Improved Power Word: Shield, a Discipline Priest talent in WoW Forever
Improved Power Word: Shield is a passive talent in row 2 of the Discipline tree. It needs 5 points in Discipline, so the earliest you can take it is level 15 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 3 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.
Improved Power Word: Shield
3 ranks
- Requires 5 points in Discipline
Increases the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield by 7%.
Every rank of Improved Power Word: Shield
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Increases the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield by 7%. |
| Rank 2 | Increases the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield by 14%. |
| Rank 3 | Increases the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield by 20%. |
Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.
Where it sits in the Discipline tree
- Needs
- No prerequisite talent
- Unlocks
- That talent needs Improved Power Word: Shield at 3/3.
- Same row
- Row above (row 1)
- Row below (row 3)
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Improved Power Word: Shield.
Compared with Classic Era
What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text.
Rank 1 text
Increases the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield by 5%.
Increases the damage absorbed by your Power Word: Shield by 7%.
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All Discipline talents
- Power in Light
- Wand Specialization
- Twin Disciplines
- Silent Resolve
- Holy Precision
- Improved Power Word: Shield
- Martyrdom
- Mental Agility
- Inner Focus
- Meditation
- Improved Inner Fire
- Mental Strength
- Soul Warding
- Improved Mana Burn
- Penance
- Renewed Hope
- Divine Aegis
- Power Infusion
The other Priest trees: Holy and Shadow. Everything that changed for the Priest since Classic is on the changes page.
Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.