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Improved Slam, an Arms Warrior talent in WoW Forever

Improved Slam is a passive talent in row 6 of the Arms tree. It needs 25 points in Arms, so the earliest you can take it is level 35 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 2 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.

Improved Slam

2 ranks

  • Requires 25 points in Arms

Reduces the global cooldown and cast time of your Slam ability by 0.25 sec. In addition, Slam no longer interrupts or delays your melee swing and Slam's cooldown is reduced by 3.0 sec.

Every rank of Improved Slam

RankText
Rank 1Reduces the global cooldown and cast time of your Slam ability by 0.25 sec. In addition, Slam no longer interrupts or delays your melee swing and Slam's cooldown is reduced by 3.0 sec.
Rank 2Reduces the global cooldown and cast time of your Slam ability by 0.50 sec. In addition, Slam no longer interrupts or delays your melee swing and Slam's cooldown is reduced by 3.0 sec.

Numbers in gold changed from the rank above.

Where it sits in the Arms tree

Improved Heroic StrikeDeflectionImproved RendImproved ChargeImproved Tactical MasteryImproved OverpowerAnger ManagementDeep WoundsSpearing StrikeTwo-Handed Weapon SpecializationImpaleBloodthrillSweeping StrikesWeaponmasterImproved SlamImproved HamstringMortal Strike
Needs
No prerequisite talent
Unlocks
No talent needs it
Same row
Row above (row 5)
Row below (row 7)

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

Compared with Classic Era

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

Position

Classic Era

Fury, row 5, column 1

WoW Forever

Arms, row 6, column 1

Ranks

Classic Era

5 ranks

WoW Forever

2 ranks

Rank 1 text

Classic Era

Decreases the casting time of your Slam ability by 0.1 sec.

WoW Forever

Reduces the global cooldown and cast time of your Slam ability by 0.25 sec. In addition, Slam no longer interrupts or delays your melee swing and Slam's cooldown is reduced by 3.0 sec.

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All Arms talents

  1. Improved Heroic Strike
  2. Deflection
  3. Improved Rend
  4. Improved Charge
  5. Improved Tactical Mastery
  6. Improved Overpower
  7. Anger Management
  8. Deep Wounds
  9. Spearing Strike
  10. Two-Handed Weapon Specialization
  11. Impale
  12. Bloodthrill
  13. Sweeping Strikes
  14. Weaponmaster
  15. Improved Slam
  16. Improved Hamstring
  17. 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.