Precision

Paladin · Protection · opens at 5 points spent · 3 ranks

Precision works differently in World of Warcraft: Forever than it does in Classic Era.

Precision ranks in Forever

Rank 1 Increases your chance to hit with all spells and attacks by 1%.
Rank 2 Rank 2 values not yet captured from footage.
Rank 3 Rank 3 values not yet captured from footage.

Now applies to spells as well as attacks. Ranks 2-3 not yet seen.

What Precision 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 Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 1%.
Rank 2 Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 2%.
Rank 3 Increases your chance to hit with melee weapons by 3%.

Where Precision sits in the Protection tree

Precision is a Protection talent for Paladin. You need 5 points in Protection before the row it sits on opens.

Same row: Guardian's Favor, Anticipation

How often people take Precision

108 of the 212 public Paladin builds saved here — 51% — put at least one point in Precision. 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

Changed in Forever.

BlizzCon 2026 show-floor footage
Joardee VOD 2872476433 @2:16:36 (rank 1 tooltip, level 38 undead paladin)