Deathspeaker

In the Shadow Priest talent tree, Deathspeaker sits in the Shadow specialization talents, row 8 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 20 points are spent in Shadow Talents.

Choice node

Deathspeaker shares its node with Death and Madness. A character takes one of the two.

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  Death and Madness

  If a target dies within 7 sec after being struck by Shadow Word: Death, generate 8 Insanity. When Shadow Word: Death fails to kill a target below 20% health, its cooldown is reset. Cannot occur more than once every 10 sec.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Deathspeaker from Mastermind and Mind's Eye or Distorted Reality.

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  Mastermind2 ranks

  Increases the critical strike chance of Mind Blast, Mind Flay, and Shadow Word: Death by 4% and increases their critical strike damage by 20%.

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  Mind's Eye

  Reduces the Insanity cost of Shadow Word: Madness by 5.

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  Distorted Reality

  Increases the damage of Shadow Word: Madness by 20% and causes it to deal its damage over 12 sec, but increases its Insanity cost by 5.

Connected below

Deathspeaker leads on to Madness Weaving, Death's Torment and Screams of the Void.

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  Madness Weaving2 ranks

  The damage bonus from your Mastery: Shadow Weaving gains 50% additional benefit from Shadow Word: Madness.

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  Death's Torment

  Shadow Word: Death deals damage 2 additional times at 15% effectiveness.

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  Screams of the Void2 ranks

  Shadow Word: Madness causes your Shadow Word: Pain and Vampiric Touch to deal damage 40% faster on all targets for 3 sec.

Same row

Also on this row: Mindbender, Mind Devourer, Auspicious Spirits and Maddening Tentacles.

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  Mindbender

  Casting Voidform summons a Mindbender for 10 sec. Summons a shadowy fiend to attack your target. Generates 1 Insanity each time the Mindbender attacks.

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  Mind Devourer

  Mind Blast has a 8% chance to make your next Shadow Word: Madness cost no Insanity and deal 20% additional damage.

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  Auspicious Spirits

  Your Shadowy Apparitions deal 15% increased damage and have a chance to generate 1 Insanity.

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  Maddening Tentacles

  Tentacle Slam afflicts your target with Shadow Word: Madness at 25% effectiveness.