Empowered Surges
Increases the damage done by Mind Flay: Insanity by 30%.
Tree position
In the Holy Priest talent tree, Empowered Surges sits in the Archon hero talent tree, row 3 of 5. It is a single-point node.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Empowered Surges from Manifested Power.
Manifested PowerCreating a Halo upgrades your next Mind Flay to Mind Flay: Insanity. Assaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (623.7% of Spell Power) Shadow damage over 1.5 sec and slowing their movement speed by 70%. Generates 8 Insanity over the duration.
Connected below
Empowered Surges leads on to Energy Cycle.
Same row
Also on this row: Shock Pulse or Incessant Screams, Energy Conservation and Word of Supremacy or Heightened Alteration.

Incessant ScreamsPsychic Scream creates an image of you at your location. After 4 sec, the image will let out a Psychic Scream.
Energy ConservationPower Surge lasts an additional 5 sec.
Word of SupremacyPower Word: Fortitude grants you an additional 5% stamina.
Heightened AlterationIncreases the duration of Spirit of Redemption by 5 sec.
Talent trees
Empowered Surges is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Priest: Discipline (Healer), Holy (Healer), Shadow (DPS).
Empowered Surges Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)