Mind Blast

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"Feel the pain in your mind and get the true taste of Shadow Priests!" —Xianthos^{TCGHoA 80}

“Shadow priests, mon . . . dey can melt faces.” — Ta’zo^{TCGHoA 80}

Mind Blast is Shadow-based direct damage spell. It has a quick cast-time considering its high damage and mana costs, at the expense of having a relative long cooldown.

Contents 1 Rank table 2 Notes 3 Related talents 4 Past changes

Rank table

Rank	Level	Mana Cost (% of base mana)	Shadow Damage	Cost
1	10	19%	42 to 46	3
2	16	19%	76 to 83	16
3	22	19%	117 to 126	40
4	28	19%	174 to 184	80
5	34	19%	225 to 239	1 8
6	40	19%	288 to 307	1 62
7	46	19%	356 to 377	2 34
8	52	19%	437 to 461	3 42
9	58	19%	516 to 544	4 40
10	63	19%	571 to 602	6 50
11	69	17%	720 to 761	6 50
12	74	17%	853 to 899	18 00
13	79	17%	997 to 1053	18 00

Notes

The formula for Mind Blast is calculated based on the damage given in the table above. The value given on the tooltip includes up to 10% bonus damage from the Darkness talent, which is a bit wrong since talent effects is supposed to be included after bonus damage for damage spells. To convert between the tooltip-listed base damage and 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 lvl 70 priest with 760 shadowdamage and full ranks in Darkness would end up with (max damage)

Damage_done = (752 + (1.5/3.5) * 760 * 1.0) * ( 1 + 0.10 ) = 1185

Related talents

• Focused Mind, reduces the mana cost of Mind Blast by 5/10/15%.
• Improved Mind Blast, reduces the cooldown of Mind Blast by 0.5 up to 2.5 seconds.
• Shadow Power, increases the critical strike chance of Mind Blast by 3 up to 15%.
• Blackout, gives your Shadow damage spells a 2/4/6/8/10% chance to stun the target for 3 seconds.
• Darkness, increases your Shadow spell damage by 2 up to 10%.
• Force of Will, increases your spell damage by 1/2/3/4/5% and the critical strike chance of your offensive spells by 1/2/3/4/5%.
• Shadow Affinity, reduces the threat generated by your Shadow spells by 8/16/25%.
• Shadow Focus, reduces your target's chance to resist your Shadow spells by 2 up to 10%.
• Shadowform, increases Shadow damage dealt by 15% and reduces physical damage taken by 15%.
• Shadow Reach, increases the range of your offensive Shadow spells by 10/20%.
• Shadow Weaving, debuffs the target, increasing all shadow damage by 2% per application.

Past changes

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

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