WoW Forever class changes vs Classic: every confirmed change, with sources

Changes by class

Related: classes, talents, full build summary.

Druid

Rejuvenation, Tranquility, and Wild Growth can crit; Wrath base damage rose ~50%. Thorns scales with caster spell power or reverts to base if the caster is absent or distant. Mangle became Primal Bite (debuff removed; talent references updated); Primal Fury became Blood Frenzy (original icon). Cat Feral Charge no longer targets allies.

Hunter

Furious Howl’s Attack Power bonus fell 40%; Bat pets gain Sonic Blast; Tame Beast cannot tame beasts above the Hunter’s level. Dropping Lone Wolf no longer leaves -4% damage with pet active. Lacerating Strikes can crit; Strider Kick adds 30% movement speed for 3 sec; Pet Happiness decays at max loyalty.

Mage

Arcane Missiles checks line of sight once per channel. Wake of Fire: 30 sec (was 20); Hot Streak: 20 (was 15); Ignite no longer double dips on damage modifiers.

Paladin

Holy Strike ranks rose (values above); in Holy, its cooldown is 10 sec (was 12). Improved Holy Strike was removed; its effect became baseline. Holy Power adds 15% Holy Strike crit and keeps prior effects; Light’s Vigil clarifies only the damage component returns some Mana.

Retribution Aura scales with caster spell power. Blizzard fixed Flash of Light’s cast animation, Consecration damage and targeting, and Echo of Justice’s excess activation chance.

Righteous Fury’s Holy threat bonus fell to 60% (was 90%); Vengeance triggers on non-periodic crits and caps at 3 stacks (was 5). Two-Handed Weapon Specialization: 2/4/6% (was 3/6/9%). Sacred Arbiter adds 20% Holy Strike damage (was 10%); Twist of Light cuts Seal Mana costs 20%.

Priest

Renew can crit; Power Word: Shield can overwrite itself if the target lacks Weakened Soul. Gnome Contingency Plan can crit; Confounding Flash gained a Holy cast visual and new sounds. Twilight Focus grants Night Elf Starshards pushback resistance. Undead Dark Sacrifice no longer breaks damage-sensitive crowd control; its tooltip says Mana gained scales with Spirit.

Rogue

Sap now flags the Rogue for PvP when used on a PvP-flagged target.

Shaman

Lightning Bolt ranks 3/4 gained damage; Windfury Totem and Flametongue Totem buffs display those names. Flametongue Totem has no duration and is replaced instantly; it cannot stack with itself or Flametongue Weapon/Windfury Totem. Tranquil Air, Windfury, and Grace of Air Totems no longer stack across Shamans.

Elemental Fury/Alacrity swapped rows. Lava Burst ranks 1/2 gained ~10% base damage over the nearby-level Lightning Bolt rank. Rage of the Far Seer lost its spell-casting-speed effect; Riptide can crit.

Warlock

Life Tap’s tooltip shows Life converted and Spirit scaling only. Voidwalker Sacrifice scales with 10% of Warlock spell healing.

Warrior

Sunder Armor threat was corrected across ranks, with a small Attack Power increase. Blizzard swaps Bastion Row 5 and Focused Rage Row 6. Bloodthrill: 4/8/12/16/20% (was 2/4/6/8/10%), Main Hand only (including Cleave/Heroic Strike). Slam: 18 sec (was 15); Improved Slam cuts its cooldown by 1.5/3 sec.

Planned and reported

Planned: Blizzard will use the Elemental move’s space for future Enhancement additions; no ability or date yet.

Reported conflict: Client build 1.60.1.70009 retains Bastion Row 5 and Focused Rage Row 6, despite Blizzard’s reported swap.