Soul Warding

Priest · Discipline · opens at 15 points spent · 1 rank

Soul Warding does not exist in Classic Era. It is new in World of Warcraft: Forever.

Soul Warding ranks in Forever

Rank 1 Reduces the cooldown on your Power Word: Shield spell by 4 sec and reduces its mana cost by 15%.

Where Soul Warding sits in the Discipline tree

Soul Warding is a Discipline talent for Priest. You need 15 points in Discipline before the row it sits on opens. It also requires Improved Power Word: Shield first. Taking it opens Renewed Hope.

Requires: Improved Power Word: Shield
Unlocks: Renewed Hope
Same row: Improved Inner Fire, Mental Strength, Improved Mana Burn

How often people take Soul Warding

68 of the 180 public Priest builds saved here — 38% — put at least one point in Soul Warding. 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

New in Forever.

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