Mind Spike

Mind Spike, a Priest Shadow Magic ability, is unchanged in WoW Forever: its tooltip matches Classic Era, and the client only changed internal columns the tooltip does not show (base level 1 to 0). 6% of base mana, 35 yd range, 1.5 sec cast.

Mind Spike tooltip: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

The same tooltip players see in-game, side by side, with each changed line marked.

Classic Era Sep 29, 2026

Mind Spike

Frost and Shadow school

6% of base mana · 35 yd range · 1.5 sec cast

Requires level 1

Blasts the target for level-scaled Shadowfrost damage, and increases the critical strike chance of your next Mind Blast on the target by 30%, stacking up to 3 times.

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Chance for Mind Blast to critically hit from casting Priest increased by 30%.

Forever Oct 22, 2026

Mind Spike

Frost and Shadow school

6% of base mana · 35 yd range · 1.5 sec cast

Blasts the target for level-scaled Shadowfrost damage, and increases the critical strike chance of your next Mind Blast on the target by 30%, stacking up to 3 times.

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Chance for Mind Blast to critically hit from casting Priest increased by 30%.

Mind Spike changes between Forever builds

Related to Mind Spike

Talents that affect Mind Spike

Other client rows named Mind Spike

The game client ships one more row named Mind Spike (a creature's copy or an internal duplicate, not something a player casts). This page is the player ability; the other keeps its own page.

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