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Anticipation, an Enhancement Shaman talent in WoW Forever

Anticipation is a passive talent in row 3 of the Enhancement tree. It needs 10 points in Enhancement, so the earliest you can take it is level 20 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 3 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Anticipation

3 ranks

  • Requires 10 points in Enhancement

Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 2%.

Every rank of Anticipation

RankText
Rank 1Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 2%.
Rank 2Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 4%.
Rank 3Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 6%.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Enhancement tree

Earth's GraspThundering StrikesAncestral KnowledgeGuardian TotemsMental DexterityImproved Ghost WolfImproved Lightning ShieldElemental WeaponsShamanistic FocusAnticipationToughnessFlurryStormstrikeSpirit WeaponsMental QuicknessImproved StormstrikeMaelstrom WeaponRage of the Farseer
Needs
No prerequisite talent
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 Anticipation.

Compared with Classic Era

What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text and its rank count.

Ranks

Classic Era

5 ranks

WoW Forever

3 ranks

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 1%.

WoW Forever

Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 2%.

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All Enhancement talents

  1. Earth's Grasp
  2. Thundering Strikes
  3. Ancestral Knowledge
  4. Guardian Totems
  5. Mental Dexterity
  6. Improved Ghost Wolf
  7. Improved Lightning Shield
  8. Elemental Weapons
  9. Shamanistic Focus
  10. Anticipation
  11. Toughness
  12. Flurry
  13. Stormstrike
  14. Spirit Weapons
  15. Mental Quickness
  16. Improved Stormstrike
  17. Maelstrom Weapon
  18. Rage of the Farseer

The other Shaman trees: Elemental and Restoration. Everything that changed for the Shaman 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.