Mind Flay

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Mind Flay is a channeled spell that can be acquired from the Shadow talent tree. It is the spell with the best damage/mana ratio for the priest, and it has the additional bonus to stop runners (the target is slowed by 50%).

Contents 1 Rank table 2 Talent improvements 3 Notes 4 Patch changes 5 External links

Rank table

Rank	Level	Mana Cost	Shadow Damage (over 3 sec)	Cost
1	20	10% of base mana	45	Talent
2	28	10% of base mana	108	4
3	36	10% of base mana	159	7
4	44	10% of base mana	222	12
5	52	10% of base mana	282	19
6	60	10% of base mana	363	23
7	68	9% of base mana	450	65
8	74	9% of base mana	492	90
9	80	9% of base mana	588	90

Talent improvements

Darkness, Martyrdom, Shadow Affinity, Shadow Focus, Shadow Reach, Shadow Weaving, Shadowform, Vampiric Embrace, Focused Mind, Mind Melt, Shadow Power, Misery, Pain and Suffering, Twisted Faith, Focused Power

Notes

• Mind Flay used to receive a largely reduced amount of spell damage (59% of total +spell damage, divided over 3 sec.). Originally, Blizzard said this was due to its snare. Later they revised their statement, claiming that it would be too powerful.
• Its debuff has no classification, hence it cannot be dispelled.
• When attacking a Druid with Mind Flay, shapeshifting cancels it.
• Mind Flay does additional threat. This is most likely due to its snare.
• The graphic for Mind Flay is where the term Melting Faces originated, as it resembles a melting face.

Patch changes

• Patch 3.3.0 (PTR): The range of this ability has been increased to 30 yards, up from 20.
  
• 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 (2008-10-14): Can now periodically critically hit. The spell coefficient has been increased approximately 30%.
  

External links

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