Solar Beam

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For the Pet Battle ability, see [Solar Beam].
Solar Beam
Ability vehicle sonicshockwave.png
  • Solar Beam
  • Row 2 Balance druid talent
  • 40 yd range
  • 16.8% of base mana
  • 1 min cooldown
  • Instant
  • Summons a beam of solar light over an enemy target's location, interrupting the target and silencing all enemies within the beam. Lasts 8 sec.
Properties
Class Druid
School Nature
Cooldown 1 minute
Talents
Talent required [Eclipse]
Other information
Improvements [Light of the Sun]
Related debuff
  • Solar Beam
  • Silenced.
  • Duration: 8 seconds

Solar Beam is a Balance druid talent.

Tips and tactics

  • Applying [Entangling Roots] or [Mass Entanglement] then Solar Beam is pretty useful against enemy spellcasters and healers in PvE or PvP, but be careful not to damage the effected target(s) or it will cancel the snaring effect.

Patch changes

  • Dragonflight-Icon-Inline.png Hotfix (2023-06-26): Now lasts 6 seconds in PvP combat (was 8 seconds).
  • Dragonflight-Icon-Inline.png Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Now a row 2 Balance talent (was a level 26 Balance ability).
  • Shadowlands-Icon-Inline.png Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 26 (was 80).
  • Legion-Logo-Small.png Hotfix (2017-11-28): Solar Beam's persistent silence effect can no longer be avoided by jumping.
  • Legion-Logo-Small.png Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now available at level 80 (was 28).
  • WoD-Logo-Small.png Patch 6.0.2 (2014-10-14): No longer Silences a target again more than once per cast. Additionally, the Silence effect from this spell now shares Diminishing Returns with other Silences.
  • Mists-Logo-Small.png Hotfix (2013-05-23): Solar Beam and the Symbiosis version of Solar Beam's silence effect can no longer be reflected.
  • Mists-Logo-Small.png Patch 5.3.0 (2013-05-21): Is now more responsive when players enter and leave the beam's area-of-effect.
  • Mists-Logo-Small.png Patch 5.1.0 (2012-11-27): The duration of Solar Beam has been reduced to 8 seconds. (Down from 10 seconds)
  • Mists-Logo-Small.png Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now a level 28 Balance ability (was a tier 4 Balance talent).
  • Cata-Logo-Small.png Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Has a new spell effect.
  • Cata-Logo-Small.png Patch 4.1.0 (2011-04-26):
    • No longer on the global cooldown to make it more consistent with other abilities.
    • Now more responsive when enemies move into or out of it.
  • Cata-Logo-Small.png Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.

Other versions

  • Cataclysm Classic

    Solar Beam
    Ability vehicle sonicshockwave.png
    • Solar Beam
    • Tier 4 Balance druid talent
    • 40 yd range
    • 18% of base mana
    • 1 min cooldown
    • Instant
    • You summon a beam of solar light over an enemy target's location, interrupting the target and silencing all enemies under the beam while it is active. Solar Beam lasts for 10 sec.
    Properties
    Class Druid
    School Nature
    Cooldown 1 minute
    Glyphs  [Glyph of Solar Beam]
    Related debuff
    • Solar Beam
    • Silenced.
    • Duration: 10 seconds

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