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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.

From the WoW: Forever simSim 684f9d6 · 2 Oct 20265,000 iterations
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

Mage build

Arcane Mage

6 races · 33 / 3 / 15 build · 2.72% between the best and the last race

Level 60 against one level 63 dragonkin with 3,731 armor · 5 minutes · single target · projected level-65 gear with Tier 1 set bonuses.

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.

  1. S1

    Undead

    Best result

    • Touch of the Grave
    • Underwater Breathing
    739.4 DPS± 1.1Open in the sim
  2. S2

    Gnome

    0.93% behind · 6.9 DPS

    • Engineering Specialization
    • Expansive Mind
    732.5 DPS± 1.0Open in the sim
  3. A3tied

    High Order Skyborne

    1.83% behind · 13.5 DPS

    • Elemental Insight
    • Wind Blessed
    725.9 DPS± 1.0Open in the sim
  4. A3tied

    Human

    1.96% behind · 14.5 DPS

    • Sword Specialization
    • The Human Spirit
    724.9 DPS± 1.0Open in the sim
  5. B5tied

    Troll

    2.58% behind · 19.1 DPS

    • Beast Slaying
    • Regeneration
    720.3 DPS± 1.0Open in the sim
  6. B5tied

    Orc

    2.65% behind · 19.6 DPS

    • Axe Specialization
    • Hardiness
    719.8 DPS± 1.0Open in the sim

Where the damage comes from

Undead, standard gear

  • Arcane Missiles47.1%
  • Arcane Blast43.9%
  • Frostbolt6.1%
  • Touch of the Grave2.9%

Talents and links

33 / 3 / 15 · as Undead

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

Undead, the simulator’s replays of the same character

Tier 1 set bonuses
+0.0%
Gear 10% better
+4.0%
Gear 50% better
+20.7%
Hit from gear and talents
12.5%
Out of mana, per fight
Never

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