Blackout

Blackout ranks in Forever

1. Rank 1 Gives your Shadow damage spells a 2% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.
2. Rank 2 Gives your Shadow damage spells a 4% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.
3. Rank 3 Gives your Shadow damage spells a 6% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.
4. Rank 4 Gives your Shadow damage spells a 8% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.
5. Rank 5 Gives your Shadow damage spells a 10% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.

Where Blackout sits in the Shadow Magic tree

Blackout is a Shadow Magic talent for Priest. It sits on the first row, so it can be taken straight away. Taking it opens Improved Psychic Scream.

• Unlocks: Improved Psychic Scream
• Same row: Shadow Focus, Spirit Tap

How often people take Blackout

28 of the 180 public Priest builds saved here — 16% — put at least one point in Blackout. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.

Where this came from

Same as Classic (verified).

• BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage
• Xaryu VOD 2872270692 @5:27:09 (rank 1 tooltip)