Priest · Shadow · row 7

Shadowform

Changed from Classic1 rankActive ability
Shadowform
Rank 1/1Shadow
40% of base mana | Instant | 1.5 sec cooldown
Requires 30 points in Shadow Talents
Requires Vampiric Embrace
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.

Every rank of Shadowform

RankEffectSource
1Assume 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.client

Requirements and position

  • Tree: Shadow, row 7, column 2. Needs 30 points in Shadow first. The earliest you can finish all 1 rank is level 40 if you put every point into this tree.
  • Prerequisite: Vampiric Embrace at 1/1.

Classic comparison

Classic 1.12WoW Forever
NameShadowformShadowform
PositionShadow row 7, col 2Shadow row 7, col 2
Ranks11
Rank 1 textAssume a Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 15% and reducing Physical damage done to you by 15%. However, you may not cast Holy spells while in this form.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.

Spells this talent affects

Builds that take Shadowform

Questions players ask

Where is Shadowform in the Priest talent tree?
Shadow tree, row 7, column 2. You need 30 points spent in Shadow before you can learn it, and Vampiric Embrace must be at full rank first.
Is Shadowform new in WoW Forever?
Shadowform existed in Classic (Shadow row 7, 1 ranks). In Forever it was changed: Classic read "Assume a Shadowform, increasing your Shadow damage by 15% and reducing Physical damage done to you by 15%. However, you may not cast Holy spells while in this form.".

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