WoW ForeverTier List

WoW Forever Tier List

The WoW Forever tier lists grade classes and specs S to D, with DPS, tank, healer and PvP boards, a best race board behind each class, and a vote sitting beside each grade.

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Class and Spec Tier Lists

Every seat on our class and spec tier lists, band by band. Pick a board to change the ladder, or find your class to mark it on every board.

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Best Class

Every WoW Forever class graded S to D on the roles it covers and what the deepest talents in its trees give back.

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STop1 classCarries a group in more than one job and gives up little to do it

Paladin, S on our Best Class tier list, opens the Paladin class guide

AStrong6 classesDoes the job it is built for at full strength and brings something the group is glad to have

BSolid2 classesSolid at its own job, with a narrower set of answers around it

Each tile opens the build filed for that board under its tree, or the class guide when none is filed.

Race Tier Lists by Class

Each class has its own race tier list, split here by faction and read in board order, with the top grade shown larger. Open a board to vote.

Best Race for Warrior

10 races graded

S2A4B2C1D1

Warrior takes race options from across the WoW Forever roster, each placed by what its racials hand a class that lives in melee and has to stay standing.

Alliance

DHigh Order Skyborne Alliance

Horde

CWindshaper Skyborne Horde

Best Race for Paladin

3 races graded

S2A1

Only certain races answer for Paladin in WoW Forever, so every racial gets weighed against what this class actually asks for.

Alliance

SHuman Alliance

ADwarf Alliance

Horde

SUndead Horde

Best Race for Hunter

8 races graded

S3A2B1C2

Race options for Hunter in WoW Forever, sorted by which racials still pay once the class picks up the weapon lines it trains.

Alliance

SNight Elf Alliance

AHuman Alliance

BHigh Order Skyborne Alliance

Horde

CWindshaper Skyborne Horde

Best Race for Rogue

9 races graded

S3A3B1C2

Every race a Rogue can be born into in WoW Forever, ranked on how much of each racial kit turns into something this class can use.

Alliance

CHigh Order Skyborne Alliance

Horde

SOrc Horde

AUndead Horde

ATroll Horde

CWindshaper Skyborne Horde

Best Race for Priest

6 races graded

S3A2B1

Picking a Priest in WoW Forever narrows the race list, and each call rests on what a racial returns to a healer under pressure.

Alliance

Horde

Best Race for Shaman

5 races graded

S2A1B2

The races that reach Shaman in WoW Forever, with the board asking what each racial adds to what the class already brings.

Alliance

SDwarf Alliance

Horde

SOrc Horde

ATroll Horde

BWindshaper Skyborne Horde

BTauren Horde

Best Race for Mage

6 races graded

S2A3B1

Roll a Mage in WoW Forever and the race call comes down to how much of a racial kit a caster ever has cause to use.

Alliance

SGnome Alliance

AHuman Alliance

BHigh Order Skyborne Alliance

Horde

SUndead Horde

AOrc Horde

ATroll Horde

Best Race for Warlock

5 races graded

S3A2

The Warlock roster in WoW Forever, with each grade following how far a racial kit carries this class in practice.

Alliance

Horde

Best Race for Druid

4 races graded

S2B2

The races that can go Druid in WoW Forever, with each racial read against the jobs this class is asked to cover.

Alliance

SNight Elf Alliance

BHigh Order Skyborne Alliance

Horde

STauren Horde

BWindshaper Skyborne Horde

SOur grade on that race board
Larger portrait: top grade on that board

Every race and the classes it plays

Class Grades on Every Board

Each class shows its grade on our class tier list and the best grade any of its specs reaches on each spec tier list. Open a board from its column head, or a class for its guide.

Best grade each class reaches on our class and spec tier lists
Class	Best Class9 classes	Best Spec27 specs	Best DPS20 specs	Best Tank3 specs	Best Healer5 specs	PvP27 specs	All spec seats
WarriorClass guide	AStrong	SProtection	AFury	AProtection	No seat	AFury	S1A4B3C1of 9
PaladinClass guide	STop	SProtection	ARetribution	SProtection	AHoly	ARetribution+1 more at A	S2A6B1of 9
HunterClass guide	AStrong	ASurvival+1 more at A	ABeast Mastery+2 more at A	No seat	No seat	ASurvival+1 more at A	A7B2of 9
RogueClass guide	BSolid	AAssassination	AAssassination	No seat	No seat	SSubtlety+2 more at S	S3A2B3D1of 9
PriestClass guide	AStrong	SHoly	AShadow	No seat	SDiscipline	SDiscipline	S3A3B2D1of 9
ShamanClass guide	AStrong	SRestoration	AElemental	No seat	SRestoration	AElemental	S2A4B3of 9
MageClass guide	AStrong	SArcane	AFire+1 more at A	No seat	No seat	SArcane	S2A4B3of 9
WarlockClass guide	AStrong	AAffliction	AAffliction+2 more at A	No seat	No seat	AAffliction+1 more at A	A6B3of 9
DruidClass guide	BSolid	SRestoration	BFeral Combat	BFeral Combat	ARestoration	SFeral Combat	S2A2B5C1of 10

AOur grade, S to D
The spec that reaches it
+1More specs of that class at the same grade
No seat on that board

Best Gear Tier Lists by Class

Every class has a best gear tier list for each equipment slot, listed here in character sheet order. Open a list to see every item graded for that slot.

Best gear for Warrior

15 gear lists

Best gear for Paladin

14 gear lists

Best gear for Hunter

15 gear lists

Best gear for Rogue

14 gear lists

Best gear for Priest

13 gear lists

Best gear for Shaman

14 gear lists

Best gear for Mage

13 gear lists

Best gear for Warlock

13 gear lists

Best gear for Druid

14 gear lists

How Classes, Specs and Races Are Graded

The question each board asks

Each kind of board asks its own question. A class board asks which jobs a class is built for and how far its talent trees back that up. A spec board reads one talent tree against the job that board names: damage, tanking or healing for a group, the role the tree is built for, or fights against other players. A race board asks how much of a race kit stays useful once that class picks it up. Every grade is also tested against how the game is being played. Win rates, parses and pick rates play no part in it.

Your vote

Your vote counts. A second view lifts out where readers disagree with us, and the crowd pulls an entry toward its own pick as that lean grows, though nothing shifts until enough ballots are in. The default view puts both reads together, our own grading never bends to a ballot, and older votes fade as newer ones arrive.

Vote on the Best Class tier list

What each grade means

Grade	Class board1 board	Spec boards5 boards	Race boards9 boards
STop	Carries a group in more than one job and gives up little to do it	The top grade on this board, the strongest specs it ranks	Several racials land on what this kit already does, and they land often
AStrong	Does the job it is built for at full strength and brings something the group is glad to have	A strong pick on this board, one step under the top grade	One racial clearly pays this class back, with useful cover around it
BSolid	Solid at its own job, with a narrower set of answers around it	Sound on this board, without the edge of the bands above	Something real for this class, either narrow in scope or small in reach
CSituational	Wants the right fight, the right group or the right build before it shines	Short of the bands above on this board, even where one of its reads runs high	Most of this kit pays out somewhere else, and only part of it reaches this class
DBottom	Asks the most from the player for the least the kit gives back	The lowest grade on this board, with the weakest case once every read is counted	Little here answers what this class actually needs

What each board weighs

Best Class: Every class on this board is graded on what it is built to do and how much of that its talent trees actually hand it.
Best Spec: Each spec is graded on what its talent tree gives a group in the role it is built for, on how many jobs it can cover and on how it handles solo play and leveling, with the grade then checked against how the spec is being played.
Best DPS: A DPS spec is read on its sustained damage, the burst and scaling its tree reaches, and what it brings a group against its own limits, then graded against how it is being played.
Best Tank: Each tank spec is graded on how its tree builds and holds threat, how it soaks and survives damage, and the cooldowns and utility it carries, then checked against how each tank is holding up in play.
Best Healer: A healer spec is read here on how far the mana goes and how much it heals, how broad its toolkit runs, and its emergency cooldowns, with the grade then checked against how the healer is being played.
PvP: This board grades each spec for fights against other players: the control it lands and the burst behind it, how it survives and moves, and the dispels, interrupts and snares it carries, with the grade then checked against how the spec is faring in those fights.

What each race board weighs

Best Race for Warrior: A race is graded here on how much of its kit a Warrior can keep switched on, set against the weapon lines this class trains and the ways it stays upright.
Best Race for Paladin: Grades here measure what a racial adds to a Paladin once plate, a shield and a mana bar are already on the table.
Best Race for Hunter: Each Hunter race is judged on what its racials do for a kit that shoots from range and sends a beast in ahead of it, checked against how the game is being played.
Best Race for Rogue: This board weighs a racial against an Energy bar, an opener from stealth and the need for a way out when the opener fails.
Best Race for Priest: Mana, cloth and a healing tab set the test for a Priest race here, and every grade weighs the racials against that kit, checked against how the game is being played.
Best Race for Shaman: Every Shaman race is judged on what its racials do for a kit that swings, casts and heals in turn.
Best Race for Mage: For a Mage the question is what a racial does for a caster in cloth who needs the cast to finish, and that is what the grade on this board measures.
Best Race for Warlock: Racials are graded on what they give a Warlock casting in cloth beside a demon, checked against how the game is being played.
Best Race for Druid: Because a Druid spends the fight in forms, the grade here asks what a racial still does once the character is a bear, a cat or a moonkin.

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