"Feel the pain in your mind and get the true taste of Shadow Priests!" —Xianthos^[1]

“Shadow priests, mon . . . dey can melt faces.” — Ta’zo^[2]

Mind Blast is Shadow-based direct-damage spell. It has a short cast time considering its high damage and mana cost, but a relatively long cooldown.

Contents 1 Table 2 Notes 3 Related talents 4 Past changes 5 References

TableEdit

Mind Blast is available at level 9 for 5 24 .

Level	Mana Cost	Shadow Damage	Cast Time
1	-	-	-
2	-	-	-
3	-	-	-
4	-	-	-
5	-	-	-
6	-	-	-
7	-	-	-
8	-	-	-
9	9 %	47	1.5 sec.
10	8 %	47	1.5 sec.

NotesEdit

The formula for Mind Blast is based on the damage in the table above. The value given in the tooltip includes up to 10% bonus damage from the Darkness talent, which is a bit wrong since talent effects are supposed to be included after bonus damage for damage spells. To convert the tooltip-listed base damage to the real base damage use the following formula.

Real_base_damage = Listed_base_damage / (1 + Darkness_bonus)

The formula for calculating the damage from this spell is as follows:

Damage_done = (Real_base_damage + (1.5/3.5) * Spelldamage * Downrank_factor) * (1 + Darkness_Bonus)

A level-80 priest with 1.500 Shadow damage and full ranks in Darkness would end up with (maximum non-critical damage)

Damage_done = (1048 + 1500*(1.5/3.5) * 1.0) * ( 1 + 0.10 ) = 1860 Shadow damage

Related talentsEdit

• [Darkness]
• [Shadow Affinity]
• [Shadow Focus]
• [Improved Mind Blast]
• [Shadow Reach]
• [Shadow Weaving]
• [Focused Mind]
• [Mind Melt]
• [Shadowform]
• [Shadow Power]
• [Misery]
• [Twisted Faith]
• [Inner Focus]
• [Focused Power]
• [Enlightenment]
• [Power Infusion]

Past changesEdit

• Prior to Patch 2.0, it caused 100% extra threat, reducing its PvE viability.

ReferencesEdit

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