WoW Forever Class Tuning Nov 10 and Week-One Hotfixes

November 7, 2026

The first class hotfixes of WoW Forever arrive on Tuesday, November 10, and they pull three classes back toward the way they are meant to play. Hunter pets and Warlock Voidwalkers get tougher, Affliction Warlocks get a reason to keep their damage over time running next to Wrack, and Enhancement Shamans are steered off caster gear and back onto Strength. None of it asks you to respec. What it does change is which gear you keep and which buttons you press, and some of that is worth acting on today.

The November 6 hotfix already moved part of this, and it also fixed a handful of quests, dungeons and one Leatherworking recipe that sit right on the leveling path. Below you get the Tuesday plan class by class, the numbers behind it from the launch client, and the week-one fixes that change your route.

At a Glance: What Tuesday Changes and What to Do Now

Enhancement Shaman: Strength Gear From Today

This is the one change Blizzard asks you to act on right away. The reason Intellect looked so good is Mental Dexterity, which at 3/3 turns 150% of your Intellect into Attack Power. Add the Mana and spell critical strike that Intellect already gives, and cloth and caster gear started to look like the best Enhancement items. Blizzard wants the opposite: Strength first, with some Intellect or spell power as a bonus, so an Enhancement Shaman never prefers a Mage’s robe. Our Enhancement plan already ranks Strength first and Intellect second; after Tuesday that order holds even more firmly.

Shamans wear leather until mail opens at 40, so these are the dungeon quest rewards up to level 20 worth keeping:

Two choices are worth calling out. The Wrath of Rath’mael also offers Gnarled Necromancer’s Staff with +10 Intellect, and Underground Assault in the Deadmines offers Dreamer’s Leggings with +11 Intellect. Both look tempting today; after Tuesday, take the axe and pass on the leggings. Every reward and where to pick up its quest is in our dungeon quest guide to level 20.

Affliction Warlock: Wrack Plus Your Damage Over Time, Not Instead of It

Players found that channeling Wrack back to back out-damaged a full Corruption, Bane of Agony and Siphon Life setup. The launch client shows why. Wrack deals 86 Shadow damage every second for 6 seconds and makes the target take 10% more from your other Shadow damage over time. Soul Siphon 3/3 then adds 12% to Wrack for each of your other Affliction effects on the target, up to 36%. Until November 6, Soul Siphon also counted Wrack as one of those effects, so Wrack was boosting itself. That bug is gone, and Tuesday’s change is meant to make your other effects pay off next to Wrack without raising Affliction’s total damage.

That points to a clear order, and it is the one our plan already uses:

1. Corruption first. Improved Corruption 5/5 makes it instant and 10% stronger.
2. Bane of Agony on anything that lives long enough, then Siphon Life from level 51.
3. Wrack last. With three effects up, Soul Siphon gives Wrack its full 36%, and Wrack gives those three effects 10% more while it runs.

Your talents stay the same: Soul Siphon at 38–40, Siphon Life at 51 and Wrack at 57 are all still correct. Load the build in the Warlock talent calculator.

Hunter Pets and Voidwalkers: Tanks Heading Back to Classic Strength

Blizzard’s stated goal is simple: a Hunter pet or a Voidwalker should hold a monster about as well as it does in Classic Era. Right now both fold too quickly, which is why so many pet classes have spent launch week pulling monsters off a dead pet. The stats will be adjusted on Tuesday. The Voidwalker already got a small head start on November 6, with about 40 more base health at every level.

Until Tuesday, play around it:

• Hunters: our Beast Mastery leveling plan takes Endurance Training 5/5 at 10–14 for 15% more pet Health and Armor before any damage talent. That is the right call this week more than ever. Send the pet in first, let it build threat before Hunter’s Mark and Auto Shot, and keep Mend Pet ready instead of waiting for the pet to drop low.
• Warlocks: the Affliction plan was built for fragile pets. From 30, with rank 3 Drain Life and Improved Drains, you take the hits yourself and drain them back, so the Voidwalker only needs to hold the second monster. Before 20, keep the Voidwalker out, pull one at a time, and Fear anything extra.

After Tuesday, the same plans simply get safer. The Demonology build, which leans on the pet and Soul Link, gains the most from a tougher demon.

Week-One Hotfixes That Change Your Route

The November 6 hotfix was long, but only a few lines change what you do on the leveling path. Here they are by level:

Two smaller fixes affect specific characters. Night Elf Druids can no longer open with Ravage or Pounce from Shadowmeld, so stealth through Prowl as before. Searing Dagger now only triggers from spells that deal damage, so heals and buffs no longer set it off. Our Ruins of Lordaeron and Leatherworking pages already carry the new levels, and the escort route is in the Darkshore guide.

What to Do This Week

1. Keep Strength and Attack Power gear on your Enhancement Shaman. Blizzard says so directly, and the Forsaken Greataxe or Ironforge Greathammer will carry you through the teens. See the Shaman class page.
2. Cast all three effects before Wrack on Affliction. It is already the stronger order now that Soul Siphon no longer counts Wrack, and Tuesday makes it stronger still. See the Warlock leveling plan.
3. Do not respec your pet class. Tuesday raises pet and Voidwalker toughness without asking you to change talents. Keep Endurance Training first on a Hunter; see the Hunter leveling plan.
4. Pick up Unending Torment at 15 on the Horde. One more quest in Ruins of Lordaeron at your level is easy experience; the Ruins of Lordaeron guide has the full set.
5. Leatherworkers, build the Tanning Rack at 125. It now arrives before the patterns that need it; the Leatherworking guide has the route.

Read the full announcement on Blizzard News

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