WoW Forever Warrior Talent Tree & Talents

Every Warrior talent in the current snapshot — rank text, grid position, source status, and Classic comparison. Rank text coverage: 150 of 150 ranks; ranks without confirmed text are collapsed into a short per-talent note rather than repeated as placeholders.

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Arms

Arms rank text coverage: 47 of 47 ranks have confirmed effect text.

Talent	Position	Ranks & source status	Classic comparison
Improved Heroic Strike Passive	Row 1 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 1 Rage. Community record Rank 2/3 — Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 2 Rage. Community record Rank 3/3 — Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 3 Rage. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Arms, row 1 “Reduces the cost of your Heroic Strike ability by 1 rage point.”
Deflection Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases your Parry chance by 1%. Community record Rank 2/5 — Increases your Parry chance by 2%. Community record Rank 3/5 — Increases your Parry chance by 3%. Community record Rank 4/5 — Increases your Parry chance by 4%. Community record Rank 5/5 — Increases your Parry chance by 5%. Community record	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Arms, row 1 “Increases your Parry chance by 1%.”
Improved Rend Passive	Row 1 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the Bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 12%. Community record Rank 2/3 — Increases the Bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 23%. Community record Rank 3/3 — Increases the Bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 35%. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Arms, row 1 “Increases the bleed damage done by your Rend ability by 15%.”
Improved Charge Passive	Row 2 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases the Rage generated by your Charge ability by 3. Community record Rank 2/2 — Increases the Rage generated by your Charge ability by 6. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Arms, row 2 “Increases the amount of rage generated by your Charge ability by 3.”
Improved Tactical Mastery Passive	Row 2 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Tactical Mastery lets you retain up to an additional 3 Rage when you change stances. Community record Rank 2/5 — Tactical Mastery lets you retain up to an additional 6 Rage when you change stances. Community record Rank 3/5 — Tactical Mastery lets you retain up to an additional 9 Rage when you change stances. Community record Rank 4/5 — Tactical Mastery lets you retain up to an additional 12 Rage when you change stances. Community record Rank 5/5 — Tactical Mastery lets you retain up to an additional 15 Rage when you change stances. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Arms, row 2 “You retain up to 5 of your rage points when you change stances.”
Improved Overpower Passive	Row 2 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 25%. Community record Rank 2/2 — Increases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 50%. Community record	Moved from Classic Classic: Arms, row 3 “Increases the critical strike chance of your Overpower ability by 25%.”
Anger Management Passive · Requires Improved Tactical Mastery (rank 1)	Row 3 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Generates 1 Rage every 3 sec while in combat, and reduces Rage loss while out of combat by 30%. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Arms, row 3 “Increases the time required for your rage to decay while out of combat by 30%.”
Deep Wounds Passive · Requires Improved Rend (rank 1)	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Your critical strikes cause your opponent to Bleed, dealing 20% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 sec. Community record Rank 2/3 — Your critical strikes cause your opponent to Bleed, dealing 40% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 sec. Community record Rank 3/3 — Your critical strikes cause your opponent to Bleed, dealing 60% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 sec. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Arms, row 3 “Your critical strikes cause the opponent to bleed, dealing 20% of your melee weapon's average damage over 12 sec.”
Spearing Strike 15 Rage \| Melee Range \| Instant \| 20 sec cooldown \| Requires Battle Stance	Row 4 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — A brutal attack that deals 40% weapon damage. Deals an additional 80% weapon damage against Giants, Dragonkin, and mounted targets. Mounted targets are dismounted. Community record	New in Forever
Two-Handed Weapon Specialization Passive	Row 4 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 1%. Community record Rank 2/3 — Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 2%. Community record Rank 3/3 — Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 3%. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Arms, row 4 “Increases the damage you deal with two-handed melee weapons by 1%.”
Impale Passive · Requires Deep Wounds (rank 1)	Row 4 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 10%. Community record Rank 2/2 — Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 20%. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Arms, row 4 “Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities in Battle, Defensive, and Berserker stance by 10%.”
Bloodthrill Passive	Row 5 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Your Main Hand melee attacks against enemies afflicted by your Rend have a 4% chance to allow the use of your Overpower ability on the target. Lasts 6 sec. Community record Rank 2/5 — Your Main Hand melee attacks against enemies afflicted by your Rend have a 8% chance to allow the use of your Overpower ability on the target. Lasts 6 sec. Community record Rank 3/5 — Your Main Hand melee attacks against enemies afflicted by your Rend have a 12% chance to allow the use of your Overpower ability on the target. Lasts 6 sec. Community record Rank 4/5 — Your Main Hand melee attacks against enemies afflicted by your Rend have a 16% chance to allow the use of your Overpower ability on the target. Lasts 6 sec. Community record Rank 5/5 — Your Main Hand melee attacks against enemies afflicted by your Rend have a 20% chance to allow the use of your Overpower ability on the target. Lasts 6 sec. Community record	New in Forever
Sweeping Strikes 30 Rage \| Instant \| 30 sec cooldown \| Requires Battle Stance	Row 5 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Your next 5 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent. Community record	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Arms, row 5 “Your next 5 melee attacks strike an additional nearby opponent.”
Weaponmaster Passive	Row 5 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 1%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 3% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 1% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Community record Rank 2/5 — Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 2%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 6% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 2% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Community record Rank 3/5 — Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 3%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 9% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 3% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Community record Rank 4/5 — Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 4%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 12% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 4% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Community record Rank 5/5 — Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Polearm: Increases your critical strike chance by 5%. Mace/Staff: Your attacks ignore 15% of your target's armor. Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 5% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Community record	New in Forever
Improved Slam Passive	Row 6 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Reduces the global cooldown and cast time of your Slam ability by 0.25 sec. In addition, Slam no longer interrupts or delays your melee swing and Slam's cooldown is reduced by 3.0 sec. Community record Rank 2/2 — Reduces the global cooldown and cast time of your Slam ability by 0.50 sec. In addition, Slam no longer interrupts or delays your melee swing and Slam's cooldown is reduced by 3.0 sec. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Fury, row 5 “Decreases the casting time of your Slam ability by 0.1 sec.”
Improved Hamstring Passive	Row 6 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Gives your Hamstring ability a 5% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec. Community record Rank 2/3 — Gives your Hamstring ability a 10% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec. Community record Rank 3/3 — Gives your Hamstring ability a 15% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec. Community record	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Arms, row 6 “Gives your Hamstring ability a 5% chance to immobilize the target for 5 sec.”
Mortal Strike 30 Rage \| Melee Range \| Instant \| 6 sec cooldown · Requires Sweeping Strikes (rank 1)	Row 7 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 85 and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec. Community record	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Arms, row 7 “A vicious strike that deals weapon damage plus 85 and wounds the target, reducing the effectiveness of any healing by 50% for 10 sec.”

Removed from Classic Arms

Axe Specialization (was row 5) — Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Axes by 1%.
Mace Specialization (was row 5) — Gives you a 1% chance to stun your target for 3 sec with a Mace.
Sword Specialization (was row 5) — Gives you a 1% chance to get an extra attack on the same target after dealing damage with your Sword.
Polearm Specialization (was row 6) — Increases your chance to get a critical strike with Polearms by 1%.

Fury

Fury rank text coverage: 53 of 53 ranks have confirmed effect text.

Talent	Position	Ranks & source status	Classic comparison
Booming Voice Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases the area of effect of your Shouts by 10% and reduces their Rage cost by 5%. Community record Rank 2/5 — Increases the area of effect of your Shouts by 20% and reduces their Rage cost by 10%. Community record Rank 3/5 — Increases the area of effect of your Shouts by 30% and reduces their Rage cost by 15%. Community record Rank 4/5 — Increases the area of effect of your Shouts by 40% and reduces their Rage cost by 20%. Community record Rank 5/5 — Increases the area of effect of your Shouts by 50% and reduces their Rage cost by 25%. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Fury, row 1 “Increases the area of effect and duration of your Battle Shout and Demoralizing Shout by 10%.”
Cruelty Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 1%. Community record Rank 2/5 — Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 2%. Community record Rank 3/5 — Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 3%. Community record Rank 4/5 — Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 4%. Community record Rank 5/5 — Improves your chance to get a critical strike with melee attacks by 5%. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Fury, row 1 “Increases your chance to get a critical strike with melee weapons by 1%.”
Lingering Rage Passive	Row 2 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases the time before your Rage begins to decay after leaving combat by 2 sec. Community record Rank 2/5 — Increases the time before your Rage begins to decay after leaving combat by 4 sec. Community record Rank 3/5 — Increases the time before your Rage begins to decay after leaving combat by 6 sec. Community record Rank 4/5 — Increases the time before your Rage begins to decay after leaving combat by 8 sec. Community record Rank 5/5 — Increases the time before your Rage begins to decay after leaving combat by 10 sec. Community record	New in Forever
Unbridled Wrath Passive	Row 2 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Gives you a 12% chance to generate 1 additional Rage when you deal melee damage with a weapon. Community record Rank 2/5 — Gives you a 24% chance to generate 1 additional Rage when you deal melee damage with a weapon. Community record Rank 3/5 — Gives you a 36% chance to generate 1 additional Rage when you deal melee damage with a weapon. Community record Rank 4/5 — Gives you a 48% chance to generate 1 additional Rage when you deal melee damage with a weapon. Community record Rank 5/5 — Gives you a 60% chance to generate 1 additional Rage when you deal melee damage with a weapon. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Fury, row 2 “Gives you a 8% chance to generate an additional Rage point when you deal melee damage with a weapon.”
Furious Precision Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases your chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 4%. Community record Rank 2/3 — Increases your chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 7%. Community record Rank 3/3 — Increases your chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 10%. Community record	New in Forever
Piercing Howl 10 Rage \| Instant	Row 3 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Causes all enemies within 10 yds to be Dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Fury, row 3 “Causes all enemies near the warrior to be dazed, reducing movement speed by 50% for 6 sec.”
Blood Craze Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Regenerates 1% of your total Health over 6 sec after being the victim of a critical strike or suffering more than 20% of your maximum Health from a single attack. Community record Rank 2/3 — Regenerates 2% of your total Health over 6 sec after being the victim of a critical strike or suffering more than 20% of your maximum Health from a single attack. Community record Rank 3/3 — Regenerates 3% of your total Health over 6 sec after being the victim of a critical strike or suffering more than 20% of your maximum Health from a single attack. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Fury, row 3 “Regenerates 1% of your total Health over 6 sec after being the victim of a critical strike.”
Dual Wield Specialization Passive	Row 4 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 5% and the Rage generated by your off-hand attacks by 10%. Community record Rank 2/5 — Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 10% and the Rage generated by your off-hand attacks by 20%. Community record Rank 3/5 — Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 15% and the Rage generated by your off-hand attacks by 30%. Community record Rank 4/5 — Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 20% and the Rage generated by your off-hand attacks by 40%. Community record Rank 5/5 — Increases the damage done by your off-hand weapon by 25% and the Rage generated by your off-hand attacks by 50%. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Fury, row 4 “Increases the damage done by your offhand weapon by 5%.”
Raging Blows Passive	Row 4 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave and Whirlwind abilities by 3. Community record	New in Forever
Enrage Passive	Row 4 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Gives you a 30% chance to deal 2% increased Physical damage for 12 sec after being the victim of any damaging attack. Community record Rank 2/5 — Gives you a 30% chance to deal 4% increased Physical damage for 12 sec after being the victim of any damaging attack. Community record Rank 3/5 — Gives you a 30% chance to deal 6% increased Physical damage for 12 sec after being the victim of any damaging attack. Community record Rank 4/5 — Gives you a 30% chance to deal 8% increased Physical damage for 12 sec after being the victim of any damaging attack. Community record Rank 5/5 — Gives you a 30% chance to deal 10% increased Physical damage for 12 sec after being the victim of any damaging attack. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Fury, row 4 “Gives you a 5% melee damage bonus for 12 sec up to a maximum of 12 swings after being the victim of a critical strike.”
Improved Execute Passive	Row 4 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Reduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 3. Community record Rank 2/2 — Reduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 5. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Fury, row 4 “Reduces the Rage cost of your Execute ability by 2.”
Improved Berserker Rage Passive	Row 5 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Your Berserker Rage ability will instantly generate 5 Rage and has a 50% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when activated. Community record Rank 2/2 — Your Berserker Rage ability will instantly generate 10 Rage and has a 100% chance to remove all movement impairing effects when activated. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Fury, row 6 “The Berserker Rage ability will generate 5 rage when used.”
Death Wish 10 Rage \| Instant \| 3 min cooldown	Row 5 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — When activated, increases your Physical damage done by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but increases all damage you take by 5%. Lasts 30 sec. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Fury, row 5 “When activated, increases your physical damage by 20% and makes you immune to Fear effects, but lowers your armor and all resistances by 20%. Lasts 30 sec.”
Improved Intercept Passive	Row 5 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 5 sec. Community record Rank 2/2 — Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 10 sec. Community record	Unchanged from Classic Classic: Fury, row 5 “Reduces the cooldown of your Intercept ability by 5 sec.”
Flurry Passive · Requires Death Wish (rank 1)	Row 6 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases your melee attack speed by 5% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike. Community record Rank 2/5 — Increases your melee attack speed by 10% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike. Community record Rank 3/5 — Increases your melee attack speed by 15% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike. Community record Rank 4/5 — Increases your melee attack speed by 20% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike. Community record Rank 5/5 — Increases your melee attack speed by 25% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Fury, row 6 “Increases your attack speed by 10% for your next 3 swings after dealing a melee critical strike.”
Gore Drinker Passive · Requires Enrage (rank 1)	Row 6 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Your Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish, and Bloodthirst abilities cause your next 3 melee attacks to restore 0.5% of your maximum Health. Community record Rank 2/2 — Your Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish, and Bloodthirst abilities cause your next 3 melee attacks to restore 1.0% of your maximum Health. Community record	New in Forever
Bloodthirst 30 Rage \| Melee Range \| Instant \| 6 sec cooldown	Row 7 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Instantly attack the target causing damage equal to 45% of your Attack Power plus 30 and increasing your movement speed by 10% for 10 sec. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Fury, row 7 “Instantly attack the target causing damage equal to 45% of your attack power. In addition, the next 5 successful melee attacks will restore 10 health. This effect lasts 8 sec.”

Removed from Classic Fury

Improved Demoralizing Shout (was row 2) — Increases the melee attack power reduction of your Demoralizing Shout by 8%.
Improved Cleave (was row 3) — Increases the bonus damage done by your Cleave ability by 40%.
Improved Battle Shout (was row 3) — Increases the melee attack power bonus of your Battle Shout by 5%.

Protection

Protection rank text coverage: 50 of 50 ranks have confirmed effect text.

Talent	Position	Ranks & source status	Classic comparison
Improved Bloodrage Passive	Row 1 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Increases all the Rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 25%. Community record Rank 2/2 — Increases all the Rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 50%. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 2 “Increases the instant Rage generated by your Bloodrage ability by 2.”
Shield Specialization Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases your chance to Block attacks with your shield by 1% and grants you a 20% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Block. Community record Rank 2/5 — Increases your chance to Block attacks with your shield by 2% and grants you a 40% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Block. Community record Rank 3/5 — Increases your chance to Block attacks with your shield by 3% and grants you a 60% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Block. Community record Rank 4/5 — Increases your chance to Block attacks with your shield by 4% and grants you a 80% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Block. Community record Rank 5/5 — Increases your chance to Block attacks with your shield by 5% and grants you a 100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Block. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 1 “Increases your chance to block attacks with a shield by 1% and has a 20% chance to generate 1 rage when a block occurs.”
Iron Will Passive	Row 1 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Reduces the duration of Stun and Fear effects inflicted on you by 3%. Community record Rank 2/5 — Reduces the duration of Stun and Fear effects inflicted on you by 6%. Community record Rank 3/5 — Reduces the duration of Stun and Fear effects inflicted on you by 9%. Community record Rank 4/5 — Reduces the duration of Stun and Fear effects inflicted on you by 12%. Community record Rank 5/5 — Reduces the duration of Stun and Fear effects inflicted on you by 15%. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 2 “Increases your chance to resist Stun and Charm effects by an additional 3%.”
Anticipation Passive	Row 2 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases your Defense Skill by 4. Community record Rank 2/5 — Increases your Defense Skill by 8. Community record Rank 3/5 — Increases your Defense Skill by 12. Community record Rank 4/5 — Increases your Defense Skill by 16. Community record Rank 5/5 — Increases your Defense Skill by 20. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 1 “Increases your Defense skill by 2.”
Improved Revenge Passive	Row 2 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases damage dealt by your Revenge ability by 20%. Community record Rank 2/3 — Increases damage dealt by your Revenge ability by 40%. Community record Rank 3/3 — Increases damage dealt by your Revenge ability by 60%. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 3 “Gives your Revenge ability a 15% chance to stun the target for 3 sec.”
Improved Thunder Clap Passive	Row 2 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 2. Community record Rank 2/3 — Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 4. Community record Rank 3/3 — Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 6. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Arms, row 2 “Reduces the cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 1 rage point.”
Last Stand Instant \| 3 min cooldown	Row 3 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — When activated, this ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum health for 20 sec. After the effect expires, the health is lost. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 3 “When activated, this ability temporarily grants you 30% of your maximum hit points for 20 seconds. After the effect expires, the hit points are lost.”
Master of Defense Passive · Requires Shield Specialization (rank 1)	Row 3 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Grants you a 50% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Dodge or Parry while a shield is equipped. Community record Rank 2/2 — Grants you a 100% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Dodge or Parry while a shield is equipped. Community record	New in Forever
Improved Disarm Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Reduces the cooldown of your Disarm ability by 7 secs. Community record Rank 2/3 — Reduces the cooldown of your Disarm ability by 13 secs. Community record Rank 3/3 — Reduces the cooldown of your Disarm ability by 20 secs. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 4 “Increases the duration of your Disarm ability by 1 secs.”
Defiance Passive	Row 3 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 5% while a shield is equipped. Community record Rank 2/3 — Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 10% while a shield is equipped. Community record Rank 3/3 — Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 15% while a shield is equipped. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 3 “Increases the threat generated by your attacks by 3% while in Defensive Stance.”
Improved Sunder Armor Passive	Row 4 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Reduces the Rage cost of your Sunder Armor ability by 1. Community record Rank 2/3 — Reduces the Rage cost of your Sunder Armor ability by 2. Community record Rank 3/3 — Reduces the Rage cost of your Sunder Armor ability by 3. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 4 “Reduces the cost of your Sunder Armor ability by 1 rage point.”
Vanguard Passive	Row 4 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Your Charge ability is now usable while in Defensive Stance. Community record	New in Forever
Improved Shield Bash Passive	Row 4 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Gives your Shield Bash ability a 50% chance to Silence the target for 3 sec. Community record Rank 2/2 — Gives your Shield Bash ability a 100% chance to Silence the target for 3 sec. Community record	Moved from Classic Classic: Protection, row 5 “Gives your Shield Bash ability a 50% chance to silence the target for 3 sec.”
Improved Shield Wall Passive	Row 5 Max rank 2	Rank 1/2 — Reduces the cooldown of your Shield Wall ability by 5.5 min. Community record Rank 2/2 — Reduces the cooldown of your Shield Wall ability by 11.0 min. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 5 “Increases the effect duration of your Shield Wall ability by 3 secs.”
Concussion Blow 10 Rage \| Melee Range \| Instant \| 45 sec cooldown	Row 5 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Stuns the target for 5 sec. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 5 “Stuns the opponent for 5 sec.”
Focused Rage Passive	Row 5 Max rank 3	Rank 1/3 — Reduces the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 1. Community record Rank 2/3 — Reduces the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 2. Community record Rank 3/3 — Reduces the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 3. Community record	New in Forever
Bastion Passive	Row 6 Max rank 5	Rank 1/5 — Increases all damage you deal by 2% while a shield is equipped. Community record Rank 2/5 — Increases all damage you deal by 4% while a shield is equipped. Community record Rank 3/5 — Increases all damage you deal by 6% while a shield is equipped. Community record Rank 4/5 — Increases all damage you deal by 8% while a shield is equipped. Community record Rank 5/5 — Increases all damage you deal by 10% while a shield is equipped. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 6 “Increases the damage you deal with One-Handed Melee weapons by 2%.”
Shield Slam 20 Rage \| Melee Range \| Instant \| 6 sec cooldown \| Requires Shields · Requires Concussion Blow (rank 1)	Row 7 Max rank 1	Rank 1/1 — Slam the target with your shield, causing 421 to 439 damage, increased by your Block Value, and has a 50% chance of dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Causes a very high amount of threat. Community record	Changed from Classic Classic: Protection, row 7 “Slam the target with your shield, causing 225 to 235 damage, modified by your shield block value, and has a 50% chance of dispelling 1 magic effect on the target. Also causes a high amount of threat.”

Removed from Classic Protection

Toughness (was row 2) — Increases your armor value from items by 2%.
Improved Shield Block (was row 3) — Allows your Shield Block ability to block an additional attack and increases the duration by 0.5 second.
Improved Taunt (was row 4) — Reduces the cooldown of your Taunt ability by 1 sec.

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