Defiance, a Protection Warrior talent in WoW Forever

Defiance is a passive talent in row 3 of the Protection tree. It needs 10 points in Protection, 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.

Defiance

3 ranks

Requires 10 points in Protection

Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 5% while a shield is equipped.

Every rank of Defiance

Rank	Text
Rank 1	Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 5% while a shield is equipped.
Rank 2	Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 10% while a shield is equipped.
Rank 3	Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 15% while a shield is equipped.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Protection tree

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 Defiance.

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 the threat generated by your attacks by 3% while in Defensive Stance.

WoW Forever

Increases all threat generated in Defensive stance by an additional 5% while a shield is equipped.

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All Protection talents

The other Warrior trees: Arms and Fury. Everything that changed for the Warrior 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.