WoW Forever Classes Leaked: All 11 New Classes — Tinker, Bard, Necromancer & More

The Tinker wears Mail armor and uses wrenches, one-handed maces, one-handed swords, and daggers. Its resource is Energy (100 maximum, regenerates 10 per second) — similar to a rogue. Roles: Tank, Ranged DPS, Support.

The Tinker has been among the most player-requested classes since the Wrath of the Lich King era. Old Guardian notes that a Tinker addition would logically accompany the addition of the Goblin race, as the class fits gnome and goblin engineering fantasy most naturally. MMO Unlocked points out that the Supply Drop support cooldown would work in a Classic environment much as it would in retail.

The Bard wears Leather armor and introduces Musical Instruments as a new equippable weapon type alongside bows, one-handed swords, and daggers. Resource: Mana. Roles: Support and Healer.

A key design note from the survey: all Bard songs share a single 10-second cooldown — requiring the player to choose between the damage-buff song (Heroic Saga), the heal-and-cleanse song (Ballad of Beauty), or crowd control (Mesmerize). The Bard can still deal melee and ranged damage while songs are active.

The Necromancer is a cloth Ranged DPS and Healer focused on raising undead servants from fallen corpses. The ability to control up to 6 undead minions simultaneously would create a pet-management experience meaningfully distinct from the Warlock's demonic focus. Additional surveyed mechanics include corpse-based abilities, bone shields, and Shadow damage.

Old Guardian notes that while most in-game Necromancers are villains (Kel'Thuzad, Gul'dan, Darkmaster Gandling), Blizzard recently added Talindra Runespright as a non-evil necromancer in the Midnight storyline — potentially shaping lore groundwork for a playable version.

Old Guardian notes there is no in-game mechanical separation between "Illusionist" and "Mage" — illusion is one school of magic within the Mage framework. Whether the Illusionist offers enough distinct gameplay to justify a full talent tree alongside existing Mages is part of what the survey is evaluating.

The Warden dual-wields Warglaives alongside one-handed swords. Resource: Vengeance (max 200) — gains 5 per second passively and more from taking damage and using abilities. Note: MMO Unlocked's survey screenshot shows Mail armor; Old Guardian's reading refers to Plate — sources conflict on this point.

MMO Unlocked notes that Spellbreaker — absorbing up to 50% max health in magic damage with a silence on a 90-second cooldown — seems overloaded even for retail, and speculates the Warden may be one of the classes included to obscure Blizzard's actual plans rather than a class actively in development.

Old Guardian notes the Runemaster concept dates back to vanilla WoW planning — discussed by Blizzard in interviews as a class that was never implemented. Its mechanics involve carving runes into flesh and weapons and transmuting parts of the body into metal (iron punches). Elements of the original design were later recycled into the Death Knight's Rune Forging system and the Monk's melee toolkit.

This class was A/B tested under two names: "Rune Knight" and "Metalborn" — meaning Blizzard was testing player reception to the name itself, not just the class concept.

The San'layn — vampiric undead elves raised by the Lich King — wear Plate armor and use one-handed swords, one-handed axes, daggers, and shields. They can dual-wield. Resource: Mana plus Health (some abilities cost a percentage of base life).

MMO Unlocked notes that Vampiric Bite has a significant design problem: if used on a raid boss that survives 15 seconds, the boss gains Crimson Frenzy and heals for 20% of all its damage — which could trivially wipe any raid group. This ability as written would require major restrictions before it could function in group content.

The survey explicitly states the Classic+ Monk will not have: Spinning Crane Kick, Provoke, Roll, Stagger, and Chi Burst. Starts at Level 1. Old Guardian notes monk-like characters already appear in vanilla WoW (Scarlet Monks, condemned monks in Hillsbrad, Lefty in BRD arena), making lore justification feasible without requiring Pandaria.

The survey explicitly states the Classic+ Death Knight will not have: Death and Decay, Death Strike, Pestilence, Death Grip, and Army of the Dead. Starts at Level 1 (no level-skip bracket).

Old Guardian raises a lore concern: Death Knights with free will only gained freedom at the second Battle for Light's Hope Chapel — an event that has not happened in WoW Forever's current timeline — meaning there technically should be no free-willed Death Knights yet.

The Demon Hunter starts at Level 1 and features a Metamorphosis burst phase as its defining mechanic. Creators note two major concerns about fit for Classic+: first, the class is lore-tied to Illidan and the Burning Crusade, which is outside WoW Forever's current timeline. Second, the class's heavy mobility kit (double jump, aerial glide, Fel Rush spam) conflicts with Classic's no-flying environment and grounded combat pacing.

Thraun Gaming places the Demon Hunter in the lowest probability tier for WoW Forever specifically because of these lore and mobility issues, despite Blizzard already having all the class assets built.