Arcane Brilliance

Arcane Brilliance
Arcane Brilliance (2 ranks) Mage ability 40 s. yd range 1800 Mana at max rank Instant Infuses the target's party with brilliance, increasing their Intellect by X for 60 min.
Properties
Class	Mage
School	Arcane
Cooldown	None
Other information
Requirements	Reagent [Arcane Powder]x1
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	Mana Cost	Intellect	Level	Cost
1	1500	31	56	Tome[1]
2	1800	40	70	Tome[2]

• 1. Arcane Brilliance (Rank 1) is trained from [Tome of Arcane Brilliance], a drop from level 60 dungeons.
• 2. Arcane Brilliance (Rank 2) is trained from [Tome of Arcane Brilliance 2], a drop from level 70 dungeons.

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.

Tips and Tactics

The mana cost is not a typo, this spell is rather expensive, mana-wise. The one hour duration, combined with the fact that you don't have to carefully stagger castings of [Arcane Intellect], makes this spell very worthwhile.

Intellect buffs are only useful to players that use mana (all but warriors and rogues). 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.

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