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Shadow Word: Death
	Shadow Word: Death; Priest ability; 40 yd range; 12% of base mana; 10 sec cooldown; Instant; A word of dark binding that inflicts X Shadow damage to the target. Deals three times as much damage to targets below 25% health. If the target is not killed by Shadow Word: Death, the caster takes damage equal to the damage inflicted upon the target.;
Properties
Class	Priest
School	Shadow
Cooldown	10 seconds
Improvements	[Darkness], [Shadowform], [Shadow Power], [Pain and Suffering], [Twin Disciplines], [Mental Agility]

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This will hurt me as much as it may hurt you!^[1]

Shadow Word: Death is a Shadow Word - a Shadow-based direct damage spell, and deals equal damage to the caster if the target is not slain by the cast. It is learned at level 32 for 90.

The self-harm effect limits usage, though it may be used on any potential target - for a price.

Talent Improvements

Shadow tree talents:

[Shadow Power] (Shadow tree specialisation) increases the damage done by 15% and critical damage done by 100%.
[Shadowform] increases the damage done by 15%, and reduces the damage taken from the backlash by 15%.
[Masochism]: when you take damage from your Shadow Word: Death you instantly gain 4/8% of your total mana. This makes casting SW:D upon a non-critical target (thus ensuring that you will take damage) an excellent technique for restoring your mana, potentially restoring 8% of your mana every 10 seconds, 10 times the benefit gained from [Vampiric Touch].
[Pain and Suffering] reduces damage (backlash) you take from your own SW: Death by 10/20/30%.

Discipline tree talents:

[Twin Disciplines] increases the damage done by 2/4/6%
[Mental Agility] reduces the mana cost by 4/7/10%.

It is possible to spec all of the above talents in order to improve this spell to its maximum.

Glyph Improvements

[Glyph of Shadow Word: Death]: If your Shadow Word: Death fails to kill the target at or below 25% health, your Shadow Word: Death's cooldown is instantly reset. This effect cannot occur more often than once every 6 sec.

Notes

The backlash to the caster is not a resistible effect with Shadow Resistance gear, and can be fatal, but the damage can be mitigated by effects which prevent damage such as [Power Word: Shield], and effects that decrease spell damage. The damage can also be reduced with the Priest talent [Pain and Suffering].
Fatal damage will result in no durability damage to the caster, making a suicide use viable in a wipe situation.
Any backlash the caster takes will equal that of the target, even if the damage is zero. Damage that is partially resisted does not backlash; absorbed damage does, however.
When reflected, it causes both the spell and the backlash to damage the caster.

Shadow Word- Death TCG — In World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game.

Tips & tactics

[Mind Blast] is ultimately more damaging than Shadow Word: Death at their final ranks, but Shadow Word: Death is the second most mana-efficient spell ( [Mind Flay] being first).
Shadow Word: Death can be used by healing Priests to trigger a [Prayer of Mending] that has landed on themselves, thus preventing the Priest from having to fight to gain aggro, waste a Fade, and possibly die.
Because of its instant cast time, Shadow Word: Death used with good timing can be a way of triggering [Spirit Tap] in groups.
Be careful of using Shadow Word: Death in certain fights (The Curator in Karazhan, for example, during his evocation period; the 300% damage increase will more than likely kill any Priest, especially in the event of an unlucky crit)
The backlash from Shadow Word: Death can be used to break [Polymorph] effects if used shortly before the spell finishes. Details on how to use Shadow Word: Death to break [Polymorph] and Video Demonstration.[1]
Don't feel restricted to only using this spell on those with low life. Priests (Shadow Priests, in particular) have a large amount of passive healing thanks to [Vampiric Embrace] and [Vampiric Touch], and can absorb the backlash with their shield. Watch your health, however.
Try to be careful when using this against a Warrior with a shield and [Spell Reflection]. A reflected Shadow Word: Death is considerably harmful to yourself, and in some cases suicide.

Patch changes

Template:Patched

References

Shadow Word: Death to Break Polymorph

External links

^ TCG Through the Dark Portal, #78

[1] TCG Through the Dark Portal, #78

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+'''Shadow Word: Death''' is a [[Shadow Word]] - a [[Shadow]]-based [[Direct Damage|direct damage]] spell, and deals equal damage to the caster if the target is not slain by the cast. It is learned at level 32 for {{cost||90}}.<!-- verify cost then remove this notice -->
-'''Willem's Mitts''' is a quest reward from {{quest|Ending the Invasion!}}.
+The self-harm effect limits usage, though it may be used on any potential target - for a price.
-==Patch changes==
-{{Patch 4.0.3a|note=Added}}
+== Talent Improvements ==
-==External links==
+{{ood}}
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+Shadow tree talents:
+* [[Shadow Power]] (Shadow tree specialisation) increases the damage done by 15% and critical damage done by 100%.
+* [[Shadowform]] increases the damage done by 15%, and reduces the damage taken from the backlash by 15%.
+* [[Masochism]]: when you take damage from your Shadow Word: Death you instantly gain 4/8% of your total mana. This makes casting SW:D upon a non-critical target (thus ensuring that you will take damage) an excellent technique for restoring your mana, potentially restoring 8% of your mana every 10 seconds, 10 times the benefit gained from [[Vampiric Touch]].
+* [[Pain and Suffering]] reduces damage (backlash) you take from your own SW: Death by 10/20/30%.
+Discipline tree talents:
+* [[Twin Disciplines]] increases the damage done by 2/4/6%
+* [[Mental Agility]] reduces the mana cost by 4/7/10%.
+It is possible to spec all of the above talents in order to improve this spell to its maximum.
+== Glyph Improvements ==
+* [[Glyph of Shadow Word: Death]]: If your Shadow Word: Death fails to kill the target at or below 25% health, your Shadow Word: Death's cooldown is instantly reset. This effect cannot occur more often than once every 6 sec.
+== Notes ==
+*The backlash to the caster is not a resistible effect with [[Shadow Resistance]] gear, and can be fatal, but the damage can be mitigated by effects which prevent damage such as [[Power Word: Shield]], and effects that decrease spell damage. The damage can also be reduced with the Priest talent [[Pain and Suffering]].
+*Fatal damage will result in no durability damage to the caster, making a [[suicide]] use viable in a wipe situation.
+*Any backlash the caster takes will equal that of the target, even if the damage is zero. Damage that is [[Resist|partially resisted]] does not backlash; [[absorb]]ed damage does, however.
+*When [[reflect]]ed, it causes both the spell and the backlash to damage the caster.
+[[File:Shadow Word- Death TCG.jpg|thumb|In [[World of Warcraft: Trading Card Game]].]]
+== Tips & tactics ==
+*[[Mind Blast]] is ultimately more damaging than Shadow Word: Death at their final ranks, but Shadow Word: Death is the second most mana-efficient spell ([[Mind Flay]] being first).
+*Shadow Word: Death can be used by healing Priests to trigger a [[Prayer of Mending]] that has landed on themselves, thus preventing the Priest from having to fight to gain aggro, waste a Fade, and possibly die.
+*Because of its [[instant]] cast time, Shadow Word: Death used with good timing can be a way of triggering [[Spirit Tap]] in groups.
+*Be careful of using Shadow Word: Death in certain fights (The Curator in Karazhan, for example, during his evocation period; the 300% damage increase will more than likely kill any Priest, especially in the event of an unlucky crit)
+*The backlash from Shadow Word: Death can be used to break [[Polymorph]] effects if used shortly before the spell finishes. Details on how to use Shadow Word: Death to break [[Polymorph]] and Video Demonstration.[http://www.wowguideguru.com/2010/07/08/shadow-word-death-out-of-polymorph]
+*Don't feel restricted to only using this spell on those with low life.  Priests (Shadow Priests, in particular) have a large amount of passive healing thanks to [[Vampiric Embrace]] and [[Vampiric Touch]], and can absorb the backlash with their [[Power Word: Shield|shield]].  Watch your health, however.
+*Try to be careful when using this against a Warrior with a shield and [[Spell Reflection]].  A reflected Shadow Word: Death is considerably harmful to yourself, and in some cases suicide.
+== Patch changes ==
+*{{Patched|date=2010-12-07|link=http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/1232869|bluenote=Low-level priests will now properly take Shadow Word: Death backlash damage when casting Shadow Word: Death.}}
+==References==
+[http://www.wowguideguru.com/2010/07/08/shadow-word-death-out-of-polymorph Shadow Word: Death to Break Polymorph]
+== External links ==
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Shadow Word: Death
Shadow Word: Death Priest ability 40 yd range 12% of base mana 10 sec cooldown Instant A word of dark binding that inflicts X Shadow damage to the target. Deals three times as much damage to targets below 25% health. If the target is not killed by Shadow Word: Death, the caster takes damage equal to the damage inflicted upon the target.
Properties
Class	Priest
School	Shadow
Cooldown	10 seconds
Improvements	[Darkness], [Shadowform], [Shadow Power], [Pain and Suffering], [Twin Disciplines], [Mental Agility]