Arcane Brilliance

Arcane Brilliance
Arcane Brilliance (3 ranks) Mage ability 40 s. yd range 81% of base mana Instant Reagents: [Arcane Powder]x1 Infuses the target's party with brilliance, increasing their Intellect by X for 60 min.
Properties
Class	Mage
School	Arcane
Cooldown	None
Improvements	None
Related buff
Magic Arcane Brilliance Increases Intellect by 40. Duration: 1 hour

[[Category:mage abilities]][[Category:mage abilities]]

Arcane Brilliance is a very long-lasting intellect buff that affects an entire party at once. The spell takes one reagent, [Arcane Powder], and costs quite a bit of mana to cast. The buff lasts 60 minutes, which is twice as long as the single-target equivalent [Arcane Intellect].

Rank table

Rank	Mana Cost	Intellect	Level	Cost
1	97% of base mana	31	56	3 80[1]
2	81% of base mana	40	70	10[2]
3	81% of base mana	60	80	15

• 1. Arcane Brilliance (Rank 1) is trained by Mage trainers. There is also the [Tome of Arcane Brilliance], a drop from level 60 dungeons, but it is no longer needed for training.
• 2. Arcane Brilliance (Rank 2) is trained by Mage trainers. There is also the [Tome of Arcane Brilliance 2], a drop from level 70 dungeons, but it is no longer needed for training.

Notes

The intellect buff granted is equivalent to the final ranks of [Arcane Intellect] with the only difference being duration and group-wide effect. Rank 1 grants the same intellect as Arcane Intellect (Rank 5) and Rank 2 grants the same buff as Arcane Intellect (Rank 6).

Party buffs follow these rules when cast:

1. The spell target must be friendly, in line of sight, and in range of the caster.
2. If the target is flagged PvP, the caster becomes flagged.
3. The target gains the buff.
4. Group buff splash - With some exceptions^†, all characters in the target's party, including pets, that are within 100 yards of him also gain the buff. This effect is not limited by line of sight. As a result, the caster can buff people at triple the spell range.

† Characters will be excluded from the group buff splash if they are lower than the spell's trained level, or are flagged PvP when the caster is not.

Exclusion by PvP status disrupts raid preparation; typically, the raid will wait for flags to expire, or order the buffing classes to become flagged themselves.

There is a minimum level for players to receive this buff. Rank 1 will only affect party members level 51 or above.

The reagent [Arcane Powder] stacks to 20 and can be purchased at any reagent vendor for 10 each.

The Mana cost is percentage based on your base mana. As such, it will increase each level.

Tips and Tactics

These spells are rather expensive in mana. The one hour duration, combined with the fact that you don't have to carefully stagger castings of [Arcane Intellect], make them very worthwhile nevertheless.

Intellect buffs are only useful to players that use mana (all but warriors, rogues, and death knights). If a group has two or fewer mana users, consider using the single target [Arcane Intellect] to save mana and reagents by buffing only those that need it. However, the shorter buff will have to be refreshed more often.

Past Changes

Template:Patch 1.4 Template:Patch 1.10 Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): The range on Rank 2 was increased to match the range on Rank 1
Patch 2.1.0 (2007-05-22): Arcane Brilliance Rank 1 was added to mage trainers, making it no longer necessary to hunt down a Tome post-expansion.
Patch 2.3.0 (2007-11-13): Mana cost of both ranks of Arcane Brilliance reduced.
Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Arcane Brilliance Rank 2 was added to mage trainers, making the Tome obsolete. Rank 3 is also trainable, though you need World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King to reach the required level.