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
Warrior build
Arms Warrior
10 races · 34 / 17 / 0 build · 1.35% 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 50% 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
1082.7 DPS± 1.3Open in the sim - S1tied
Undead
0.16% behind · 1.7 DPS
- Touch of the Grave
- Underwater Breathing
1081.0 DPS± 1.3Open in the sim - S3tied
Orc
0.41% behind · 4.4 DPS
- Axe Specialization
- Hardiness
1078.3 DPS± 1.3Open in the sim - S3tied
Night Elf
0.58% behind · 6.3 DPS
- Quickness
- Wisp Spirit
1076.4 DPS± 1.3Open in the sim - S4tied
High Order Skyborne
0.81% behind · 8.7 DPS
- Elemental Insight
- Wind Blessed
1074.0 DPS± 1.3Open in the sim - S4tied
Windshaper Skyborne
0.81% behind · 8.7 DPS
- Elemental Insight
- Wind Blessed
1074.0 DPS± 1.3Open in the sim - A5tied
Troll
1.04% behind · 11.3 DPS
- Beast Slaying
- Regeneration
1071.5 DPS± 1.3Open in the sim - A7tied
Gnome
1.17% behind · 12.7 DPS
- Engineering Specialization
- Expansive Mind
1070.1 DPS± 1.3Open in the sim - A7tied
Tauren
1.22% behind · 13.2 DPS
- Endurance
- Plainsrunning
1069.5 DPS± 1.3Open in the sim - A8tied
Dwarf
1.34% behind · 14.5 DPS
- Big Game Hunter
- Mace Specialization
1068.3 DPS± 1.3Open in the sim
Where the damage comes from
Human, standard gear
- Melee32.7%
- Overpower19.4%
- Mortal Strike15.1%
- Execute9.9%
- Heroic Strike8.5%
- Slam4.8%
- Spearing Strike4.5%
- Everything else5.1%
Talents and links
34 / 17 / 0 · 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
- +1.2%
- Gear 10% better
- +6.3%
- Gear 50% better
- +32.8%
- Hit from gear and talents
- 10.4%
- Out of mana, per fight
- Never