Mindbender

Mindbender
	Mindbender; Row 10 Discipline priest talent; Row 8 Shadow priest talent; Replaces [Shadowfiend]; 40 yd range; 1 min cooldown; Instant; Summons a Mindbender to attack the target for 12/15 sec.; ; Generates 0.2% Mana each time the Mindbender attacks.; Generates 2 Insanity each time the Mindbender attacks.;
Properties
Class	Priest
School	Shadow
Cooldown	1 minute
Talents
Talent required	Discipline:; [Inescapable Torment] or [Abyssal Reverie]; ; Shadow:; [Whispering Shadows] or [Maddening Touch]
Improvements	[Shadow Covenant]

Mindbender is a Discipline and Shadow priest talent that replaces [Shadowfiend].

Notes

Most information and tactics that apply to the Mindbender also apply to the Shadowfiend - see [Shadowfiend] for more.
Has a base attack speed of 1.5 seconds, by default dealing 8/10 attacks per summon. However, the Mindbender benefits from your haste, granting extra hits and thereby increasing damage and mana generation. The Mindbender's haste appears to match the current haste of the priest, checked at frequent intervals. This means that the Mindbender will benefit from haste effects gained by the priest part-way through its duration.

Patch changes

Patch 10.2.0 (2023-11-07):
- Mindbender and [Void Summoner] have swapped locations in the Discipline talent tree (was row 8).
- Fixed an issue causing Mindbender to sometimes return to your side immediately upon being summoned.
Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Now generates 2 Insanity per attack (was 3).
Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 8 talent for Discipline and Shadow (was a level 30 talent for Discipline and level 45 for Shadow).
Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now available at level 30 for Discipline and level 45 for Shadow (was 45 and 90).
Patch 8.1.0 (2018-12-11): Damage of Mindbender reduced 8%.
Hotfix (2018-08-07): Damage reduced by 8%.
Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Mindbender has been moved to the level 45 talent row (was level 60) for Discipline. For Shadow, Mindbender now generates 6 Insanity per swing (was 8).
Patch 7.2.5 (2017-06-13): Mindbender now generates 8 Insanity per swing (was 4). Shadow only.
Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now returns 0.5% of your mana per tick (was 0.75%). Discipline only.
Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): No longer available to Holy priests. Duration reduced to 12 seconds for Discipline, and 15 seconds for Shadow (down from 20 seconds). No longer generates mana for Shadow priests. Now available at level 60 for Discipline and 90 for Shadow (was 45 for all priests).
Patch 6.1.0 (2015-02-24): Duration increased to 20 seconds (up from 15 seconds).
Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): Now restores 0.75% mana per hit (down from 1.75% mana).
Patch 5.4.0 (2013-09-10): Now deals 10% more damage, and mana return has been increased by 20%.
Patch 5.1.0 (2012-11-27): Tooltip corrected, from 1.3% mana to 1.46% mana per hit.
Hotfix (2012-09-18): Mindbender damage has been increased by 20%. It now does 80% as much damage per hit as [Shadowfiend] (up from 66.7%).
Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Added.