Undead in WoW Forever: racials, classes and what's new

What are the Undead racials in WoW Forever?

Undead have four racial traits in WoW Forever, two active and two passive: Will of the Forsaken and Cannibalize, which you activate, and Underwater Breathing and Touch of the Grave, always on. Compared with Classic Era: 1 new, 2 changed and 1 unchanged. The texts and numbers below come from the game files of the Forever beta (build 1.60.1.70532), the old ones from Classic Era 1.15.9.70003.

• Will of the Forsaken

  Changed

  Active, instant, 2 min cooldown

  Instantly removes all Charm, Fear and Sleep effects.

  New values

  In Classic Era: Provides immunity to Charm, Fear and Sleep while active. May also be used while already afflicted by Charm, Fear or Sleep. Lasts 5 sec.

  In practice: Breaks charm, fear and sleep; Blizzard says it no longer gives immunity afterwards.

• Cannibalize

  Changed

  Active, instant, 2 min cooldown

  When activated, regenerates 7% of total Health and 7% of total Mana every 2 sec for 10 sec. Only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds. Any movement, action, or damage taken while Cannibalizing will cancel the effect.

  New values

  In Classic Era: When activated, regenerates 7% of total health every 2 sec for 10 sec. Only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds. Any movement, action, or damage taken while Cannibalizing will cancel the effect.

  In practice: Recovery out of combat on a humanoid or undead corpse, now for mana as well as health.

• Underwater Breathing

  Unchanged

  Passive

  Underwater breath lasts 300% longer than normal.

  In practice: A much longer breath underwater.

• Touch of the Grave

  New

  Passive

  Warrior, paladin and rogue: Your spells and attacks have a 20% chance to drain Health from the target, up to 5% of your maximum Health.

  Priest, mage and warlock: Your spells and attacks have a 30% chance to drain Health from the target, up to 5% of your maximum Health.

  In practice: A chance on spells and attacks to drain health from the target, higher for priests, mages and warlocks.

What changed for undead since Classic?

Undead lose Shadow Resistance and gain Touch of the Grave, a chance on spells and attacks to drain health from the target: 20% for warriors, paladins and rogues, 30% for priests, mages and warlocks. Will of the Forsaken now only removes charm, fear and sleep, without the 5 seconds of immunity of Classic, and Cannibalize restores mana as well as health.

Which classes can undead play in WoW Forever?

Undead can play six of the nine classes in WoW Forever: warrior, paladin, rogue, priest, mage and warlock. Paladin is new for the race: Classic Era did not allow it. Undead are the only Horde race that can be paladins, according to Blizzard. Each class links to its page and to its talent calculator, with the talent trees of the Forever beta.

• Warrior

  Class pageWarrior talents

• PaladinNew on Forever

  Class pagePaladin talents

• Rogue

  Class pageRogue talents

• Priest

  Class pagePriest talents

• Mage

  Class pageMage talents

• Warlock

  Class pageWarlock talents

Where do undead start in WoW Forever?

Undead start in Tirisfal Glades, as in Classic: Blizzard keeps the original starting zones and adds new characters, quests, profession hooks and recipes to them. The Group Finder of the beta lists it for levels 1 to 14. Our leveling tool then shows which zones and dungeons fit each level.

Which priest racial spells do undead get?

Undead priests keep Touch of Weakness from level 10 and get Dark Sacrifice from level 20, which turns health into mana over 15 seconds, more with higher Spirit, and no longer breaks crowd control according to Blizzard. Devouring Plague, their Classic racial spell, is now learned by every priest at level 20. Blizzard calls Touch of Weakness unchanged, but its beta text differs.

• Touch of Weakness

  Changed

  Level 10, 6 ranks, active, instant

  The next melee attack against the caster will cause 8 Shadow damage and reduce the attacker's melee attack power by 43 for 2 min.

  New values

  In Classic Era: The next melee attack against the caster will cause 8 Shadow damage and reduce the damage caused by the attacker by 2 for 2 min.

• Dark Sacrifice

  New

  Level 20, 5 ranks, active, instant, 10 min cooldown

  Cannibalize 400 of your own Health over 15 sec to gain (depends on your stats) Mana.

  Beta notes of September 24: the mana scales with Spirit and the spell no longer breaks crowd control.

Now learned by every priest, according to Blizzard: Devouring Plague.