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Soul Warding

New in Forever1 rank

Soul Warding

Rank 1/1Discipline

Requires 15 points in Discipline Talents

Requires Improved Power Word: Shield

Reduces the cooldown on your Power Word: Shield spell by 4 sec and reduces its mana cost by 15%.

Every rank of Soul Warding

Rank	Effect	Source
1	Reduces the cooldown on your Power Word: Shield spell by 4 sec and reduces its mana cost by 15%.	client

Requirements and position

Tree: Discipline, row 4, column 3. Needs 15 points in Discipline first. The earliest you can finish all 1 rank is level 25 if you put every point into this tree.
Prerequisite: Improved Power Word: Shield at 3/3.
Unlocks: Renewed Hope (requires Soul Warding at full rank).
Competes with: Improved Inner Fire, Improved Mana Burn in the same row.

Classic comparison

Soul Warding is new in WoW Forever. Nothing in Classic 1.12 does this for Priests.

Spells this talent affects

Power Word: Shield · 10 ranks, learned at 6

Builds that take Soul Warding

Discipline Priest healing build (31/20/0) · 1/1
Discipline Priest PvP build (31/0/20) · 1/1

Questions players ask

Where is Soul Warding in the Priest talent tree?

Discipline tree, row 4, column 3. You need 15 points spent in Discipline before you can learn it, and Improved Power Word: Shield must be at full rank first.

Is Soul Warding new in WoW Forever?

Yes. Soul Warding has no Classic 1.12 counterpart.

Snapshot 2026-11-03, client 1.60.1.70753.