Fade

Fade is a priest spell from the Shadow school, learned at level 24 for. It is used for temporary aggro reduction while in groups. 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 and raid 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 (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 mob's other possible targets.

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.

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.

Fade uses an Arcane animation, though it is a Shadow spell.