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Shadow Weaving, a Shadow Priest talent in WoW Forever

Shadow Weaving is a passive talent in row 4 of the Shadow tree. It needs 15 points in Shadow, so the earliest you can take it is level 25 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 3 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Shadow Weaving

3 ranks

  • Requires 15 points in Shadow

Your Shadow damage spells have a 33% chance to increase the Shadow damage you deal by 2% for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

Every rank of Shadow Weaving

RankText
Rank 1Your Shadow damage spells have a 33% chance to increase the Shadow damage you deal by 2% for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.
Rank 2Your Shadow damage spells have a 67% chance to increase the Shadow damage you deal by 2% for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.
Rank 3Your Shadow damage spells have a 100% chance to increase the Shadow damage you deal by 2% for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Shadow tree

Shadow FocusBlackoutSpirit TapShadow AffinityImproved Shadow Word: PainShadow ReachImproved Mind BlastImproved Psychic ScreamMind FlayImproved Mind FlayImproved FadeVampiric EmbraceShadow WeavingSilenceDevouring ContagionEarly DemiseDarknessShadowform
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above (row 3)
Row below (row 5)

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Shadow Weaving.

Compared with Classic Era

What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text, its position and its rank count.

Position

Classic Era

Shadow, row 4, column 4

WoW Forever

Shadow, row 4, column 3

Ranks

Classic Era

5 ranks

WoW Forever

3 ranks

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Your Shadow damage spells have a 20% chance to cause your target to be vulnerable to Shadow damage. This vulnerability increases the Shadow damage dealt to your target by 3% and lasts 15 sec. Stacks up to 5 times.

WoW Forever

Your Shadow damage spells have a 33% chance to increase the Shadow damage you deal by 2% for 15 sec, stacking up to 5 times.

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All Shadow talents

  1. Shadow Focus
  2. Blackout
  3. Spirit Tap
  4. Shadow Affinity
  5. Improved Shadow Word: Pain
  6. Shadow Reach
  7. Improved Mind Blast
  8. Improved Psychic Scream
  9. Mind Flay
  10. Improved Mind Flay
  11. Improved Fade
  12. Vampiric Embrace
  13. Shadow Weaving
  14. Silence
  15. Devouring Contagion
  16. Early Demise
  17. Darkness
  18. Shadowform

The other Priest trees: Discipline and Holy. 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.