Mental Quickness, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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Mental QuicknessAn Enhancement Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 5 of the Enhancement tree (level 30), 2 ranks, passive. New in WoW Forever, no Classic talent with this name. 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.
Mental Quickness opens at level 30, after 20 points in Enhancement.
New in ForeverRow 5 of 7 in the Enhancement tree, column 2.
Lv 30the earliest level
2ranks, passive
60%of Shaman builds take it
What it does Enhancement row 5
- Mental Quickness2 ranks · passiveRequires 20 points in Enhancement Talents (level 30).Rank 1: Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 15% of your Intellect.Rank 2: Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 30% of your Intellect.New in Forever. No Classic talent with this name.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 60% of Shaman buildsTaken in 60% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
- 8% of Elemental buildsTaken in 8% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental.
- 96% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 96% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement, its own tree.
- 21% of Restoration buildsTaken in 21% 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
- Unlocks
Rage of the Farseer: it needs Mental Quickness at max rank. - Same row (20 points in Enhancement, level 30)
Spirit Weapons, 
Improved Stormstrike. - Row above (level 25)
Toughness, 
Flurry, 
Stormstrike, 
Improved Ghost Wolf. - Row below (level 35)
Maelstrom Weapon. - 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 Knowledge
Guardian Totems
Mental DexterityImproved Lightning Shield
Elemental Weapons
Shamanistic Focus
AnticipationToughnessFlurryStormstrikeImproved Ghost WolfSpirit WeaponsMental QuicknessImproved StormstrikeMaelstrom WeaponRage 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 Mental Quickness in the Shaman calculator.