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
• Critable: Yes
• 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

Rank	Level	Type	Mana Cost	Description	Cost
1	10	Shadow	50	Blasts the target for 42 to 46 Shadow damage.	3 File:Silver.gif
2	16	Shadow	80	Blasts the target for 76 to 83 Shadow damage.	16 File:Silver.gif
3	22	Shadow	110	Blasts the target for 117 to 126 Shadow damage.	40 File:Silver.gif
4	28	Shadow	150	Blasts the target for 174 to 184 Shadow damage.	80 File:Silver.gif
5	34	Shadow	185	Blasts the target for 225 to 239 Shadow damage.	1 File:Gold.gif 8 File:Silver.gif
6	40	Shadow	225	Blasts the target for 288 to 307 Shadow damage.	1 File:Gold.gif 62 File:Silver.gif
7	46	Shadow	265	Blasts the target for 356 to 377 Shadow damage.	2 File:Gold.gif 34 File:Silver.gif
8	52	Shadow	310	Blasts the target for 437 to 461 Shadow damage.	3 File:Gold.gif 42 File:Silver.gif
9	58	Shadow	350	Blasts the target for 516 to 544 Shadow damage.	4 File:Gold.gif 40 File:Silver.gif
10	63	Shadow	380	Blasts the target for 571 to 602 Shadow damage.	6 File:Gold.gif 50 File:Silver.gif
11	69	Shadow	450	Blasts the target for 711 to 752 Shadow damage.	6 File:Gold.gif 50 File:Silver.gif

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 from 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)

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

Damage_done = (752 + (1.5/3.5) * 760 * 1.0) * ( 1 + 0.10 ) = 1185

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