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Brutal Impact, a Feral Combat Druid talent in WoW Forever

Brutal Impact is a passive talent in row 2 of the Feral Combat tree. It needs 5 points in Feral Combat, so the earliest you can take it is level 15 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 2 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Brutal Impact

2 ranks

  • Requires 5 points in Feral Combat

Increases the stun duration of your Bash and Pounce abilities by 0.5 sec and reduces the cooldown of Bash by 15 sec.

Every rank of Brutal Impact

RankText
Rank 1Increases the stun duration of your Bash and Pounce abilities by 0.5 sec and reduces the cooldown of Bash by 15 sec.
Rank 2Increases the stun duration of your Bash and Pounce abilities by 1 sec and reduces the cooldown of Bash by 30 sec.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Feral Combat tree

FerocityHeart of the WildFeral SwiftnessFeral InstinctBrutal ImpactThick HideShredding AttacksSavage FuryFeral ChargeSharpened ClawsShifting PowerPrimal BitePredatory StrikesBlood FrenzyImproved Shifting PowerLeader of the PackNatural InstinctNatural ReactionRend and TearBerserk
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above (row 1)
Row below (row 3)

Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Brutal Impact.

Compared with Classic Era

What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text and its position.

Position

Classic Era

Feral Combat, row 2, column 2

WoW Forever

Feral Combat, row 2, column 3

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Increases the stun duration of your Bash and Pounce abilities by 0.5 sec.

WoW Forever

Increases the stun duration of your Bash and Pounce abilities by 0.5 sec and reduces the cooldown of Bash by 15 sec.

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All Feral Combat talents

  1. Ferocity
  2. Heart of the Wild
  3. Feral Swiftness
  4. Feral Instinct
  5. Brutal Impact
  6. Thick Hide
  7. Shredding Attacks
  8. Savage Fury
  9. Feral Charge
  10. Sharpened Claws
  11. Shifting Power
  12. Primal Bite
  13. Predatory Strikes
  14. Blood Frenzy
  15. Improved Shifting Power
  16. Leader of the Pack
  17. Natural Instinct
  18. Natural Reaction
  19. Rend and Tear
  20. Berserk

The other Druid trees: Balance and Restoration. Everything that changed for the Druid since Classic is on the changes page.

Game data from the WoW Forever beta client, build 1.60.1.70291, as published by talentsforever.com (CC BY 4.0) on 2026-10-08 and reformatted by us. Numbers can still change before launch.