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Shadow Priest · solo leveling · PvE · levels 10–60 · Discipline 11 / Holy 0 / Shadow 40 · Blackout

51 points (Discipline 11 / Holy 0 / Shadow 40). Blackout is one of the spent talents. This is a theory plan, not a playtest.

PriestShadowDPSSolo levelingPvE10–60Discipline 11Holy 0Shadow 40Checked 26 Oct

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Discipline

11 / 51
11 points invested

Holy

0 / 51
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Shadow

40 / 51
40 points invested

Recorded use case

  • Recorded scenario: Shadow Priest for solo leveling at levels 10–60.

Import and rule checks

This Shadow Priest talent allocation spends 51 points by level 60 (Discipline 11 / Holy 0 / Shadow 40). Checked 2026-10-26 against layout beta-20261022-79b9f5bc.

The source published a spend order. Every prefix from level 10 through the final level passes the current point budget, rank cap and prerequisites.

What the spent talents do

Blackout

Rank 5 of 5 in Shadow: Gives your Shadow damage spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.

Shadow Focus

Rank 5 of 5 in Shadow: Improves your chance to hit with Shadow spells by 5%.

Spirit Tap

Rank 5 of 5 in Shadow: 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.

Twin Disciplines

Rank 5 of 5 in Discipline: Increases the damage and healing of your instant cast spells by 5%.

Improved Mind Blast

Rank 5 of 5 in Shadow: Reduces the cooldown of your Mind Blast spell by 2.5 sec.

Darkness

Rank 5 of 5 in Shadow: Increases your Shadow damage done by 10%.

Limits of this record

  • This site has not playtested this allocation or measured its combat results.

Point order

Spend one point at each level from 10 to 60. Names only here; recorded rank text is on the talents you spend.

  1. Level 10: Wand Specialization 1/2 (Discipline)
  2. Level 11: Wand Specialization 2/2 (Discipline)
  3. Level 12: Spirit Tap 1/5 (Shadow)
  4. Level 13: Spirit Tap 2/5 (Shadow)
  5. Level 14: Spirit Tap 3/5 (Shadow)
  6. Level 15: Spirit Tap 4/5 (Shadow)
  7. Level 16: Spirit Tap 5/5 (Shadow)
  8. Level 17: Improved Shadow Word: Pain 1/2 (Shadow)
  9. Level 18: Improved Shadow Word: Pain 2/2 (Shadow)
  10. Level 19: Shadow Focus 1/5 (Shadow)
  11. Level 20: Shadow Focus 2/5 (Shadow)
  12. Level 21: Shadow Focus 3/5 (Shadow)
  13. Level 22: Mind Flay 1/1 (Shadow)
  14. Level 23: Improved Mind Flay 1/2 (Shadow)
  15. Level 24: Improved Mind Flay 2/2 (Shadow)
  16. Level 25: Improved Mind Blast 1/5 (Shadow)
  17. Level 26: Improved Mind Blast 2/5 (Shadow)
  18. Level 27: Vampiric Embrace 1/1 (Shadow)
  19. Level 28: Shadow Weaving 1/3 (Shadow)
  20. Level 29: Shadow Weaving 2/3 (Shadow)
  21. Level 30: Shadow Weaving 3/3 (Shadow)
  22. Level 31: Improved Mind Blast 3/5 (Shadow)
  23. Level 32: Silence 1/1 (Shadow)
  24. Level 33: Improved Mind Blast 4/5 (Shadow)
  25. Level 34: Improved Mind Blast 5/5 (Shadow)
  26. Level 35: Shadow Reach 1/2 (Shadow)
  27. Level 36: Shadow Reach 2/2 (Shadow)
  28. Level 37: Darkness 1/5 (Shadow)
  29. Level 38: Darkness 2/5 (Shadow)
  30. Level 39: Darkness 3/5 (Shadow)
  31. Level 40: Darkness 4/5 (Shadow)
  32. Level 41: Darkness 5/5 (Shadow)
  33. Level 42: Shadowform 1/1 (Shadow)
  34. Level 43: Shadow Focus 4/5 (Shadow)
  35. Level 44: Shadow Focus 5/5 (Shadow)
  36. Level 45: Blackout 1/5 (Shadow)
  37. Level 46: Blackout 2/5 (Shadow)
  38. Level 47: Blackout 3/5 (Shadow)
  39. Level 48: Blackout 4/5 (Shadow)
  40. Level 49: Blackout 5/5 (Shadow)
  41. Level 50: Improved Psychic Scream 1/2 (Shadow)
  42. Level 51: Improved Psychic Scream 2/2 (Shadow)
  43. Level 52: Twin Disciplines 1/5 (Discipline)
  44. Level 53: Twin Disciplines 2/5 (Discipline)
  45. Level 54: Twin Disciplines 3/5 (Discipline)
  46. Level 55: Mental Strength 1/5 (Discipline)
  47. Level 56: Mental Strength 2/5 (Discipline)
  48. Level 57: Twin Disciplines 4/5 (Discipline)
  49. Level 58: Twin Disciplines 5/5 (Discipline)
  50. Level 59: Mental Strength 3/5 (Discipline)
  51. Level 60: Improved Power Word: Shield 1/3 (Discipline)

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Sources and limits

Checked 2026-10-26 against layout beta-20261022-79b9f5bc. Public source name: WoW Forever Builds. Source date: 2026-09-15.

Talent names, ranks, prerequisites and tooltips in these WoW Forever builds use this site’s Forever data snapshot. Point text is checked against that snapshot. A cited guide is linked from the plan; its article is not copied here.

Published source

The link below is the published guide. Talent sentences on this page come from this site’s snapshot.

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  • Priest spellbook — recorded training levels and spell effects used in the play notes.
  • Calculator rules — Each level follows the calculator’s point budget, rank limits and prerequisites: one point at level 10, then one point each level, up to 51 at level 60.
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