Priest talent trees at level 90
Priest has 3 specializations: Discipline, Holy, Shadow. This build uses Shadow. Its hero choices are Archon and Voidweaver. The hero selector changes only the hero branch. Your class and specialization picks stay in place.
Shadow points and unlocks
| Specialization | Tree | Talents | Points at level 90 | First point | Point gates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow | Class | 48 | 34 | Level 10 | 8, 23 |
| Shadow | Shadow | 44 | 34 | Level 11 | 8, 20 |
| Shadow | Voidweaver | 14 | 13 | Level 71 | None |
| Shadow | Archon | 14 | 13 | Level 71 | None |
Available points are the sum of points earned at or below your chosen level. Each purchased rank costs one point in its own tree. Automatically learned talents cost no points. Points in your class tree cannot pay for talents in Shadow or either hero branch.
A shadow leveling example
At level 24, priest shadow has8 class points and 7specialization points. Spending 8 class points above the first gate opens its next section, provided you complete the connected talents. Spending those points in Shadowdoes not open the class gate. Your first Voidweaver point arrives at level71.
Reaching the deeper shadow talents
Idol of N'Zoth, Idol of Y'Shaarj, Idol of Yogg-Saronrequire 20 points above the last Shadow gate. Complete the connected path as well. To move points out of that path, refund these deeper talents first. A refund that leaves fewer than 20 points above the gate is blocked while a talent below it remains learned.
Comparing Deathspeaker and Death and Madness
These Shadow options share an octagonal node with 1 rank. Choose the effect you need, then learn the rank. Replacing one option keeps the same point cost.
| Talent | Effect at its first rank |
|---|---|
| Deathspeaker | Shadow Word: Death damage increased by 25%. Shadow Word: Death gains its damage and talent bonuses against targets below 35% health instead of 20%. |
| Death and Madness | If a target dies within 7 seconds 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 seconds. |
Importing, exporting and sharing priest builds
Paste a priest loadout into the loadout box and choose Import loadout. It opens the matching specialization, including Discipline, Holy, Shadow. For this Shadow plan, Export loadout includes your class picks, specialization picks and chosen Archon or Voidweaver branch. Copy build link also keeps your level. Hover or focus a node to read it, click to learn, and right click to refund. On a phone, tap the node and use Learn rank or Remove rank.
Retail uses separate class, specialization and hero point pools. The older talent calculators linked above use three trees that share one pool, so their build strings are not interchangeable. Game updates can change talents and invalidate older loadouts. Check the build and data date before reusing a saved plan.
Talent updates
| Build | Date | Changes |
|---|---|---|
| 12.1.5.70688 | 2026-11-03 | Talent trees added for 3 specializations. |