Priest Covenant Abilities in Shadowlands

Welcome to our guide that covers Priest Covenant Abilities in Shadowlands. We first present you a summary of all the abilities before going over the individual Signature and Covenant Class Abilities in more detail.

• Kyrian
  • Signature Ability — Summon Steward calls your steward to bring you a Phial of Serenity.
  • Priest Ability — Boon of the Ascended increases your movement speed, granting you access to Ascended Nova and Ascended Blast.
• Night Fae
  • Signature Ability — Soulshape transforms you into a Vulpin, instantly teleporting you forward, increasing your movement speed for a short time.
  • Priest Ability — Fae Guardians calls forth 3 fae guardians to attend your targets for 20 seconds.
• Necrolord
  • Signature Ability — Fleshcraft provides an absorption shield and increases damage taken.
  • Priest Ability — Unholy Nova heals nearby allies and infects enemies with Unholy Transfusion.
• Venthyr
  • Signature Ability — Door of Shadows teleports you to a targeted location.
  • Priest Ability — Mindgames makes enemies heal their target when they deal damage and vice versa.

For more information regarding the best Covenants for each Priest spec, please refer to our spec-specific pages:

Boon of the Ascended: Draw upon the power of the Ascended for 10 seconds, granting you access to:

• Ascended Nova — Release a powerful burst of Anima, dealing (74% of Spell Power) Arcane damage to all enemies and (24% of Spell Power) healing to up to 6 allies within 8 yards. Grants 1 stack of Boon of the Ascended for each target damaged.
• Ascended Blast (replaces Smite and Mind Flay) — Blasts the enemy with pure Anima, causing (179% of Spell Power) Arcane damage and healing a nearby ally for 120% of the damage done. Grants 5 stacks of Boon of the Ascended and generates 6 Insanity.

Boon of the Ascended increases your movement speed by 50%, and upon expiration, releases an Ascended Eruption — Explode for up to (210% of Spell Power) Arcane damage to enemies and (159% of Spell Power) healing to allies within 15 yards, based on number of targets. Damage and healing increased by 3% for each stack of Boon of the Ascended.

(1.5-second cast, 3-minute cooldown)

In the below images, you can see how Boon of the Ascended, Ascended Nova, and Ascended Blast look like.

Fae Guardians: Call forth three faerie guardians to attend to your targets for 20 seconds.

• Discipline/Shadow
  • Wrathful Faerie: Any direct attacks against the target restore 0.5% Mana or 3 Insanity. Follows your Shadow Word: Pain.
  • Guardian Faerie: Reduces damage taken by 20%. Follows your Power Word: Shield.
  • Benevolent Faerie: Increases the cooldown recovery rate of a major ability by 100%. Follows your Shadow Mend.
• Holy
  • Wrathful Faerie: Direct attacks against the target restore 0.5% Mana or 3 Insanity. Follows your Shadow Word: Pain.
  • Guardian Faerie: Reduces damage taken by 20%. Follows your Power Word: Shield.
  • Benevolent Faerie: Increases the cooldown recovery rate of a major ability by 100%. Follows your Flash Heal.

(Instant, Costs 2% of Base Mana, 1.5-minute cooldown)

Unholy Nova: An explosion of dark energy infects enemies within 15 yards with Unholy Transfusion, which deals (150% of Spell Power) damage over 15 seconds. Allies who damage this target are healed for (4% of Spell Power).

(Instant, Costs 0.5% of Base Mana, 60-second cooldown)

Mindgames: Assault an enemy's mind, dealing (300% of Spell Power) Shadow damage and briefly reversing their perception of reality. For 5 seconds, the next (450% of Spell Power) they deal will heal the target, and the next (450% of Shadow Spell Power) healing they deal will damage their target.

• Discipline, Holy: Reversed damage and healing restore up to 4% mana.
• Shadow: Reversed damage and healing generate up to 20 Insanity.

(1.5-second cast, Costs 2% of Base Mana, 40-yard range, 45-second cooldown)

You can find all class-specific Covenant abilities available for other classes linked below.