Spirit Weapons, a WoW Forever Shaman talent, in words
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Spirit WeaponsAn Enhancement Shaman talent in WoW Forever: row 5 of the Enhancement tree (level 30), 1 rank, passive. Changed from Classic (renamed from Parry, was Enhancement row 5, column 3, now column 1). 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.
Spirit Weapons opens at level 30, after 20 points in Enhancement.
Changed from ClassicRow 5 of 7 in the Enhancement tree, column 1.
Lv 30the earliest level
1rank, passive
42%of Shaman builds take it
What it does Enhancement row 5
- Spirit Weapons1 rank · passiveRequires 20 points in Enhancement Talents (level 30).Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks, reduces all threat generated by your attacks by 30% while Rockbiter Weapon is not active, and increases all threat generated by 30% while Rockbiter Weapon is active.Changed from Classic (renamed from Parry, was Enhancement row 5, column 3, now column 1). Classic rank 1: Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks.
- WoW Forever rank 1Gives a chance to parry enemy melee attacks, reduces all threat generated by your attacks by 30% while Rockbiter Weapon is not active, and increases all threat generated by 30% while Rockbiter Weapon is active.
- Alsorenamed from Parry; was Enhancement row 5, column 3, now column 1.
Who takes it pick rates from this site's builds
- 42% of Shaman buildsTaken in 42% of the 6,788 Shaman builds with 41 or more points planned here, since the Nov 3 hotfixes to build 70755.
- 1% of Elemental buildsTaken in 1% of the 1,919 builds that lead in Elemental.
- 73% of Enhancement buildsTaken in 73% of the 3,796 builds that lead in Enhancement, its own tree.
- 5% of Restoration buildsTaken in 5% 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 (20 points in Enhancement, level 30)
Mental Quickness, 
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 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 Spirit Weapons in the Shaman calculator.