Forever race tier list
Choose a class and build to rank every race it can be by simulated damage. Talents, rotation and the fight stay fixed; the simulator chose each race’s gear for that race.
- Classes
- 9
- Builds
- 31
- Race results
- 201
- Fights per result
- 5,000
- Snapshot
- 2 Oct 2026
Racials are partly modelled
Some racials are only partly modelled, and one the simulator leaves out can matter more than the gaps below. Treat this as a snapshot of the current model, not advice on which race to play.
Choose your class
Hunter build
Survival Hunter
8 races · 7 / 11 / 33 build · 1.98% between the best and the last race
Level 60 against one level 63 dragonkin with 3,731 armor · 5 minutes · single target · every item's stats and weapon damage 10% higher.
Bands use the gap behind the best race. A race marked tied overlaps another race’s 95% interval, so the simulation cannot put the two in order, and its rank counts only the races that beat it beyond that range. A tie covers simulation randomness only, not mechanics the simulator may model wrong.
- S1tied
Human
Best result
- Sword Specialization
- The Human Spirit
945.3 DPS± 0.8Open in the sim - S1tied
Orc
0.13% behind · 1.2 DPS
- Axe Specialization
- Hardiness
944.1 DPS± 0.8Open in the sim - S3
Night Elf
0.57% behind · 5.4 DPS
- Quickness
- Wisp Spirit
939.9 DPS± 0.8Open in the sim - A4tied
High Order Skyborne
1.19% behind · 11.3 DPS
- Elemental Insight
- Wind Blessed
934.0 DPS± 0.7Open in the sim - A4tied
Windshaper Skyborne
1.19% behind · 11.3 DPS
- Elemental Insight
- Wind Blessed
934.0 DPS± 0.7Open in the sim - A4tied
Troll
1.23% behind · 11.6 DPS
- Beast Slaying
- Regeneration
933.7 DPS± 0.7Open in the sim - A7tied
Dwarf
1.82% behind · 17.2 DPS
- Big Game Hunter
- Mace Specialization
928.1 DPS± 0.8Open in the sim - A7tied
Tauren
1.95% behind · 18.4 DPS
- Endurance
- Plainsrunning
926.9 DPS± 0.8Open in the sim
Where the damage comes from
Human, standard gear
- Melee41.4%
- Catpet18.2%
- Mongoose Bite13.9%
- Raptor Strike11.1%
- Strider Kick6.6%
- Immolation Trap5.8%
- Wing Clip2.8%
- Everything else0.3%
Talents and links
7 / 11 / 33 · as Human
- Open these talents in the calculator
- Plan this character, talents included
- Run this exact setup in the WoW: Forever sim
The simulator’s live site can be newer than this snapshot. The planner starts with sample gear; its export uses the snapshot’s commit.
Gear and set bonuses
Human, the simulator’s replays of the same character
- Tier 1 set bonuses
- -0.3%
- Gear 10% better
- +5.8%
- Gear 50% better
- +27.5%
- Hit from gear and talents
- 26.4%
- Out of mana, per fight
- Never