Blizzard Overhauls Racial Abilities in WoW: Forever Ahead of Launch

Blizzard has reworked racial abilities in the WoW: Forever beta, removing weapon-specific bonuses for humans, dwarves, and orcs in favor of crit chance. Orcs saw nerfs to Blood Fury and Shatter Curse, while tauren's Plainsrunning gained a mounted speed buff. The game launches November 4.

• Humans get +2% crit, orcs +1%, dwarves +2% crit damage and healing
• Tauren Plainsrunning now grants +3% mounted speed and stacks with other buffs
• Skyborne Haste bonus increased from 1% to 3%, abilities usable while moving
• Orc Blood Fury cooldown increased by a minute, Shatter Curse reduced from 15% to 5%