Shredding Attacks, a Feral Combat Druid talent in WoW Forever

Shredding Attacks is a passive talent in row 3 of the Feral Combat tree. It needs 10 points in Feral Combat, so the earliest you can take it is level 20 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 3 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era. It was called Improved Shred in Classic.

Shredding Attacks

3 ranks

Requires 10 points in Feral Combat

Reduces the Energy cost of your Shred ability by 6 and reduces the Rage cost of your Lacerate ability by 1.

Every rank of Shredding Attacks

Rank	Text
Rank 1	Reduces the Energy cost of your Shred ability by 6 and reduces the Rage cost of your Lacerate ability by 1.
Rank 2	Reduces the Energy cost of your Shred ability by 12 and reduces the Rage cost of your Lacerate ability by 2.
Rank 3	Reduces the Energy cost of your Shred ability by 18 and reduces the Rage cost of your Lacerate ability by 3.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Feral Combat tree

Needs

No prerequisite talent

Unlocks

Shifting Power

That talent needs Shredding Attacks at 3/3.

Same row

Row above (row 2)

Row below (row 4)

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

Compared with Classic Era

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

Name

Classic Era

Improved Shred

WoW Forever

Shredding Attacks

Position

Classic Era

Feral Combat, row 4, column 1

WoW Forever

Feral Combat, row 3, column 1

Ranks

Classic Era

2 ranks

WoW Forever

3 ranks

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Reduces the Energy cost of your Shred ability by 6.

WoW Forever

Reduces the Energy cost of your Shred ability by 6 and reduces the Rage cost of your Lacerate ability by 1.

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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.