Riposte

Rogue · Combat · opens at 10 points spent · 1 rank

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

10 Energy; Melee Range; Instant; 6 sec cooldown

Riposte ranks in Forever

  1. Rank 1 A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 150% weapon damage and disarms the target for 6 sec.

Text and slot from a secondary source; not yet verified in footage.

What Riposte 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 A strike that becomes active after parrying an opponent's attack. This attack deals 150% weapon damage and disarms the target for 6 sec.

Where Riposte sits in the Combat tree

Riposte is a Combat talent for Rogue. You need 10 points in Combat before the row it sits on opens. It also requires Deflection first.

How often people take Riposte

12 of the 135 public Rogue builds saved here — 9% — put at least one point in Riposte. 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