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WoW Forever newsNov 6, 20262 min read

WoW Forever hotfixes on November 10: pets, Wrack, Strength

Blizzard's WoW Forever hotfixes of November 10: sturdier Hunter pets and Voidwalkers, DoTs worth casting with Wrack, Strength first for Enhancement.

By Stowlen

Endgame Tools · Published · Updated

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In this article
  1. 01Hunter pets and Voidwalkers: as tough as in Classic Era
  2. 02Affliction: Wrack and the damage-over-time spells
  3. 03Enhancement: Strength first
  4. 04What happens next

On November 6 at 21:11 UTC, Blizzard announced hotfixes for 3 of WoW Forever's 9 classes on Tuesday, November 10. Kaivax, a community manager, names the problems players found while leveling since launch: Hunter pets and Warlock Voidwalkers that do not hold as tanks, an Affliction rotation that leaves its damage-over-time spells aside, and Enhancement Shamans who gain more from caster stats than from Strength. Blizzard plans class balance changes on Tuesdays, "then on future Tuesdays if necessary", and may find new issues over the weekend.

Hunter pets and Voidwalkers: as tough as in Classic Era

"Hunter pets and Warlock Voidwalkers are not as durable as tanks as we would like them to be," Blizzard writes. Its goal is for them to be "relatively the same as in Classic Era", and it will adjust their stats to get there. That is the pet that holds enemies while a leveling Hunter or Warlock deals the damage: until the hotfix, it goes down sooner than in Classic Era.

A Warlock learns Summon Voidwalker at level 10. Our guide to Hunter pets covers the families a Hunter can tame and what each one brings.

Affliction: Wrack and the damage-over-time spells

Reports show that "always channeling Wrack is superior to also casting damage-over-time abilities like Siphon Life, Corruption, and Bane of Agony". Wrack is Affliction's talent at 30 points spent, after Siphon Life. In the game's client (build 1.60.1.70862), it is a channel: 86 Shadow damage every second for 6 seconds, and 10% more damage to the target from your other Shadow damage-over-time effects meanwhile.

Blizzard will make sure that Siphon Life, Corruption and Bane of Agony are "always worthwhile to cast combined with Wrack", "without affecting Affliction Warlocks' total damage output". What changes is the rotation, not the damage an Affliction Warlock deals. Our talent calculator and Warlock guide will follow the numbers once they are in the game.

Enhancement: Strength first

Enhancement Shamans "are finding that Intellect and Spellpower are superior stats compared to Strength and Attack Power", Blizzard writes. It wants Strength to be "always their strongest stat", so that they "will not prefer gear intended for Mages and Warlocks". Ideally, their best items carry Strength or Attack Power, "along with some Intellect and/or Spell Power".

Blizzard's advice holds already: "Enhancement Shaman players who are leveling up will want to collect Strength and Attack Power gear from now on."

Our Enhancement best-in-slot lists follow the game as it is today. In the client (build 1.60.1.70862), Mental Dexterity turns 150% of Intellect into Attack Power, so our weights count Intellect at 1.03, a little above Strength (1), and Attack Power at half a point. The Spell Power that Mental Quickness adds is not counted yet, as no figure measures it. Unlike Blizzard's advice ahead of the hotfix, our lists can therefore prefer an item with Intellect to one with Strength. We will compute them again, at every level of our leveling route too, once the hotfix is in the game.

What happens next

Blizzard planned the hotfixes for Tuesday, November 10, said it might find new issues over the weekend, and promised to keep players updated. When the changes reach the game, our talent calculator, spell pages and best-in-slot lists follow them, and this article says what changed. Our Shaman guide has Enhancement's talents as the client carries them today.

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Frequently asked questions

When do the class hotfixes come to WoW Forever?

Blizzard planned them for Tuesday, November 10, in Kaivax's post of November 6 at 21:11 UTC. It plans class balance changes on Tuesdays, then on future Tuesdays if necessary, and said it might find new issues over the weekend.

What changes for Hunter pets and the Voidwalker?

Blizzard finds them less durable as tanks than it wants, and will adjust their stats so that they are about as effective as in Classic Era. A Warlock learns Summon Voidwalker at level 10.

Should an Affliction Warlock still cast damage-over-time spells?

Players report that always channeling Wrack beats also casting Siphon Life, Corruption and Bane of Agony. Blizzard will make those always worth casting with Wrack, without changing Affliction's total damage: the rotation changes, not the damage.

What gear should a leveling Enhancement Shaman take?

Strength and Attack Power gear, from now on: that is Blizzard's advice, as its hotfix is to make Strength the Enhancement Shaman's strongest stat. Until the hotfix is in the game, our Enhancement best-in-slot lists follow the game as it is: Mental Dexterity turns 150% of Intellect into Attack Power, so they weigh Intellect at 1.03, a little above Strength (1), and can prefer an item with Intellect.

Sources

  1. Blizzard Forums — Class Tuning Incoming - November 10 (Kaivax, November 6, 2026, 21:11 UTC)
  2. Blizzard Forums (EU) — Class Tuning Incoming - 10 November (Kaivax, November 6, 2026, 21:12 UTC)

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