How we score
The idea
A council of independent AI models reads the same fact pack: patch notes, class research and player reports. Each model scores every class from 1 to 10 for Leveling, Endgame PvE and PvP. We average the scores. No single model decides.
The formula
Score = average × 10, so an average of 8.1 is 81%. Overall = (Leveling + Endgame + PvP) ÷ 3. The overall score sets the tier.
| Tier | Score | Quality |
|---|---|---|
| S | 80 and up | Legendary |
| A | 70 to 79 | Epic |
| B | 60 to 69 | Rare |
| C | 50 to 59 | Uncommon |
| D | Under 50 | Poor |
Agreement marks
Next to each class you may see how much the models agree. We look at the biggest gap between any two models on one axis.
- Models agree Biggest gap is 2 points or less.
- Mostly agree Biggest gap is 3 or 4 points.
- Models split Biggest gap is 5 points or more.
What is not in the score
The Forever Open tournament is not counted. It was level 30 only and ran in launch week, so it says little about leveling or endgame. Player votes from the Elders addon will be added later.
The council
The council scored the classes:
- beam
- big-pickle
- deepseek-v4.1-flash
- glm-5.3-flash
- longcat-2.5-preview
- mimo-v2.6-flash
- nemotron-3-ultra
- inception_mercury-2.5
- nvidia_nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b
- poolside_laguna-s-2.1
- thinkingmachines_inkling
- xingchen-agi_xing4.0-29b-a4b
- space-bunny
The council scored the 27 specs, from the same kind of fact pack:
- beam
- big-pickle
- deepseek-v4.1-flash
- glm-5.3-flash
- gpt-6-luna
- longcat-2.5-preview
- mimo-v2.6-flash
- nemotron-3-ultra
- nemotron-3.5-lightning
- nemotron-3.5-super-vl
- inception_mercury-2.5
- nvidia_nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b
- poolside_laguna-s-2.1
- thinkingmachines_inkling
- space-bunny
Left out: liquid_lfm-2.5-2.6b. Reason: too small; mislabeled classes.
Every model's scores
| Class | beam | big-pickle | deepseek-v4.1-flash | glm-5.3-flash | longcat-2.5-preview | mimo-v2.6-flash | nemotron-3-ultra | inception_mercury-2.5 | nvidia_nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b | poolside_laguna-s-2.1 | thinkingmachines_inkling | xingchen-agi_xing4.0-29b-a4b | space-bunny | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Paladin | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | — | 8.1 |
 Mage | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7.1 |
 Hunter | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9.2 |
 Warlock | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7.7 |
 Shaman | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6.8 |
 Warrior | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.2 |
 Priest | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4.2 |
 Rogue | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5.5 |
 Druid | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3.9 |
| Spec | beam | big-pickle | deepseek-v4.1-flash | glm-5.3-flash | gpt-6-luna | longcat-2.5-preview | mimo-v2.6-flash | nemotron-3-ultra | nemotron-3.5-lightning | nemotron-3.5-super-vl | inception_mercury-2.5 | nvidia_nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b | poolside_laguna-s-2.1 | thinkingmachines_inkling | space-bunny | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retribution | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9.5 |
| Protection | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8.7 |
| Frost | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8.8 |
| Demonology | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8.9 |
| Discipline | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6.5 |
| Enhancement | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8.7 |
| Holy | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7.7 |
| Protection | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7.1 |
| Beast Mastery | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9.8 |
| Feral Combat | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6.5 |
| Arcane | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6.3 |
| Destruction | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6.7 |
| Restoration | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4.5 |
| Survival | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7.5 |
| Marksmanship | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6.7 |
| Subtlety | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6.2 |
| Restoration | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4.7 |
| Fire | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6.8 |
| Arms | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5.6 |
| Balance | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5.3 |
| Affliction | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8.6 |
| Elemental | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5.0 |
| Holy | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| Assassination | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5.7 |
| Combat | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6.4 |
| Shadow | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4.4 |
| Fury | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.0 |
| Class | beam | big-pickle | deepseek-v4.1-flash | glm-5.3-flash | longcat-2.5-preview | mimo-v2.6-flash | nemotron-3-ultra | inception_mercury-2.5 | nvidia_nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b | poolside_laguna-s-2.1 | thinkingmachines_inkling | xingchen-agi_xing4.0-29b-a4b | space-bunny | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paladin | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | — | 8.0 |
| Mage | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8.5 |
| Hunter | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7.4 |
| Warlock | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7.8 |
| Shaman | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7.9 |
| Warrior | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8.5 |
| Priest | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7.5 |
| Rogue | 4 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5.2 |
| Druid | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6.2 |
| Spec | beam | big-pickle | deepseek-v4.1-flash | glm-5.3-flash | gpt-6-luna | longcat-2.5-preview | mimo-v2.6-flash | nemotron-3-ultra | nemotron-3.5-lightning | nemotron-3.5-super-vl | inception_mercury-2.5 | nvidia_nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b | poolside_laguna-s-2.1 | thinkingmachines_inkling | space-bunny | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retribution | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7.9 |
| Protection | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8.9 |
| Frost | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8.5 |
| Demonology | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 6.6 |
| Discipline | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8.7 |
| Enhancement | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 |
| Holy | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9.4 |
| Protection | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8.7 |
| Beast Mastery | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7.1 |
| Feral Combat | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8.6 |
| Arcane | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8.5 |
| Destruction | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7.9 |
| Restoration | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8.8 |
| Survival | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6.5 |
| Marksmanship | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8.9 |
| Subtlety | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5.7 |
| Restoration | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8.9 |
| Fire | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7.7 |
| Arms | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8.5 |
| Balance | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6.9 |
| Affliction | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7.4 |
| Elemental | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7.1 |
| Holy | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8.8 |
| Assassination | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6.5 |
| Combat | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8.3 |
| Shadow | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5.5 |
| Fury | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5.5 |
| Class | beam | big-pickle | deepseek-v4.1-flash | glm-5.3-flash | longcat-2.5-preview | mimo-v2.6-flash | nemotron-3-ultra | inception_mercury-2.5 | nvidia_nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b | poolside_laguna-s-2.1 | thinkingmachines_inkling | xingchen-agi_xing4.0-29b-a4b | space-bunny | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paladin | 9 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 6 | — | 8.2 |
| Mage | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7.9 |
| Hunter | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6.8 |
| Warlock | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7.0 |
| Shaman | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6.8 |
| Warrior | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7.2 |
| Priest | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 7.4 |
| Rogue | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7.1 |
| Druid | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5.6 |
| Spec | beam | big-pickle | deepseek-v4.1-flash | glm-5.3-flash | gpt-6-luna | longcat-2.5-preview | mimo-v2.6-flash | nemotron-3-ultra | nemotron-3.5-lightning | nemotron-3.5-super-vl | inception_mercury-2.5 | nvidia_nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b | poolside_laguna-s-2.1 | thinkingmachines_inkling | space-bunny | Avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retribution | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9.2 |
| Protection | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7.9 |
| Frost | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8.0 |
| Demonology | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9.7 |
| Discipline | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9.2 |
| Enhancement | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7.3 |
| Holy | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6.4 |
| Protection | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 |
| Beast Mastery | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5.9 |
| Feral Combat | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 7.4 |
| Arcane | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6.7 |
| Destruction | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6.0 |
| Restoration | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7.1 |
| Survival | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6.1 |
| Marksmanship | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.2 |
| Subtlety | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7.7 |
| Restoration | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6.1 |
| Fire | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5.0 |
| Arms | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5.3 |
| Balance | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6.7 |
| Affliction | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.5 |
| Elemental | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5.9 |
| Holy | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3.4 |
| Assassination | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5.5 |
| Combat | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2.8 |
| Shadow | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5.0 |
| Fury | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3.7 |
Sources
Forums
- Blizzard EU forums: Forever beta discussion
- Blizzard forums: Beta feedback
- Blizzard forums: Class feedback
- Blizzard forums: My opinion for Forever changes
- Blizzard forums: Class balance, racials and gameplay feedback
- r/classicwow: Thoughts on Forever so far
- r/classicwow: Thoughts from a retail/classic player
- r/wowforever: What class are you playing
- r/wowhardcore: Forever vs Classic balancing
Trackers
Patch notes
Tournament
- foreveropen.live (Forever Open results)
- Life on Azeroth duel census
Downloads
- scores.json (every model's raw scores)
- classes.json (class write-ups)