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WoW Forever Shadow Priest build (damage), the talents Shadow builds take

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WoW Forever Shadow Priest build (damage)From the 8,461 Priest builds that lead in Shadow, of 16,906 with 41 or more points planned on this site since the Oct 15 patch (build 70425), recounted a few times a day. Counted by this site's own counter, no identities.

8,461 of the 16,906 Priest builds with 41 or more points planned here (50%) lead in Shadow, since the Oct 15 patch (build 70425). That is more than any other Priest tree. Shadow is the Priest's damage tree. Its row 7 talent, Shadowform: "Assume Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 10%, reducing the Mana cost of all Shadow spells by 50%, increasing the critical strike damage bonus of your Shadow spells by 100%, and reducing Physical damage taken by you by 15%. However, you may not cast healing spells while in this form." Discipline ends in Power Infusion (requires Penance): "Infuses the target with power, increasing their spell damage and healing done by 20% for 15 sec." Holy ends in Prayer of Mending (requires Spirit of Redemption): "Places a spell on the target that heals them for 172 the next time they take damage or receive non-periodic healing." Talent text read from the WoW Forever beta client. Every build below opens in the Priest calculator.

Counted on 25 Oct 2026, recounted a few times a day.

The most popular Shadow Priest builds Discipline / Holy / Shadow points

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    Shadow Priest 14/0/37

    #1 of every Priest build by what people did with it since the Oct 15 patch Discipline 14 / Holy 0 / Shadow 37 0.5% of every Priest share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 30 · saved 105 · opened 399 · across 133 close builds Maxes Twin Disciplines, Mental Strength, Inner Focus, Meditation, Shadow Focus, Improved Mind Blast and 12 more. Goes to Shadowform (row 7).
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    Shadow Priest 17/0/34

    #4 of every Priest build by what people did with it since the Oct 15 patch Discipline 17 / Holy 0 / Shadow 34 0.2% of every Priest share, save and link open since 13 Sep · shared 8 · saved 34 · opened 171 · across 61 close builds Maxes Twin Disciplines, Silent Resolve, Mental Strength, Inner Focus, Meditation, Shadow Focus and 11 more. Goes to Shadowform (row 7).
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The talents Shadow Priest builds take

Of the 8,461 Priest builds with 41 or more points that lead in Shadow, the share with a point in each talent:

In nearly every Shadow build, 90% or more: Vampiric Embrace 99%, Mind Flay 98%, Shadow Weaving 96%, Darkness 93%, Shadowform 93%, Improved Mind Flay 92% and Improved Shadow Word: Pain 90%.

In most, 50 to 89%: Devouring Contagion 87%, Shadow Focus 84%, Shadow Reach 83%, Silence 75%, Improved Mind Blast 68%, Dark Inspiration 63%, Blackout 57% and Early Demise 54%.

In some, 20 to 49%: Spirit Tap 47% and Improved Psychic Scream 41%.

From the other trees, 20% or more: Twin Disciplines 96%, Meditation 72%, Mental Strength 69%, Inner Focus 60%, Silent Resolve 48%, Twilight Focus 40%, Improved Power Word: Shield 36%, Martyrdom 31% and Wand Specialization 28%.

Leveling as Shadow, and the level 30 cap

33.4% of the 73,153 Priest leveling orders recorded here between 18 Sep and 16 Oct 2026 lead in Shadow (24,416). The Shadow order starts with Blackout, Improved Shadow Word: Pain, Shadow Reach and Shadow Focus from level 10, and its first 21 points are Blackout 5, Improved Shadow Word: Pain 2, Shadow Reach 2, Shadow Focus 3, Improved Psychic Scream 2, Mind Flay 1, Improved Mind Flay 2, Vampiric Embrace 1 and Shadow Weaving 3. Open those 21 points at level 30. Every bracket to 60 is on the Priest leveling order.

Shadow Priest builds by what they're for

The Shadow build players tagged most for each, in the calculator; each opens its list.

Questions

What is the most popular Shadow Priest build in WoW Forever?
Shadow Priest 14/0/37, #1 of every Priest build by what people did with it since the Oct 15 patch. It holds 0.5% of every Priest share, save and link open counted here since 13 Sep (shared 30, saved 105, opened 399). It maxes Twin Disciplines, Mental Strength, Inner Focus, Meditation, Shadow Focus, Improved Mind Blast and 12 more.
How many Priest builds are Shadow?
8,461 of the 16,906 Priest builds with 41 or more points planned here since the Oct 15 patch (build 70425) lead in Shadow, 50%, more than any other Priest tree.
Which talents do Shadow Priest builds take?
Nearly all of them (90% or more) take Vampiric Embrace (99%), Mind Flay (98%), Shadow Weaving (96%), Darkness (93%), Shadowform (93%), Improved Mind Flay (92%) and Improved Shadow Word: Pain (90%). Most (50 to 89%) take Devouring Contagion (87%), Shadow Focus (84%), Shadow Reach (83%), Silence (75%), Improved Mind Blast (68%) and Dark Inspiration (63%). Outside Shadow the most taken are Twin Disciplines (96%), Meditation (72%) and Mental Strength (69%). Each build counted once.
What do Shadow Priests take first while leveling?
The Shadow leveling order, 33.4% of 73,153 recorded Priest orders, starts with Blackout, Improved Shadow Word: Pain, Shadow Reach and Shadow Focus from level 10.
Is this a Shadow Priest tier list?
No. It counts what people plan on this site, not how strong a build is. The count starts again when a beta build changes the Priest trees.

The other Priest specs: Discipline Priest and Holy Priest. The rank (#) is among every Priest build on the most popular Priest builds; a share or a save weighs 5, a link open 3, making the build 2 and a view 1. Also for Priests: the leveling order, every talent in words, what changed since Classic, the abilities, new and changed, the races and their racials, questions answered from the data, and the Priest calculator.