Deflection

Hunter · Survival · available from the first tier · 5 ranks

Deflection has been read from Forever footage and matches its Classic Era wording.

Deflection ranks in Forever

  1. Rank 1 Increases your Parry chance by 2%.
  2. Rank 2 Rank 2 values not yet captured from footage.
  3. Rank 3 Increases your Parry chance by 3%.
  4. Rank 4 Increases your Parry chance by 4%.
  5. Rank 5 Increases your Parry chance by 5%.

What Deflection 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.

  1. Rank 1 Increases your Parry chance by 1%.
  2. Rank 2 Increases your Parry chance by 2%.

Where Deflection sits in the Survival tree

Deflection is a Survival talent for Hunter. It sits on the first row, so it can be taken straight away.

How often people take Deflection

22 of the 120 public Hunter builds saved here — 18% — put at least one point in Deflection. 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