Fade

Fade
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	[Improved Fade], [Phantasm], [Phase Shift], [Translucent Image]
Glyphs	[Glyph of Ghostly Fade]
Related buff
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

• Fade uses an Arcane animation, though it is a Shadow spell.
• The [Invisibility] spell used by the Brotherhood of Northshire might have inspired the priest Fade spell.

Patch changes

• Patch 10.0.0 (2022-10-25): Rank 2 effects are now baseline.
  
• 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.
  
• Patch 7.1.0 (2016-10-25): Now learned at level 44 (was 38).
  
• Hotfix (2016-09-21): Can no longer be used while silenced or pacified.
  
• Patch 7.0.3 (2016-07-19): Mana cost removed. Now learned at level 38 (was 44).
  
• Patch 5.0.4 (2012-08-28): Now learned at level 24 (was 8).
  
• 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.
  
• Patch 2.0.10 (2007-03-06): The effectiveness of Fade: Rank 7 has been increased by approximately 25%.
  

See also

• Fade, TCG card

Other versions

• Classic

  Fade
  Fade (6 ranks) Level 8 priest ability 40 Mana 30 sec cooldown Instant Fade out, discouraging enemies from attacking you for 10 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Priest
  School	Shadow
  Cooldown	30 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	8
  Improvements	[Improved Fade]
  Related buff
  Fade Reduced threat level. Duration: 10 seconds

• BC Classic

  Fade
  Fade (7 ranks) Level 8 priest ability 40 Mana 30 sec cooldown Instant Fade out, discouraging enemies from attacking you for 10 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Priest
  School	Shadow
  Cooldown	30 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	8
  Improvements	[Improved Fade]
  Related buff
  Fade Reduced threat level. Duration: 10 seconds

• Wrath Classic

  Fade
  Fade Level 8 priest ability 15% of base mana 30 sec cooldown Instant Fade out, temporarily reducing all your threat for 10 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Priest
  School	Shadow
  Cooldown	30 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	8
  Improvements	[Improved Shadowform], [Veiled Shadows]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Fade],  [Glyph of Fading]
  Related buff
  Fade Reduced threat level. Duration: 10 seconds

• Cataclysm Classic

  Fade
  Fade Level 24 priest ability 15% of base mana 30 sec cooldown Instant Fade out, temporarily reducing all your threat for 10 sec.
  Properties
  Class	Priest
  School	Shadow
  Cooldown	30 seconds
  Other information
  Level learned	24
  Improvements	[Phantasm], [Veiled Shadows]
  Glyphs	[Glyph of Fade],  [Glyph of Fading]
  Related buff
  Fade Reduced threat level. Duration: 10 seconds

External links

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

Rank 1	Rank 6
Wowhead WoWDB	Wowhead WoWDB

Rank 1	Rank 7
Wowhead WoWDB	Wowhead WoWDB

• Wowhead
• WoWDB

• Wowhead
• WoWDB