Spell Warding, a Holy Priest talent in WoW Forever
Spell Warding is a passive talent in row 2 of the Holy tree. It needs 5 points in Holy, so the earliest you can take it is level 15 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It is the same as in Classic Era.
Spell Warding
5 ranks
- Requires 5 points in Holy
Reduces all spell damage taken by 2%.
Every rank of Spell Warding
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Reduces all spell damage taken by 2%. |
| Rank 2 | Reduces all spell damage taken by 4%. |
| Rank 3 | Reduces all spell damage taken by 6%. |
| Rank 4 | Reduces all spell damage taken by 8%. |
| Rank 5 | Reduces all spell damage taken by 10%. |
Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.
Where it sits in the Holy tree
- Needs
- No prerequisite talent
- Unlocks
- No talent needs it
- 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 Spell Warding.
Compared with Classic Era
Spell Warding is the same as in Classic Era.
It sits in the same place, has the same number of ranks and has the same rank 1 text.
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All Holy talents
- Twilight Focus
- Improved Renew
- Holy Specialization
- Spell Warding
- Divine Fury
- Holy Nova
- Blessed Recovery
- Inspiration
- Holy Reach
- Improved Healing
- Searing Light
- Binding Heal
- Litany of Light
- Spirit of Redemption
- Spiritual Guidance
- Spiritual Healing
- Prayer of Mending
The other Priest trees: Discipline 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.