Alliance race
WoW Forever Gnome Race
Gnomes keep Escape Artist, still the best answer to roots and snares, and add Eureka!, which discounts and empowers the next three spells or abilities. Gnome Priest is new, with two spells no other race has.
Racials below come from a community calculator and are checked against BlizzCon demo reports; each one carries its own label and sources.
Gnome racial abilities
Escape ArtistActiveCommunity verifiedBrief immunity to roots and snares.Warcraft Tavern · Icy Veins
Eureka!ActiveCommunity verifiedReduced cost and 10% increased damage or healing on your next 3 spells or abilities.Warcraft Tavern · Icy Veins
Expansive MindPassiveCommunity verifiedMaximum Mana, Rage, or Energy increased by 5%.Warcraft Tavern · Icy Veins
Engineering SpecializationPassiveDisputedMore reliable Engineering devices.Warcraft Tavern's tooltip reads “more reliable Engineering devices”; Icy Veins describes it as +10 Engineering skill.Warcraft Tavern · Icy Veins
Community verified Gnome Priests also get two race-specific spells in the demo: Confounding Flash and Contingency Plan. Warcraft Tavern
Gnome classes in WoW Forever
Gnome can play 5 classes, 1 more than in Classic. Open the talent calculator with Gnome already selected:
What else is known about Gnome in WoW Forever
- Official Gnome Priest is one of the six new class and race combinations. Blizzard Entertainment
- Community verified Gnome Priests get Confounding Flash (an area confuse) and Contingency Plan (a protective ward on an ally) in the demo. Warcraft Tavern
Not announced yet: What “more reliable Engineering devices” means in numbers.
Gnome in Classic: reference
UnconfirmedClassic 1.12 reference — may change in WoW Forever.
Classic 1.12 Gnome racials
- Escape Artist: Breaks an immobilize or movement-slowing effect.
- Expansive Mind: Intelligence increased by 5%.
- Engineering Specialization: +15 Engineering skill.
- Arcane Resistance: +10 Arcane Resistance.
Classic classes: Warrior, Rogue, Mage, Warlock. Warcraft Tavern
What changes from Classic
Expansive Mind now scales maximum Mana, Rage or Energy instead of Intelligence, so it helps melee Gnomes too. Arcane Resistance gives way to Eureka!.
Where Gnome was the Classic pick
- Warrior (PvP, Alliance): Escape Artist frees a warrior from Frost Nova and Hamstring, which decides many duels. Humans were the other choice for Perception.
- Rogue (PvP, Alliance): Escape Artist to reach kiting casters; Night Elf Shadowmeld and Human Perception were close.
- Mage (PvE, Alliance): Expansive Mind's 5% Intelligence meant more Mana and spell crit.
- Mage (PvP, Alliance): Escape Artist out of Hamstring, Frost Nova and other roots and snares.
- Warlock (PvE, Alliance): 5% Intelligence for a Mana-hungry class.
Other WoW Forever races
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