Improved Thunder Clap, a Protection Warrior talent in WoW Forever
Improved Thunder Clap is a passive talent in row 2 of the Protection tree. It needs 5 points in Protection, so the earliest you can take it is level 15 (up to 5 levels sooner with the Legacy perk Talented). It has 3 ranks. It has changed since Classic Era.
Improved Thunder Clap
3 ranks
- Requires 5 points in Protection
Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 2.
Every rank of Improved Thunder Clap
| Rank | Text |
|---|---|
| Rank 1 | Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 2. |
| Rank 2 | Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 4. |
| Rank 3 | Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 6. |
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 1)
- Row below (row 3)
Row numbers are on the left and the number in a corner is a talent's rank count. Gold marks Improved Thunder Clap.
Compared with Classic Era
What differs from Classic Era: its rank 1 text and its position.
Position
Arms, row 2, column 4
Protection, row 2, column 4
Rank 1 text
Reduces the cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 1 rage point.
Reduces the Rage cost of your Thunder Clap ability by 2.
Open the Warrior talent calculator
All Protection talents
- Improved Bloodrage
- Shield Specialization
- Iron Will
- Anticipation
- Improved Revenge
- Improved Thunder Clap
- Last Stand
- Master of Defense
- Improved Disarm
- Defiance
- Improved Sunder Armor
- Vanguard
- Improved Shield Bash
- Improved Shield Wall
- Concussion Blow
- Focused Rage
- Bastion
- Shield Slam
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.