Mind Blast

Overview

"Shadow priests, mon…dey can melt faces."

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 cooldown.

Functionality

Use

• Casting Time: 1.5 sec
• Tree, School: Shadow Magic, Shadow
• Type: Single Target, Direct Damage
• Range: 30 yds (upgradable to 36 yds)
• Cooldown: 8 sec (upgradable to 5.5 sec)

Talents

• Focused Mind, Improved Mind Blast,  [Shadow Power]
• Blackout, Darkness, Force of Will, Shadow Affinity, Shadow Focus, Shadowform, Shadow Reach, Shadow Weaving, Silent Resolve

Notes

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

Rank Table

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Damage Done

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 fraom 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 + Misery_bonus)

A lvl 70 priest with 760 shadowdamage and full ranks in Darkness and Misery would end up with (max damage)

Damage_done = (752 + (1.5/3.5) * 760 * 1.0) * ( 1 + 0.10 + 0.05 ) = 1240

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