Tormenting Whispers
Tree position
In the Shadow Priest talent tree, Tormenting Whispers sits in the Shadow specialization talents, row 4 of 11. It is a single-point node.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Tormenting Whispers from Tentacle Slam and Thought Harvester.
Tentacle SlamSummons a massive shadowy appendage to slam the ground, dealing (68.8% of Spell Power) Shadow damage in front of you and 8 yds around your target. Applies Vampiric Touch to up to 6 enemies, prioritizing ones without Vampiric Touch. Generates 6 Insanity.
Thought HarvesterMind Blast gains an additional charge.
Connected below
Tormenting Whispers leads on to Shadowy Insight, Voidtouched and Voidform.
Shadowy InsightShadow Word: Pain periodic damage has a chance to cause your next Mind Blast to be instant and ignore its cooldown.
VoidtouchedIncreases your Shadow Word: Madness damage by 6% and increases your maximum Insanity by 50.
VoidformBombards your target with a Void Volley and twists your Shadowform with void magic, increasing your spell damage by 20% for 20 sec. During Voidform, Void Volley replaces this spell and can be used up to 3 times. Releases a volley of pure void energy, firing 10 bolts at your target and 1 boltsbolt at all enemies of your target for (95.4% of Spell Power) Shadow damage. Generates 10 Insanity.
Same row
Also on this row: Descending Darkness and Surge of Insanity.
Descending DarknessIncreases Tentacle Slam damage by 300%.
Surge of InsanityMind Flay damage increased by 15% and Insanity generation increased by 30%.
Talent trees
Tormenting Whispers is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Priest: Discipline (Healer), Holy (Healer), Shadow (DPS).
Tormenting Whispers Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)