This page will show you the best talents for each level of your Shadow Priest in World of Warcraft -- Shadowlands 9 Additionally, you can find the default lists of talents for various kinds of content, such as raiding, and Mythic+. We also have PvP talent lists available for players who play Warmode.
Shadow Priests have strayed from the path of the Holy Light, and now balance dangerously close to the Void. They make use of spells that not only attack their enemies body, but as well their minds, causing immense despair and suffering. SPriest's have a lot of self healing potential and are powerful AoE and prioritised damage-dealers. They are also very effective when it comes to the execution of engagements.
1. Talent Selections for Shadow Priest
It is possible to change your abilities even when you're not in combat or in an area with a large amount of XP (such as an Inn or capital city). Furthermore, Tome of the Still Mind Icon Tome of the Still Mind Icon Codex of the Still Mind Icon Codex of the Still Mind permit players to temporarily alter their abilities wherever they are in the event that they're not engaged in combat.
2. Shadow Priest Talent Cheat Sheets
While developing your skills in a context-based manner is strongly recommended, the following builder of talent works well for specific purposes.
The video below goes over the following choices in greater detail to help you decide what talents will be most beneficial for your present situation. A full video will be released in the near future, but for the moment the survival guide provides all the details you require for this patch.
Mindbender is recommended to use whenever you are using Shadowflame Prism icon Shadowflame. Psychic link icon Psychic link can only be used in conjunction with Talbadar's Stratagem Icon Talbadar's Stratagem In Theater of Pain or Spires of Ascension key, typically with Fortified Icon Fortified. Mythic+ abilities may change based on the affixes and type of damage needed by your group. This page provides specific information on Mythic+.
In general, the Hungering Void icon Hungering Void will generally be your primary talent in Mythic+, but the other two options are always there depending on how you pull. Use of Surrender to Madness Icon Surrender to Madness may differ from dungeon to dungeon which makes its use less reliable based on the degree of the key or group composition. Ancient Madness Icon Ancient Madness can be a great pickup for groups that are doing numerous large pulls rather than doing just one pack at an time.
3. Talents for Shadow Priests at Tier 1. (Level 15).
Fortress of the Mind Icon Fortress of the Mind makes Mind Flay Icon Mind Flay and Mind Blast Icon Mind Blast create 10% more destruction and generate 20 percent more Insanity.
Death and Madness Icon Death and Madness is a great addition to our Shadow Word Shadow Word Death Icon Shadow Word Death: The capability to reset the target in case they die within a few seconds. In addition, you also get a VERY massive amount of insane for being able to do this successfully.
Icon Unfurling Darkness Darkness gives the chained Vampiric touch a significant boost in power and can be cast instantly.
This row gives us two options: Fortress of the Mind Icon Fortress of the Mind and Death and Madness Icon Death and Madness Icon each has a strong application. Unfurling darkness Icon The dark that is unfurling generally appears located in the back.
Typically Fortress of the Mind Icon Fortress of the Mind will be your primary Single Target option, unless the combat is extremely movable and you are casting less and less Mind Flay Icon Mind Flay which can really hurt the effectiveness of this ability.
If you have adds frequently dying Any scenario other than Single Target will be extremely valuable. But, Shadow Word: Death Icon Shadow Word Death can result in backlash damage.
Unfurling Darkness Icon Unfurling Darkness is the most effective option if you're in a position that you're in enough motion to cause Fortress of the Mind Icon Fortress of the Mind fail, or if you simply don't spawn as often or for a long amount of time. In real life, this option will not be utilized in PvE.
4. Shadow Priest Talents, Tier 2 (Level 25).
Shield Icon Power word: Shield to increase the speed of movement of your target by 40% over three seconds.
Vampiric Embrace Icon San'layn Icon increases the Vampiric Emrace Icon's healing power, allowing it to heal for 20% longer and drastically cutting down its cooldown to just one minute and fifteen seconds.
Intangibility Icon Intangibility causes the Dispersion Icon Dispersion to bring you back to 50% of your maximum health when you experience its effects. It also decreases the time to cooldown of Dispersion by 30percent.
Body and Soul Icon Body and Soul is our only on-demand movement speed increase and is the preferred choice for the majority of cases.
The San'layn Icon turns Vampiric Embrace Icon Vampiric Embrace into a stronger utility spell. This is particularly relevant for content in dungeons. San'layn will provide additional utility if you are in a position to live without the need for movement away from Soul and Body Icon Body and Soul.
Intangibility Icon Intangibility improves the utility of our defensive Dispersion Icon Dispersion and allows it to be used more often. Intangibility is a great option for people who don't require mobility from the Body or Soul Icon Body or Soul but want to have more defensive capabilities.
5. Shadow Priest Talents Level 3 (Level 30).
Twist Of Fate Icon Twistof Fate gives us an 8 second buff whenever we hit a target less than 35 percent health. This boosts healing and damage by 10%. This buff does not stack and will be refreshed automatically as long you damage a target that is below 35 percent.
Misery Icon Misery transforms it so that casting Vampiric Touch Icon Vampiric Touch on a target will also apply Shadow Word: Pain Icon Shadow Word: Pain in the same moment.
Searing Nightmare Icon The ability Searing Nightmare costs 30 Insanity. It propagates Shadow Word Shadow Word Pain and Pain to all targets within a radius around the target, causing decent damage and dealing out 30 Insanity. Additionally, if it hits targets that already have Shadow Word: Pain Icon Shadow Word active, it does more damage to the victim. The trick is that Searing Nightmare Icon Searing Nightmare can only be cast while using Mind Sear Icon Mind Sear, similar to how Mistweaver Monk's Enveloping Mist Icon Enveloping Mist spell functions using Soothing Mist Icon Soothing Mist.
Twist of Fate icon Twistof provides us with a bit of damage. It is also useful in fights where there aren't many other targets. This ability is superior to Misery Icon Misery because of the Hungering Void Icon Hungering Void which increases our Void Bolt Icon Void Bolt casting.
Misery Icon Misery is an excellent option for situations where the targets are distributed however it is also is a great choice whenever there are less than 4 targets, even when they are stacked. In general, this has many similarities with Searing Nightmare Icon Searing Nightmare, but excels anytime you have spread targets. Additionally, it deals very similar damage to Twist of Fate Icon Twist of Fate on Single Target due to the increased amount of duration we are spending refreshing DoTs throughout the course of the fight. Based on the way you play, this could be the best option for you.
Searing Nightmare Icon Searing Nightmare is a great AoE weapon that can be a hard hitting burst for the Shadow Priest toolkit. Not only does it spread a DoT across all targets, helping us get that easy Mastery bonus, but additionally it does a lot of damage to targets during subsequent casts. This ability can produce amazing results if you have more targets than.
Each of these abilities are viable as a trio and the correct choice is contingent on the circumstances. The choice you make will be based on the kind of adds you get (if they ever appear) or what area of the battle you're required to hurt the most. Searing Nightmare Icon Searing Nightmare and Misery Icon Misery excel when there are several targets (dungeons for instance) as well as Twist of Fate is a great icon. Twist of Fate is great for its execute property. In general you should use Twist of Fate if there aren't many or adds to a fight or when having more execution damage is particularly useful, and pick between Misery Icon Misery and Searing Nightmare Icon Searing Nightmare if helping you apply your DoTs to several targets is more important.
Shadow Priest: PvP Talents (War Mode).
You can choose to switch to "War Mode" within the open world. The following advantages can be accessed through activating War Mode:
PvP talents enabled outdoors.
World Quest Rewards at Maximum Level 10+
More than 10% experience gained while increasing your level.
Earn Conquest Points, which you can use to reward gear every week.
To maximize your leveling, and reap the benefits of PvE content and War Mode, it is recommended to activate this feature. But, you'll be able to participate in open world PvP, and the possibility to be "ganked" when you are working on your level or doing World Quests exists.