Riposte, a Combat Rogue talent in WoW Forever

Riposte is an active talent in row 3 of the Combat tree. It needs 10 points in Combat, 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.

Riposte

1 rank

10 Energy
Melee Range
Instant
6 sec cooldown

Requires 10 points in Combat
Requires Deflection at 3/3

A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 150% weapon damage and disarms the target for 6 sec.

Every rank of Riposte

Rank	Text
Rank 1	A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 150% weapon damage and disarms the target for 6 sec.

Where it sits in the Combat tree

Needs

Deflection at 3/3

Unlocks

No talent needs it

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 Riposte.

Compared with Classic Era

Riposte 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 Combat talents

The other Rogue trees: Assassination and Subtlety. Everything that changed for the Rogue 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.