TheWoWDBPriest Specialization
Shadow Priest
The DPS specialization of the Priest class. Its ladders, talent tree, and the class page are below.
Shadow Priest at a glance
- Class
- Priest
- Role
- DPS
- Armor
- Cloth
- Resource
- Mana and Insanity
- Introduced in
- Classic
- Sibling specs
- 2
Other Priest specializations
Priest appearance sets
Blind Oath's BurdenMidnightBlind Oath's BurdenMidnightBlind Oath's BurdenMidnightBlind Oath's BurdenMidnight
Cosmic Penitent's RaimentMidnightCosmic Penitent's RaimentMidnightCosmic Penitent's RaimentMidnightCosmic Penitent's RaimentMidnight243 more Priest appearance sets
Pieces of Blind Oath's Burden.
Voracious Wristwraps
Endless March Waistwrap
Blind Oath's Shroud
Blind Oath's Seraphguards
Blind Oath's Leggings
Blind Oath's Winged Crest
Blind Oath's Touch
Blind Oath's SlippersRecent Shadow Priest hotfixes
- September 9, 2026 Classes › Priest
Fixed an issue where Flash Heal could not be tracked on the Cooldown Manager for Discipline and Shadow specializations.
- August 25, 2026 Player versus Player › Priest
Developers’ notes: Mindgames has fallen behind other spells and has been an underutilized talent for some time, so we're increasing its viability to offer all Priest specializations more PvP talent options.
- August 25, 2026 Player versus Player › Priest
Mindgames direct damage increased by 150%.
- August 25, 2026 Player versus Player › Priest
Mindgames healing and damage reversal increased by 150%.
- August 25, 2026 Player versus Player › Priest › Shadow
Developers’ notes: We feel Shadow is lacking in kill power, so we’re increasing some of its primary sources of burst.
- August 25, 2026 Player versus Player › Priest › Shadow
Shadow Word: Madness damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
- August 25, 2026 Player versus Player › Priest › Shadow
Void Volley damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
- August 25, 2026 Player versus Player › Priest › Shadow
Shadow Word: Death damage increased by 15% in PvP combat.
Blizzard Entertainment's official hotfix notes, shown in full at the hotfix tracker.
Every Priest hotfix, by date: Priest hotfixes.