Deterrence, a Survival Hunter talent in WoW Forever

Deterrence is an active talent in row 3 of the Survival tree. It needs 10 points in Survival, so the earliest you can take it is level 20 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 1 rank. It is the same as in Classic Era.

Deterrence

1 rank

  • Instant
  • 5 min cooldown
  • Requires 10 points in Survival

When activated, increases your Dodge and Parry chance by 25% for 10 sec.

Every rank of Deterrence

RankText
Rank 1When activated, increases your Dodge and Parry chance by 25% for 10 sec.

Where it sits in the Survival tree

Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
That talent needs Deterrence at 1/1.
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 Deterrence.

Compared with Classic Era

Deterrence is the same as in Classic Era.

It sits in the same place, has the same number of ranks and has the same rank 1 text.

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All Survival talents

  1. Improved Tracking
  2. Deflection
  3. Entrapment
  4. Savage Strikes
  5. Survivalist
  6. Improved Wing Clip
  7. Clever Traps
  8. Surefooted
  9. Deterrence
  10. Survival Tactics
  11. Predator's Edge
  12. Counterattack
  13. Resourcefulness
  14. Expose Prey
  15. Survivalist's Discipline
  16. Strider Kick
  17. Lightning Reflexes
  18. Lacerating Strikes

The other Hunter trees: Beast Mastery and Marksmanship. Everything that changed for the Hunter 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.