Retribution Aura hotfix and Wowhead's item data of 10 October
Only the game changed: every build keeps its gear, talents and rotation unless the update touches it, so a move is the update's own. Blizzard's Retribution Aura fix moves the tanks' threat (only a tank is struck) and a new ring helps a few casters; the builds either touches were re-optimised for it and are marked.
Game patch 10 Oct 2026 · 1 boss · 1 min
Only the game changed: every build kept its gear, talents and rotation, so each move is the patch’s. Builds the patch gave new options were re-optimised for it, and are marked.
What changed
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- GameRetribution Aura (Blizzard, 8 October): it now uses the casting paladin's spell power instead of the struck target's, its base damage is back to Vanilla's (20 at rank 5, was 30) and its spell power ratio is 6% (was 13.3%). The benchmark's aura comes from a Retribution paladin with 715 Holy spell power (the benchmark's own Retribution build): 63 Holy damage to the attacker for every hit a tank takes, where the tank's own spell power used to count, so Protection paladins lose threat and the warriors and bears gain a little.Blizzard: WoW Forever beta development notes (8 October, Paladin)
- GameWowhead's Forever item data of 10 October: 25 items added and 193 changed. Maiden's Circle, a level-61 ring, joins the pre-raid pool and suits a few casters; the 20 new Forever items (Archmagister's Faceted Pendant, Spine of the Devourer, the Violet Sorcerer's pieces and others) are not in the simulator's item data yet, so no set can wear them. No benchmark set wore a changed item.Simulator data: Wowhead Forever data of 10 OctoberWhat changed in that data
- GameNot in this update: the client's own spell and item tables of builds 1.60.1.70291 and 1.60.1.70334, among them the Thorns revert of 8 October and those 20 new Forever items. The simulator's data is still build 70245's with the hotfixes of 8 October; the newer tables come with its next data rebuild, as an update of their own.Simulator data: client build 1.60.1.70334
Biggest winners
Every list, each spec by the change of its own number (DPS, threat or healing)
Feral Druid Tanks · Balanced · re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with the tank's own spell power: gear searched again+1.0 %17,845.4 → 18,024.3 · #2
Protection Warrior Tanks · Threat · re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with the tank's own spell power: gear searched again+0.9 %1,142.1 → 1,152.0 · #2
Fury/Prot Warrior Tanks · Threat · re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with the tank's own spell power: gear searched again+0.8 %1,006.3 → 1,014.2 · #4- Protection Warrior Tanks · Balanced · re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with the tank's own spell power: gear searched again+0.7 %19,515.8 → 19,661.6 · #1
- Feral Druid Tanks · Threat · re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with the tank's own spell power: gear searched again+0.7 %1,022.4 → 1,029.8 · #3
Biggest losers
Every list, each spec by the change of its own number (DPS, threat or healing)
Holy/Prot Paladin Tanks · Threat · re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with its own spell power: rotations, talents and gear tuned again−2.3 %1,186.0 → 1,158.2 · #1- Protection Paladin Tanks · Balanced · re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with its own spell power: rotations, talents and gear tuned again−0.3 %16,903.4 → 16,858.4 · #3
- Feral Druid Tanks · Mitigation · re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with the tank's own spell power: gear searched again−0.2 %10.33 → 10.31 · #1
Damage
In DPS.
 Shockadin | 1,099.0 | 1,099.0 | ±0.0 % | #1 | #1 | = |
 Fury Warrior | 1,090.5 | 1,090.5 | ±0.0 % | #2 | #2 | = |
 Retribution Paladin | 985.8 | 985.8 | ±0.0 % | #3 | #3 | = |
 Arms Warrior | 907.0 | 907.0 | ±0.0 % | #4 | #4 | = |
 Marksmanship Hunter | 874.9 | 874.9 | ±0.0 % | #5 | #5 | = |
 Survival Hunter | 850.0 | 850.0 | ±0.0 % | #6 | #6 | = |
 Demonology Warlock | 812.5 | 812.5 | ±0.0 % | #7 | #7 | = |
 Frostfire Mage | 799.7 | 799.7 | ±0.0 % | #8 | #8 | = |
 Enhancement Shaman | 779.7 | 779.7 | ±0.0 % | #9 | #9 | = |
 Fire Mage | 779.3 | 779.3 | ±0.0 % | #10 | #10 | = |
 Feral Druid | 770.1 | 770.1 | ±0.0 % | #11 | #11 | = |
 Arcane Mage | 769.8 | 769.8 | ±0.0 % | #12 | #12 | = |
 Beast Mastery Hunter | 765.9 | 765.9 | ±0.0 % | #13 | #13 | = |
 Affliction Warlock re-optimised: Maiden's Circle joined the pool and beats one of its rings: gear searched again (three bosses) | 757.2 | 757.2 | ±0.0 % | #14 | #14 | = |
 Shadow Priest | 756.7 | 756.7 | ±0.0 % | #15 | #15 | = |
 Destruction Warlock re-optimised: Maiden's Circle joined the pool and beats one of its rings: gear searched again (three bosses) | 747.0 | 747.0 | ±0.0 % | #16 | #16 | = |
| Combat Rogue | 746.4 | 746.4 | ±0.0 % | #17 | #17 | = |
 DS/Ruin Warlock re-optimised: Maiden's Circle joined the pool and beats one of its rings: gear searched again (three bosses) | 725.2 | 725.2 | ±0.0 % | #18 | #18 | = |
 Assassination Rogue | 710.4 | 710.4 | ±0.0 % | #19 | #19 | = |
 Frost Mage | 708.9 | 708.9 | ±0.0 % | #20 | #20 | = |
 Balance Druid re-optimised: Maiden's Circle joined the pool and beats one of its rings: gear searched again (three bosses) | 703.8 | 703.8 | ±0.0 % | #21 | #21 | = |
 Smite Priest re-optimised: Maiden's Circle joined the pool and beats one of its rings: gear searched again (every fight) | 691.5 | 694.1 | +0.4 % | #22 | #22 | = |
 Subtlety Rogue | 685.8 | 685.8 | ±0.0 % | #23 | #23 | = |
 Elemental Shaman | 548.4 | 548.4 | ±0.0 % | #24 | #24 | = |
 Stormcaller Shaman | 543.9 | 543.9 | ±0.0 % | #25 | #25 | = |
Tanks · Threat
In TPS.
| Holy/Prot Paladin re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with its own spell power: rotations, talents and gear tuned again | 1,186.0 | 1,158.2 | −2.3 % | #1 | #1 | = |
| Protection Warrior re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with the tank's own spell power: gear searched again | 1,142.1 | 1,152.0 | +0.9 % | #2 | #2 | = |
| Feral Druid re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with the tank's own spell power: gear searched again | 1,022.4 | 1,029.8 | +0.7 % | #3 | #3 | = |
| Fury/Prot Warrior re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with the tank's own spell power: gear searched again | 1,006.3 | 1,014.2 | +0.8 % | #4 | #4 | = |
Tanks · Mitigation
In hits survived.
| Feral Druid re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with the tank's own spell power: gear searched again | 10.33 | 10.31 | −0.2 % | #1 | #1 | = |
| Protection Paladin re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with its own spell power: rotations, talents and gear tuned again | 9.25 | 9.29 | +0.5 % | #2 | #2 | = |
| Protection Warrior re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with the tank's own spell power: gear searched again | 9.05 | 9.05 | ±0.0 % | #3 | #3 | = |
Tanks · Balanced
In threat per health bar.
| Protection Warrior re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with the tank's own spell power: gear searched again | 19,515.8 | 19,661.6 | +0.7 % | #1 | #1 | = |
| Feral Druid re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with the tank's own spell power: gear searched again | 17,845.4 | 18,024.3 | +1.0 % | #2 | #2 | = |
| Protection Paladin re-optimised: Retribution Aura no longer scales with its own spell power: rotations, talents and gear tuned again | 16,903.4 | 16,858.4 | −0.3 % | #3 | #3 | = |
Healers · Single target
In HPS.
 Restoration Shaman | 1,443.6 | 1,443.6 | ±0.0 % | #1 | #1 | = |
 Restoration Druid | 1,343.6 | 1,343.6 | ±0.0 % | #2 | #2 | = |
 Holy Priest | 1,310.7 | 1,310.7 | ±0.0 % | #3 | #3 | = |
 Discipline Priest | 1,305.6 | 1,305.6 | ±0.0 % | #4 | #4 | = |
 Holy Paladin | 1,072.4 | 1,072.4 | ±0.0 % | #5 | #5 | = |
Healers · Party
In HPS.
| Holy Priest | 1,682.3 | 1,682.3 | ±0.0 % | #1 | #1 | = |
| Restoration Druid | 1,680.7 | 1,680.7 | ±0.0 % | #2 | #2 | = |
| Discipline Priest | 1,643.9 | 1,643.9 | ±0.0 % | #3 | #3 | = |
| Restoration Shaman | 1,496.0 | 1,496.0 | ±0.0 % | #4 | #4 | = |
| Holy Paladin | 1,072.4 | 1,072.4 | ±0.0 % | #5 | #5 | = |
Each list is the rankings’ of that day: one row per spec, the best of its builds, ranked by its role’s number. A spec whose best build is another build than before is marked, and its change is the spec’s. Both sides are the benchmark’s simulations of each build’s optimised setup on 1 boss · 1 min.