Forever ranking history
Every release of the WoW: Forever sim that changed its published ranking, up to the one this site’s tier list uses. Choose a build to follow its best race’s damage, and read each change with the simulator’s own note on what it fixed.
- Releases
- 26
- First
- 21 Sept 2026
- Latest
- 2 Oct 2026
- Gear changed
- 25 Sept 2026
Read a jump with its reason
Most changes are the simulator correcting its own model; some apply Forever’s own class changes. Each release’s note says which. On 25 Sept 2026 it moved its ranking from level-60 crafted and dungeon gear, with hit bought to the cap, to projected level-65 gear with only the hit that gear brings, so numbers on either side of that line do not compare.
Choose your class
Hunter build
Pet/Melee HunterVariant
21 releases since 22 Sept 2026 · −12.5% since the gear change
Each point is the build’s best race in that release, on either faction. The ranking’s fight and settings stayed the same throughout: 5 minutes against one level 63 target, 5,000 fights each.
| Release | What the simulator changed | Gear | DPS | Change | Strongest build |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 Oct 2026684f9d6 | Apply October 1 class changes and refresh max-rank benchmark defaults | Projected 65 | 916.8Human | −0.5 | Retribution Paladin 1053.3 |
1 Oct 2026bb14640 | Correct evidenced class mechanics and refresh exact benchmark profiles | Projected 65 | 917.3Human | −70.3 | Retribution Paladin 1103.7 |
27 Sept 202691b669c | Unify tank raid support and improve Swift Judgement timing | Projected 65 | 987.6Human | No change | Retribution Paladin 1149.4 |
26 Sept 2026807db6a | Fix Protection next-swing queuing and replace invalid results | Projected 65 | 987.6Human | No change | Retribution Paladin 1149.4 |
26 Sept 2026a7fe4cd | Fix Protection Paladin seal waste and mana priorities | Projected 65 | 987.6Human | No change | Retribution Paladin 1149.4 |
26 Sept 2026481ac94 | Integrate validated tank rankings, gear and exact defaults | Projected 65 | 987.6Human | No change | Retribution Paladin 1149.4 |
26 Sept 202608c9399 | Refresh fixed-profile benchmarks for class-effects corrections | Projected 65 | 987.6Human | −38.2 | Retribution Paladin 1149.4 |
26 Sept 2026367ac97 | Repair weekly review findings and refresh benchmark evidence | Projected 65 | 1025.8Human | No change | Retribution Paladin 1149.4 |
25 Sept 20269a5e86f | Correct Forever air totems and client talent effects | Projected 65 | 1025.8Human | −29.9 | Retribution Paladin 1149.1 |
25 Sept 202662976de | Update Forever beta mechanics and engineering benchmark | Projected 65 | 1055.7Human | +5.3 | Retribution Paladin 1196.8 |
25 Sept 2026755c08a | Constrain modeled armor by material and refresh benchmark | Projected 65 | 1050.4Human | +2.7 | Retribution Paladin 1231.0 |
25 Sept 2026302b8ca | Use modeled gear and natural hit for DPS rankingsGear changed here | Projected 65 | 1047.7Human | New gear | Retribution Paladin 1230.9 |
24 Sept 202668796b0 | Refine Feral and Shadow priorities and correct Demonic Rune self-hit | Level 60 crafted | 951.5Human | No change | Retribution Paladin 1143.6 |
24 Sept 20261f106e2 | Correct Forever pet and periodic mechanics, add Sunder provider and Physical Ret | Level 60 crafted | 951.5Human | +69.4 | Retribution Paladin 1145.1 |
24 Sept 20267185167 | Restore Classic Hunter Auto Shot wind-up and refresh rankings | Level 60 crafted | 882.1Human | No change | Retribution Paladin 1144.2 |
23 Sept 2026374c752 | Model Forever haste channels and add physical Ret gear benchmark | Level 60 crafted | 882.1Human | +0.2 | Retribution Paladin 1144.2 |
23 Sept 20267fe1b53 | Reconcile Forever combat mechanics with client and upstream data | Level 60 crafted | 881.9Human | No change | Retribution Paladin 1141.5 |
23 Sept 2026646d1c9 | Model normalized Forever Warrior rage and refresh ranked simulations | Level 60 crafted | 881.9Human | No change | Retribution Paladin 1066.4 |
22 Sept 20268ce872c | Refresh gear selections for finalized builds across every race | Level 60 crafted | 881.9Human | +1.7 | Retribution Paladin 1066.4 |
22 Sept 2026b25c77a | Correct class mechanics and refresh research builds and rankings | Level 60 crafted | 880.2Human | +36.6 | Retribution Paladin 1050.8 |
22 Sept 2026a590c8f | Integrate validated DPS builds and distinct hybrid profiles | Level 60 crafted | 843.6Human | First | Retribution Paladin 1050.8 |
Every build since the gear change
Each build’s best race, from its first release on projected level-65 gear to the latest. Choose one to read the releases that moved it.
- Protection Paladin424 → 564 DPS+33.1%
- Balance Druid658 → 712 DPS+8.1%
- Arcane Mage734 → 739 DPS+0.8%
- Arcane–Frost Mage753 → 755 DPS+0.3%
- Frost Mage716 → 713 DPS−0.4%
- Fire Mage732 → 726 DPS−0.8%
- Shadow Priest842 → 832 DPS−1.1%
- Combat Rogue718 → 708 DPS−1.4%
- Demonic Pact Warlock911 → 892 DPS−2.0%
- Arms Warrior834 → 815 DPS−2.2%
- Subtlety Rogue676 → 656 DPS−3.0%
- 2H Bloodthirst Warrior841 → 812 DPS−3.4%
- Destruction Warlock834 → 800 DPS−4.1%
- DS/Ruin Warlock811 → 778 DPS−4.1%
- Fury Warrior941 → 900 DPS−4.4%
- Fury (Sunder) Warrior907 → 867 DPS−4.4%
- Affliction Warlock847 → 810 DPS−4.4%
- Mutilate Rogue739 → 705 DPS−4.7%
- Bear Druid647 → 611 DPS−5.5%
- Enhancement Shaman818 → 769 DPS−6.0%
- Marksmanship Hunter833 → 782 DPS−6.1%
- Beast Mastery Hunter1001 → 940 DPS−6.1%
- Feral Druid781 → 726 DPS−7.1%
- Elemental Shaman546 → 485 DPS−11.2%
- Physical Ret Paladin1086 → 959 DPS−11.7%
- Pet/Melee Hunter1048 → 917 DPS−12.5%
- Smite Priest555 → 480 DPS−13.6%
- Survival Hunter1035 → 894 DPS−13.7%
- Retribution Paladin1231 → 1053 DPS−14.4%
- Stormcaller Shaman565 → 456 DPS−19.2%
- Protection Warrior714 → 379 DPS−46.9%
