Talentsmith
Priest – Shadow leveling
Leveling Split 20 / 0 / 31 (Discipline / Holy / Shadow)
Spirit Tap, Mind Flay and Shadowform: little downtime; Discipline for Intellect and Inner Focus. Values from the launch trees (Blizzard's Nov 2 notes).
Talents in this build
Discipline · 20
Twin Disciplines 5/5
Mental Strength 5/5
Mental Agility 3/3
Inner Focus 1/1
Improved Power Word: Shield 1/3
Meditation 3/3
Improved Mana Burn 2/2
Shadow · 31
Spirit Tap 5/5
Improved Mind Blast 5/5
Improved Shadow Word: Pain 2/2
Shadow Reach 2/2
Mind Flay 1/1
Improved Mind Flay 2/2
Dark Inspiration 1/5
Vampiric Embrace 1/1
Shadow Weaving 3/3
Silence 1/1
Devouring Contagion 2/2
Darkness 5/5
Shadowform 1/1
Leveling order
One talent point per level from 10 to 60. Follow it top to bottom.
| Level | Talent | Tree |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Spirit Tap 1/5 | Shadow |
| 11 | Spirit Tap 2/5 | Shadow |
| 12 | Spirit Tap 3/5 | Shadow |
| 13 | Spirit Tap 4/5 | Shadow |
| 14 | Spirit Tap 5/5 | Shadow |
| 15 | Improved Shadow Word: Pain 1/2 | Shadow |
| 16 | Improved Shadow Word: Pain 2/2 | Shadow |
| 17 | Improved Mind Blast 1/5 | Shadow |
| 18 | Improved Mind Blast 2/5 | Shadow |
| 19 | Improved Mind Blast 3/5 | Shadow |
| 20 | Mind Flay 1/1 | Shadow |
| 21 | Improved Mind Flay 1/2 | Shadow |
| 22 | Improved Mind Flay 2/2 | Shadow |
| 23 | Improved Mind Blast 4/5 | Shadow |
| 24 | Improved Mind Blast 5/5 | Shadow |
| 25 | Vampiric Embrace 1/1 | Shadow |
| 26 | Shadow Weaving 1/3 | Shadow |
| 27 | Shadow Weaving 2/3 | Shadow |
| 28 | Shadow Weaving 3/3 | Shadow |
| 29 | Dark Inspiration 1/5 | Shadow |
| 30 | Silence 1/1 | Shadow |
| 31 | Devouring Contagion 1/2 | Shadow |
| 32 | Devouring Contagion 2/2 | Shadow |
| 33 | Shadow Reach 1/2 | Shadow |
| 34 | Shadow Reach 2/2 | Shadow |
| 35 | Darkness 1/5 | Shadow |
| 36 | Darkness 2/5 | Shadow |
| 37 | Darkness 3/5 | Shadow |
| 38 | Darkness 4/5 | Shadow |
| 39 | Darkness 5/5 | Shadow |
| 40 | Shadowform 1/1 | Shadow |
| 41 | Twin Disciplines 1/5 | Discipline |
| 42 | Twin Disciplines 2/5 | Discipline |
| 43 | Twin Disciplines 3/5 | Discipline |
| 44 | Twin Disciplines 4/5 | Discipline |
| 45 | Twin Disciplines 5/5 | Discipline |
| 46 | Mental Strength 1/5 | Discipline |
| 47 | Mental Strength 2/5 | Discipline |
| 48 | Mental Strength 3/5 | Discipline |
| 49 | Mental Strength 4/5 | Discipline |
| 50 | Mental Strength 5/5 | Discipline |
| 51 | Mental Agility 1/3 | Discipline |
| 52 | Mental Agility 2/3 | Discipline |
| 53 | Mental Agility 3/3 | Discipline |
| 54 | Inner Focus 1/1 | Discipline |
| 55 | Improved Power Word: Shield 1/3 | Discipline |
| 56 | Meditation 1/3 | Discipline |
| 57 | Meditation 2/3 | Discipline |
| 58 | Meditation 3/3 | Discipline |
| 59 | Improved Mana Burn 1/2 | Discipline |
| 60 | Improved Mana Burn 2/2 | Discipline |
Other Priest builds: Discipline healer · Smite (Holy) leveling
This is a starter build – our pick, not the only good one. Change anything in the calculator and share your own link.