Deflection, a WoW Forever Hunter talent, in words
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DeflectionA Survival Hunter talent in WoW Forever: row 1 of the Survival tree (level 10), 5 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic. Read from the WoW Forever beta client.
What it does Survival row 1
Deflection5 ranks · passiveLevel 10.Rank 1: Increases your Parry chance by 2%.Rank 2: Increases your Parry chance by 4%.Rank 3: Increases your Parry chance by 6%.Rank 4: Increases your Parry chance by 8%.Rank 5: Increases your Parry chance by 10%.Changed from Classic. Classic rank 1: Increases your Parry chance by 1%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases your Parry chance by 1%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases your Parry chance by 2%.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 38% of Hunter buildsTaken in 38% of the 30,420 complete Hunter builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
- 19% of Beast Mastery buildsTaken in 19% of the 7,870 builds that lead in Beast Mastery.
- 27% of Marksmanship buildsTaken in 27% of the 7,961 builds that lead in Marksmanship.
- 51% of Survival buildsTaken in 51% of the 14,589 builds that lead in Survival, its own tree.
- How it is countedEach build counts by what people did with it (opened, shared, saved), the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Updated daily, last on 2026-09-30.
Around it in the Survival tree
- Same row (level 10)Improved Tracking.
- Row below (level 15)Entrapment, Savage Strikes, Survivalist, Improved Wing Clip.
- Gone from Classic SurvivalMonster Slaying, Humanoid Slaying, Trap Mastery, Improved Feign Death, Killer Instinct, Wyvern Sting.
Every Survival talent 18
- Improved Trackingrow 1
- Deflectionrow 1
- Entrapmentrow 2
- Savage Strikesrow 2
- Survivalistrow 2
- Improved Wing Cliprow 2
- Clever Trapsrow 3
- Surefootedrow 3
- Deterrencerow 3
- Survival Tacticsrow 4
- Predator's Edgerow 4
- Counterattackrow 4
- Resourcefulnessrow 5
- Expose Preyrow 5
- Survivalist's Disciplinerow 5
- Strider Kickrow 5
- Lightning Reflexesrow 6
- Lacerating Strikesrow 7
Every Beast Mastery talent 16
- Deadly Aspectsrow 1
- Endurance Trainingrow 1
- Focused Firerow 2
- Improved Aspect of the Monkeyrow 2
- Pathfindingrow 2
- Improved Revive Petrow 2
- Bestial Swiftnessrow 3
- Unleashed Furyrow 3
- Improved Mend Petrow 4
- Ferocityrow 4
- Summon Hawkrow 4
- Spirit Bondrow 5
- Intimidationrow 5
- Bestial Disciplinerow 5
- Frenzyrow 6
- Bestial Wrathrow 7
Every Marksmanship talent 16
- Hawk Eyerow 1
- Improved Concussive Shotrow 1
- Lethal Attacksrow 1
- Improved Stingsrow 2
- Efficiencyrow 2
- Careful Aimrow 2
- Rapid Killingrow 3
- Improved Arcane Shotrow 3
- Lone Wolfrow 3
- Trueshot Aurarow 4
- Mortal Shotsrow 4
- Rapid Recuperationrow 5
- Barragerow 5
- Scatter Shotrow 5
- Ranged Weapon Specializationrow 6
- Sniper Shotrow 7
From the WoW Forever beta client, checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Deflection in the Hunter calculator, read every Hunter talent in words (Beast Mastery and Marksmanship too), or see the racials, changed class abilities and Legacy perks.