Reckoning, a Protection Paladin talent in WoW Forever

Reckoning is a passive talent in row 5 of the Protection tree. It needs 20 points in Protection, so the earliest you can take it is level 30 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Reckoning

5 ranks

• Requires 20 points in Protection

Gives you a 8% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 20% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike. Cannot occur more often than once every 1.5 sec.

Every rank of Reckoning

Rank	Text
Rank 1	Gives you a 8% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 20% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike. Cannot occur more often than once every 1.5 sec.
Rank 2	Gives you a 16% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 40% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike. Cannot occur more often than once every 1.5 sec.
Rank 3	Gives you a 24% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 60% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike. Cannot occur more often than once every 1.5 sec.
Rank 4	Gives you a 32% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 80% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike. Cannot occur more often than once every 1.5 sec.
Rank 5	Gives you a 40% chance to gain an extra attack after Blocking a melee attack and a 100% chance to gain an extra attack after being the victim of a non-periodic critical strike. Cannot occur more often than once every 1.5 sec.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Protection tree

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Needs

No prerequisite talent

Unlocks

No talent needs it

Same row

• Templar's Bulwark

Row above (row 4)

• Swift Judgement
• One-Handed Weapon Specialization
• Improved Hammer of Justice

Row below (row 6)

• Iron Creed

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

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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.