Talent Build & Glyphs (5.3)
Talents and Glyphs give you the flexibility to tweak your Shadow Priest for a variety of encounters. Use this guide to view the selected talents and glyphs to include in your build and under which circumstances you might need to change your build to increase your effectiveness.
Talent Build
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Build Details
This is the base PvP spec for Shadow Priests. Psyfiend and Phantasm provide strong utility, but may be swapped for other talents in the same tier. Angelic Bulwark boosts your survivability. Solace And Insanity, Power Infusion, and Halo boost your healing/damage.
Major Glyphs
Major Glyphs are all highly situational. Your Glyph choices will largely depend on your team and class composition.
- Glyph of Dark Binding Required. Great boost to utility and survivability.
- Glyph of Dispel Magic Optional. Small boost to damage.
- Glyph of Dispersion Optional. Small boost to survivability.
- Glyph of Fade Optional. Small boost to survivability.
- Glyph of Inner Sanctum Optional. Small boost to survivability and mobility.
- Glyph of Leap of Faith Optional. Small boost to utility.
- Glyph of Mass Dispel Optional. Major boost to utility in group PvP.
- Glyph of Mind Blast Optional. Small boost to crowd control.
- Glyph of Mind Spike Optional. Small boost to Mind Blast damage.
- Glyph of Power Word Shield Optional. Boost to healing under most circumstances.
- Glyph of Prayer of Mending Optional. Moderate boost to group healing.
- Glyph of Psychic Horror Optional. Moderate boost to crowd control.
- Glyph of Reflective Shield Optional. Small boost to damage output.
- Glyph of Shadow Word Death Optional. Useful for breaking CC by damaging yourself.
- Glyph of Vampiric Embrace Optional. Provides burst healing with Vampiric Embrace.