Shadow Word: Death

Shadow Word: Death1 point

A word of dark binding that inflicts (85% of Spell Power) Shadow damage to your target. If your target is not killed by Shadow Word: Death, you take backlash damage equal to 5% of your maximum health. Damage increased by 250% to targets below 50% health. Generates Insanity.

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TypeTalent

Ranks1 point

ClassPriest

Specializations3

Tree sectionPriest class talents

Row6 of 10

Opens at8 points spent

Game build12.1.5

Tree position

In the Discipline Priest talent tree, Shadow Word: Death sits in the Priest class talents, row 6 of 10. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Class Talents.

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The tree draws a line into Shadow Word: Death from Twin Disciplines and Dark Enlightenment.

Twin Disciplines
Increases the damage and healing of your Holy and Shadow spells by 2%.
Dark Enlightenment
Increases your haste by 3%.

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Shadow Word: Death leads on to Twist of Fate, Tithe Evasion and Fade.

Twist of Fate2 ranks
After damaging or healing a target below 35% health, gain 5% increased damage and healing for 8 sec.
Tithe Evasion
Shadow Word: Death deals 50% less damage to you.
Fade
Fade out, removing all your threat and reducing enemies' detection range against you for 10 sec.