Impale, an Arms Warrior talent in WoW Forever
Impale is a passive talent in row 4 of the Arms tree. It needs 15 points in Arms, so the earliest you can take it is level 25 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 2 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.
Impale
2 ranks
- Requires 15 points in Arms
- Requires Deep Wounds at 3/3
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 10%.
Every rank of Impale
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 10%. |
| Rank 2 | Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 20%. |
Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.
Where it sits in the Arms tree
- Needs
Deep Wounds at 3/3
- Unlocks
- No talent needs it
- Same row
- Row above (row 3)
- Row below (row 5)
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Impale.
Compared with Classic Era
What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text.
Rank 1 text
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities in Battle, Defensive, and Berserker stance by 10%.
Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your abilities by 10%.
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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.