[Detective100]

The catch with whims of wind is that it can potentially be dodged by just moving out of the way.

However, the ability to dodge or not depends on:
a) Whether the opponent is able to react on time while focusing on other parts in the battle
b) Whether the opponent is suffering through CC before the spell is cast, like slow/root/stun.

So, it is potentially possible to use a CC first before you follow it up with whims of wind for quite the high damage potential on a short cc. Short enough to always combo it up with a homing or even autohit CC like flurry of overheat for example.