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Thundering Strikes, an Enhancement Shaman talent in WoW Forever

Thundering Strikes is a passive talent in row 1 of the Enhancement tree. It needs no points in Enhancement, so you can take it from level 10 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Thundering Strikes

5 ranks

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 1%.

Every rank of Thundering Strikes

RankText
Rank 1Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 1%.
Rank 2Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 2%.
Rank 3Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 3%.
Rank 4Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 4%.
Rank 5Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 5%.

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
None: this is the first row
Row below (row 2)

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

Compared with Classic Era

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

Position

Classic Era

Enhancement, row 2, column 2

WoW Forever

Enhancement, row 1, column 2

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with your weapon attacks by 1%.

WoW Forever

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 1%.

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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.