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Instilled Doubt

Instilled Doubt2 ranks

Increases the critical strike chance of Vampiric Touch and Shadow Word: Pain by 8% and their critical strike damage by 20%.

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TypeTalent
Ranks2 ranks
ClassPriest
Specializations3
Tree sectionShadow specialization talents
Row7 of 11
Opens at8 points spent
Game build12.1.5
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Tree position

In the Shadow Priest talent tree, Instilled Doubt sits in the Shadow specialization talents, row 7 of 11. It takes 2 points to fill. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Shadow Talents.

Connected above

The tree draws a line into Instilled Doubt from Dark Evangelism, Shadeburst and Shattered Psyche.

Connected below

Instilled Doubt leads on to Auspicious Spirits and Maddening Tentacles.

  • Auspicious Spirits

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

  • Maddening Tentacles

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

Same row

Also on this row: Subservient Shadows, Mastermind, Mind's Eye or Distorted Reality and Spectral Horrors.

  • Subservient Shadows

    Summoned minions last 20% longer and deal an additional 15% damage.

  • 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%.

  • Mind's Eye

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

  • 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.

  • Spectral Horrors

    Shadow Apparitions deal 30% increased damage to targets affected by your Shadow Word: Madness.

Talent trees

Instilled Doubt is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Priest: Discipline (Healer), Holy (Healer), Shadow (DPS).

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Instilled Doubt Changes by patch

Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.

  • First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)
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