Deflection, an Arms Warrior talent in WoW Forever
Deflection is a passive talent in row 1 of the Arms tree. It needs no points in Arms, so you can take it from level 10 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 5 ranks. It is the same as in Classic Era.
Deflection
5 ranks
Increases your Parry chance by 1%.
Every rank of Deflection
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Increases your Parry chance by 1%. |
| Rank 2 | Increases your Parry chance by 2%. |
| Rank 3 | Increases your Parry chance by 3%. |
| Rank 4 | Increases your Parry chance by 4%. |
| Rank 5 | Increases your Parry chance by 5%. |
Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.
Where it sits in the Arms tree
- 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 Deflection.
Compared with Classic Era
Deflection 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.
Open the Warrior talent calculator
All Arms talents
- Improved Heroic Strike
- Deflection
- Improved Rend
- Improved Charge
- Improved Tactical Mastery
- Improved Overpower
- Anger Management
- Deep Wounds
- Spearing Strike
- Two-Handed Weapon Specialization
- Impale
- Bloodthrill
- Sweeping Strikes
- Weaponmaster
- Improved Slam
- Improved Hamstring
- Mortal Strike
The other Warrior trees: Fury and Protection. 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.