Solar Beam

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

Solar Beam
Solar Beam Level 28 Balance druid ability 40 yd range 16% of base mana 1 min cooldown Instant cast You summon a beam of solar light over the enemy target's location, interrupting the target and silencing all enemies under the beam within 5 yards while it is active. Solar Beam lasts for 8 sec.
Usable by
Class	Druid
Properties
Type	N/A
School	Nature
Cooldown	1 minute
Other information
Level learned	28
Related debuff
Solar Beam Silenced. Duration: 8 seconds

Solar Beam is a Balance druid ability available at level 28.

Tips and tactics

[Glyph of Solar Beam] helps increase the duration of the silent effect by 5 sec.
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 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):
- Is no longer on the global cooldown to make it more consistent with other abilities.
- Is now more responsive when enemies move into or out of it.
Patch 4.0.1 (2010-10-12): Added.