CLASS COUNT
Nine
Warrior, Paladin, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock, and Druid.
CLASSES / BUILDS
Classes in WoW Forever
The nine-class baseline, confirmed Skyborne options, and the new combinations that still need complete class tables.
STATUS / NINE-CLASS BASELINE
The original nine classes remain the working baseline; every specialization is in scope for updates.
Blizzard confirms new class/race combinations and broad updates across all specializations, but does not publish a complete Forever matrix or exact spell changes. Use the detailed race breakdown for the video-reviewed trait notes.
QUICK REFERENCE
The short version
NAMED NEW OPTIONS
Dwarf Shaman / Forsaken Paladin
Both are first-party confirmed combinations.
SKYBORNE
4 + 1 / 4 + 1
Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Druid on both factions; Mage Alliance, Shaman Horde.
CLASS CHANGES
All specializations
Exact talents and spells remain unpublished.
CONFIRMED
What to use when choosing a class
Class identity is available; final build optimization is not.
Nine-class baseline
The working class list is Warrior, Paladin, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock, and Druid.
Skyborne choices
Skyborne can be Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, or Druid on either faction, plus Alliance Mage or Horde Shaman.
Dwarf Shaman and Forsaken Paladin
These are the named new combinations from Blizzard. Their exact class, racial, and talent interactions are not published.
REPORTED / UNRESOLVED
Build details to wait for
Pre-beta calculators and demo reports are leads, not the final build guide.
Paladin reports
Press coverage circulates a tanking seal, Holy Strike, longer Blessings, and a Judgement change. Verify all of them in official tooltips or beta play.
Other combinations
Gnome Priest, Human Hunter, Orc Mage, and Troll Warlock appear in secondary demo reports; Blizzard has not published them as a complete matrix.
Racial traits
Our separate Classes & Builds page preserves the reviewed video notes while labeling the values as video-reported rather than official tables.
- The exact spec change list, talent rows, point totals, and respec rules.
- The two unnamed Spring 2027 class/race combinations.
- Which race/class details survive from the historical baseline and which receive new abilities.
SOURCE TRAIL
Where these notes came from
We use official material first, then identify community reports and tools separately. A source link is a trail back to the evidence, not an endorsement of every claim on that page.