinning Crane Kick
  • Attacking all nearby enemies for Physical damage every 0.5 sec.
  • Duration: 1.5 seconds

Spinning Crane Kick, commonly abbreviated "SCK", is a monk ability. While channelled it deals physical damage every 0.5 seconds for 1.5 seconds (without any haste). This is the main area of effect attack for monk, meaning that this is the main ability that is used when facing against multiple enemies.

Note[]

  • This ability is used in all three monk specs. For Brewmaster it generates AOE aggro and retrieves Healing Spheres (created by eg Ability druid giftoftheearthmother [Gift of the Ox]); for Mistweaver it converts to healing via Spell animaardenweald buff [Awakened Faeline]; for Windwalker it is a Chi spender and source of AOE damage, especially with the Ability monk cranekick new [Dance of Chi-Ji] proc.
  • 8yds is larger than melee range, allowing the monk to hit targets that they cannot attack with other abilities.
  • In Windwalker specialization a small number will be displayed on the button indicating how many targets are currently affected by Ability monk cranekick new [Mark of the Crane].

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-07-24): Damage reduced by 20%.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-05-02): Fixed an issue causing Spinning Crane Kick to deal more damage than intended.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-02-06): Brewmaster damage increased by 15%.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.5 (2023-01-24): Damage increased by 20%.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2023-01-09): Mistweaver damage increased by 5%.
  • Dragonflight Hotfix (2022-11-21): Mistweaver damage increased by 5%.
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Rank 2 converted into the Ability monk cranekick new [Mark of the Crane] talent.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.2.5a (2022-08-02): Damage reduced by 5%.
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2022-03-28): Mistweaver damage increased by 30%.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.1.5 (2021-11-02):
    • No longer maximum target capped and now deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets.
    • Rank 2 now increases Spinning Crane Kick's damage by 18% (was 15%) for each unique target struck with Blackout Kick, Tiger Palm and Rising Sun Kick in the last 20 seconds. Stacks up to 5 times (was 6).
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2021-07-13): Fixed an interaction between Spell nature giftofthewild [Storm, Earth, and Fire] and Spinning Crane Kick that dealt more damage than intended.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Damage increased by 20%.
  • Shadowlands Hotfix (2021-03-22): Resolved an issue with Spinning Crane Kick that prevented the ability from gaining benefit from Trade alchemy potionb3 [Mastery: Combo Strikes].
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.5 (2021-03-09):
    • Fixed an issue that caused Ability monk tigerpalm [Tiger Palm] to grant an additional stack of Mark of the Crane when Storm, Earth and Fire is active.
    • Fixed an issue that allowed Mark of the Crane to be maintained permanently at maximum stacks while fighting a single target.
    • Fixed an issue that could cause Spinning Crane Kick's damage to not be properly increased by Mark of the Crane if targets die with the Monk's mark active.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13):
    • All Monks can now use Spinning Crane Kick at level 7 (was level 40 for Mistweaver and Windwalker only). Now capped at 6 targets.
    • Brewmaster: Spinning Crane Kick has an additional effect – Dealing damage with Spinning Crane Kick grants Shuffle for 1 second, and causes your Gift of the Ox healing spheres to travel towards your location.
    • Windwaker: damage is increased by up to 6 Mark of the Crane debuffs inflicted upon targets (was 5).
    • Mark of the Crane moved to Rank 2, learned at level 33 for Windwalker.
  • Battle for Azeroth Hotfix (2020-02-20): Resolved an issue that prevented Spinning Crane Kick from tracking the correct number of targets with your Mark of the Crane active.
  • Battle for Azeroth Patch 8.1.5 (2019-03-12): Fixed several issues with Storm, Earth, and Fire clones not correctly applying the Mark of the Crane debuff.
  • Legion Hotfix (2017-12-01): Reapplying Mark of the Crane to a target will now properly increase Spinning Crane Kick's damage.
  • Legion Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13):
    • Damage increased by 14%.
    • Spinning Crane Kick's Mark of the Crane's damage bonus per target reduced to 40% (was 50%) per target.
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-09-23): Spinning Crane Kick (Mistweaver) damage reduced by 25%.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Redesigned. Now available at level 40 (was 46) but no longer to Brewmaster monks. Spin while kicking in the air, dealing (300% of attack power) damage over 1.5 sec to enemies within 8 yds. Windwalker: Spinning Crane Kick's damage is increased by 50% for each unique target you've struck in the last 15 sec with Tiger Palm, Blackout Kick, or Rising Sun Kick.
    Previous: You spin while kicking in the air, dealing damage to all nearby enemies every 0.75 sec, within 8 yards. Movement speed is reduced by 30%. Generates 1 Chi, if it hits at least 3 targets. Lasts 2.2 sec. During Spinning Crane Kick, you can continue to dodge and parry.
  • Warlords of Draenor Hotfix (2014-10-17): Damage has been increased by 20%.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now always generates 1 Chi, and no longer reduces movement speed.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now functions like a smart heal, healing the 6 most injured friendly targets within range, and minor guardians are no longer targeted (Wild Imps, Bloodworms, Snakes from Snake Traps, etc.). There has been no change to the total amount of healing granted by the ability.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2012-11-29): Mana cost increased by 30%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2012-10-08): The healing generated by Spinning Crane Kick has been reduced by 30%.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.

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