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Spear Hand Strike
Ability monk spearhand
  • Spear Hand Strike
  • Row 5 monk talent
  • Melee range
  • 15 sec cooldown
  • Instant
  • You jab the target in the throat, interrupting their spell cast and preventing any spell in that school from being cast for 3 sec.
Properties
Class Monk
School Physical
Cooldown 15 seconds
Talents
Talent required Ability mount pinktiger [Ferocity of Xuen] or Ability monk paralysis [Improved Paralysis]

Spear Hand Strike is a monk class talent that interrupts casting and prevents spells from that school from being cast for 4 seconds.

Notes[]

  • Not affected by the global cooldown.
  • Spear Hand Strike can be very effective against casters when used properly. See Tips and tactics for information on using interrupts.

Patch changes[]

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Interrupt duration decreased to 3 seconds (was 4 seconds).
  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 5 class talent (was a level 18 Brewmaster/Windwalker ability).
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 18 (was 32).
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer available to Mistweaver monks.
  • Warlords of Draenor Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): No longer Silences the target if they're facing the Monk.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.3.0 (2013-05-21): Now locks a spell school out for 4 seconds, down from 5 seconds.
  • Mists of Pandaria Hotfix (2013-03-07): Now properly causes the target to be locked out of the school of the interrupted spell.
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.2.0 (2013-03-05): Spear Hand Strike, used on a target that's facing the Monk silences them for 2 seconds (was 4 seconds).
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.1.0 (2012-11-27): Now costs 10 energy (was 30).
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.

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