Sudden Ambush
Finishing moves have a 6% chance per combo point spent to increase the direct damage of your next Rake, Shred, or Swipe by 50% and make it critically strike.
Tree position
In the Feral Druid talent tree, Sudden Ambush sits in the Feral specialization talents, row 8 of 15. It is a single-point node. Its row opens once 8 points are spent in Feral Talents.
Connected above
The tree draws a line into Sudden Ambush from Taste for Blood.
Taste for BloodFerocious Bite deals 16% increased damage and an additional 8% during Tiger's Fury.
Connected below
Sudden Ambush leads on to Raging Fury or Tiger's Tenacity.
Raging FuryTiger's Fury lasts 5 additional seconds.
Tiger's TenacityTiger's Fury causes your next finishing moves to restore 1 combo points. Tiger's Fury also increases the periodic damage of your bleeds and Moonfire by an additional 10% for their full duration.
Same row
Also on this row: Moment of Clarity, Savage Fury, Merciless Claws and Infected Wounds.
Moment of ClarityOmen of Clarity now triggers 30% more often, can accumulate, and increases the damage of your next Shred or Brutal Slash by 15%.
Savage FuryTiger's Fury increases your Haste by 10% and Energy recovery rate by 25% for 8 sec.
Merciless ClawsShred deals 25% increased damage and Brutal Slash deals 25% increased damage against bleeding targets.
Infected WoundsRake damage increased by 30%, and Rake causes an Infected Wound in the target, reducing the target's movement speed by 20% for 12 sec.
Talent trees
Sudden Ambush is in the talent tree of 4 specializations. Druid: Balance (DPS), Feral (DPS), Guardian (Tank), Restoration (Healer).
Sudden Ambush Changes by patch
Tracked changes to this talent between game data builds, newest first.
- First tracked in the game data (patch 12.1.0)