Shadow Affinity
Priest · Shadow Magic · opens at 5 points spent · 3 ranks
Shadow Affinity works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.
Shadow Affinity ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Reduces the threat generated by your Shadow spells by 10%.
- Rank 2 Reduces the threat generated by your Shadow spells by 20%.
- Rank 3 Reduces the threat generated by your Shadow spells by 30%.
What Shadow Affinity does in Classic Era
Forever changed this talent. The Classic Era wording is kept here rank for rank so the two can be read side by side.
- Rank 1 Reduces the threat generated by your Shadow spells by 8%.
- Rank 2 Reduces the threat generated by your Shadow spells by 16%.
- Rank 3 Reduces the threat generated by your Shadow spells by 25%.
Where Shadow Affinity sits in the Shadow Magic tree
Shadow Affinity is a Shadow Magic talent for Priest. You need 5 points in Shadow Magic before the row it sits on opens.
- Same row: Improved Shadow Word: Pain, Shadow Reach
How often people take Shadow Affinity
38 of the 180 public Priest builds saved here — 21% — put at least one point in Shadow Affinity. 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
Changed in Forever.
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage
- Xaryu VOD 2872270692 @5:27:13 (rank 1 tooltip)