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Talents / Shaman / Thundering Strikes
Talent · Shaman · Enhancement changed

Thundering Strikes

Thundering Strikes was changed in WoW Forever: moved from row 2 to row 1, rank 1 reworked: "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 1%." Shaman Enhancement talent, 5 ranks. Full tooltip comparison with Classic Era below.

This talent has 5 ranks, one per point you can spend. Pick a rank to see the ability it grants at that many points, Classic Era vs WoW Forever.

1 point spent changed

Thundering Strikes rank 1: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Thundering Strikes
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with your weapon attacks by 1%.

WoW Forever
Thundering Strikes
Rank 1 of 5 · Passive

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 1%.

of 5
2 points spent changed

Thundering Strikes rank 2: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Thundering Strikes
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with your weapon attacks by 2%.

WoW Forever
Thundering Strikes
Rank 2 of 5 · Passive

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 2%.

of 5
3 points spent changed

Thundering Strikes rank 3: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Thundering Strikes
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with your weapon attacks by 3%.

WoW Forever
Thundering Strikes
Rank 3 of 5 · Passive

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 3%.

of 5
4 points spent changed

Thundering Strikes rank 4: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Thundering Strikes
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with your weapon attacks by 4%.

WoW Forever
Thundering Strikes
Rank 4 of 5 · Passive

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 4%.

of 5
5 points spent changed

Thundering Strikes rank 5: Classic Era vs WoW Forever

Classic Era
Thundering Strikes
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with your weapon attacks by 5%.

WoW Forever
Thundering Strikes
Rank 5 of 5 · Passive

Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 5%.

of 5

Thundering Strikes changes between Forever builds

Talent field diff the talent row itself (name, class slot, ranks)
Field Classic Era Forever
rankTexts [ "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with your weapon attacks by 1%.", "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with your weapon attacks by 2%.", "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with your weapon attacks by 3%.", "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with your weapon attacks by 4%.", "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with your weapon attacks by 5%." ] [ "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 1%.", "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 2%.", "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 3%.", "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 4%.", "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 5%." ]
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Questions about Thundering Strikes

Was Thundering Strikes nerfed in WoW Forever?

Thundering Strikes is listed as changed, not nerfed or buffed: no rank value moved one way in WoW Forever compared with Classic Era. What changed: moved from row 2 to row 1, rank 1 reworked: "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 1%."

What changed for Thundering Strikes in WoW Forever?

Moved from row 2 to row 1, rank 1 reworked: "Improves your chance to get a critical strike with all spells and attacks by 1%." The Classic Era and WoW Forever tooltips are shown side by side on this page.

Read from the Oct 22, 2026 build (1.60.1.70532), compared against Classic Era Oct 27, 2026 (1.15.9.70576) ·synced Oct 27, 2026 · how we read this → · report a wrong value