Is there some timing associated with Night Elves jump-flipping? Or is it just random?

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About a 1/5 chance for them to do a flip. Completely random. Blood elves spin are about half the chance.

It's just random. I've seen speculation of somewhere between a 10 and 20% chance.

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A night elf flip is indeed at random, some people have found ways to actually flip every single time, but it's not a guarantee that you will actually flip everytime unless you get it spot on. You can flip every time if you watch your feet. Once your right foot touches the ground and hasn't gone off yet, jump, and you should have succeeded if you did it right. Another way is, if you are going down a hill, and at the point at which the hill starts to lower how steep it is, jump. These are the ways I have discovered.

I have been fiddling. If you time it with the right foot you have a higher chance, I managed four in a row when trying this. Then after another three, and it works best when the right foot is either just hitting the ground or leaving the ground. I think its to do with the animation. People generally flip from their preferred foot.