Rising Sun Kick

Rising Sun Kick
	Rising Sun Kick; Row 1 monk talent; Melee range; none; 1.5% of base mana; 2 Chi; 10 sec cooldown; Instant; Kick upwards, dealing (143.8% of Attack power) Physical damage; Rank 2: Reduces the effectiveness of healing on the target for 10 sec.;
Properties
Class	Monk
School	Physical
Cooldown	10 seconds
Rank levels	14 (rank 2)
Improvements	[Fast Feet], [Glory of the Dawn], [Rapid Diffusion], [Rising Mist], [Rising Star], [Spirit of the Ox], [Transfer the Power], [Uplifted Spirits], [Xuen's Battlegear]
Related debuff
	; Mortal Wounds ; Healing effects received reduced by 25%. ; Duration: 10 seconds ;

Rising Sun Kick is a monk class talent. It is automatically learned for free by Mistweaver and Windwalker monks, but Brewmasters can spend 1 point to unlock it.

Tips and tricks

In all specs, this is a strong damage ability. It has variable cost depending on the spec. Its damage can be improved with the general class tree talent [Fast Feet].

For Mistweavers in Dragonflight, this ability interacts with a number of talents. The talents [Rapid Diffusion] and [Rising Mist] allow Rising Sun Kick to extend or spread the Heal over Time spell [Renewing Mist]. Rising Sun Kick is also able to trigger [Ancient Teachings] and [Invoke Chi-Ji, the Red Crane] to provide healing. Finally, for more casts of the ability, Rising Sun Kick can be refreshed via [Blackout Kick] (with the talents [Teachings of the Monastery] and [Ancient Concordance]), or have its cooldown shortened by [Thunder Focus Tea].

This ability interacts with Brewmaster's [Spirit of the Ox] to generate self healing. However, that is its only defensive benefit; it does not interact with [Shuffle] nor [Mastery: Elusive Brawler], unlike their [Blackout Kick], which interacts with both. As usual, its damage still provides aggro against the Brewmaster.

Windwalker gets the same [Teachings of the Monastery] reset mechanic as Mistweaver. Windwalker-only additionally renders the target with reduced healing thanks to the Rank 2 upgrade, which can be useful in PvP and for some raidbosses. A synergy effect called Shadowflame Nova was also part of the spec's Abberus tierset bonus.

Patch changes

Hotfix (2023-12-19): Damage increased by 8%. Does not apply to PvP.
Hotfix (2023-11-21): Damage decreased by 36% (was 20%) in PvP combat.
Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07):
- Now granted by default for Mistweaver.
- Damage increased by 20% for Mistweaver. Does not apply in PvP combat.
- Damage increased by 10% for Windwalker.
Hotfix (2023-07-31): Damage reduced by 9% in PvP combat.
Hotfix (2023-07-24): Damage increased by 10%.
Patch 10.1.5 (2023-07-11): Damage increased by 20%.
Hotfix (2023-06-05): Damage increased by 10%.
Hotfix (2023-05-08): Damage reduced by 20% for Mistweaver Monks in PvP Combat.
Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02):
- Damage increased by 15%.
- Damage increased by 8% in PvP combat.
Hotfix (2023-04-10): No longer deals increased damage in PvP (was 12.5%).
Hotfix (2023-01-09):
- Damage increased by 8%.
- Now deals 12.5% additional damage in PvP (was 25%).
Hotfix (2022-11-21): Mistweaver damage increased by 25%.
Hotfix (2022-11-01): Windwalker damage reduced by 20%.
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 1 class talent (was a level 10 Mistweaver/Windwalker ability).
Patch 9.2.5a (2022-08-02): Now deals an additional 25% damage in PvP combat.
Hotfix (2022-04-04): Damage increased by 10%. This change does not apply to PvP combat.
Patch 9.2.5 (2022-05-31): Rising Sun Kick damage increased by 20%. This change does not apply to PvP.
Patch 9.1.0 (2021-06-29): Damage increased by 10%.
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 10 (was 18). Rank 2 now learned at level 14 (was 36).
Patch 8.3.0 (2020-01-14): Windwalker damage increased by 25%.
Patch 7.3.5 (2018-01-16):
- Rank 1 damage reduced by 41%.
- Rank 2 is now learned at level 36, and increases damage by 70%.
Hotfix (2017-06-13): Damage increased by 8%.
Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13):
- Damage increased by 14%.
- Rising Sun Kick mana cost reduced by 25%.
Patch 7.2.0 (2017-03-28): Windwalker now deal 8% more damage with Rising Sun Kick.
Patch 7.1.5 (2017-01-10): Mana cost is now 2% of base mana (was 2.25%).
Hotfix (2016-08-04): The cooldown for Rising Sun Kick is now halved when it is cast before using [Serenity].
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19):
- Now available at level 18 (was 56). Rank 2 added at level 20 for Windwalker: Reduces the effectiveness of healing on the target for 10 seconds.
- No longer causes all enemies within 8 yards to take 20% increased damage from your abilities.
Hotfix (2015-11-20): Now deals 20% more damage while in PvP combat.
Patch 6.2.2 (2015-09-01): Now deals 10% more damage.
Patch 6.2.0 (2015-06-23): Now deals 5% less damage.
Patch 6.1.0 (2015-02-24): Now causes enemies to take 20% increased damage from the Monk's abilities (up from 10%).
Hotfix (2014-10-17): Damage has been increased by 20%.
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14):
- Now available to Mistweaver monks. However, it does not cause Mortal Wounds for Mistweavers.
- [Stance of the Fierce Tiger] now causes Rising Sun Kick to cause [Mortal Wounds], instead of it causing Mortal Wounds naturally.
Patch 5.3.0 (2013-05-21): Now causes all targets within 8 yards to take an increased 20% damage from the Monk's abilities, up from 10%.
Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Now causes the Monk's abilities to inflict an additional 10% damage (was 15%) on the target.
Hotfix (2012-10-08): Now always properly applies the Mortal Wounds effect to targets it damages.
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.