Some Racial Advantages In World Of Warcraft

WoW racials are advantages gained from the character’s selection of a particular race. Both Alliance and Horde have six races available and each offers particular benefits for adventuring, player versus player combat, and raiding. Most of the races have a unique starting area, though some of the closely aligned races share an area. These areas introduce the player to the lore and feel of that race. Which WoW racial abilities are best for a given character depend largely on what role the character plays. Considering that many limitations were removed in Cataclysm, almost any combination of class and race is now available.

Tanks absorb most of the damage during big fights and keep the weaker classes alive by doing so. The classes that tank use heavy armor and have specific skills to enable them to take or deflect the brunt of the incoming pain. Arguably the best Horde race for tanking is Tauren due to their bonuses in health and nature resistance, as well as the hardy kodo racial mounts. They also gain the War Stomp racial ability, which in this case is an area stun, invaluable in fights against multiple foes. The WoW racial abilities that are relevant on the Alliance side are Stone Form and a Dodge bonus, which belong respectively to Dwarves and Night Elves, their racial mounts being mechanical birds and panthers.

DPS classes are best suited to races with distinct combat advantages. Horde side, this means Orc or Troll for their WoW racials which have to do with attacking. Hunters, spellslinging classes, and hand to hand specialists such as rogues will benefit from these races, whose racial mounts are Raptors. The best choices for Alliance are Human or Gnome, depending upon the class. Humans gain weapon specializations so are ideal in melee, whereas Gnomes higher Intellect fuels spell casting.

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