Spells & talents

DataminedBeta 1.60.1.70245

Every class ability and talent in the World of Warcraft: Forever client, compared rank by rank with Classic: 457 abilities (166 changed, 29 new) and 432 talents.

Druid25 of 58 abilities changed or new

Hunter20 of 59 abilities changed or new

Mage18 of 55 abilities changed or new

Paladin20 of 53 abilities changed or new

Priest33 of 53 abilities changed or new

Rogue6 of 30 abilities changed or new

Shaman32 of 54 abilities changed or new

Warlock27 of 51 abilities changed or new

Warrior14 of 44 abilities changed or new

Forever lowers base spell values and leans on spell power

55 damage and healing abilities have a lower highest-rank base value than in Classic, and 7 have a higher one. Where the spell-power coefficient also changed, each class page shows the spell power at which Forever catches up with Classic.

Biggest cuts at highest rank

Damage and healing abilities whose highest-rank base value went down (no spell power)
Ability	Class	Effect	Forever	Classic	Change	Coefficient
Chain Lightning R4	Shaman	Damage	116–130	493–551	−76%	0.571 (Classic 0.714)
Wrath R8	Druid	Damage	86–96	236–264	−64%	0.571
Smite R8	Priest	Damage	160–180	371–415	−57%	0.714
Lightning Bolt R10	Shaman	Damage	185–207	419–467	−56%	0.714 (Classic 0.857)
Searing Pain R6	Warlock	Damage	105–123	204–240	−49%	0.429
Holy Fire R8	Priest	Damage	184–232	355–449	−48%	0.75
Corruption R7	Warlock	Damage per tick	73	137	−47%	0.2 (Classic 0.167)
Bane of Agony R6 was Curse of Agony	Warlock	Damage per tick	46	87	−47%	0.133 (Classic 0.083)
Shadow Bolt R10	Warlock	Damage	253–283	482–538	−47%	0.857
Bane of Doom was Curse of Doom	Warlock	Damage per tick	1742	3200	−46%	4 (Classic 1)
Immolate R8	Warlock	Damage per tick	55	102	−46%	0.13
Soul Fire R2	Warlock	Damage	383–479	703–881	−46%	1
Shadowburn R6	Warlock	Damage	251–281	450–502	−44%	0.429
Conflagrate R6	Warlock	Damage	251–313	447–557	−44%	0.429
Insect Swarm R5	Druid	Damage per tick	31	54	−43%	0.158
Earth Shock R7	Shaman	Damage	293–309	517–545	−43%	0.386
Flame Shock R6	Shaman	Damage	166	292	−43%	0.214
Frost Shock R4	Shaman	Damage	275–291	486–514	−43%	0.386
Rupture R6	Rogue	Damage per tick	35	60	−42%	—
Prayer of Healing R5	Priest	Heal	631–667	1041–1099	−39%	0.286
Moonfire R10	Druid	Damage per tick	60	96	−37%	0.13
Scorch R7	Mage	Damage	163–193	233–275	−30%	0.429
Starfire R7	Druid	Damage	350–412	496–584	−29%	1
Fireball R12	Mage	Damage	425–541	596–760	−29%	1
Pyroblast R8	Mage	Damage	520–646	716–890	−27%	1
Shadowguard R6	Priest	Damage	96	116	−17%	0.267
Chain Heal R3	Shaman	Heal	458–522	551–629	−17%	0.714
Renew R10	Priest	Heal per tick	166	194	−14%	0.2
Heal R4	Priest	Heal	611–691	712–804	−14%	0.857
Entangling Roots R6	Druid	Damage per tick	26	30	−13%	0.06 (Classic 0.033)
Rejuvenation R11	Druid	Heal per tick	194	222	−13%	0.2
Rip R6	Druid	Damage per tick	15	17	−12%	—
Frostbolt R11	Mage	Damage	457–493	515–555	−11%	0.814
Shadow Word: Pain R8	Priest	Damage per tick	127	142	−11%	0.2 (Classic 0.167)
Lightning Shield R7	Shaman	Damage	178	198	−10%	0.267
Mind Flay R6	Priest	Damage per tick	130	142	−8%	0.167 (Classic 0.15)
Drain Soul R4	Warlock	Damage per tick	84	91	−8%	0.1
Fire Blast R7	Mage	Damage	402–474	431–509	−7%	0.429
Flash Heal R7	Priest	Heal	757–893	812–958	−7%	0.429
Healing Wave R10	Shaman	Heal	1508–1722	1620–1850	−7%	0.857
Lesser Healing Wave R6	Shaman	Heal	775–865	832–928	−7%	0.429
Healing Touch R11	Druid	Heal	2139–2525	2267–2677	−6%	1
Exorcism R6	Paladin	Damage	475–529	505–563	−6%	0.429
Hammer of Wrath R3	Paladin	Damage	474–522	504–556	−6%	0.429
Greater Heal R5	Priest	Heal	1853–2067	1966–2194	−6%	0.857
Mind Blast R9	Priest	Damage	472–498	503–531	−6%	0.429
Holy Nova R6	Priest	Heal	288–334	302–350	−5%	0.107
Regrowth R9	Druid	Heal	965–1077	1003–1119	−4%	0.286
Arcane Explosion R6	Mage	Damage	232–252	243–263	−4%	0.143
Desperate Prayer R7	Priest	Heal	1269–1497	1324–1562	−4%	0.429
Frost Nova R4	Mage	Damage	69–77	71–79	−3%	0.029
Cone of Cold R5	Mage	Damage	325–355	335–365	−3%	0.129
Lesser Heal R3	Priest	Heal	130–152	135–157	−3%	0.714 (Classic 0.446)
Blast Wave R5	Mage	Damage	453–533	462–544	−2%	0.129
Hellfire R3	Warlock	Damage per tick	206	208	−1%	0.022

Increased at highest rank

Damage and healing abilities whose highest-rank base value went up
Ability	Class	Effect	Forever	Classic	Change
Starshards R7	Priest	Damage per tick	300	156	+92%
Shield Slam R4	Warrior	Damage	640–670	342–358	+87%
Revenge R6	Warrior	Damage	138–168	81–99	+70%
Thorns R6	Druid	Damage shield	22	18	+22%
Arcane Shot R8	Hunter	Damage	217	183	+19%
Bloodthirst R4	Warrior	Damage	48	45	+7%
Rake R4	Druid	Damage	61	58	+5%

About this data

Numbers are read from the Forever beta client and Classic Era client tables (SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellPower, Talent) for the same spell IDs. They’re base values before talents, gear and spell power. The server can still change how a spell behaves, so treat these as datamined until confirmed in game. Season of Discovery rune abilities that remain in the client files are excluded. Many talents list rank spells that aren’t readable in the current client data; their pages say so.

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