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Savage Strikes, a Survival Hunter talent in WoW Forever

Savage Strikes is a passive talent in row 2 of the Survival tree. It needs 5 points in Survival, 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.

Savage Strikes

2 ranks

  • Requires 5 points in Survival

Increases the critical strike chance of all your melee abilities by 2%.

Every rank of Savage Strikes

RankText
Rank 1Increases the critical strike chance of all your melee abilities by 2%.
Rank 2Increases the critical strike chance of all your melee abilities by 4%.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Survival tree

Improved TrackingDeflectionEntrapmentSavage StrikesSurvivalistImproved Wing ClipClever TrapsSurefootedDeterrenceSurvival TacticsPredator's EdgeCounterattackResourcefulnessExpose PreySurvivalist's DisciplineStrider KickLightning ReflexesLacerating Strikes
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 Savage Strikes.

Compared with Classic Era

What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text.

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Increases the critical strike chance of Raptor Strike and Mongoose Bite by 10%.

WoW Forever

Increases the critical strike chance of all your melee abilities by 2%.

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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.