30 Mana · Melee Range · Instant · 5 sec cooldown
Counterattack ranks in Forever
- Rank 1 A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 50% weapon damage plus 13 and immobilizes the target for 5 sec. Counterattack cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.
What Counterattack does in Classic Era
Forever changed this talent. The Classic Era wording is kept here rank for rank so the two can be read side by side.
- Rank 1 A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 40 damage and immobilizes the target for 5 sec. Counterattack cannot be blocked, dodged, or parried.
Where Counterattack sits in the Survival tree
Counterattack is a Survival talent for Hunter. You need 15 points in Survival before the row it sits on opens. It also requires Deterrence first.
- Requires: Deterrence
- Same row: Survival Tactics, Predator's Edge
How often people take Counterattack
21 of the 120 public Hunter builds saved here — 18% — put at least one point in Counterattack. Counted across the 1500 most viewed and voted public builds on this site. These are builds players made for themselves before the game is playable, so read them as what people are trying, not as advice.
Where this came from
Same as Classic (verified).
- BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage