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Thinking of playing Warcraft, but don’t want to play the same thing as everybody else? A decent place to start is the warrior class, its simple enough to get into easily, and can still function in whichever roles you pursue. Before you roll your warrior, you should first give each of the races of a look over; it can have a pretty big impact on your endgame playing. I’ll go over the Alliance races here.

Humans, as a race, are very balanced. Their useable ability is Every Man for Himself, the PvP trinket as a built in ability. This allows for an extra trinket endgame, but far before then you’ll be using your PvP trinket before others can get theirs. The humans also have bonus expertise with swords and maces, two common weapons, making your more effective at both damage output and holding threat. Perception is a really useful skill in PvP, allowing you y o see stealthed enemies from farther away, taking just a bit from their edge. The last thing to mention is their bonus to reputation gains, particularly useful endgame.

The Dwarven race is also balanced for warriors, starting with Stoneform. The skill increases armor by 10% and drops all bleeds and poisons, both aspects come in handy, for tanking and for PvP. Next thing is the bonus to mace expertise. This is the same as from Humans, very useful for gearing endgame, and helping increase damage and threat gain. I’ve never found the bonus to gun criticals to be very useful myself, but it could be a decent way to gain some quick threat on a pull. Resistance to frost is decent. Treasure finding isn’t as good as it sounds, but it can help you get and extra gold now and again.

Gnome racials are more PvP oriented. The main ability, Escape Artist, drops movement impairing effects from you. This has its obvious uses for PvP, but it can help the tank pull mobs away from the healers and ranged dps in a raid or instance. The bonus to engineering is nice; engineering is a great profession in both PvP and PvE. Arcane resistance isn’t bad. A racial no listed on the list is the Gnomes size, they’re harder to target in PvP, where each second counts.

Night Elves are balanced, more geared towards tanking and PvP. The main ability Shadowmeld has more use in PvP endgame, letting you get out of sight, in battlegrounds this can ensure your survival. They have a bonus to evasion, which ic handy in PvP again, but even nice in tanking, when you need every point you can get. Wisp form makes leveling faster, keeping corpse run times down.

The Draenei racials don’t making you more effective at anything in particular, but make the whole experience generally easier. Gift of the Naaru can keep you alive in a pinch while leveling, while tanking, and in PvP too. It’s a good ability, and should probably be used if you’re even considering it. The bonus to Jewelcrafting is nice because the profession is really useful for making gold and even gearing. The shadow resist isn’t bad. Heroic Presence is awesome, a passive bonus to hit for the entire party.

All in all, the Alliance races have many solid choices for warriors. Remember your role in the situation, get good gear, and you’re well on your way to being a dominating force in whatever you bring your warrior too. Have fun with it, and don’t stand in the fire!

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If you are thinking about rolling a new warrior, or race changing your old one, it is important to have a grasp of what the various races bring to the table. Racials aren’t that big a deal, but for anyone looking to maximize their potential it is important to pick the best race. This article will explain what each race excels at, be it Tanking, DPS, or PvP.

The first race is of course Human. Their on-use racial, Every Man for Himself, is pretty good for Tanks, although it is situational. Where it really shines is PvP, where it is probably the best racial in the game. Their extra expertise with maces and swords is handy across the board, adding DPS with the relevant weapons. Perception is handy against stealthers in PvP, but don’t expect to beat stealthers at their own game too often.

Dwarf warriors are another popular choice, and for good reason. Stoneform is handy for Tanks and PvP warriors in particular, adding survivability, although DPS can benefit as well, since dead dwarves do no damage. Their bonus to expertise with Maces is good across the board, adding even more damage than a warrior’s mace bonus. And the extra Frost Resistance they come with can be good against mages, and occasionally shaman.

Gnomes are our next race to consider. They lack any damage improving racials, and while Escape Artist isn’t a bad racials, it is weaker than similar racials. I don’t recommend gnome for your warrior if you care about racials at all.

Night Elves, like gnomes, lack any beneficial racials for DPSing, but as Tanks they excel, bringing an extra 2% avoidance to physical attacks and Nature spells. This also helps them in PvP, alongside their ability to Shadowmeld.

Finally we have Draenei. For DPS, Tanking, and PvP, Heroic Presence is a great boon, reducing the amount of Hit you and your party need to stack by 1%. Unfortunately it doesn’t stack, so it is a waste if you are not the only Draenei around. Gift of the Naaru can be a decent emergency heal too, and is equally handy for Tanking, DPS, and PvP, although generally if a Tank needs to heal himself things are going badly. Their extra Shadow Resistance is also a nice bonus when facing Warlocks and Priests in PvP.

So, to summarize; Night Elves make the best tanks thanks to their amazing extra avoidance. For PvP, there is no better race in the game than Human, thanks to the amazing Every Man for Himself freeing up a trinket slot. And for DPS or all-around purposes, Draenei heads the list.

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Determining which race your new Horde warrior should be can be difficult. Some of the racials are worded vaguely, and determining whether Blood Fury or Berserking is better is impossible unless you’ve compared them at 80. But don’t fret, because we’ll go over each race, detailing the value its racials brings to the table for PvP, Tanking, and DPS.

The first race we’ll wnat to discuss is Undead. For PvP, undead have historically been the best, but in 3.3 Will of the Forsaken will be nerfed, reducing them to merely “okay”. For DPS, they bring nothing to the table. For Tanking, being able to get out of fears and other CC and regrab aggro can save the day.

Second up is Orc. For PvP, Orc’s stun reduction is handy, and Blood Fury is great for bursting down enemies. For DPS, Blood Fury is again a great DPS boost, and with many top-end warrior weapons being axes, their Axe Expertise will also add a handy boost to their DPS in many cases. For Tanking, Orc doesn’t bring much to the table.

The gigantic Tauren are the third race we’ll discuss. For DPS, they don’t have any relevant racials, although Warstomp can occasionally save the day, and the extra health can keep them alive a little longer if things go bad. For Tanking, though, that extra health is a major boon. And for PvP, they are fantastic, thanks to the extra CC and survivability their racials bring them.

Though they lack in popularity, Trolls make good warriors. They make one of the best DPS races in the game, thanks to Berserking. For Tanking they don’t really have anything worthwhile, although Regeneration might be worth something. For PvP, the burst of Berserking and the duration reduction of movement impairing CC both benefit them greatly.

So which races are best for which purposes? Tauren is the clear winner for PvP, now that Undead is getting nerfed. For DPS, you want Troll or Orc; Orc is better when wielding Axes, Troll otherwise. Since a lot of top-end weapons are axes right now, Orc is probably the better choice. And finally, Tauren once again are the best, this time for Tanking.

So, that’s it for this article on Horde racials for warriors. Tauren is my personal top pick; doing a few dozen more damage every second is nice, but having more health on the tank can mean the difference between a wipe and downing the boss. Not to mention I love PvP. Hope you enjoyed this article, be sure to check out my site!

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