Solar Beam

For the Pet Battle ability, see [Solar Beam].

Solar Beam
Solar Beam Level 26 Balance druid ability 40 yd range 16.8% of base mana 1 min cooldown Instant cast 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.
Usable by
Class	Druid
Properties
School	Nature
Cooldown	1 minute
Other information
Level learned	26
Improvements	[Summer Solstice]
Related debuff
Solar Beam Silenced. Duration: 8 seconds

Solar Beam is a level 26 Balance druid ability.

Improvements

• [Summer Solstice] (honor 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.

Patches and hotfixes

• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now available at level 80 (was 28).
  
• 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.
  
• Hotfix (2013-05-23): "Solar Beam and the Symbiosis version of Solar Beam's silence effect can no longer be reflected."
  
• Patch 5.3.0 (2013-05-21): Is now more responsive when players enter and leave the beam's area-of-effect.
  
• Patch 5.1.0 (2012-11-27): The duration of Solar Beam has been reduced to 8 seconds. (Down from 10 seconds)
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Redesigned.
  
• Patch 4.2.0 (2011-06-28): Has a new spell effect.
  
• 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.
    
• Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.
  

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB