WoW: Forever Class Changes for November 10, 2026

• Omen of Clarity can once again trigger after changing specialization.

Restoration

• Nature's Swiftness now allows Wild Growth to be cast instantly.

• Fixed a bug with pet health. It is now 115% of the normal value, down from the incorrect 150%.
• Arcane Shot now costs 11% of base mana at all ranks.

Developers' Notes

All ranks cost the same amount of mana, which gradually increases with character level. At levels 6 and 60, the cost is nearly unchanged, while at levels in between it is slightly lower.

Beast Mastery

• Summon Hawk now costs 11% of base mana at all ranks, matching Arcane Shot.
• The hawk's melee damage has been increased by approximately 80%.

• Redoubt can now be tracked in the Cooldown Manager.

• Healing from Vampiric Embrace no longer incorrectly triggers the Revelation enchantment.

Holy

• Holy Nova is now correctly removed from learned abilities when its talent is unlearned.

• Maelstrom Weapon can now be tracked in the Cooldown Manager.
• The shaman's own weapon imbues now work alongside weapon totem buffs.

Developers' Notes

A shaman can benefit from both Windfury Weapon and Windfury Totem at the same time. Their attacks have a chance to trigger both effects.

Enhancement

• Stormstrike damage has been reduced from 150% to 100% of weapon damage. Its cooldown has been increased from 6 to 8 seconds.
• Mental Dexterity now converts Intellect to Attack Power at 33/66/100%, down from 50/100/150%.
• Each stack of Maelstrom Weapon now reduces cast time and mana cost by 20% at every talent rank. Previously, the reduction was 4/8/12/16/20%, depending on rank.
• Maelstrom Weapon's proc rate now scales with rank at 6/7/8/9/10 procs per minute. Previously, it was 20 procs per minute at all ranks.
• Maelstrom Weapon's tooltip shows the proc chance based on main-hand weapon speed. With 5 talent points, a weapon with a speed of 3.6 seconds has a 60% chance per hit, while a 2-second weapon has a 33% chance per hit.

Developers' Notes

The beta changes to Enhancement shaman, along with changes to Shocks and Lightning Bolt for Elemental, made Intellect and Spell Power too attractive. Meanwhile, Enhancement moved away from Windfury, which the developers see as central to its identity and gameplay.

The team is making these adjustments before raids open so players can factor them into their gear choices. This should help prevent sought-after items from losing value after a later change. Many of these adjustments steer the specialization back toward a stronger emphasis on Windfury.

• Fixed a bug that caused the Succubus's whip sound to play too often.
• Increased the base damage of the Imp's Firebolt at its first four ranks.
• The Imp's base health has been increased by approximately 15%.
• The Voidwalker's base health has been increased by approximately 15%.
• The Incubus's base health has been increased by approximately 15%.
• The Succubus's base health has been increased by approximately 15%.

Affliction

Developers' Notes

Damage ticks occur more frequently while effect durations stay the same. For example, Bane of Agony still lasts the full 24 seconds.

• The old mechanic could cause a damage-over-time effect to lose its bonus if channeling Wrack stopped just before the next tick. Now, the acceleration already gained persists after the channel ends or is interrupted. If you channel Wrack for one second during Corruption's three-second tick interval, the timer advances by two seconds. After you stop channeling, one second remains until the next tick instead of two.

Soul Siphon increases the damage of Drain Life, Drain Soul, and Wrack by 4/8/12% for each Corruption, Siphon Life, and Bane of Agony effects on the target, up to a maximum of 36%. Previously, any Affliction spell counted.

Wrack damage has been reduced by 30%.

Wrack no longer increases the damage of periodic effects on the target by a flat percentage.

Wrack is channeled for 6 seconds and deals Shadow damage every second. While channeling, Siphon Life, Corruption, and Bane of Agony deal periodic damage 100% more frequently, or twice as often.

Destruction

• Bane of Havoc now triggers the global cooldown.

Arms

• Sweeping Strikes retains its charges if the attack fails to hit the second target.