Anticipation, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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AnticipationAn Enhancement Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 3 of the Enhancement tree (level 20), 3 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic (was 5 ranks, now 3). Read from the WoW Forever beta client, with the server's 3 and 10 Nov hotfixes on the Shaman trees as other readers logged them from the game's hotfix data, checked against Blizzard's notes where they speak.
Anticipation opens at level 20, after 10 points in Enhancement.
Changed from ClassicRow 3 of 7 in the Enhancement tree, column 4.
Lv 20the earliest level
3ranks, passive
30%of Shaman builds take it
What it does Enhancement row 3
- Anticipation3 ranks · passiveRequires 10 points in Enhancement Talents (level 20).Rank 1: Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 2%.Rank 2: Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 4%.Rank 3: Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 6%.Changed from Classic (was 5 ranks, now 3). Classic rank 1: Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 1%.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 1%.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases your chance to dodge by an additional 2%.
- Alsowas 5 ranks, now 3.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 30% of Shaman buildsTaken in 30% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
- 12% of Elemental buildsTaken in 12% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental.
- 41% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 41% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement, its own tree.
- 24% of Restoration buildsTaken in 24% of the 1,073 builds that lead in Restoration.
- How it is countedEach build counts once, the way the calculator's pick-rate badges count. Recounted a few times a day, last on 2026-11-05.
Around it in the Enhancement tree
- Same row (10 points in Enhancement, level 20)
Elemental Weapons, 
Shamanistic Focus. - Row above (level 15)
Guardian Totems, 
Mental Dexterity, Improved Lightning Shield. - Row below (level 25)
Toughness, 
Flurry, 
Stormstrike, 
Improved Ghost Wolf. - Gone from Classic EnhancementShield Specialization, Enhancing Totems, Two-Handed Axes and Maces, Improved Weapon Totems, Weapon Mastery.
Every Enhancement talent 18
Earth's Grasp
Thundering Strikes
Ancestral KnowledgeGuardian TotemsMental DexterityImproved Lightning ShieldElemental WeaponsShamanistic FocusAnticipationToughnessFlurryStormstrikeImproved Ghost Wolf
Spirit Weapons
Mental Quickness
Improved Stormstrike
Maelstrom Weapon
Rage of the Farseernewchangedmoved since Classic, the dots of the calculator's Compare to Classic. Down the side: the earliest level for each row.
The Enhancement talents as a list row by row
- Earth's Grasprow 1
- Thundering Strikesrow 1
- Ancestral Knowledgerow 1
- Guardian Totemsrow 2
- Mental Dexterityrow 2
- Improved Lightning Shieldrow 2
- Elemental Weaponsrow 3
- Shamanistic Focusrow 3
- Anticipationrow 3
- Toughnessrow 4
- Flurryrow 4
- Stormstrikerow 4
- Improved Ghost Wolfrow 4
- Spirit Weaponsrow 5
- Mental Quicknessrow 5
- Improved Stormstrikerow 5
- Maelstrom Weaponrow 6
- Rage of the Farseerrow 7
The other two trees
Elemental talents
Restoration talentsFrom the WoW Forever beta client, with the 3 and 10 Nov server hotfixes on the Shaman trees as other readers logged them; checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Anticipation in the Shaman calculator.