Mindbender

In the Shadow Priest talent tree, Mindbender sits in the Shadow specialization talents, row 8 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 20 points are spent in Shadow Talents.

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The tree draws a line into Mindbender from Subservient Shadows and Mastermind.

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  Subservient Shadows

  Summoned minions last 20% longer and deal an additional 15% damage.

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  Mastermind2 ranks

  Increases the critical strike chance of Mind Blast, Mind Flay, and Shadow Word: Death by 4% and increases their critical strike damage by 20%.

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Mindbender leads on to Inescapable Torment and Madness Weaving.

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  Inescapable Torment
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  Madness Weaving2 ranks

  The damage bonus from your Mastery: Shadow Weaving gains 50% additional benefit from Shadow Word: Madness.

Same row

Also on this row: Deathspeaker or Death and Madness, Mind Devourer, Auspicious Spirits and Maddening Tentacles.

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  Deathspeaker

  Shadow Word: Death damage increased by 25%. Shadow Word: Death gains its damage and talent bonuses against targets below 35% health instead of 20%.

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  Death and Madness

  If a target dies within 7 sec after being struck by Shadow Word: Death, generate 8 Insanity. When Shadow Word: Death fails to kill a target below 20% health, its cooldown is reset. Cannot occur more than once every 10 sec.

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  Mind Devourer

  Mind Blast has a 8% chance to make your next Shadow Word: Madness cost no Insanity and deal 20% additional damage.

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  Auspicious Spirits

  Your Shadowy Apparitions deal 15% increased damage and have a chance to generate 1 Insanity.

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  Maddening Tentacles

  Tentacle Slam afflicts your target with Shadow Word: Madness at 25% effectiveness.