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DPS · Raids Level 60 · 10 / 0 / 41 · Discipline 10 · Holy 0 · Shadow 41

Shadow Priest raid build with Shadowform, Shadow Weaving and Darkness. Devouring Contagion supports Devouring Plague, while Discipline points improve instant spells and add a Holy-damage option outside Shadowform. Load the level-60 build in the calculator to adjust it for your gear and group.

Level-30 beta Priest Shadow Weaving Raid build

Level-30 Shadow dungeon damage · 2 / 0 / 19 · 21 standard talent points. Reviewed 16 October 2026.

Two Discipline points improve wand damage while 19 Shadow points retain Spirit Tap, Mind Flay, Shadow Weaving and Vampiric Embrace. The wand is a Mana-free finishing option in level-30 quests and dungeons; it is mainly for finishing targets, rather than replacing Shadow spells when the enemy has plenty of health.

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Beta talent allocation: 2/0/19

Discipline: 2 points

Talent	Rank	Effect at this rank
✦ Wand Specialization	2/2	Increases your damage with Wands by 25%.

Shadow: 19 points

Talent	Rank	Effect at this rank
✦ Shadow Focus	5/5	Improves your chance to hit with Shadow spells by 5%.
✦ Spirit Tap	5/5	Gives you a 100% chance to increase your Spirit by 100% for 15 sec after killing a non-trivial target or when an enemy afflicted by your Vampiric Embrace dies. For the duration, 50% of your Mana regeneration will continue while casting.
✦ Improved Shadow Word: Pain	2/2	Increases the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain spell by 6 sec.
✦ Mind Flay	1/1	Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 63 Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%.
✦ Improved Mind Flay	2/2	Each instance of damage of Mind Flay deals 20% more damage than its previous instance of damage.
✦ Vampiric Embrace	1/1	Afflicts your target with Shadow energy that causes all party members to be healed for 20% of any Shadow spell damage you deal for 30 sec.
✦ Shadow Weaving	3/3	Your Shadow damage spells have a 100% chance to increase the Shadow damage the target takes from you by 2% for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

How to play this beta version

1. Apply periodic damage on targets that live long enough and build personal Shadow Weaving stacks.
2. Use Mind Flay when a safe channel fits, then finish a weakened target with a suitable wand when saving Mana matters.
3. Use Vampiric Embrace where its party recovery and kill-triggered Spirit Tap interaction are useful; retain Mana for a needed heal.

What changes from the 51-point build?

• Shadowform requires 31 points and is absent.
• Silence and Shadow Reach are not selected in this wand-support version.

For a casting-heavy group or one that needs another Silence, use the deeper Shadow alternative. It restores Silence and range but loses the wand bonus.

Why this beta talent split?

Wand Specialization supports a Mana-saving finisher while Shadow keeps its damage and recovery foundation. Holy offers casting protection and Renew support, but costs more Shadow investment for a different playstyle. Use the deeper Shadow version when Silence matters more than wand damage.

Alternative beta buildShadow casting and Silence 0/0/21Talent split

When to use

Use when more Shadow range and an active Silence matter more than wand finishing.

Trade-off

Gives up Wand Specialization.

Shadow21 points

• Shadow Focus5/5
• Spirit Tap5/5
• Improved Shadow Word: Pain2/2
• Shadow Reach1/2
• Mind Flay1/1
• Improved Mind Flay2/2
• Vampiric Embrace1/1
• Shadow Weaving3/3
• Silence1/1

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Level-60 Priest Shadow Weaving Raid build: 51 points

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Shadow Weaving Raid at a glance

How to play Shadow Weaving Raid

Maintain useful Shadow damage-over-time effects, use Mind Blast when appropriate and channel Mind Flay between higher-priority actions. Build Shadow Weaving stacks through Shadow damage and use Vampiric Embrace when its party healing helps. Shadowform prevents healing spell casts, so leave it when direct healing is necessary. Watch Mana and target survival time before spreading damage to adds.

Related planning: Read the dungeons and raids guide, open the Priest talent calculator, or review the class changes before you finalize the build.

Shadow Weaving Raid talent allocation and effects

Discipline (10 points)

Talent	Rank	Effect
✦ Power in Light	5/5	Your Smite and Penance spells deal 10% increased damage to targets afflicted with your Holy Fire or Shadow Word: Pain.
✦ Twin Disciplines	5/5	Increases the damage and healing of your instant cast spells by 5%.

Shadow (41 points)

Talent	Rank	Effect
✦ Shadow Focus	5/5	Improves your chance to hit with Shadow spells by 5%.
✦ Blackout	5/5	Gives your Shadow damage spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.
✦ Spirit Tap	2/5	Gives you a 40% chance to increase your Spirit by 100% for 15 sec after killing a non-trivial target or when an enemy afflicted by your Vampiric Embrace dies. For the duration, 50% of your Mana regeneration will continue while casting.
✦ Improved Shadow Word: Pain	2/2	Increases the duration of your Shadow Word: Pain spell by 6 sec.
✦ Improved Mind Blast	5/5	Reduces the cooldown of your Mind Blast spell by 2.5 sec.
✦ Improved Psychic Scream	2/2	Reduces the cooldown of your Psychic Scream spell by 4 sec.
✦ Mind Flay	1/1	Assault the target's mind with Shadow energy, causing 63 Shadow damage over 3 sec and slowing their movement speed by 50%.
✦ Dark Inspiration	5/5	Your Mind Blast and fully channeled Mind Flay causes Dark Inspiration, increasing yours and your party's Spirit by 15% for 10 sec.
✦ Vampiric Embrace	1/1	Afflicts your target with Shadow energy that causes all party members to be healed for 20% of any Shadow spell damage you deal for 30 sec.
✦ Shadow Weaving	3/3	Your Shadow damage spells have a 100% chance to increase the Shadow damage the target takes from you by 2% for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.
✦ Silence	1/1	Silences the target, preventing them from casting spells for 5 sec and interrupting their spellcasts for 3 sec.
✦ Devouring Contagion	2/2	Reduces the mana cost of your Devouring Plague by 50%. Targets that die while Devouring Plague is active spreads it, jumping to 2 nearby enemies within 10 yds for the remaining duration.
✦ Early Demise	1/2	Increases Shadow Word: Death's critical strike chance on targets at or below 20% health by 15%.
✦ Darkness	5/5	Increases your Shadow damage done by 10%.
✦ Shadowform	1/1	Assume Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 10%, reducing the Mana cost of all Shadow spells by 50%, increasing the critical strike damage bonus of your Shadow spells by 100%, and reducing Physical damage taken by you by 15%. However, you may not cast healing spells while in this form.

Why Shadow Weaving Raid takes these talents

Shadow Weaving increases your own Shadow damage, not every Warlock's raid damage. Vampiric Embrace unlocks Shadowform, and Darkness adds Shadow damage. Devouring Contagion reduces Devouring Plague Mana costs and spreads its remaining duration to two nearby enemies when the afflicted target dies. Twin Disciplines improves instant spells; Power in Light supports Smite or Penance against Holy Fire targets, so it is not a direct Shadow DPS bonus.

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More builds to try

Playing a different class? These dps builds from other classes follow a similar role: Marksmanship Raid (Hunter), Combat Swords (Rogue), Elemental Raid (Shaman).

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