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In this article, we list the buffs, debuffs and useful abilities that a Shadow Priest brings to a raid in WoW 4.3. We also list equivalent buffs and debuffs that other classes provide.

The other articles of our Shadow Priest guide can be accessed from the table of contents on the left.

Buffs
Power Word: Fortitude	Increases Stamina by 584 — does not stack with Qiraji Fortitude, Commanding Shout, and Blood Pact
Shadow Protection	Increases Shadow Resistance by 195 — does not stack with Resistance Aura
Mind Quickening	Increases spell casting speed of all raid or party members by 5% — does not stack with Moonkin Form and Wrath of Air Totem
Vampiric Embrace	Heals the Priest for 6% and all other party members for 3% of all single target Shadow damage done by the Priest.
Debuffs
Improved Mind Blast	Healing reduction — does not stack with Monstrous Bite, Widow Venom, Permafrost, Wound Poison, Furious Attacks, Mortal Strike, and Legion Strike
Utility
Hymn of Hope	Raid-wide mana regenerating cooldown
Divine Hymn	Raid-wide healing cooldown
Fear Ward	Grants you or a friendly target immunity against the first fear effect cast against them.
Cure Disease	Removes one disease effect from a friendly target.
Dispel Magic	When cast on yourself, removes two harmful magical effects. When cast on an enemy, removes a beneficial magical effect.
Mass Dispel	Removes one harmful magical effect from every friendly target and one beneficial magical effect from every enemy target in a 15 yard area. It is hard capped to 10 friendly dispels and 10 enemy dispels.
Crowd Control
Psychic Scream	AoE fear
Shackle Undead	Allows you to crowd control an Undead target.
Survival
Fade	Temporarily reduces your threat against all targets (to 0), forcing the mobs to attack someone else on their threat table. This spell is especially useful when adds are spawning and you wish to avoid aggro.
Leap of Faith	Pulls a raid member to your location. This ability is useful for moving unresponsive (or disconnected) players out of harm's way.