WoW Forever Leveling Class Tier List

Retribution Paladin, Beast Mastery Hunter and Frost Mage. Heavy armor, self heals and Seal damage make it the fastest leveler of the first beta week. Holy Strike hits harder since the September 24 build.

Shadow Priest and Balance Druid. Misery is gone, Power Infusion moved to Discipline and Shadow Weaving only helps yourself. Holy and Discipline level faster. If your main is one of them and the slow start puts you off, you can also have your WoW Forever character leveled and take over later.

Retribution, tier S. Heavy armor, self heals and Seal damage make it the fastest leveler of the first beta week. Holy Strike hits harder since the September 24 build.

Beast Mastery, tier S. Your pet tanks while you shoot, with almost no downtime. The easiest way to level up to 20.

Frost, tier S. Burst, Frost Nova and your own food and water. Mages level faster than the class average.

Affliction, tier A. Instant DoTs and a pet that tanks mean very little downtime. Fear now only reaches 20 yards.

Discipline, tier B. Shield, Renew and your wand keep you going, faster than Shadow in the beta.

Feral Combat, tier B. Cat Form damage with Bear Form as a safety net, the better way to level a Druid today.

Enhancement, tier C. Mental Quickness turns only 30% of Intellect into spell power, and early spells cost a lot of mana.

Combat, tier C. Short on Energy since Restless Blades was removed, so fights took longer than they should in the beta. The launch changes of November 2 add two Energy tools, from level 18 your first Energy attack after a rest costs 10 less and from 24 a cheap off-hand strike gives Energy back, which nobody has measured in leveling yet.

Arms, tier C. No self heal and slow Rage made it the hardest class to level alone up to 20. Crits give 100% more Rage since October 1, which nobody measured in leveling before the beta closed.

With every patch. This version is checked against the live client 1.60.1.70790, the beta stopped at level 30. No big tuning is planned before the raids open on December 9, only fixes for bugs and serious outliers, then a larger pass once enough players are past level 30, a plan, not a promise. We rank again for level 60 as level 60 results come in.