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<onlyinclude>{{Infobox ability
 
 
|name=Fade
 
|name=Fade
|image=Spell_Magic_LesserInvisibilty
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|icon=Spell_Magic_LesserInvisibilty
|description=Fade out, temporarily reducing all your threat.
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|description=Fade out, removing all your threat and reducing enemies' attack range against you for 10 sec.
|class=[[Priest]]
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|class=Priest
|type=Defensive
 
 
|school=Shadow
 
|school=Shadow
|cost=15% of [[base mana]]
 
 
|cast_time=Instant
 
|cast_time=Instant
 
|cooldown=30 seconds
 
|cooldown=30 seconds
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|level=9
|improvement=[[Veiled Shadows]], [[Phantasm]], [[Mental Agility]]
 
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|improvements=[[Improved Fade]], [[Phantasm]], [[Phase Shift (PvP talent)]], [[Translucent Image]]
|ranks=1
 
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|buff_desc=Reduced threat level. Enemies have a reduced attack range against you.
|buff_name=Fade
 
|buff_type=Magic
 
|buff_image=Spell_Magic_LesserInvisibilty
 
|buff_desc=Reduced threat level.
 
 
|buff_dur=10 seconds
 
|buff_dur=10 seconds
 
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}}</onlyinclude>
 
:''"Now you hate me... now you don't..."''
 
   
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'''Fade''' is a level 9 [[priest]] spell, used for temporary aggro reduction while in groups. It also reduces enemy aggro radius when active.
== Overview ==
 
   
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==Notes==
'''Fade''' is a temporary aggro reduction that can be used in parties. Its basic function is to reduce all Priest-generated threat for the duration of the spell, taking the Priest off the top of the threat list. This allows a priest to use Fade to get enemies off of them while they heal their party members. The key is to not use Fade too soon, otherwise it will be cooling down when it's needed, and to not use it too late, or else it won't matter. '''It is a common misconception that using Fade regularly will help lower a priest's overall threat for the duration of an encounter.'''
 
 
Fade itself is not useful in single combat, or in escaping a target while not in a group. Fade only reduces your threat relative to the mob's other possible targets.
   
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==Trivia==
Fade itself (without [[Phantasm]]) is not useful in single combat, in sneaking past enemies (see [[Mind Soothe]]), or in escaping a target while not in a group. Fade only reduces your threat relative to the rest of the priest's party.
 
 
* Fade uses an [[Arcane]] animation, though it is a [[Shadow]] spell.
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* The [[Invisibility]] spell used by the [[Brotherhood of Northshire]] might have inspired the priest Fade spell.
   
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==Patch changes==
However if [[Phantasm]] is talented, Fade gains a second use in allowing the player to remove all movement impairing effects, making it a useful PvP ability. In addition, [[Veiled Shadows]] reduces the cooldown on Fade by up to 6 seconds, providing fully talented Shadow priests with the ability to free themselves from all snares and roots every 24 seconds.
 
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* {{Patch 10.0.0|note=Rank 2 effects are now baseline.}}
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* {{Patch 9.0.1|note=Now learned at level 9 (was 44). Rank 2 added at level 17: Fade now reduces the range at which enemies will attack you.}}
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* {{Patch 7.1.0|note=Now learned at level 44 (was 38).}}
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* {{Hotfix|date=2016-09-21|bluenote=Can no longer be used while silenced or pacified.}}
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* {{Patch 7.0.3|note=Mana cost removed. Now learned at level 38 (was 44).}}
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* {{Patch 5.0.4|note=Now learned at level 24 (was 8).}}
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* {{Patch 3.0.2|note=Fade is now a single-rank spell and will now temporarily remove all threat instead of a specific amount based on rank.}}
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* {{Patch 2.0.10|note=The effectiveness of Fade: Rank 7 has been increased by approximately 25%.}}
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* {{Patch 0.6|note=Added.}}
   
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==See also==
When Fade's duration expires, the next threat-generating action will generate normal threat plus all the threat that was originally Faded from the target. If the Priest is unable to properly manage their aggro while Faded, this means that the original target will attack the Priest again, this time while fade is on cooldown.
 
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*[[Fade (Servants of the Betrayer)]], TCG card
   
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==External links==
Fade uses an [[Arcane]] animation, though it is a [[Shadow]] spell.
 
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[[Category:Priest abilities]]
 
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Latest revision as of 05:51, 9 May 2023

Fade
Spell magic lesserinvisibilty
  • Fade
  • Level 9 priest ability
  • 30 sec cooldown
  • Instant
  • Fade out, removing all your threat and reducing enemies' attack range against you for 10 sec.
Properties
Class Priest
School Shadow
Cooldown 30 seconds
Other information
Level learned 9
Improvements Spell magic lesserinvisibilty [Improved Fade], Ability priest phantasm [Phantasm], Spell priest spectralguise [Phase Shift], Spell nature invisibilty [Translucent Image]
Related buff
Spell magic lesserinvisibilty
  • Fade
  • Reduced threat level. Enemies have a reduced attack range against you.
  • Duration: 10 seconds

Fade is a level 9 priest spell, used for temporary aggro reduction while in groups. It also reduces enemy aggro radius when active.

Notes

Fade itself is not useful in single combat, or in escaping a target while not in a group. Fade only reduces your threat relative to the mob's other possible targets.

Trivia

Patch changes

  • Dragonflight Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Rank 2 effects are now baseline.
  • Shadowlands Patch 9.0.1 (2020-10-13): Now learned at level 9 (was 44). Rank 2 added at level 17: Fade now reduces the range at which enemies will attack you.
  • Legion Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now learned at level 44 (was 38).
  • Legion Hotfix (2016-09-21): Can no longer be used while silenced or pacified.
  • Legion Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Mana cost removed. Now learned at level 38 (was 44).
  • Mists of Pandaria Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now learned at level 24 (was 8).
  • Wrath-Logo-Small Patch 3.0.2 (2008-10-14): Fade is now a single-rank spell and will now temporarily remove all threat instead of a specific amount based on rank.
  • Bc icon Patch 2.0.10 (2007-03-06): The effectiveness of Fade: Rank 7 has been increased by approximately 25%.
  • Test-inline Patch 0.6 (2004-04-13): Added.

See also

External links