Collateral Damage
Tree position
In the Arms Warrior talent tree, Collateral Damage sits in the Arms specialization talents, row 7 of 11. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Arms Talents.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Collateral Damage from Powerful Momentum, Cleave and Sharpened Blades.
Powerful MomentumSecondary targets take an additional 20% damage from Sweeping Strikes.
CleaveStrikes all enemies in front of you for (232.8% of Attack Power) Physical damage. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Inflicts Rend on all targets
Sharpened Blades2 ranksMortal Strike, Cleave, and Execute damage increased by 5% and critical strike damage increased by 5%.
Connected below
Collateral Damage leads on to Critical Thinking.
Critical Thinking2 ranksExecute critical strike chance increased by 5% and Execute immediately refunds an additional 10% of the Rage spent.
Same row
Also on this row: Martial Prowess, Dreadnaught, Deep Wounds, Tactical Edge or Crushing Combo and Massacre.
Martial ProwessOverpower and Slam increase the damage of your next Mortal Strike by 5%, stacking up to 3 times.
DreadnaughtOverpower's impact causes a seismic wave, dealing (140% of Attack Power) damage to all enemies in a yd line around your target. Deals reduced damage beyond 5 targets. Dreadnaught benefits from all effects that modify Overpower's damage.
Deep WoundsExecute inflicts Deep Wounds on the target. Causes the target to suffer (145.5% of Attack Power) Bleed damage over 6 sec. If this effect is reapplied, any remaining damage will be added to the new Deep Wounds.
Tactical EdgeColossus Smash immediately grants 1 use of Sudden Death.

MassacreCondemn is usable on targets below 35% health.
Talent trees
Collateral Damage is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Warrior: Arms (DPS), Fury (DPS), Protection (Tank).
Collateral Damage Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)