Mind Flay

Priest · Shadow Magic · opens at 10 points spent · 1 rank

Mind Flay works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.

45 Mana · 20 yd range · Channeled

Mind Flay ranks in Forever

Rank 1 Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 104 Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%.

What Mind Flay does in Classic Era

Forever changed this talent. The Classic Era wording is kept here rank for rank so the two can be read side by side.

Rank 1 Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 75 Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%.

Where Mind Flay sits in the Shadow Magic tree

Mind Flay is a Shadow Magic talent for Priest. You need 10 points in Shadow Magic before the row it sits on opens. Taking it opens Improved Mind Flay.

Unlocks: Improved Mind Flay
Same row: Improved Mind Blast, Improved Psychic Scream, Improved Mind Flay

How often people take Mind Flay

69 of the 180 public Priest builds saved here — 38% — put at least one point in Mind Flay. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.

Where this came from

Changed in Forever.

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