Alliance raceNight Elf
Start with the class you want to play, then weigh these abilities against your priorities: recovery, survival, mobility and damage.
Community beta reference · Build 1.60.1.69876 · Checked September 18, 2026. Tooltip data does not establish the strongest race or prove in-game performance.
Available classes
Warrior
Hunter
Rogue
Priest
DruidRacial abilities
Full community beta descriptionsShadowmeld
10 sec cooldownInstant, 10 sec cooldown. Activate to slip into the shadows, reducing the chance for enemies to detect your presence. Lasts until cancelled or upon moving. Using this ability in combat discourages enemies from attacking you, but increases the cooldown to 2 min.
Quickness
Dodge chance increased by 1% and movement speed increased by 2%. Night Elf Rogues and Druids are harder to detect in Stealth as if they were 1 level higher.
Wisp Spirit
Transform into a wisp upon death, increasing movement speed by 75%.
Elune's Light
3 min cooldownInstant, 3 min cooldown. Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 10% for 15 sec.
What changed from Classic?
We have not completed a verified Classic comparison for Night Elf. The beta descriptions above are a current reference, not a claim that every listed effect is new or unchanged.
Sources & scope
Blizzard’s Deep Dive explains the racial redesign and new class combinations. Ability text and class lists are adapted from Talents Forever’s September 18 export, attributed under CC BY 4.0. Game text and artwork belong to Blizzard Entertainment. These community records are not a Blizzard API or our own gameplay tests. Priest-specific racial spells need a separate class reference and are not included here.
The latest export corrects some descriptions and faction assignments. An export correction alone does not establish a new game balance change. No race is ranked as universally best.