Mental Dexterity, an Enhancement Shaman talent in WoW Forever
Mental Dexterity is a passive talent in row 2 of the Enhancement tree. It needs 5 points in Enhancement, so the earliest you can take it is level 15 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 3 ranks. It is new in Forever and has no Classic counterpart.
Mental Dexterity
3 ranks
- Requires 5 points in Enhancement
Increases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 33% of your Intellect.
Every rank of Mental Dexterity
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Increases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 33% of your Intellect. |
| Rank 2 | Increases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 67% of your Intellect. |
| Rank 3 | Increases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 100% of your Intellect. |
Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.
Where it sits in the Enhancement tree
- Needs
- No prerequisite talent
- Unlocks
- That talent needs Mental Dexterity at 3/3.
- 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 Mental Dexterity.
Compared with Classic Era
Mental Dexterity has no Classic counterpart: the data lists it as new in Forever.
Open the Shaman talent calculator
All Enhancement talents
- Earth's Grasp
- Thundering Strikes
- Ancestral Knowledge
- Guardian Totems
- Mental Dexterity
- Improved Ghost Wolf
- Improved Lightning Shield
- Elemental Weapons
- Shamanistic Focus
- Anticipation
- Toughness
- Flurry
- Stormstrike
- Spirit Weapons
- Mental Quickness
- Improved Stormstrike
- Maelstrom Weapon
- 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.