BLIZZARD · DEVELOPMENT NOTES · NOVEMBER 2, 2026

Beta notes of November 2: what changes for classes and races

Two days before launch, Blizzard has summarized the changes of the last two and a half weeks. We had already seen many of them in the server data: now they are official. Here is the most important part, with ability names in English as in the client.

• Druid: Shred rises to 200% weapon damage (was 155%), Claw to 140% (was 110%) and Ravage to 435% (was 350%). Rip, Rake, Ferocious Bite and Pounce go up by about 25%, and Starfire by about 40%. Bear Form goes from 50% to 115% threat. Poised (level 32) and a new rank of Ferocious Bite (level 24) arrive, plus the Bloom and Predatory Discipline talents.
• Hunter: Aimed Shot gains about 110% bonus damage; Arcane Shot goes up about 30% and its attack power coefficient goes from 0.1 to 0.15; Serpent Sting goes from 3% to 5% per tick. Aspect of the Hawk gives 20/35/50/70/90/110 ranged attack power. All traps share a 30 s cooldown.
• Mage: Frost Blast is removed. Arcane Blast lowers the mana cost per stack from 175% to 100% and the damage from 15% to 12% of Intellect, lasting 18 s. Ice Lance has an 8 s cooldown shared with Fire Blast and goes back to 300% against frozen targets. Winter's Chill gives 20% per stack. Piercing Ice is removed.
• Paladin: Righteous Fury is learned at level 10 (was 16) and gives +33% threat. Blessing of Light, Salvation, Mass Salvation and Revoke are removed. Oath of Light, Boundless Light, Shieldsworn, Turn Evil and Unsealed Wrath arrive. Champion of the Light scales with Intellect up to 60%.
• Priest: Shadow Word: Death deals 30% of the priest's maximum health to them if it does not kill (was 10%). Binding Heal is replaced by Holy Binding, which returns 50% of what Flash Heal heals to the priest.
• Rogue: new Shank (level 24, 5 energy, 10 s cooldown). The coefficients of Deadly Poison and Instant Poison are doubled. Mutilate deals 90% weapon damage. Murder, Quietus, Cutthroat and Thousand Cuts are removed; Death Mark arrives. Hemorrhage increases the damage of Rupture and Garrote by 15%.
• Shaman: Windfury now shows the animation of its extra swing. Totemic Projection is renamed Totemic Call (30 s). Lava Burst is removed and Call of Thunder (+5% crit) takes its place. Stormstrike deals 150% and its cooldown drops to 6 s. Riptide costs about 40% less mana, has a 12 s cooldown and no longer heals on cast. Chain Lightning takes 2.5 s to cast. Shocks go back to Classic values.
• Warlock: Spellstones only increase Shadow damage. Pets gain 2 health per point of their master's Stamina (was 7.5). Wrack doubles its coefficient and Shadow and Flame rises to 4/8/12/16/20%.
• Warrior: Defensive Stance goes from 30% to 80% threat. Slam has a 15 s cooldown. Flurry becomes 3 points with 10/20/30% attack speed after a crit. Reckless Swings and Improved Whirlwind arrive, and Defiance rises to 7/13/20%.

• Dwarf: Earth Fury is removed and Artisan's Precision (+1% hit) comes in.
• Human: Ruthless gives 1% crit and Human Spirit, 10% spirit.
• Orc: Savage is removed, Command returns (+5% pet damage) and Blood Fury has a 2 min cooldown.
• Skyborne: Read Leyline gives 50% regeneration (100% if "Attuned") and Skysight, 15% speed (30% if "Charged").
• Tauren: Plainsrunning gives 2% per stack, up to 60%, without affecting mounted speed.
• Troll: Berserking lasts 15 s. Undead: Touch of the Grave has a 15 s internal cooldown.

More detail on the races in New racials.

• Fixes: the base stats of all races are corrected (a Tauren warrior has +5 Strength over a Human one). The penalty for leaving a match lasts 40 s (was 5 min). Roots from procs have diminishing returns.
• Controller: Blizzard declares controller support complete, with improvements to targeting, inventory, cutscenes, flights and pets.
• Spells and bags: learning a spell no longer puts it on your bars automatically, and bags no longer equip themselves.
• Trainers: going from level 1 to 60 costs between 206 and 207 gold of training per class.
• Quests and dungeons: enemy respawn rates and the experience of many quests are adjusted. Lordaeron Ruins quests require level 15, and raids will open next month.
• Darkspear Isles: dropping the flag no longer gives you the "Recently Dropped Flag" debuff.

Source: Blizzard beta development notes (updated November 2) · Wowhead. Summary in our own words; small tweaks may follow before launch.