Mind Flay
Mind Flay 40 yd range 1.0% of base mana Channeled Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing X Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%.
Usable by
Class	Priest
Properties
Type	Offensive
School	Shadow
Cooldown	(GCD 1.5 sec)
Talents
Specialization	Shadow
Level required	10
Related debuff
Mind Flay Movement speed slowed and taking X Shadow damage every 1 sec. Duration: 3 seconds

• Mind Flay
• 40 yd range
• 1.0% of base mana
• Channeled
• Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing X Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%.

Mind Flay is a priest ability learned at level 10 for those with the Shadow specialization. It is the spell with the best damage/mana ratio for the priest, and it has the additional bonus to slow runners by 50%

Modified by

• [Power Infusion] (talent)
• [Solace and Insanity] (talent)
• [Shadowform] ( shadow spec ability)

2020

• Glyph of Mind Flay
• Item Level 25Disenchants into:
  Not disenchantable
• Major Glyph
• Classes: Priest (Shadow)
• Requires Level 25
• Use: Permanently teaches you this glyph.
  Your Mind Flay spell no longer slows your victim's movement speed. Instead, each time Mind Flay deals damage you will be granted 15% increased movement speed for 5 sec, stacking up to 3 times.
• Sell Price: 1

Notes

• Its debuff has no classification, hence it cannot be dispelled.
• When attacking a druid with Mind Flay, shapeshifting cancels it.
• Similarly, if the target uses a PvP trinket, it removes Mind Flay, due to the snare.
• Mind Flay does additional threat. This is most likely due to its snare.
• This spell is popularly referred to as the "face melter" due to the ray that usually targets the opponent's face.

Patch changes

• Patch 4.2.0 (28-Jun-2011): When interrupted while casting a single-school spell such as Mind Flay or Frostbolt, players will now be able to cast dual-school spells such as Mind Spike (Frost and Shadow schools) or Frostfire Bolt (Frost and Fire schools). However, being interrupted while casting a dual-school spell will still interrupt all respective schools as intended.; Mind Flay damage done has been increased by 12%. 
  
• Patch 4.1.0 (26-Apr-2011): Mind Flay should no longer lose a tick of damage when the last tick is clipped by another Mind Flay cast. 
  
• Patch 3.3.0 (08-Dec-2009): Mind Flay: The range of this ability has been increased to 30 yards, up from 20.; Mind Flay: The rank 1 tooltip has been corrected to indicate the accurate damage and snare effect. In addition, this ability will now work correctly with [target=focus] and [target=mouseover] macros. 
  
• Patch 3.0.8 (2009-01-20): Fixed a bug with targeting where you would not deal damage if not facing the target while channeling. Also corrected an issue where the damage from this ability was slightly delayed. 
  
• / Patch 3.0.2 (14-Oct-2008): Can now periodically critically hit. The spell coefficient has been increased approximately 30%. 
  
• Patch 1.6.0 (12-Jul-2005): Will now cause damage to targets immune to movement slowing effects. 
  
• Patch 1.4.0 (2005-05-05): Should now be affected by the Focused Casting talent. 
  

External links

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• Thottbot
• WoWDB

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