Hack and Slash, a Combat Rogue talent in WoW Forever

Hack and Slash is a passive talent in row 5 of the Combat tree. It needs 20 points in Combat, 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 is new in Forever and replaces Dagger Specialization, Fist Weapon Specialization, Mace Specialization and Sword Specialization from Classic.

Hack and Slash

5 ranks

• Requires 20 points in Combat

Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 1% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 1%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 3% of your target's armor.

Every rank of Hack and Slash

Rank	Text
Rank 1	Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 1% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 1%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 3% of your target's armor.
Rank 2	Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 2% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 2%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 6% of your target's armor.
Rank 3	Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 3% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 3%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 9% of your target's armor.
Rank 4	Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 4% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 4%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 12% of your target's armor.
Rank 5	Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 5% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 5%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 15% of your target's armor.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Combat tree

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Needs

No prerequisite talent

Unlocks

No talent needs it

Same row

• Blade Flurry

Row above (row 4)

• Improved Kick
• Flawless Execution
• Dual Wield Specialization

Row below (row 6)

• Weapon Expertise
• Aggression

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

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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.