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WoW Forever class picker

There are 52 playable race and class combinations in Forever, 12 of them new, and the level cap is 60 permanently. That makes this the rare MMO where what you roll is the character you keep rather than the one you replace at the next expansion.

Answer five questions and this narrows the list, then tells you which racial is doing the work in each case and whether Blizzard has published the class at all. It will not hand you a tier list, because one cannot honestly exist yet.

Every role, and who can fill it

The same data the picker runs on, laid out flat. Druid appears four times because it is the only class that can take every role, which is also the reason it scores well when you have not decided.

Frequently asked, before you spend two hundred hours on this

What class should I play in WoW Forever?

There is no single answer and the honest version of this tool refuses to pretend otherwise. What it can do is narrow 52 playable race and class combinations down to the handful that match your faction, the role you want at 60, and what you will actually be doing, then show you which racial is doing the work in each case. Blizzard says it tuned racials to comparable offensive value, so expect the top few to be close.

Is there a best race for each class in WoW Forever?

Not in the way Classic had one. Forever gave every race exactly two active and two passive racials and rebuilt them so no race carries a dead slot, which removes the Classic situation where a Gnome Warrior had a racial that raised Intellect. Weapon skill racials became critical strike chance that counts for spells as well, so the old "Humans use swords, Orcs use axes" logic no longer locks a race to a weapon type. Pick for the racial you will press, not for a parse nobody has produced yet.

Which classes can tank in WoW Forever?

Warrior, Paladin and Druid. Paladin is the one that changed: Consecration is baseline at level 20 and Seal of Fury makes Judgment taunt, so Paladin tanking no longer needs a talent investment to hold a pull or borrow someone else's single-target taunt.

How many WoW Forever race and class combinations are new?

12 of 52. Six are new combinations on existing races, including Undead Paladin, Human Hunter, Dwarf Shaman, Orc Mage, Troll Warlock and Gnome Priest. The other six belong to the Skyborne, who are new in Forever and come with an upgrade pack rather than a subscription.

Can this tool tell me the strongest class for raiding?

No, and nothing can yet. The beta runs to October 21 at a level 30 cap, the game launches November 4, and the raids that would settle any damage ranking open later still. Blizzard has published a full kit for 5 of the nine classes; for the other four, a tier list is somebody's guess with a number next to it. This tool marks which is which instead.