WoW Forever tier list
Every class and spec ranked from S to D for launch, from where 138 published tier lists place them. Survival Hunter and Fury Warrior are S tier for damage right now. Disagree? Make your own list.
DPS tier list
Survival Hunter and Fury Warrior lead damage at 60, melee and ranged on one list.
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Survival HunterS or A in 20 of 22 listsS17 S3 A1 C1 D - 2
Fury WarriorS or A in 19 of 21 listsS13 S6 A1 B1 C - 3
Demonology WarlockS or A in 17 of 20 listsA8 S9 A2 B1 C - 4
Marksmanship HunterS or A in 18 of 22 listsA7 S11 A3 B1 C - 5
Affliction WarlockS or A in 14 of 20 listsA4 S10 A6 B - 6
Fire MageS or A in 18 of 20 listsA1 S17 A1 B1 D - 7
Retribution PaladinS or A in 16 of 22 listsA4 S12 A4 B1 C1 D - 8
Beast Mastery HunterS or A in 14 of 22 listsB4 S10 A6 B1 C1 D - 9
Arcane MageS or A in 15 of 20 listsB3 S12 A3 B1 C1 D - 10
Destruction WarlockS or A in 14 of 21 listsB4 S10 A5 B1 C1 D - 11
Enhancement ShamanS or A in 11 of 21 listsB3 S8 A8 B2 C - 12
Arms WarriorS or A in 11 of 21 listsB2 S9 A8 B1 C1 D - 13
Feral (cat) DruidS or A in 9 of 22 listsB9 A11 B2 C - 14
Combat RogueS or A in 9 of 21 listsB1 S8 A10 B2 C - 15
Shadow PriestS or A in 6 of 21 listsC6 A9 B6 C - 16
Assassination RogueS or A in 6 of 19 listsC6 A7 B6 C - 17
Frost MageS or A in 4 of 21 listsC4 A9 B7 C1 D - 18
Elemental ShamanS or A in 3 of 22 listsD3 A6 B11 C2 D - 19
Balance DruidS or A in 0 of 21 listsD10 B8 C3 D - 20
Subtlety RogueS or A in 1 of 20 listsD1 A7 B10 C2 D
Tank tier list
Protection Warrior is the tank to beat.
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Protection WarriorS or A in 18 of 18 listsS11 S7 A - 2
Protection PaladinS or A in 16 of 18 listsA7 S9 A1 B1 C - 3
Feral (bear) DruidS or A in 14 of 18 listsA2 S12 A4 B
Healer tier list
Holy Priest and Restoration Shaman lead the healers.
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Holy PriestS or A in 20 of 20 listsS14 S6 A - 2
Restoration ShamanS or A in 18 of 19 listsS11 S7 A1 B - 3
Restoration DruidS or A in 20 of 20 listsA7 S13 A - 4
Discipline PriestS or A in 15 of 19 listsA2 S13 A4 B - 5
Holy PaladinS or A in 14 of 20 listsB1 S13 A5 B1 C
Leveling tier list
Hunter and Warlock level fastest from 1 to 60, Warrior the slowest.
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HunterS or A in 19 of 19 listsS19 S - 2
WarlockS or A in 18 of 18 listsS11 S7 A - 3
MageS or A in 16 of 18 listsA7 S9 A2 B - 4
PaladinS or A in 17 of 18 listsA3 S14 A1 B - 5
ShamanS or A in 9 of 16 listsB1 S8 A6 B1 C - 6
DruidS or A in 10 of 17 listsB1 S9 A6 B1 C - 7
RogueS or A in 3 of 18 listsC3 A12 B3 C - 8
PriestS or A in 4 of 18 listsC4 A10 B4 C - 9
WarriorS or A in 0 of 19 listsD6 B10 C3 D
PvP tier list
Priest, Warlock and Hunter lead PvP at 60.
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PriestS or A in 12 of 12 listsS9 S3 A - 2
WarlockS or A in 10 of 10 listsS5 S5 A - 3
HunterS or A in 10 of 10 listsS4 S6 A - 4
MageS or A in 9 of 10 listsA4 S5 A1 B - 5
RogueS or A in 9 of 10 listsA4 S5 A1 B - 6
DruidS or A in 10 of 12 listsA4 S6 A2 B - 7
ShamanS or A in 11 of 12 listsA1 S10 A1 B - 8
PaladinS or A in 7 of 12 listsB1 S6 A5 B - 9
WarriorS or A in 5 of 9 listsB5 A3 B1 C
Best class overall
Paladin, Hunter and Warlock come out on top as whole classes.
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PaladinS or A in 7 of 7 listsS6 S1 A - 2
HunterS or A in 7 of 7 listsS4 S3 A - 3
WarlockS or A in 7 of 7 listsS2 S5 A - 4
MageS or A in 5 of 7 listsA2 S3 A2 B - 5
ShamanS or A in 6 of 7 listsA6 A1 B - 6
PriestS or A in 5 of 7 listsB5 A2 B - 7
WarriorS or A in 5 of 7 listsB1 S4 A1 B1 D - 8
DruidS or A in 2 of 7 listsB1 S1 A4 B1 C - 9
RogueS or A in 1 of 7 listsB1 A6 B
Level 30 beta
Where the lists made during the level-30 beta put each spec, for dungeons and duels at 30.
DPS at 30
Marksmanship Hunter and Beast Mastery Hunter lead.
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Marksmanship HunterS or A in 8 of 9 listsS6 S2 A1 B - 2
Beast Mastery HunterS or A in 7 of 9 listsS6 S1 A2 B - 3
Enhancement ShamanS or A in 7 of 9 listsA4 S3 A2 B - 4
Survival HunterS or A in 8 of 9 listsA3 S5 A1 C - 5
Fury WarriorS or A in 8 of 9 listsA1 S7 A1 B - 6
Demonology WarlockS or A in 6 of 9 listsA3 S3 A2 B1 D - 7
Combat RogueS or A in 7 of 9 listsA1 S6 A2 B - 8
Affliction WarlockS or A in 6 of 9 listsA2 S4 A3 B - 9
Assassination RogueS or A in 6 of 9 listsB1 S5 A3 B - 10
Arms WarriorS or A in 6 of 9 listsB6 A3 B - 11
Destruction WarlockS or A in 5 of 9 listsB1 S4 A4 B - 12
Fire MageS or A in 5 of 9 listsB1 S4 A4 B - 13
Frost MageS or A in 4 of 9 listsB1 S3 A5 B - 14
Retribution PaladinS or A in 5 of 9 listsB1 S4 A3 B1 C - 15
Arcane MageS or A in 3 of 9 listsB2 S1 A6 B - 16
Elemental ShamanS or A in 3 of 8 listsB3 A5 B - 17
Feral (cat) DruidS or A in 1 of 9 listsC1 A8 B - 18
Subtlety RogueS or A in 3 of 9 listsC1 S2 A4 B2 C - 19
Shadow PriestS or A in 2 of 9 listsC2 A4 B3 C - 20
Balance DruidS or A in 1 of 9 listsD1 A1 B6 C1 D
Tanks at 30
Protection Paladin leads.
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Protection PaladinS or A in 5 of 5 listsS4 S1 A - 2
Protection WarriorS or A in 5 of 5 listsA1 S4 A - 3
Feral (bear) DruidS or A in 2 of 5 listsB2 A3 B
Healers at 30
Discipline Priest leads.
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Discipline PriestS or A in 7 of 7 listsS5 S2 A - 2
Holy PriestS or A in 6 of 7 listsA3 S3 A1 B - 3
Restoration ShamanS or A in 7 of 7 listsA2 S5 A - 4
Restoration DruidS or A in 6 of 7 listsA2 S4 A1 B - 5
Holy PaladinS or A in 3 of 7 listsB1 S2 A4 B
Duels at 30
Priest and Warlock lead.
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PriestS or A in 12 of 12 listsS8 S4 A - 2
WarlockS or A in 9 of 12 listsS7 S2 A3 B - 3
HunterS or A in 10 of 11 listsA3 S7 A1 B - 4
RogueS or A in 8 of 10 listsA3 S5 A2 B - 5
MageS or A in 10 of 12 listsA2 S8 A2 B - 6
ShamanS or A in 9 of 12 listsA2 S7 A3 B - 7
DruidS or A in 6 of 11 listsB6 A3 B2 C - 8
PaladinS or A in 4 of 12 listsB2 S2 A6 B2 C - 9
WarriorS or A in 1 of 12 listsD1 A2 B7 C2 D
How this list is made
We read every WoW Forever tier list we could find, from guide sites, videos and community boards, and average where each one puts a spec. Each site counts once per list, a list copied between sites counts once, and lists made after Blizzard's 2 November class changes count double those from before 16 October. A spec needs three lists to be placed. Lists made for launch and level 60 make the main lists; lists from the level-30 beta are kept apart. Last checked 5 November.
Make your own tier list
Rank the 20 DPS specs, 3 tanks or 5 healers, all 27 specs together, the 9 classes, the 10 races including both Skyborne factions, or all 56 race and class pairs. The link in the address bar holds your list, so anyone you send it to can open it and change it.
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