Anticipation, a WoW Forever Paladin talent, in words
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AnticipationA Protection Paladin talent in WoW Forever: row 4 of the Protection tree (level 25), 5 ranks, passive. Changed from Classic (was Protection row 3). Its spot, arrow or text here is the server's 30 Oct hotfix over the client's files, read from the game's hotfix data and checked against Blizzard's notes or Wowhead's tooltips.
What it does Protection row 4
Anticipation5 ranks · passiveRequires 15 points in Protection Talents (level 25).Rank 1: Increases your Defense Skill by 4.Rank 2: Increases your Defense Skill by 8.Rank 3: Increases your Defense Skill by 12.Rank 4: Increases your Defense Skill by 16.Rank 5: Increases your Defense Skill by 20.Changed from Classic (was Protection row 3). Classic rank 1: Increases your Defense skill by 2.
What changed from Classic
- Classic rank 1Increases your Defense skill by 2.
- WoW Forever rank 1Increases your Defense Skill by 4.
- Alsowas Protection row 3.
Beta build history
- Hotfixes to build 1.60.1.70685, 2026-10-30Moved from Protection row 2 to Protection row 4.
Around it in the Protection tree
- Same row (15 points in Protection, level 25)Swift Judgement, Improved Righteous Fury.
- Row above (level 20)Templar's Bulwark, Improved Hammer of Justice, Shield Specialization, Toughness.
- Row below (level 30)Stoicism, Holy Shield, Reckoning.
- Gone from Classic ProtectionImproved Devotion Aura, Blessing of Kings, Improved Concentration Aura, Blessing of Sanctuary, One-Handed Weapon Specialization.
Every Protection talent 17
- Divine Intellectrow 1
- Redoubtrow 1
- Precisionrow 2
- Guardian's Favorrow 2
- Sacred Dutyrow 2
- Templar's Bulwarkrow 3
- Improved Hammer of Justicerow 3
- Shield Specializationrow 3
- Toughnessrow 3
- Swift Judgementrow 4
- Improved Righteous Furyrow 4
- Anticipationrow 4
- Stoicismrow 5
- Holy Shieldrow 5
- Reckoningrow 5
- Iron Creedrow 6
- Shieldswornrow 7
The other two trees
From the WoW Forever beta client, with the 30 Oct server hotfixes on the Paladin trees as other readers logged them; checked in game with reader reports. Put points in Anticipation in the Paladin calculator.