Shadowlands Priest Leveling Guide & Best Leveling Spec 1-60

By Wowhead Updated: 2020/11/29

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Important Changes to Leveling a Priest in the Shadowlands Pre-Patch

There is a new tab on your spellbook between General and your talent specialization, simply titled "Priest". These are abilities that are now shared by all Priests, regardless of what specialization they are in.

New Priests will not begin in a default spec (Shadow). Until they are allowed to choose a spec at level 10, their abilities are drawn from the general Priest abilities available to all specializations.

Experienced Priests will notice some talents have been reworked or rearranged, and may require re-acquiring some talents.

Shadow Priests have received a slight rework that will be active in the Shadowlands pre-patch:

Voidform is now a 1.5 minute cooldown and lasts for 15 seconds. You can increase its duration by picking up the level 50 talent Hungering Void.

Shadow Word: Madness returns as a short duration, strong DOT that costs Insanity to use.

Best Priest Leveling Spec in ShadowlandsPenanceShadow Word: PainSmiteSmiteHoly FireChoosing a Priest Specialization

Discipline: Use Shadow Word: Pain and Smite to deal damage to targets. Penance can be used to either heal or damage depending on who is targetted. At higher levels, you can use Power Word: Shield and Shadow Mend to apply Atonement on yourself (or any targets) for a few seconds, allowing you to heal for a percentage of all damage you deal.

Holy: Use Smite and Holy Fire to damage foes, while using Renew, Heal or Flash Heal to keep targets healthy. At higher levels, you gain access to powerful Holy Word spells: Holy Word: Chastise to deal significant damage and incapacitate a target, Holy Word: Serenity deals massive healing to a single targets and Holy Word: Sanctify deals strong healing to targets in its area.

Shadow: Use Shadow Word: Pain and to deal periodic damage to a target and Mind Flay, Mind Blast to directly hit them. Spend your Insanity on Shadow Word: Madness for even stronger periodic damage. At higher levels, you are able to use to enter Voidform, a spell that significantly increases your damage dealt for a few seconds.

Choosing a Race for Your Priest in Shadowlands

Default Races are races that are immediately available to be played when you start your WoW account.

Allied Races are races that are locked behind certain requirements that need to be met before you can create characters belonging to that race.

Alliance

Default Races:
Human

Horde

Defaults Races:

Undead

Best Priest Leveling Talents in ShadowlandsSuggested Discipline Leveling Talents in Shadowlands

Level 15 Talents:
Castigation is a simple talent that grants your Penance one more bolt. The strength of this talents comes from its simplicity.

Twist of Fate is not that strong of a talent as it requires you healing a target below 35% for it to take effect, and this should not happen very often during leveling.

Mind Blast is not that bad of a talent, but as you kill targets quickly, the spellpower benefit starts to lose strength.

Level 25 Talents:

Angelic Feather is the strongest talent in this tier, as it grants you movement speed separate from other abilities. Just be careful to place them in a position where other players can't steal them!

Body and Soul is not that bad of a talent, but considering Discipline uses Power Word: Shield often in their healing rotation for its defensive usefulness, you will likely not benefit much from the talent as a movement speed boost.

Protective Light is very limited for the talent slot, as it only gives the benefits when using Shadow Mend on yourself.

Level 30 Talents:

Mindbender is the strongest talent in this tier, as it gives you an extra DPS cooldown that grants you some Mana returns in the process. The extra duration and mana benefit makes it a better option over the Shadowfiend.

Shield Discipline is not a very strong talent for leveling, as you only get the benefit from it if your Power Word: Shield is fully absorbed. You will not gain the extra Mana if the buff simply ends.

is not that bad of a talent but over time, it will deal less damage and return less mana than the Mindbender.

Level 35 Talents:

Dominant Mind is a very strong talent that allows you to use Dominate Mind while retaining control of your character.

Psychic Voice is not a bad talent to take, but the danger of pulling extra mobs with Psychic Scream is ever-present, and using it more often can allow this to happen more often.

Shining Force is not that strong for the talent slot, as it only does a knockback and a short-duration slow. Can be useful in very specific situations.

Level 40 Talents:

Sins of the Many is a very strong option if you do not plan to do a lot of dungeons while leveling, as it is a static damage bonus that won't be diminished much, as you won't have a lot of Atonement going around. However, it does quickly lose effectiveness in dungeons.

Penance is a great talent if you plan on doing dungeons, as it translates into more healing via Atonement.

Shadow Covenant is by far the weakest talent in the tier, simply because you lose access to your Holy spells for the duration.

Level 45 Talents:

Purge the Wicked is by far the strongest talent in this tier, as it is a DOT that can be spread with Penance and translates to more healing via Atonement.

Divine Star is a fun talent, but the damage it deals is quite weak and the nature of this spellcast makes this talent difficult to use.

Halo is not that bad of a talent, but considering it spreads 30 yards around you, it does run you into the risk of aggroing more mobs. Not a bad talent if you can deal with the risk.

Level 50 Talents:

Lenience is the best talent for a Discipline Priest that is soloing, as it is a simple damage reduction.

Spirit Shell is incredibly strong for dungeon leveling, but will not see that much use if you're questing.

has the same issue as Spirit Shell: Strong for dungeons and group content, but not very strong for a Discipline Priest leveling solo.

Suggested Holy Priest Leveling Talents in Shadowlands

Level 15 Talents:
Enlightenment is a simple talent that grants you extra Mana regeneration, reducing the need to drink in between pulls in dungeons.

Trail of Light can be strong if you can keep track of who you healed last, but with all the periodic healing Holy Priests have between Renew and Mastery: Echo of Light, this talent is simply not very effective and will result in a lot of overhealing.

Renewed Faith is not that bad of a talent, but useless if you aren't keeping Renew up on many targets.

Level 25 Talents:

Angelic Feather is the strongest talent in this tier, as it grants you movement speed separate from other abilities. Just be careful to place them in a position where other players can't steal them!

Body and Soul is not that bad of a talent, but considering Power Word: Shield has its defensive uses, you might not have it available when you need to use it for the movement speed.

Angel's Mercy is very weak for dungeon leveling, as this talent will only give you any benefit if the tank in your dungeon is doing a bad job,

Level 30 Talents:

Cosmic Ripple is the most useful talent in this tier, as it grants you a little bit of extra healing if you are using Holy Word: Serenity and Holy Word: Sanctify often.

Guardian Angel is only really useful when you're using Guardian Spirit often, which should not be the case if your dungeon groups are going smoothly.

Afterlife is the same deal as Guardian Angel, except it's even worse: It's only really useful if you die.

Level 35 Talents:

Censure is by far the most useful talent in this tier, as it transforms Holy Word: Chastise into an actual useful CC spell.

Psychic Voice is not recommended to get for dungeons, simply due to the danger of Psychic Scream accidentally pulling more mobs into your group.

Shining Force is not that strong for the talent slot, as it only does a knockback and a short-duration slow. Can be useful in very specific situations.

Level 40:

Censure is a great spell to pick, as the free Flash Heals allow you to be more efficient with your healing by drinking less between pulls.

Binding Heal is not very useful if you aren't taking significant amounts of damage, which should not be the case in a normal dungeon situation.

Prayer Circle is not that bad of a talent to take if you feel like you're having to cast AOE heals often, but this can lead to your mana being drained quicker.

Level 45 Talents:

Halo is not that bad of a talent, but considering it spreads 30 yards around you, it does run you into the risk of aggroing more mobs

Light's Resurgence is an ok talent, but the chance of gaining a free Renew is quite low.

Divine Star is a fun talent, but the damage it deals is quite weak and the nature of this spellcast makes this talent difficult to use.

Level 50 Talents:

Light of the Naaru is an incredibly strong talent that increases your healing burst potential by bringing your Holy Word spells out of cooldown faster.

Apotheosis can be an interesting option if you feel like you're missing some burst healing.

Holy Word: Salvation is a very strong healing cooldown, but the reliance on having to cast Holy Words often to bring it out of cooldown quicker makes this a less attractive option to use in dungeons.

Suggested Shadow Priest Leveling Talents in Shadowlands

Level 15 Talents:
Death and Madness is the best talent in this tier, as it allows you to more consistently move from target to target with the cooldown reset on Shadow Word: Death and the extra Insanity gains for Shadow Word: Madness.

Fortress of the Mind is not a bad choice, but with how quick mobs die during leveling, it provides less Insanity than Death and Madness.

Unfurling Darkness is a weak talent choice, as the bonus to Vampiric Touch does not happen often enough.

Level 25 Talents:

Body and Soul is by far the best talent choice, as it helps with one of the biggest weaknesses of a Shadow Priest, the lack of movement.

San'layn is an interesting pick in a max level setting, but during leveling, you will likely not be using Vampiric Embrace enough to be worth the talent slot.

Intangibility is a good oh-shit talent, but same as Sanlayn, you will likely not be using Dispersion during leveling for this to be worth the talent slot. Not a bad option if you like to live dangerously, though.

Level 30 Talents:

Misery is an incredibly convenient leveling talent, as it means you no longer need to hardcast Shadow Word: Pain on targets: it's two DOTs for the price of one!

Twist of Fate is not very strong for leveling, as mobs will not be under 35% health for long enough for the damage bonus to be of any significance.

is not bad for a dungeon setting, but the damage is quite weak unless you already have Shadow Word: Pain applied to enemies, which makes using this talent quite moot.

Level 35 Talents:

Psychic Horror is the obvious choice here, as it grants the Priest with an extra CC in addition to Psychic Scream.

Last Word is not a bad talent, but an extra CC is more interesting than a few seconds off of Silence for leveling.

is only worse than Psychic Horror due to it replacing Psychic Scream, but this talent improves Psychic Scream enough to make it very usable in dungeon settings.

Level 40 Talents:

Psychic Link is an excellent talent that not only grants a decent AOE component to Mind Blast, but synergizes pretty well with Misery.

Auspicious Spirits is not a bad choice for leveling, but you will not like be creating enough Shadowy Apparitions to be worth the talent slot.

is not that good for leveling, as it requires you standing in place and planning for it. It can be strong in dungeons or in settings where you have tanks keeping mobs in place for you, though.

Level 45 Talents:

Damnation is a great convenience talent that allows you to instantly apply all your DOTs, including Shadow Word: Madness, free of charge to a target.

Mindbender isn't that great for leveling, as although it has a better uptime and more Insanity granted compared to the Shadowfiend, you will likely not be using Shadowfiend that often during leveling.

Void Torrent is not a weak talent and deals decent damage, but it is hard to beat the convenience of applying every single DOT on a target without any costs.

Level 50 Talents:

is an insanely good talent that instantly casts Voidform and grants you more Insanity and the ability to cast while moving, and by far the strongest talent in this tier. Just be careful to not kill yourself!

Improved Voidform is a weak talent, as the Critical Strike bonus will not stay in its maximum for long enough for it to be worth the slot.

Hungering Void is a very weak talent due to the effect lasting for a very short time and only on a single mob. In addition, the increased duration on Voidform isn't significant enough to warrant the talent slot.

Best Priest Leveling Rotation in ShadowlandsShadow Word: PainSmitePenanceElite Mobs:Power Word: ShieldShadowfiendPsychic ScreamPower Word: RadiancePain SuppressionLots of small mobs:Holy NovaDungeons:AtonementPower Word: FortitudePsychic ScreamDungeons:RenewHealFlash HealPrayer of HealingCircle of HealingHoly Word: SerenityHoly Word: SanctifyShadow Word: PainMind BlastMind FlayShadow Word: MadnessVoidformVoidformVoid BoltElite Mobs:Power Word: ShieldShadowfiendVoidformShadow Word: MadnessPsychic ScreamDesperate PrayerVampiric EmbraceLots of small mobs:MiseryPsychic LinkDungeons:SilencePower Word: FortitudePsychic ScreamPriest Dungeon Leveling in ShadowlandsThis may be nerfed prior to release, so do not count on this technique being available unless it is still in place when the pre-patch goes live.

Discipline or Holy are the specs to go with for dungeon leveling. Dungeon queues are perpetually short of healers, so you'll find yourself getting a group nearly instantly, instead of having to wait 15 minutes (or longer) for a group as a DPS class.

As a healer in a dungeon, your main job is to keep your group healthy. DPSing as a Healing Priest is nice but you are not expected to do it, DPS while your entire group is safe and not taking heavy amounts of damage, but quickly heal them back up if the need arises.

Shadow Priests can also be useful in a dungeon leveling setting, just be mindful that you will not be able to get into dungeons super fast due to being a DPS specialization. You will want to quest while waiting for dungeon queues to maximize your leveling time.

Best Weapons and Gear For Leveling a Priest in WoW Shadowlands Priest Heirlooms in Shadowlands

2 Pieces: Rested experience consumed is reduced by 30%.

3 Pieces: Increases your out-of-combat regeneration in the outdoors, normal dungeons and battlegrounds.

5 Pieces: Gaining a level triggers Burst of Knowledge, dealing 6546 Holy damage to nearby enemies and granting you 40% $pri for 2 min. Defeating enemies extends this effect, up to an additional 2 min.

6 Pieces: Rested experience consumed is reduced by 30%.

Helm: Tattered Dreadmist Mask

Necklace: Eternal Amulet of the Redeemed or Man'ari Training Amulet

Shoulder: Tattered Dreadmist Mantle or Exquisite Sunderseer Mantle

Cloak: Ancient Bloodmoon Cloak or Stone Guard's Bladed Cloak/Banded Gilnean Cloak

Chest: Tattered Dreadmist Robe

Legs: Tattered Dreadmist Leggings

Rings: Signet of the Third Fleet and Dread Pirate Ring

Trinkets: Discerning Eye of the Beast and Touch of the Void

Weapon: Dignified Headmaster's Charge

Chauffeured ChopperHeirloom HoarderRelics of the Past

Relic of the Past I: Set the Item Level to 23 and the Required Level to 15.

Relic of the Past II: Set the Item Level to 33 and the Required Level to 25.

Relic of the Past III: Set the Item Level to 43 and the Required Level to 35.

Relic of the Past IV: Set the Item Level to 56 and the Required Level to 45.

Relic of the Past V: Set the Item Level to 100 and the Required Level to 50.

Stat Weights while Leveling in ShadowlandsBest Priest Leveling Professions in ShadowlandsTailoringEnchantingLevel 60 Legendary ArmorHerbalismAlchemyMiningSkinningBest Priest Questing Path in Shadowlands

Levels 1-10: Your race's Starting Area or Exile's Reach

Levels 10-50: Battle for Azeroth zones or other expansion zones via Chromie Time

Levels 50-60: Shadowlands Storyline or Threads of Fate

Threads of Fate LevelingShadowlands Priest Leveling Gameplay MechanicsUsing Mana and Insanity on Your PriestManaDispel MagicMass DispelShadow MendManaManaInsanityInsanityShadow Word: Madness

Holy/Disc Resources
Health Bar in Green and Mana in Blue

Shadow Resources
Health Bar in Green, Mana in Blue and Insanity in Purple

Priest UtilityMass DispelPsychic ScreamShackle HorrorLevitateResurrectionMass ResurrectionPurifyPurify DiseaseLevitateShackle HorrorMind VisionShadowlands Priest Class AbilitiesStarting Abilities: Exile's ReachSmite

At level 2 you will learn Shadow Word: Pain, an ability that deals periodic Shadow damage to an enemy.

At level 3 you will learn Flash Heal, a quick-casting ability that heals the target.

At level 4 you will learn Power Word: Shield, an ability that casts an absorption shield on the target.

At level 5 you will learn Mind Blast, an ability that deals Shadow damage to an enemy.

At level 6 you will learn Power Word: Fortitude, an ability that increases you and your party's Stamina for 1 hour.

At level 7 you will learn Psychic Scream, an ability that will disorient targets close to you for a few seconds.

At level 8 you will learn Desperate Prayer, an ability that instantly heals you and increases your maximum health for a few seconds.

At level 9 you will learn Fade, an ability that temporarily lowers your threat for a few seconds.

If you created an Allied Race Priest, i.e. Void Elf, Lightforged Draenei, Dark Iron Dwarf, Kul Tiran, Mechagnome, Nightborne, Mag'har Orc, Zandalari Troll or Vulpera, you will start as a level 10 Priest with all the above abilities learned. You can choose a specialization immediately after logging on your Allied Race character for the first time.General Priest Class Abilities

Resurrection (level 10): Brings a dead ally back to life with 35% health and mana. Cannot be cast when in combat.

Shadow Word: Death (level 14): A word of dark binding that inflicts moderate Shadow damage to the target. If the target is not killed by Shadow Word: Death, the caster takes damage equal to the damage inflicted upon the target. Damage dealt is increased to targets below 20% health.

Fade (level 17, Rank 2): Fade now reduces the range at which enemies will attack you.

Levitate (level 21): Levitates a party or raid member for 10 min, floating a few feet above the ground, granting slow fall, and allowing travel over water.

Mind Vision (level 22): Allows the caster to see through the target's eyes for 1 min. Will not work if the target is in another instance or on another continent.

Dispel Magic (level 24): Dispels Magic on the enemy target, removing 1 beneficial Magic effect.

(level 27, Rank 2): Increases the duration of Shadow Word: Pain by 4 sec.

Shackle Horror (level 28): Shackles the target undead enemy for 50 sec, preventing all actions and movement. Damage will cancel the effect. Limit 1.

Focused Will (level 33, Passive): Melee attacks against you cause you to gain Focused Will, reducing damage you take by 15% for 8 sec.

Mind Control (level 34): Controls a mind up to 1 level above yours for 30 sec. Does not work versus Demonic, Undead, or Mechanical beings. Shares diminishing returns with other disorienting effects.

Mass Dispel (level 42): Dispels magic in a 15 yard radius, removing all harmful Magic from 5 friendly targets and 1 beneficial Magic effects from 5 enemy targets.

(level 46, Rank 2): Shadow Word: Death's cooldown is reduced by 10 sec.

Leap of Faith (level 49): Pulls the spirit of a party or raid member, instantly moving them directly in front of you.

(level 50, Rank 2): Mass Dispel is now potent enough to remove some Magic that is normally undispellable.

Mind Soothe (level 52): Soothes the target, reducing the range at which it will attack you by 10 yards. Only affects Humanoid and Dragonkin targets. Does not cause threat. Lasts 20 sec.

Power Infusion (level 58): Infuses the target with power for 20 sec, increasing Haste by 25%.

Discipline Priest Class Abilities

Mastery: Grace (level 10, Mastery): Your healing and absorption is increased by 11.0% on targets with Atonement.

Penance (level 11): Launches a volley of holy light at the target, causing moderate Holy damage to an enemy or moderate healing to an ally over 2 sec. Castable while moving.

Atonement (level 12, Passive): Power Word: Shield, Shadow Mend, and Power Word: Radiance apply Atonement to your target for 15 sec. Your spell damage heals all targets affected by Atonement for 50% of the damage done.

Improved Smite (level 13, Rank 2): Smite deals 50% increased damage.

Sanctuary (level 18, Rank 2): Mind Blast prevents some damage dealt by the enemy.

Purify (level 18): Dispels harmful effects on the target, removing all Magic and Disease effects.

Shadow Mend (level 19): Wraps an ally in shadows which causes heavy healing, but at a price. The ally will take light Shadow damage every 1 sec, until they have taken some total damage from all sources, or leave combat.

Shadowfiend (level 20): Summons a shadowy fiend to attack the target for 10 sec. Generates 1% Mana each time the Shadowfiend attacks.

Power Word: Radiance (level 23): A burst of light heals the target and 4 injured allies within 30 yards for moderate healing, and applies Atonement for 60% of its normal duration.

(level 26): Corrosive shadow energy radiates from the target, dealing moderate Shadow damage over 4.5 sec to all enemies within 10 yards of the target.

Holy Nova (level 31): An explosion of holy light around you deals light Holy damage to enemies and moderate healing to allies within 12 yds, reduced if there are more than 5 targets.

(level 32, Rank 2): Your Shadowfiend now restores 1% mana to you whenever it attacks.

Mass Resurrection (level 37): Brings all dead party members back to life with 35% health and mana. Cannot be cast when in combat.

Pain Suppression (level 38): Reduces all damage taken by a friendly target by 40% for 8 sec. Castable while stunned.

Light's Promise (level 39, Rank 2): Power Word: Radiance has an additional cooldown charge.

Rapture (level 41): Immediately Power Word: Shield your target, and for the next 10 sec, Power Word: Shield absorbs an additional 200% and may be cast on targets with Weakened Soul.

(level 43, Rank 2): Focused Will now stacks up to 2.

Power Word: Barrier (level 44): Summons a holy barrier to protect all allies at the target location for 10 sec, reducing all damage taken by 25% and preventing damage from delaying spellcasting.

Power of the Dark Side (level 47, Passive): Shadow Word: Pain has a chance to empower your next Penance with Shadow, increasing its effectiveness by 50%.

(level 56, Rank 2): If your Holy Nova deals damage to at least 3 enemies, a second Holy Nova will be cast a moment later at 50% effectiveness at the same location.

Holy Priest Class Abilities

Mastery: Echo of Light (level 10, Mastery): Your direct healing spells heal for an additional 10.0% over 6 sec.

Holy Word: Serenity (level 11): Perform a miracle, healing an ally for heavy amounts.

Renew (level 12): Fill the target with faith in the light, healing for moderate amounts over 15 sec.

Improved Smite (level 13, Rank 2): Smite deals 50% increased damage.

Heal (level 15): An efficient spell that heals an ally for moderate amounts.

Purify (level 18): Dispels harmful effects on the target, removing all Magic and Disease effects.

Holy Fire (level 19): Consumes the enemy in Holy flames that cause moderate Holy damage and additional light Holy damage over 7 sec.

Holy Word: Chastise (level 23): Chastises the target for moderate Holy damage and incapacitates them for 4 sec.

Serendipity (level 26, Passive): When you cast Flash Heal or Heal, the remaining cooldown on Holy Word: Serenity is reduced by 6 sec. When you cast Prayer of Healing, the remaining cooldown on Holy Word: Sanctify is reduced by 6 sec and by 2 sec when you cast Renew. When you cast Smite, the remaining cooldown on Holy Word: Chastise is reduced by 4 sec.

Spirit of Redemption (level 29, Passive): Upon death, you become the Spirit of Redemption for 15 sec. You cannot move, attack, be attacked, or be targeted by any spells or effects, and your healing spells cost no mana. When the effect ends, you die.

Guardian Spirit (level 30): Calls upon a guardian spirit to watch over the friendly target for 10 sec, increasing healing received by 60% and preventing the target from dying by sacrificing itself. This sacrifice terminates the effect and heals the target for 40% of maximum health. Castable while stunned. Massive damage amounts will kill the target despite this effect.

Holy Nova (level 31): An explosion of holy light around you deals light Holy damage to enemies and moderate healing to allies within 12 yds, reduced if there are more than 5 targets.

Prayer of Healing (level 32): A powerful prayer that heals the target and the 4 nearest allies within 40 yards for moderate amounts.

Mass Resurrection (level 37): Brings all dead party members back to life with 35% health and mana. Cannot be cast when in combat.

Circle of Healing (level 39): Heals the target and 4 injured allies within 30 yards of the target for moderate healing.

Holy Word: Sanctify (level 41): Releases miraculous light at a target location, healing up to 6 allies within 10 yds for heavy amounts.

(level 43, Rank 2): Focused Will now stacks up to 2.

Prayer of Mending (level 43): Places a ward on an ally that heals them for light amounts the next time they take damage, and then jumps to another ally within 20 yds. Jumps up to 5 times and lasts 30 sec after each jump.

Divine Hymn (level 44): Heals all party or raid members within 40 yards for moderate amounts over 8 sec, and increases healing done to them by 10% for 8 sec. Healing increased by 100% when not in a raid.

Symbol of Hope (level 47): Bolster the morale of all healers in your party or raid within 40 yards, restoring 2% of their missing mana immediately and every 1 sec for 5 sec.

(level 48, Rank 2): Prayer of Mending is now instant cast.

(level 56, Rank 2): If your Holy Nova deals damage to at least 3 enemies, a second Holy Nova will be cast a moment later at 50% effectiveness at the same location.

Shadow Priest Class Abilities

Shadow Word: Madness (level 10): Afflicts the target with a disease that instantly causes heavy Shadow damage plus an additional 4 Shadow damage over 6 sec. Heals you for 50% of damage dealt.

Mastery: Shadow Weaving (level 10, Mastery): Your damage is increased by 4.0% for each of Shadow Word: Pain, Vampiric Touch and Devouring Plague on the target. During Void Form, all targets receive the maximum effect.

Mind Flay (level 11): Assaults the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing moderate Shadow damage over 4.5 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%.

Shadowform (level 12): Assume a Shadowform, increasing your spell damage dealt by 10%.

Improved Mind Blast (level 13, Rank 2): Mind Blast's cooldown reduced by 7.5 sec.

Vampiric Touch (level 15): A touch of darkness that causes moderate Shadow damage over 21 sec, and heals you for 50% of damage dealt.

Dispersion (level 16): Disperse into pure shadow energy, reducing all damage taken by 75% for 6 sec, but you are unable to attack or cast spells. Increases movement speed by 50% and makes you immune to all movement impairing effects.

Purify Disease (level 18): Removes all Disease effects from a friendly target.

Shadowfiend (level 20): Summons a shadowy fiend to attack the target for 10 sec. Generates 3 Insanity each time the Shadowfiend attacks.

Voidform (level 23): Releases an explosive blast of pure void energy, activating Voidform and causing heavy Shadow damage to all enemies within 10 yds of your target. During Voidform, this ability is replaced by Void Bolt.

Voidform (level 23): Activated by casting Void Eruption. Twists your Shadowform with the powers of the Void, increasing spell damage you deal by 20%. Lasts 15 sec.
Void Bolt: (level 23, Passive): For the duration of Voidform, your Void Eruption ability is replaced by Void Bolt. Sends a bolt of pure void energy at the enemy, causing moderate Shadow damage. Generates 15 Insanity.

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Comments

Comment by Amortin1964

"For multiple targets, use Mind Flay"....

...... It should be fairly obvious what is wrong with that statement.

Comment by bogmore

All I did 1-20 was shield and SW:P 5-10 mobs, this was with Heirlooms though.

Comment by gaibban

Level 60 Talents for shadow spec are out of date. Current choices include Lingering Insanity, Reaper of Souls, Void Ray.

Comment by 1733945

Where is the 'other hand'?

Comment by Xalea

Disc for leveling in BfA. This really needs to be stressed in this updated guide. Shadow is in a horrible state right now. Maybe later it will improve but for launch, people need to go Disc. Trust me on this.

Shadowlands Priest Leveling Guide & Best Leveling Spec 1-60

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