Mind Flay, a Shadow Priest talent in WoW Forever
Mind Flay is an active talent in row 3 of the Shadow tree. It needs 10 points in Shadow, so the earliest you can take it is level 20 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 1 rank. It has changed since Classic Era.
Mind Flay
1 rank
- 45 Mana
- 20 yd range
- Channeled
- Requires 10 points in Shadow
Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 63 Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%.
Every rank of Mind Flay
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 63 Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%. |
Where it sits in the Shadow tree
- Needs
- No prerequisite talent
- Unlocks
- That talent needs Mind Flay at 1/1.
- Same row
- Row above (row 2)
- Row below (row 4)
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Mind Flay.
Compared with Classic Era
What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text.
Rank 1 text
Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 75 Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%.
Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 63 Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%.
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All Shadow talents
- Shadow Focus
- Blackout
- Spirit Tap
- Shadow Affinity
- Improved Shadow Word: Pain
- Shadow Reach
- Improved Mind Blast
- Improved Psychic Scream
- Mind Flay
- Improved Mind Flay
- Improved Fade
- Vampiric Embrace
- Shadow Weaving
- Silence
- Devouring Contagion
- Early Demise
- Darkness
- Shadowform
The other Priest trees: Discipline and Holy. Everything that changed for the Priest since Classic is on the changes page.
Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.