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Races & Classes

Who you can play: every race including the new Skyborne, all nine classes and their Forever changes, the new race–class combinations, and talent trees for every class.

The nine classes

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Druid

Tank · Healer · Melee DPS · Ranged DPS

Balance / Feral / Restoration · Mana / Rage / Energy

Talents · 52 Class page

Hunter

Ranged DPS · Melee DPS

Beast Mastery / Marksmanship / Survival · Mana

Talents · 50 Class page

Mage

Ranged DPS

Arcane / Fire / Frost · Mana

Talents · 54 Class page

Paladin

Tank · Healer · Melee DPS

Holy / Protection / Retribution · Mana

Talents · 52 Class page

Priest

Healer · Ranged DPS

Discipline / Holy / Shadow · Mana

Talents · 53 Class page

Rogue

Melee DPS

Assassination / Combat / Subtlety · Energy

Talents · 53 Class page

Shaman

Healer · Ranged DPS · Melee DPS · Off-tank

Elemental / Enhancement / Restoration · Mana

Talents · 50 Class page

Warlock

Ranged DPS

Affliction / Demonology / Destruction · Mana

Talents · 52 Class page

Warrior

Tank · Melee DPS

Arms / Fury / Protection · Rage

Talents · 54 Class page

Races

16 new race–class combos →

Dwarf Alliance Starts in Dun Morogh Official Gnome Alliance Starts in Dun Morogh Confirmed Human Alliance Starts in Elwynn Forest Confirmed Night Elf Alliance Starts in Teldrassil Confirmed Skyborne (High Order)NEW Alliance Starts in Zephras Isle Official Orc Horde Starts in Durotar Confirmed Tauren Horde Starts in Mulgore Confirmed Troll Horde Starts in Durotar Confirmed Undead (Forsaken) Horde Starts in Tirisfal Glades Official Skyborne (Windshaper)NEW Horde Starts in Zephras Isle Official

Builds

All builds →


Druid · 3
Balance Eclipse (level 30 beta)	Leveling/early Balance theorycraft; no point distribution shown	unknown	wowtbc.gg (no author)
Feral with Balance support	Endgame Feral theorycraft	9/38/4	suciocadillac (community), via classicwowforever.com
Feral with Restoration support (Furor/Naturalist)	Endgame Feral (cat-leaning) theorycraft	0/38/13	Anonymous 4chan poster, compiled by classicwowforever.com
Shaman · 4
Elemental -- raid/PvE caster DPS (40/0/11)	Elemental -- raid/PvE caster DPS (40/0/11)	40/0/11	This KB — validated against Forever-confirmed talent data (tier gates, prerequisites, 51-point total) in pipeline/shaman_guide.py, in the same spirit as the Skyborne Druid guide's builds
Enhancement -- dual-wield melee DPS (0/51/0)	Enhancement -- dual-wield melee DPS (0/51/0)	0/51/0	This KB — validated against Forever-confirmed talent data (tier gates, prerequisites, 51-point total) in pipeline/shaman_guide.py, in the same spirit as the Skyborne Druid guide's builds
Enhancement -- Rockbiter off-tank (0/45/6)	Enhancement -- Rockbiter off-tank (0/45/6). Experimental: Blizzard says Shaman tanking is not a supported launch role (Greenfield, Sept 22), so use only for easy 5-man content.	0/45/6	This KB — validated against Forever-confirmed talent data (tier gates, prerequisites, 51-point total) in pipeline/shaman_guide.py, in the same spirit as the Skyborne Druid guide's builds
Restoration -- 10/20-player healer (0/0/51)	Restoration -- 10/20-player healer (0/0/51)	0/0/51	This KB — validated against Forever-confirmed talent data (tier gates, prerequisites, 51-point total) in pipeline/shaman_guide.py, in the same spirit as the Skyborne Druid guide's builds