TANK · DAMAGE
WarriorThe Rage-fuelled weapons master, tanking or dealing melee damage; Forever reworks its trees and adds talents such as Spearing Strike, Bastion and Raging Blows.
What it was in Classic and what it is now, row by row.
| — | Classic | WoW Forever |
|---|---|---|
| Races | Classic
| WoW Forever |
| Talents | ClassicThe patch 1.12 trees: 51 points and a final talent at 31 | WoW ForeverSame layout plus a new talent at 16 points: 11 new, 1 replace another, 24 changed and 16 unchanged |
| Hit and crit | ClassicSeparate for spells and for melee and ranged | WoW ForeverUnified: one stat for spells, melee and ranged |
Classic data: wago.tools — Talent, TalentTab and SpellName from the Classic Era 1.15.9 client
Arms
Damage
Two-handed damage built around Mortal Strike, Rend and Overpower, with the new Weaponmaster.
Fury
Damage
Dual-wielding and constant Rage generation, capped by Bloodthirst.
Protection
Tank
Shield tank with Shield Slam, now with Charge in Defensive Stance and Bastion.
Versus Classic
Tap a type to highlight it in the trees. Every talent tells you what it was in Classic.
Click to add a point · right-click to remove itTap a talent to see its details and add or remove points
Builds by role · the BiS ones, level 30 (or 20 where there is no 30 yet). The level 30 ones have 26 points: 21 from your level and 5 extra from the Legacy perk Talented
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Data from Wowhead's calculator (beta client, September 24). Values may change between beta builds. Classic comparison: Classic Era 1.15.9 client data via wago.tools.
Macros ready to copy, with spell names exactly as the game has them. Paste each one into a new macro and drag it to your bar. What a macro is and how to make one
You charge the target and start swinging without pressing anything else.
Human
Dwarf
Night Elf
Gnome
Skyborne (High Order)
Orc
Undead (Forsaken)
Tauren
Troll
Skyborne (Windshapers)#showtooltip Charge
/startattack
/cast ChargeIf you're not in Battle Stance, the first press switches to it and the second one charges.
#showtooltip Charge
/cast [nostance:1] Battle Stance; ChargeInterrupts your focus (the enemy healer, say) without switching targets; with no focus, your target.
#showtooltip Shield Bash
/cast [@focus,harm,nodead][] Shield BashPull back an enemy that went for someone else without leaving your target.
#showtooltip Taunt
/cast [@mouseover,harm,nodead][] TauntStarts your auto-attack if it was off and queues Heroic Strike on the next swing.
#showtooltip Heroic Strike
/startattack
/cast Heroic StrikeThey use the modern game's macro syntax, which is what Forever runs underneath. We haven't tested them one by one in the beta yet: if one fails, tell us on the board.
Everything you need to do to start in WoW Forever: what to pay, how to install it, which ruleset, race and class to pick, how to choose a first and last name and what to do in the first levels. With links to the tools that save you work.
What the October 1 WoW Forever beta update brings: level cap 30, the Excavation Site (26-31), Razorfen Downs and Uldaman, less experience from dungeon quests, a reworked Fury warrior and every class change.
A WoW Forever race guide: which classes each race can play, all 40 racials (active and passive) with beta client numbers, what matters for PvP, groups or leveling, and what changed from Classic.
Blizzard's Classic+ launches on November 4. What changes from Classic: 469 reworked talents, the Skyborne, the Undead Paladin, new zones, nine dungeons and the raids — with the source next to every fact.