Idol of C'Thun
Mind Flay has a chance to spawn a Void Tendril that channels Mind Flay or Void Lasher that channels Mind Sear at your target. Assaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing (321.8% of Spell Power) Shadow damage over 10 sec and slowing their movement speed by 30%. Generates 5 Insanity over the duration. Corrosive shadow energy radiates from the target, dealing Shadow damage over 10 sec to all enemies of the target. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets. Generates 5 Insanity over the duration.
Tree position
In the Shadow Priest talent tree, Idol of C'Thun sits in the Shadow specialization talents, row 10 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 20 points are spent in Shadow Talents.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Idol of C'Thun from Insidious Ire and Crushing Void.
Insidious Ire2 ranksWhile you have Shadow Word: Pain, Shadow Word: Madness, and Vampiric Touch active on the same target, your Mind Blast, Void Torrent, Mind Flay, and Void Volley deal 20% more damage.
Crushing VoidTentacle Slam deals 50% increased damage and Void Volley deals 15% increased damage. When Voidform ends, you can cast Void Volley 1 additional times within 30 sec.
Same row
Also on this row: Idol of Y'Shaarj, Idol of N'Zoth and Idol of Yogg-Saron.
Idol of Y'ShaarjWhile Shadowfiend, Mindbender, or Voidwraith are active, your haste is increased by 10%.
Idol of N'ZothYou create Horrific Visions when casting harmful spells on enemies. At 50 stacks of Horrific Visions, your target sees a nightmare, dealing (182% of Spell Power) Shadow damage and granting you 2.03333 Insanity over 3 sec. At 100 stacks, your target witnesses a vision of N'Zoth, dealing (689% of Spell Power) Shadow damage and granting you 6.1 Insanity over 3 sec.
Idol of Yogg-SaronAfter conjuring Shadowy Apparitions, gain a stack of Idol of Yogg-Saron. At 20 stacks, you summon a Thing from Beyond that casts Void Spike at nearby enemies for 20 sec. Hurls a bolt of dark magic, dealing (93.9% of Spell Power) Shadow damage and Shadow damage to all enemies of the target. Damage reduced beyond 5 targets.
Talent trees
Idol of C'Thun is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Priest: Discipline (Healer), Holy (Healer), Shadow (DPS).
Idol of C'Thun Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)