Hack and Slash, a WoW Forever Rogue talent, in words

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Hack and SlashA Combat Rogue talent in WoW Forever: row 5 of the Combat tree (level 30), 5 ranks, passive. New in WoW Forever, no Classic talent with this name. Read from the WoW Forever beta client.

What it does Combat row 5

  • Hack and Slash5 ranks · passiveRequires 20 points in Combat Talents (level 30).Rank 1: Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 1% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 1%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 3% of your target's armor.Rank 2: Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 2% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 2%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 6% of your target's armor.Rank 3: Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 3% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 3%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 9% of your target's armor.Rank 4: Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 4% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 4%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 12% of your target's armor.Rank 5: Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon. Axe/Sword: Your successful melee attacks have a 5% chance to trigger an extra attack on the target. Dagger/Fist: Increases your critical strike chance by 5%. Mace: Your attacks ignore 15% of your target's armor.New in Forever. No Classic talent with this name.

Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds

  • 27% of Rogue buildsTaken in 27% of the 25,156 complete Rogue builds planned here, Sep 13 to 30, 2026.
  • 1% of Assassination buildsTaken in 1% of the 7,388 builds that lead in Assassination.
  • 97% of Combat buildsTaken in 97% of the 6,280 builds that lead in Combat, its own tree.
  • 0% of Subtlety buildsTaken in 0% of the 11,488 builds that lead in Subtlety.
  • 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.

Beta build history

  • Build 1.60.1.69876, 2026-09-17Rank 1 text changed.

Around it in the Combat tree

Every Combat talent 17

Every Assassination talent 17

Every Subtlety talent 19

From the WoW Forever beta client, checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Hack and Slash in the Rogue calculator, read every Rogue talent in words (Assassination and Subtlety too), or see the racials, changed class abilities and Legacy perks.