Silence
Priest · Shadow Magic · opens at 20 points spent · 1 rank
Silence works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.
225 Mana · 20 yd range · Instant · 45 sec cooldown
Silence ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 Silences the target, preventing them from casting spells for 5 sec and interrupting their spellcasts for 3 sec.
What Silence 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 Silences the target, preventing them from casting spells for 5 sec.
Where Silence sits in the Shadow Magic tree
Silence is a Shadow Magic talent for Priest. You need 20 points in Shadow Magic before the row it sits on opens. It also requires Improved Fade first.
- Requires: Improved Fade
- Same row: Devouring Contagion
How often people take Silence
18 of the 180 public Priest builds saved here — 10% — put at least one point in Silence. 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 @5:27:59 (rank 1 tooltip)