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NewsClasses · October 16, 2026

Racial tuning: weapon specializations removed

Several racials were renamed or retuned so that no race is locked to a specific weapon type, and Gnome and Tauren traits got further passes.

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  • Orc Axe Specialization renamed Savage: +1% critical strike with all spells and abilities, no axe requirement.
  • Blood Fury: +10% attack power and spell power for 15 sec; cooldown raised to 3 min (was 2 min).
  • Tauren Endurance: +5% health and +2% critical damage/healing bonus; the old hit-chance effect is gone.
  • Gnome racials received another round of tuning.
  • Plainsrunning was buffed.