WoW Forever class changes

Compare WoW Forever class changes versus Classic across all nine classes. This catalog lists new talents, talents that changed tree or cell, and talents whose max rank changed. Same-cell effects and Paladin recap summaries are shown only after matching the current WoW Forever class changes snapshot.

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285 recorded WoW Forever class changes across nine classes · 119 new · 145 moved · 48 max-rank

Nine classes · Recorded WoW Forever class changes · Forever Beta snapshot · not in-game verified

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Nine classes

Recorded WoW Forever class changes

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Pick a class, then a tree. Each card of these WoW Forever class changes names the recorded change. Open the calculator for every rank.

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Talent treeChange typeSearch

Warrior

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Arms

Improved Overpower Moved

Arms 3/1 → 2/4.

Spearing Strike New

A brutal attack that deals 40% weapon damage.

Two-Handed Weapon Specialization

5 → 3 ranks.

Bloodthrill New

Grants your Main Hand melee attacks against enemies afflicted by your Rend a 4% chance to.

Weaponmaster New

Gives your melee weapon attacks a benefit depending on the weapon.

Improved Slam Moved

Fury 5/1 → Arms 6/1. 5 → 2 ranks.

Fury

Lingering Rage New

Increases the time before your Rage begins to decay after leaving combat by 2 sec.

Furious Precision New

Increases your chance to hit with off-hand attacks by 4%.

Raging Blows New

Reduces the Rage cost of your Cleave and Whirlwind abilities by 3.

Improved Execute Moved

Fury 4/2 → 4/4.

Improved Berserker Rage Moved

Fury 6/1 → 5/1.

Flurry Moved

Fury 6/3 → 6/2.

Gore Drinker New

Your Enrage, Berserker Rage, Bloodrage, Death Wish, and Bloodthirst abilities cause your next 3 melee attacks.

Protection

Improved Bloodrage Moved

Protection 2/1 → 1/1.

Iron Will Moved

Protection 2/4 → 1/3.

Anticipation Moved

Protection 1/3 → 2/1.

Improved Revenge Moved

Protection 3/3 → 2/3.

Improved Thunder Clap Moved

Arms 2/4 → Protection 2/4.

Master of Defense New

Grants you a 50% chance to generate 5 Rage when you Dodge or Parry while a.

Improved Disarm Moved

Protection 4/2 → 3/3.

Defiance

5 → 3 ranks.

Vanguard New

Your Charge ability is now usable while in Defensive Stance.

Improved Shield Bash Moved

Protection 5/3 → 4/3.

Focused Rage New

Reduces the Rage cost of your offensive abilities by 1.

Paladin

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Holy

Spiritual Focus Moved

Holy 2/2 → 1/2.

Divine Strength Moved

Holy 1/2 → 1/3.

Healing Light Moved

Holy 3/1 → 2/1.

Reverence New

Allows 15% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

Purifying Power New

Reduces the mana cost of your Cleanse and Purify spells by 10% and reduces the cooldown.

Illumination Moved

Holy 4/2 → 3/2.

Holy Conduit New

Reduces the mana cost of your Consecration.

Divine Precision New

Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 4%.

Infusion of Light New

Your Holy Shock and Flash of Light critical hits reduce the cast time of your next.

Oath of Light New

Swear an Oath to protect target ally for 5 min.

Consecrated Ground New

Gives your Holy spells 5% increased damage against the first 4 enemies that enter your Consecration.

Holy Shock Moved

Holy 7/2 → 5/2.

Boundless Light New

Increases the critical strike chance of your Holy Shock spell by 15% when cast on allies.

Light's Vigil New

Applies Light's Vigil to a friendly target for 30 sec.

Protection

Divine Intellect Moved

Holy 1/3 → Protection 1/2.

Sacred Duty New

Reduces the cooldown of your Divine Shield.

Templar's Bulwark New

When activated, this ability grants you an absorb shield equal to 100% of your maximum health.

Improved Hammer of Justice Moved

Protection 4/2 → 3/2.

Shield Specialization

3 → 2 ranks.

Toughness Moved

Protection 2/4 → 3/4.

Swift Judgement New

Unleash the energy of a Seal spell upon an enemy.

Improved Righteous Fury Moved

Protection 3/2 → 4/2.

Anticipation Moved

Protection 3/4 → 4/3.

Stoicism New

Reduces the duration of Stun and Charm effects on you by 10%.

Holy Shield Moved

Protection 7/2 → 5/2.

Iron Creed New

Increases the threat generated by your Holy Strike ability by 10%.

Shieldsworn New

Reduces the cooldown of your Holy Strike ability by 4 sec.

Retribution

Deflection Moved

Retribution 2/3 → 1/2.

Conviction Moved

Retribution 3/2 → 2/2. 5 → 3 ranks.

Sanctified Judgement New

Gives your Judgement ability a 33% chance to return 20% of the Mana cost of the.

Unyielding Faith Moved

Holy 3/4 → Retribution 3/2.

Sacred Arbiter New

Increases the damage of your Holy Strike ability by 20% and causes it to refresh all.

Two-Handed Weapon Specialization Moved

Retribution 5/1 → 4/4.

Turn Evil New

Reduces the cast time of your Turn Undead spell by 0.5 sec.

Vengeance Moved

Retribution 6/2 → 5/3. 5 → 3 ranks.

Champion of the Light New

Increases your spell damage by up to 12% of your Intellect.

Unsealed Wrath New

Your melee attacks store a copy of your active Seal for 15 sec.

Hunter

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Beast Mastery

Focused Fire New

Increases all damage you and your pet deal by 1% while your pet is active.

Improved Aspect of the Monkey

5 → 3 ranks.

Improved Revive Pet Moved

Beast Mastery 2/4 → 2/3.

Improved Mend Pet Moved

Beast Mastery 4/2 → 4/1.

Summon Hawk New

Command a hawk to dive-bomb your targeted enemy.

Marksmanship

Hawk Eye Moved

Marksmanship 3/4 → 1/1.

Lethal Attacks Moved

Marksmanship 2/3 → 1/3.

Improved Stings Moved

Marksmanship 4/2 → 2/1. 5 → 3 ranks.

Efficiency Moved

Marksmanship 1/3 → 2/2.

Careful Aim New

Increases your Attack Power by 20% of your Intellect.

Rapid Killing New

Reduces the cooldown on your Rapid Fire ability by 1 min.

Lone Wolf New

You deal 20% increased damage with all attacks while you do not have an active pet.

Trueshot Aura Moved

Marksmanship 7/2 → 4/2.

Rapid Recuperation New

Afflicting a target with Serpent Sting allows 25% of your Mana Regeneration to continue while casting.

Barrage Moved

Marksmanship 5/2 → 5/3.

Sniper Shot New

A long-range shot that deals ranged damage plus 160 and increases the range of your next.

Survival

Improved Tracking New

While tracking Beasts, Demons, Dragonkin, Elementals, Giants, Humanoids, or Undead, all damage you deal to the.

Survivalist Moved

Survival 3/2 → 2/3.

Improved Wing Clip Moved

Survival 2/3 → 2/4. 5 → 3 ranks.

Surefooted Moved

Survival 4/2 → 3/2.

Survival Tactics New

Increases your chance to hit with your Trap and Feign Death abilities by 5%.

Predator's Edge New

Increases your melee ability critical strike damage by 6% and your Off Hand weapon damage by.

Counterattack Moved

Survival 5/3 → 4/3.

Resourcefulness New

Reduces the Mana cost of your Trap and melee abilities by 30%.

Expose Prey New

Grants your melee and ranged attacks against enemies afflicted by Hunter's Mark a 5% chance to.

Survivalist's Discipline New

Reduces the cooldown of your Trap and Deterrence abilities by 20%.

Strider Kick New

A powerful kick that deals 100% melee weapon damage and increases movement speed by 30% for.

Lacerating Strikes New

Your Mongoose Bite also causes the target to Bleed for damage equal to 40% of the.

Priest

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Discipline

Power in Light New

Your Smite and Penance spells deal 2% increased damage to targets afflicted with your Holy Fire.

Wand Specialization Moved

Discipline 1/3 → 1/2. 5 → 2 ranks.

Twin Disciplines New

Increases the damage and healing of your instant cast spells by 1%.

Silent Resolve

5 → 3 ranks.

Holy Precision New

Improves your chance to hit with Holy spells by 6%.

Mental Strength Moved

Discipline 5/2 → 2/3.

Mental Agility Moved

Discipline 4/2 → 3/1. 5 → 3 ranks.

Improved Power Word: Shield Moved

Discipline 2/3 → 3/3.

Meditation Moved

Discipline 3/3 → 3/4.

Improved Mana Burn Moved

Discipline 4/4 → 4/2.

Soul Warding New

Reduces the cooldown on your Power Word: Shield spell by 4 sec and reduces its mana.

Penance New

Launches a volley of holy light at the target.

Renewed Hope New

Your heals from Flash Heal.

Divine Aegis New

Your non-periodic critical heals create a protective shield on the target.

Holy

Twilight Focus

2 → 3 ranks.

Holy Binding New

Each time you heal a target other than yourself with Flash Heal.

Litany of Light New

When you cast a healing spell.

Spiritual Healing

5 → 3 ranks.

Prayer of Mending New

Places a spell on the target that heals them for 172 the next time they take.

Shadow

Shadow Focus Moved

Shadow 2/3 → 1/1.

Blackout Moved

Shadow 1/3 → 1/2.

Spirit Tap Moved

Shadow 1/2 → 1/3.

Improved Mind Blast Moved

Shadow 3/2 → 2/1.

Improved Shadow Word: Pain Moved

Shadow 2/2 → 2/3.

Shadow Reach Moved

Shadow 4/3 → 2/4. 3 → 2 ranks.

Improved Psychic Scream Moved

Shadow 3/1 → 3/2.

Improved Mind Flay New

Each instance of damage of Mind Flay deals 10% more damage than its previous instance of.

Dark Inspiration New

Your Mind Blast and fully channeled Mind Flay causes Dark Inspiration.

Vampiric Embrace Moved

Shadow 5/2 → 4/2.

Shadow Weaving Moved

Shadow 4/4 → 4/3. 5 → 3 ranks.

Devouring Contagion New

Reduces the mana cost of your Devouring Plague by 25%.

Early Demise New

Increases Shadow Word: Death's critical strike chance on targets at or below 20% health by 15%.

Shaman

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Elemental

Elemental Devastation Moved

Elemental 4/4 → 2/1.

Reverberation Moved

Elemental 3/2 → 2/2.

Elemental Alacrity Moved

Elemental 6/3 → 2/3. 5 → 3 ranks.

Call of Flame Moved

Elemental 2/3 → 2/4.

Elemental Warding Moved

Elemental 2/2 → 3/2.

Earthbound New

Your Earthbind Totem Immobilizes nearby targets for 5 sec when cast.

Lava Burst New

You hurl molten lava at the target, dealing 113 to 145 Fire damage.

Lightning Overload New

Gives your Lightning Bolt and Chain Lightning spells a 3% chance to cast a second.

Elemental Fury Moved

Elemental 5/2 → 6/3. 1 → 5 ranks.

Enhancement

Earth's Grasp Moved

Elemental 2/1 → Enhancement 1/1.

Thundering Strikes Moved

Enhancement 2/2 → 1/2.

Ancestral Knowledge Moved

Enhancement 1/2 → 1/3.

Mental Dexterity New

Increases your Attack Power by an amount equal to 33% of your Intellect.

Elemental Weapons Moved

Enhancement 5/2 → 3/1.

Shamanistic Focus New

Reduces the mana cost of your Shock and Lightning Shield spells by 45%.

Anticipation

5 → 3 ranks.

Toughness Moved

Enhancement 4/3 → 4/1.

Stormstrike Moved

Enhancement 7/2 → 4/3.

Spirit Weapons Moved

Enhancement 5/3 → 5/1.

Mental Quickness New

Increases your spell damage and healing by up to 15% of your Intellect.

Improved Stormstrike New

When you Stormstrike, you have a 50% chance to gain 50% mana regeneration while casting spells.

Maelstrom Weapon New

When you deal damage with a melee attack.

Rage of the Farseer New

Increases your attack speed by 30% for 25 sec.

Restoration

Mindfulness New

Allows 17% of your Mana regeneration to continue while casting.

Natural Grace Moved

Restoration 3/4 → 2/2.

Improved Reincarnation Moved

Restoration 2/1 → 2/4.

Ancestral Healing Moved

Restoration 2/2 → 3/1.

Healing Focus

5 → 3 ranks.

Water Shield New

The caster is surrounded by 3 globes of water.

Tidal Mastery Moved

Restoration 4/3 → 4/1.

Mana Tide Totem Moved

Restoration 7/2 → 4/3.

Healing Way Moved

Restoration 5/1 → 5/2.

Riptide New

Heals a friendly target for 485 to 533.

Warlock

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Affliction

Improved Life Tap Moved

Affliction 2/3 → 1/1.

Grim Reach Moved

Affliction 4/1 → 2/1.

Soul Harvest New

Killing a non-trivial target afflicted by your Drain Soul increases your Mana regeneration by 50% for.

Improved Drains New

Increases Health drained.

Improved Bane of Agony

3 → 2 ranks.

Fel Concentration

5 → 3 ranks.

Pandemic New

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your Corruption.

Malevolence New

Increases the critical effect chance of your Shadow spells by 1%.

Curse of Exhaustion Moved

Affliction 5/3 → 4/3.

Soul Siphon Moved

Affliction 2/4 → 5/3. 5 → 3 ranks.

Shadow Mastery Moved

Affliction 6/2 → 6/3.

Wrack New

Tears the target apart from within.

Demonology

Improved Health Funnel Moved

Demonology 2/1 → 1/1.

Unholy Power Moved

Demonology 4/3 → 1/4.

Demonic Aegis New

Increases the effectiveness of your Demon Skin and Demon Armor spells by 15%.

Fel Vitality

5 → 3 ranks.

Demonic Energies New

You heal your pet for 8% of all spell damage you deal.

Demonic Sacrifice Moved

Demonology 5/2 → 3/2.

Master Summoner Moved

Demonology 4/2 → 3/3.

Decimation New

Reduces the cooldown of your Soul Fire spell by 45%.

Demonic Brand New

Your Searing Pain generates 17% less threat and brands the target for 10 sec.

Improved Felhunter New

Increases the Attack Power reduction of your Felhunter's Tainted Blood.

Soul Link Moved

Demonology 7/2 → 5/2.

Demonic Knowledge New

Increases your spell damage and your Demon pet's spell damage by up to 33% of your.

Demonic Pact New

Your Demonic Sacrifice effect is no longer cancelled by summoning a different Demon pet.

Destruction

Destructive Reach Moved

Destruction 4/2 → 1/1.

Bane Moved

Destruction 2/2 → 1/3.

Molten Skin New

Reduces all damage taken by 2%.

Cataclysm Moved

Destruction 1/3 → 2/2. 5 → 3 ranks.

Ruin Moved

Destruction 5/3 → 3/2. 1 → 5 ranks.

Shadowburn Moved

Destruction 3/4 → 3/3.

Intensity

2 → 3 ranks.

Agonizing Flames Moved

Destruction 4/4 → 4/2. 5 → 3 ranks.

Conflagrate Moved

Destruction 7/2 → 4/3.

Bane of Havoc New

Afflicts the target for 5 min.

Fire and Brimstone New

Increases the critical strike chance of your Conflagrate spell by 8%.

Shadow and Flame New

Hitting an enemy with Conflagrate increases all Shadow damage you deal by 2% for 20 sec.

Incinerate New

Deals 99 to 113 Fire damage to your target and an additional 25% damage if the.

Druid

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Balance

Improved Wrath Moved

Balance 1/1 → 1/2.

Genesis New

Increases the periodic damage and healing done by your spells and abilities by 2%.

Moonglow Moved

Balance 5/3 → 2/1.

Improved Moonfire

5 → 2 ranks.

Nature's Majesty New

Increases your critical strike chance with spells and melee attacks by 2%.

Nature's Reach Moved

Balance 3/4 → 2/4.

Improved Entangling Roots Moved

Balance 2/1 → 3/1.

Nature's Splendor New

Increases the duration of your Moonfire and Rejuvenation spells by 3 sec.

Insect Swarm Moved

Restoration 3/3 → Balance 4/1.

Overgrowth New

Increases the maximum number of targets you may have affected by Entangling Roots by 1.

Eclipse New

Your Wrath spell reduces the cast time of your next 2 Starfire spells by 0.17 sec.

Feral Combat

Furor Moved

Restoration 1/3 → Feral Combat 1/3.

Feral Swiftness Moved

Feral Combat 3/1 → 2/1.

Feral Instinct Moved

Feral Combat 2/1 → 2/2. 5 → 3 ranks.

Brutal Impact Moved

Feral Combat 2/2 → 2/3.

Thick Hide Moved

Feral Combat 2/3 → 2/4. 5 → 3 ranks.

Shredding Attacks Moved

Feral Combat 4/1 → 3/1. 2 → 3 ranks.

Savage Fury Moved

Feral Combat 5/1 → 3/2.

Feral Charge Moved

Feral Combat 3/2 → 3/3.

Sharpened Claws Moved

Feral Combat 3/3 → 3/4. 3 → 2 ranks.

Predatory Strikes Moved

Feral Combat 4/2 → 4/1.

Lacerate New

Lacerates the enemy target.

Predatory Discipline New

Your Ferocious Bite ability no longer converts extra Energy into damage.

Blood Frenzy Moved

Feral Combat 4/3 → 4/4.

Leader of the Pack Moved

Feral Combat 7/2 → 5/2.

Natural Instinct New

Increases the critical strike damage bonus of your melee abilities by 10% and increases your spell.

Rend and Tear New

Increases damage done by your melee abilities on Bleeding targets by 2%.

Natural Reaction New

Increases your dodge chance by 1%.

Primal Bite New

Bite the target, dealing 100% normal damage plus 42 and generating a high amount of threat.

Shifting Power New

Instantly convert 55% of base Mana into 40 Energy.

Restoration

Nature's Focus Moved

Restoration 2/2 → 1/2.

Heart of the Wild Moved

Feral Combat 6/2 → Restoration 1/3.

Reflection Moved

Restoration 3/2 → 2/2.

Natural Shapeshifter Moved

Balance 2/4 → Restoration 2/3.

Subtlety Moved

Restoration 3/4 → 3/2. 5 → 3 ranks.

Gift of Nature Moved

Restoration 5/3 → 3/3.

Bloom New

When your Rejuvenation or Regrowth spell expires due to its duration.

Improved Rejuvenation Moved

Restoration 4/4 → 4/3.

Swiftmend Moved

Restoration 7/2 → 4/4.

Living Spirit New

Increases your Spirit by 5%.

Wild Growth New

Heals the target and their party for 336 over 7 sec.

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Warrior

WoW Forever class changes on Warrior add Spearing Strike at 40% weapon damage, Bloodthrill so Rend can activate Overpower, Lingering Rage to delay Rage decay, and Gore Drinker to restore health after Rage activators.

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Paladin

WoW Forever class changes on Paladin keep Holy Strike tools: the former Improved Holy Strike cooldown behavior is now part of baseline Holy Strike, Sacred Arbiter refreshes Judgements, and Twist of Light echoes a replaced Seal.

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Hunter

WoW Forever class changes on Hunter add Focused Fire for you and your pet, Summon Hawk, Careful Aim converting Intellect to Attack Power, Rapid Killing to shorten Rapid Fire, and Lone Wolf while you have no pet.

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Rogue

WoW Forever class changes on Rogue add Mutilate as a both-weapon strike, Venom as a poison finisher, Flawless Execution to cheapen Eviscerate, and Hack and Slash as a weapon-type benefit.

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Priest

WoW Forever class changes on Priest add Penance, Prayer of Mending, Binding Heal, and Soul Warding to shorten Power Word: Shield. Power in Light and Twin Disciplines raise Holy and instant-cast output.

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Shaman

WoW Forever class changes on Shaman add Lightning Overload, Lava Burst, Maelstrom Weapon, Water Shield, and Riptide. Earthbound makes Earthbind immobilize nearby targets when dropped.

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Mage

WoW Forever class changes on Mage add Arcane Blast, Missile Barrage, Heating Up, Ice Lance, and Fingers of Frost. Arcane Geometry extends Arcane spell range.

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Warlock

WoW Forever class changes on Warlock add Wrack, Bane of Havoc, Incinerate, and Soul Harvest. Grim Reach extends the range of Affliction spells; Decimation shortens Soul Fire.

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Druid

WoW Forever class changes on Druid add Eclipse so Wrath shortens the next Starfires, Primal Bite (renamed from Mangle), Wild Growth, Berserk, Shifting Power, and Improved Shifting Power to convert Mana into Energy in Cat Form.

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Is this every WoW Forever class change?

No. These WoW Forever class changes cover recorded new, moved, and max-rank talents plus matching Paladin recap summaries. Same-cell effect wording for other classes is still being reviewed.

Why is Instrument of Law listed without the recap sentence?

The recap says Instrument of the Law reduces threat and makes Holy Wrath instant. The tooltip we record reduces Hammer of Wrath cast time and threat. Among WoW Forever class changes it is listed as new from the snapshot. The recap sentence is not attached until those statements describe the same spell.

Where did Blessing of Kings and Consecration go?

They left the Paladin talent trees and are trainable baseline abilities, so they are not listed among these WoW Forever class changes. Use the Abilities page for those spells.

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