Best Classes for Night Elf in WoW Forever
- Known as Kaldorei
- Start Teldrassil
- Capital Darnassus
- Racials 4
- Classes 5 of 9
Night Elf classes ranked
Druid is our top Night Elf pick in WoW Forever at S tier, on grades as of November 7, 2026. Pick a class to see which parts of the Night Elf kit it uses and what they do for it.
Every Night Elf class uses Elune's Light, Quickness, Shadowmeld and Wisp Spirit.
Night Elf Druid
Tank · Healer · DamageStealth is where a Druid feels this race most, since Quickness makes a Night Elf Druid harder to detect in it and Shadowmeld gives another way to hide. Elune's Light adds a short critical strike window to your spells and attacks.
Quickness · Harder to detect while in Stealth, plus a touch more dodge chance and movement speed.
Shadowmeld · A second way to hide, and in combat it discourages enemies from attacking you.
Elune's Light · A short burst of critical strike chance with every spell and attack you use.
Night Elf Warrior
Tank · DamageElune's Light is the headline for a Warrior, raising critical strike chance on every attack for a short window. Quickness adds a little dodge chance and movement speed that never switches off, and Wisp Spirit makes you a faster moving wisp after a death.
Elune's Light · A short window of higher critical strike chance on all your attacks.
Quickness · A little extra dodge chance and movement speed, always working in the background.
Wisp Spirit · Much faster movement after a death, so dying while leveling costs less time.
Night Elf Hunter
DamageFor a Hunter the value sits in the racials rather than any class spell. Elune's Light lifts critical strike chance on your attacks for a short burst, Shadowmeld makes you harder to spot before a fight, and Wisp Spirit speeds you up after a death.
Elune's Light · Lifts critical strike chance on your attacks and spells for a short window.
Shadowmeld · Stay harder to spot before a fight starts, or discourage attacks once one goes wrong.
Wisp Spirit · Moves much faster after a death, trimming travel time while you level.
Night Elf Rogue
DamageRogues get a stealthier Stealth, because Quickness makes a Night Elf Rogue harder to detect while in it. Shadowmeld adds a way to hide, or to discourage attacks mid fight, and Elune's Light raises critical strike chance for a short window.
Quickness · Harder to detect while in Stealth, with a little extra dodge chance as well.
Shadowmeld · Hide again between fights, or discourage attacks on you when one turns against you.
Elune's Light · Raises critical strike chance on every attack for a short window.
Night Elf Priest
Healer · DamageEvery Night Elf racial and class spell applies to a Priest. Starshards adds Arcane damage over time, Elune's Grace makes melee and ranged attacks miss you more often, and Elune's Light raises critical strike chance on all your spells.
Elune's Grace · Melee and ranged attacks miss you more often until it fades or enough of them miss.
Starshards · Arcane damage over time on one enemy target, cast from range.
Elune's Light · Raises critical strike chance with all your spells for a short window.
Night Elf racials
Two you press, two are always on. Each card says where the trait matters most.
Elune's Light
ActiveCombat
Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 10% for 15 sec.
Cooldown3 minDuration15 sec
Hold it for a fight that matters, like a hard boss or a duel, and fire your strongest spells or attacks while the extra critical strike chance runs.
Shadowmeld
ActivePvP
Activate to slip into the shadows, reducing the chance for enemies to detect your presence. Lasts until cancelled or upon moving. Using this ability in combat discourages enemies from attacking you, but increases the cooldown to 2 min.
Out of combat, use it to let a patrol or an enemy player walk past. In combat it discourages attacks on you, but that use costs a longer cooldown, and moving ends it.
Quickness
PassiveCombat
Dodge chance increased by 1% and movement speed increased by 2%. Night Elf Rogues and Druids are harder to detect in Stealth as if they were 1 level higher.
Always on, so there is nothing to time. If you play a Rogue or Druid, lean on Stealth more often, since the racial makes you harder to detect in it.
Wisp Spirit
PassiveLeveling
Transform into a wisp upon death, increasing movement speed by 75%.
It matters only once you die, when the wisp form moves much faster, so a death while leveling costs you less travel time.
Night Elf Priest spells
Night Elf Priests train three spells no other Night Elf can.
Elune's Grace
HolyReduces the chance you'll be hit by melee and ranged attacks by 50% for 15 sec or until you are missed 3 times.
Use: Press it when a melee or ranged attacker turns on you, and expect it to end early once enough attacks have missed you.
Secrets of Elune
Allows you to meditate on the mysteries of Elune at moonwells.
Use: Its tooltip states one use, meditating on the mysteries of Elune at moonwells, so remember it whenever you come across a moonwell.
Starshards
7 ranksArcaneRains starshards down on the enemy target's head, causing 162 Arcane damage over 6 sec.
Use: Cast it early on a target that will survive the whole effect, since the Arcane damage arrives over time rather than all at once.
Compare Alliance races
How each Alliance race ranks for every class on our Best Race tier lists, which classes it cannot play, and the racials it is known for.
| Race | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Night ElfThis page Can play Druid, Hunter, Priest, Rogue and Warrior. Cannot play Mage, Paladin, Shaman and Warlock. | S | S | A | S | S | ||||
| Known for Elune's Light and Shadowmeld | |||||||||
 High Order Skyborne Can play Druid, Hunter, Mage, Rogue and Warrior. Cannot play Paladin, Priest, Shaman and Warlock. | B | B | B | C | D | ||||
| Known for Read Leyline and Wind Blessed | |||||||||
 Human Can play Hunter, Mage, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Warlock and Warrior. Cannot play Druid and Shaman. | A | A | S | A | A | A | A | ||
| Known for Will to Survive and Ruthless | |||||||||
 Dwarf Can play Hunter, Paladin, Priest, Rogue, Shaman and Warrior. Cannot play Druid, Mage and Warlock. | C | A | B | B | S | A | |||
| Known for Stoneform and Artisan's Precision | |||||||||
 Gnome Can play Mage, Priest, Rogue, Warlock and Warrior. Cannot play Druid, Hunter, Paladin and Shaman. | S | S | S | A | A | ||||
| Known for Escape Artist and Eureka! | |||||||||