Deadly Aspects, a Beast Mastery Hunter talent in WoW Forever

Deadly Aspects is a passive talent in row 1 of the Beast Mastery tree. It needs no points in Beast Mastery, so you can take it from level 10 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era. It was called Improved Aspect of the Hawk in Classic.

Deadly Aspects

5 ranks

While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 2% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 2% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.

Every rank of Deadly Aspects

Rank	Text
Rank 1	While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 2% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 2% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
Rank 2	While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 4% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 4% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
Rank 3	While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 6% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 6% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
Rank 4	While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 8% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 8% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.
Rank 5	While Aspect of the Hawk is active, Auto Shot has a 10% chance of increasing ranged attack speed by 30% for 12 sec. While Aspect of the Beast is active, all melee auto attacks have a 10% chance of increasing melee attack speed by 30% for 12 sec.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Beast Mastery tree

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Needs

No prerequisite talent

Unlocks

No talent needs it

Same row

• Endurance Training

Row above

None: this is the first row

Row below (row 2)

• Focused Fire
• Improved Aspect of the Monkey
• Pathfinding
• Improved Revive Pet

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

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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.