Mindbender

[Mitchello]

Seems pretty sick. Thoughts?

Video for those who do not know what it is:

[Undeadoracle]

Question. Is Shadowfiend shadow only now?

IF yes, then mindbender 100% staple talent for healing priests.

If no, then OMG Shadowfiend + Mindbender + Hymn of Hope = DEAR GOD

DAT MANA

*edit oh it replaces it, make perfect sense...a man can dream *

[Psychomantis]

Mind Bender replaces shadowfiend when you talent it.

[Undeadoracle]

Well anyways I counted 11 hits which 66% of max mana. Pretty damn good.

[Mitchello]

Question. Is Shadowfiend shadow only now?

IF yes, then mindbender 100% staple talent for healing priests.

If no, then OMG Shadowfiend + Mindbender + Hymn of Hope = DEAR GOD

DAT MANA

*edit oh it replaces it, make perfect sense...a man can dream *

Yeah lol. would be pretty imba if you could chuck both out :P endless supply of mana. XD

[Deleted]

Mind Bender replaces shadowfiend when you talent it.

What bonuses does Mind Bender have over a Shadowfiend?

[Mitchello]

What bonuses does Mind Bender have over a Shadowfiend?

Double the damage and double the mana generation.

[eErike]

What bonuses does Mind Bender have over a Shadowfiend?

The damage is roughly the dubble and the mana gained is twice as high (33% to 66%)

[Deleted]

So no +x% talents any more? *sigh*
Nice animation but pretty boring effect imo. Replaces shadowfiend with, wait for it, the same thing! I'll take archangel.

[Mitchello]

So no +x% talents any more? *sigh*
Nice animation but pretty boring effect imo. Replaces shadowfiend with, wait for it, the same thing! I'll take archangel.

The same thing... but double!

[Deleted]

Ah okay, thanks.

[Serix69]

You can take more mana from Mindbender, and use that mana to heal, or take archangel, and use that to heal for more, with less mana. Choices. Mmmm

[Deleted]

It's still interesting.. kinda. But it would be less lame if you for example just buffed shadowfiend to summon two of them at once.
Model and name are both lame.

[Venteus]

I don't care how much of a DPS increase this ends up being compared to the other choices - this talent is dull, lacks creativity, and I find it insulting that they think this is appropriate.

[Isheria]

It may lack creativity but it's better than archangel and From darkness comes light by a mile if you're a healer especially on the starting tier where spirit numbers aren't gonna be impressive.
As it is now mindbender + hymn of hope gets you from almost no mana to almost full at lvl 87 which beats the crap out of the other 2 alternatives.

[Karfragnor]

I don't see the level 45 talents staying this way for long. As other have said, this will be the talent of choice for healers between the 3. Hehe, I do like the model they used.

[Deleted]

appearance of little octopus is pity, but in terms of pure effectivnes its may be very very good

btw at which lvl we may take talent for ours octopus ?

[Tripleblack]

I think this will be the go to talent for heals, but for shadow I still think its a toss up, I'm leaning towards from darkness comes light myself.

[MoanaLisa]

...for shadow I still think its a toss up, I'm leaning towards from darkness comes light myself.

Same here for now. Presently, it seems to proc a lot. Generally I'm leery of damage on a 4-minute cooldown. I take it when I can get it but given choices, if it works out to be roughly the same, I'll take a proc.

[glutSolidSphere]

FDCL does not seem to proc from SW:P ticks currently, so the proc rate might become a lot higher if/when that gets fixed. As for Mindbender, I'm not sure why Blizzard seems to think giving priests inordinately long cooldown spells constitutes as "fun". Void Shift being bumped to 6 minutes, the 4 minutes on ShadowBenderMindFiend thing. Granted Mind Flay reduces the cooldown on that but given how clunky the rotation is right now I don't find myself flaying very much.