Shadow Priest Guides
DPS builds for WoW Forever. Try variations in the Priest talent calculator.
Shadow is one of the three Priest talent trees, and guide authors play it as DPS. In Classic the Shadow tree was the priest's damage tree, built around damage over time, Shadowform and self-healing. In the WoW Forever talent data its deepest talent is Shadowform, and 13 of its 17 talents are marked new or changed from Classic 1.12.
This page lists 6 published Shadow Priest guides (1 PvE endgame, 1 PvP endgame, 2 solo leveling, 1 dungeon leveling and 1 group leveling), newest or top rated first. Plan the build in the Priest talent calculator, put it next to other specs with talent compare, or follow the Priest leveling guides. The dungeon level chart shows which dungeons open at each level, up to the level 55–60 dungeons at the top of the chart.
Shadow Priest guides
- Newno votes
Shadow PriestDPSSolo levelingLevels 1–60TheorycraftSPriest Leveling
Shadow/Disc Undead leveling build, 37/0/14. Talent order sequenced by actual mana efficiency — Improved Mind Blast held until after Shadowform, Mind Flay online at 22. Includes rotation by level bracket.
by WhoJonStone· Sep 27, 2026· 0 comments
- Newno votesShadow PriestDPSPvETheorycraft
Shadow Priest PvE guide: Shadowform damage and Shadow Weaving at level 60
Shadow Priest raid damage for WoW Forever: Shadowform with a mana discount, Improved Mind Flay, Shadow Weaving and Devouring Contagion, the damage-over-time priority, spell hit first stats and Raiments of Conviction.
by WoWForeverBuilds· Sep 17, 2026· 0 comments
- Newno votesShadow PriestDPSGroup levelingLevels 15–40Theorycraftwith
Warlock + Priest duo leveling 15–40: Shadow Priest talents and heals
Shadow Priest build for leveling with an Affliction Warlock: Spirit Tap mana, Mind Flay at 20, Vampiric Embrace healing for the duo and Shadowform at 40, with shields for emergencies.
by WoWForeverBuilds· Sep 15, 2026· 2 comments
- Newno votesShadow PriestDPSSolo levelingLevels 10–60Theorycraft
Shadow Priest leveling guide 10–60: Spirit Tap, Mind Flay and Shadowform talent order
The standard solo Priest path: Wand Specialization and Spirit Tap first, Mind Flay and Vampiric Embrace in the 20s, Shadowform at 42, then Blackout and Discipline utility to 60.
by WoWForeverBuilds· Sep 15, 2026· 2 comments
- Newno votesShadow PriestDPSDungeon levelingLevels 40–60Theorycraftwith
Shadow Cleave 5-man: Shadow Priest Vampiric Embrace talents (levels 40–60)
Shadow Priest build for shadow cleave dungeon leveling from 40 to 60: Shadow Word: Pain on every mob, Vampiric Embrace party healing, Devouring Contagion to spread Devouring Plague, Shadowform at 40.
by WoWForeverBuilds· Sep 15, 2026· 2 comments