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WoWJun 1, 2020 5:30 pm CT

All of the class changes and abilities we know about in WoW Shadowlands (so far)

Shadowlands is bringing back the class fantasy feeling of Legion, so much that they cheekily called it “The Unpruning” — undoing the “surgical pruning” that had been happening since Warlords of Draenor. Their goal for class design is that is that our classes will feel “fuller” and more rounded, with emphasis on the class as whole instead of on the spec itself.

All of Legion’s rich class toolkits, through Artifact Weapons and legendaries, were pruned in Battle for Azeroth. Once-baseline spells were locked behind talents, making players feel like their classes were gutted, especially when Azerite Traits utterly failed to fill that gap. In Shadowlands, we’re getting class-wide access to abilities that had been locked to certain specs as well as old fan-favorites back to make classes feel more interesting. In addition to bringing back old abilities, we’ll get new ones via Covenants, as well as Anima Powers that upgrade our spells to aid our progress in Torghast.

Read on for all the major changes and new abilities we know about for each class.

Death Knight

Returning and changed abilities

New abilities

Covenant abilities

Anima Powers

Demon Hunter

Returning and changed abilities

New abilities

Covenant abilities

Anima Powers

Druid

Returning and changed abilities

New abilities

Covenant abilities

Anima Powers

Hunter

Returning and changed abilities

New abilities

Covenant abilities

Anima Powers

Mage

Returning and changed abilities

New abilities

Covenant abilities

Anima Powers

Monk

Returning and changed abilities

New abilities

Covenant abilities

Anima Powers

Paladin

Returning and changed abilities

New abilities

Covenant abilities

Anima Powers

Priest

Returning and changed abilities

New abilities

Covenant abilities

Anima Powers

Rogue

Returning and changed abilities

New abilities

Covenant abilities

Anima Powers

It's kind of underwhelming in its choice, but it's a choice, so... it works? I guess?

Shaman

Returning and changed abilities

New abilities

Covenant abilities

Anima Powers

Warlock

Returning and changed abilities

New abilities

Covenant abilities

Anima Powers

Warrior

Returning and changed abilities

New abilities

Covenant abilities

Anima Powers

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