Necro undead fear: Panic the Dead vs Dread of Night

[Bierp]

I hit 51 today and was reviewing my spells. I'm a bit perplexed by Dread of Night.

According to the wiki it has a shorter duration than the 29 spell Panic the Dead but costs twice the mana.

It casts 0.25 seconds faster and it has a -25 MR check. Do those two improvements really make up for it running less long?

Might there be another difference (max level affected?) that isn't mentioned on the wiki?


-Qaden