Soul Warding, a WoW Forever Priest talent, in words
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Soul WardingA Discipline Priest talent in WoW Forever: row 4 of the Discipline tree (level 25), 1 rank, passive. New in WoW Forever, no Classic talent with this name. Read from the WoW Forever beta client.
What it does Discipline row 4
Soul Warding1 rank · passiveRequires 15 points in Discipline Talents (level 25). Requires Improved Power Word: Shield.Reduces the cooldown on your Power Word: Shield spell by 4 sec and reduces its mana cost by 15%.New in Forever. No Classic talent with this name.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 47% of Priest buildsTaken in 47% of the 31,089 complete Priest builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
- 73% of Discipline buildsTaken in 73% of the 12,613 builds that lead in Discipline, its own tree.
- 54% of Holy buildsTaken in 54% of the 5,687 builds that lead in Holy.
- 19% of Shadow buildsTaken in 19% of the 12,789 builds that lead in Shadow.
- How it is countedEach build counts by what people did with it (opened, shared, saved), the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Updated daily, last on 2026-09-30.
Around it in the Discipline tree
- NeedsImproved Power Word: Shield at max rank first.
- UnlocksRenewed Hope: it needs Soul Warding at max rank.
- Same row (15 points in Discipline, level 25)Improved Inner Fire, Mental Strength, Improved Mana Burn.
- Row above (level 20)Mental Agility, Inner Focus, Meditation.
- Row below (level 30)Penance, Renewed Hope.
- Gone from Classic DisciplineUnbreakable Will, Improved Power Word: Fortitude, Divine Spirit, Force of Will.
Every Discipline talent 18
- Power in Lightrow 1
- Wand Specializationrow 1
- Twin Disciplinesrow 1
- Silent Resolverow 2
- Holy Precisionrow 2
- Improved Power Word: Shieldrow 2
- Martyrdomrow 2
- Mental Agilityrow 3
- Inner Focusrow 3
- Meditationrow 3
- Improved Inner Firerow 4
- Mental Strengthrow 4
- Soul Wardingrow 4
- Improved Mana Burnrow 4
- Penancerow 5
- Renewed Hoperow 5
- Divine Aegisrow 6
- Power Infusionrow 7
Every Holy talent 17
- Twilight Focusrow 1
- Improved Renewrow 1
- Holy Specializationrow 1
- Spell Wardingrow 2
- Divine Furyrow 2
- Holy Novarow 3
- Blessed Recoveryrow 3
- Inspirationrow 3
- Holy Reachrow 4
- Improved Healingrow 4
- Searing Lightrow 4
- Binding Healrow 4
- Litany of Lightrow 5
- Spirit of Redemptionrow 5
- Spiritual Guidancerow 5
- Spiritual Healingrow 6
- Prayer of Mendingrow 7
Every Shadow talent 18
- Shadow Focusrow 1
- Blackoutrow 1
- Spirit Taprow 1
- Shadow Affinityrow 2
- Improved Shadow Word: Painrow 2
- Shadow Reachrow 2
- Improved Mind Blastrow 3
- Improved Psychic Screamrow 3
- Mind Flayrow 3
- Improved Mind Flayrow 3
- Improved Faderow 4
- Vampiric Embracerow 4
- Shadow Weavingrow 4
- Silencerow 5
- Devouring Contagionrow 5
- Early Demiserow 6
- Darknessrow 6
- Shadowformrow 7
From the WoW Forever beta client, checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Soul Warding in the Priest calculator, read every Priest talent in words (Holy and Shadow too), or see the racials, changed class abilities and Legacy perks.