Critical Thinking
Execute critical strike chance increased by 5% and Execute immediately refunds an additional 10% of the Rage spent.
Tree position
In the Arms Warrior talent tree, Critical Thinking sits in the Arms specialization talents, row 8 of 11. It takes 2 points to fill. Its row opens once 20 points are spent in Arms Talents.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Critical Thinking from Massacre and Collateral Damage.
MassacreCondemn is usable on targets below 35% health.

Connected below
Critical Thinking leads on to Executioner's Precision and Fatality.

FatalityYour next Execute on a target with a Fatal Mark causes the Fatal Mark to deal (276% of Attack Power) additional Physical damage per stack.
Same row
Also on this row: Bloodborne and Bladestorm or Ravager.
Bloodborne2 ranksYour Bleed effects deal 5% increased damage and 5% increased critical strike damage.
BladestormBecome an unstoppable storm of destructive force, striking all nearby enemies for Physical damage over 6 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. You are immune to movement impairing and loss of control effects, but can use defensive abilities and can avoid attacks. Generates 5 Rage on each strike.
RavagerThrows a whirling weapon at your target that chases nearby enemies, inflicting Physical damage to all enemies over 12 sec. Deals reduced damage beyond 8 targets. Enemies damaged by Ravager take 50% additional damage from your Bleeds for 12 sec. Generates 10 Rage each time it deals damage.
Talent trees
Critical Thinking is in the talent tree of 3 specializations. Warrior: Arms (DPS), Fury (DPS), Protection (Tank).
Critical Thinking Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)