How To Pick THE BEST Race for Your Class?

[@adc1222]

Watching this as an evoker main going "hmmm yes I hope I made the right choice for my race"

[@roggerstorres6728]

Lol

[@t0mbst0neyt]

I was about to come comment this you beat me to it 😂

[@lifeiaskedfor]

clearly not, everyone know dev evokers you should be nightborn

[@zathtanks]

Loooool

[@customizablemilk353]

i wonder how much it changes now that dracthyr will be able to have other classes

[@artcanbelove7873]

I am a mediocre player. I’ve been like that since vanilla, so I play whatever I think looks cool and sounds cool to me. I don’t really worry about all the mechanics.

[@vala6984]

Same

[@Max_Mousse]

Best way to play. All fun, no overthinking

[@NoobGamer-di1dw]

Races matter very little it really only matters for the world first guilds. Anyone else who is taking it that seriously just likes to min max every little thing

[@skyfallwallker9095]

What matters is having fun and that you are happy with your class and race, don't fall for the lies that what matters is the ''objective'' that these people talk about.

[@hannajung7512]

and that is great, the differences are small, so it does not matter for the average player. But some people (like me) just love min maxing their character at least their main anyway, and for those guides like this are made. And even for those "best" highly depends on what you want to do with the character.

[@booshandorkakow64]

Kul Tiran's haymaker is severely undervalued. Knockback+stun. Yeeting people off cliffs is something every class will enjoy being able to do.

[@Xynithos]

Doesn't shadowmeld counter that if timed right? I know back in the day it did I'm not sure if it still does.

[@booshandorkakow64]

@@Xynithos Shadowmeld can dodge most things *if* you time it right. I will say tho for every time that happens I yeet 100 other people off cliffs or away from me/teammates.

[@EyeKahnography]

Kul Tiran monks with that in rotation I'm really enjoying

[@johngone1nonly]

Have a horde and ally warrior and my Kul tiran shirtless warrior is easily my favorite. War mode island in isle of dorn. Haymaker people off the tower never gets old

[@vitor2034]

I’ve been a Tauren druid for the past 19 years. I gladly survived the Troll hype, the Highmountain hype and the Zandalari hype. Still the same white cow with black horns that can’t look good with any transmog.

[@oadrian1994]

Lately was considering to level another druid as night elf cause of shadow meld for my feral in m+ scenario, buy after some consideration i decided to still play my tauren, its just too good looking

[@denryuu3]

I love having war stomp on my resto druid lol. I also have a troll and a night elf druid cause I like them all and MoP remix made it really fast to level new characters

[@anthonymorabito3826]

Likewise with my Night Elf druid

[@michaelhaley7269]

I race swapped my DK to Vulpera in BFA because I found the race too funny. I also finally started tanking for the first time about 2 months ago, and I was SHOCKED at how impactful their racial Nose For Trouble is. In M+, it’s very consistently my #2 mitigation ability after Blood Shield. It started making sense when I realized it could help with Blood DK’s fundamental weakness of getting 1 shot the easiest of any tanks. It also makes you literally immune to the situation where you Blinding Sleet a trash group, all their auto attack timers line up, and they burst you. That’s definitely the best case scenario for that racial, and it legitimately feels like it’s a 50%+ damage reduction for the global when it does happen.

[@Gu3ssWhatsN3XT]

I started my dk out as a vulpera solely because my friends hate vulpera and i thought it would be funny to troll them with one, even though i thought they looked cool as a dk only to find out this same thing during raids and mythics

[@EyeKahnography]

Nose for Trouble and Make Camp are amazingly useful in different areas. I love my Shaman can get across the map in 2 directions when they need to. Also now I'm imagining your Vulpera DK coming back to haunt Gilneans post fox hunt gone wrong

[@greegeree]

i know its not the best but my zandalari pally using divine shield then regeneratin' when hes about to die is so funny

[@Tyguy614]

I have been playing zandalari troll paladin since BFA and I'll never look back

[@MarcelianOnline]

Basically what every Zandalari Pala should do

[@Drogmar]

He’s just standing there, regeneratin’

[@Visher]

I want to play Zadalari on my Pally but I just CAN"T get over the stupid feet. I want boots, not bare feet!

[@nebulous798]

​@@Visher I know, but they have cool fighting animations. Animations > Feet. Armors also look good, maybe except the helm and...feet.

[@Bish186]

My main is undead warlock and the fact that my belt clips through my man dress bothers me every day.

[@MarcelianOnline]

ah, a factor not discussed often :D

[@jonoxis]

That's so true haha

[@Cheeky_Bandit]

Dracthyr players being the best evokers around.

[@Theadalas]

My main is goblin warlock. I couldn't live without that Rocket Jump, really. Especially in raids and dungeons where you suddenly face a choice between finishing your long cast and standing in fire or moving (slowly) away from it.

[@jerrydietzel2882]

I've grown accustomed to Goblin rocket jump as well. Its just so convenient in certain situations.

[@inaka6645]

This. My main is a goblin priest. Rocket jump is so ingrained on my muscle memory that I don't think I could play my priest as any other race. I'd die to mechanics too much 😂

[@traj07]

If you are playing a Dwarf, Dark Iron Dwarf, or (soon) Earthen then congratulations you have chosen wisely!

[@yanomamo89]

Rock and Stone, brother!

[@ZenGenEXQ]

The earthen racial is weird. It feels so weird to hold a button for 2 seconds as a melee character.

[@yanomamo89]

@@ZenGenEXQ Yeah. It aint right.

[@IvanTheTerrible77]

​@@yanomamo89rock and stone!!

[@CaughtColdBoxing]

The best players were playing Night Elf to avoid mechanics exclusively

[@MarcelianOnline]

Truth

[@JS-gd6rm]

You misspelled mechanically impaired players

[@Nhouyengah]

Nelf, Dwarf and maybe Dark Iron Dwarf are just BiS, but the diff is so minimal anyway

[@ZahryD]

@@Nhouyengah Nelf's racial in pvp is not minimal at all. It is huge.

[@KasperG87]

Shadowmeld is the best pve racial. Removing an entire dmg cd or a burst from a mob is insane. Dwarves are similar

[@Lrd_Jacobus]

Humans: + Basically very good for each class they can use. + Looks good with most transmogs - You are considered boring/not creative by roleplayers.- Guess that's the only drawback

[@Hollowcrash]

The concept of a mundane human vs monsters, demons and abominations dosent sound boring to me. The fragility of our race is what drives us to achieve the greatest deeds. Humanity shall prevail.

[@vukasinristanovic5940]

@@Hollowcrash The fact that the humans were created in the image of God says it all boyssss.

[@sergiovergaramontemiranda2116]

Take into account humans in wow are robot titan forged descendants. The only organic life races from Azeroth are Trolls, Elves, Pandaren Goblin and Tauren.

[@BeanMan157]

​@@Hollowcrash Adept of Garithos

[@thenerdbeast7375]

Really shows how they are philistines as humans are a blank canvas that gives you a lot more options for a creative character.

[@harrisonkovitz7123]

Vulpera "nose for trouble " passive for my brewmaster is a game changer

[@ecwfanatic]

Transmog > min maxing. Yes I might do 1% less than the "top race" but I look 10x better than them in my mog while doing it 😂

[@EyeKahnography]

Trial of Style is a valid form of combat. Life your best life. Also my guild has a theory that you do less damage if your outfit isn't balanced visually. That Ethereal transmogrifier a leveling dungeon MVP

[@k9tirion927]

But you do know there are enough transmog effect items that you can just have the best of both worlds?

[@Jankostorun]

i never gave a shit about racial or stuff like this , just looks matters to me.

[@BIGSWOLEXL]

Literally lol the shit makes a 1% difference whoopie

[@MarcelianOnline]

Based take, looks > dmg

[@Jankostorun]

@@MarcelianOnline Looks > dmg for me:) But we all play what we want :) anyway cheers for Your videos and keep the good work mate.

[@vincenthammons-kd9du]

good thing blood elves have the looks and damage from increased crit

[@zachANDthewolf]

I'd disagree on the brewmaster. Both Kul'tiran and Vulpera are amazing, their passives synergise amazingly with the stagger mechanic.

[@thethirdsicily4802]

In this video, Marcelian compares races to find which one is supreme.

[@Cryptosmokergg]

Playing rogue and not being night elf youre missing out on a second vanish by far the best race for rogue and not even close

[@double_joseph327]

Draenei has a heal

[@double_joseph327]

@@ksadjdadjaifen I can run circles around your rogue with my shitty little heal

[@Thetecnician07]

​@@ksadjdadjaifen can ise in combat?

[@Cryptosmokergg]

@@Thetecnician07 yes

[@leafqi]

female undead is the original rogue race

[@Lupinemancer87]

I'm a really big lore-nerd, lore is basically my nr. 1 reason for following anything (world building/geography and story are also quite high) so I always refer to play a class that makes sense lore-wise. I know that lore-wise anyone can technically become any class as nothing prevents a Draenei to following the Void, or Fel, but culturally, most would never even think of doing that, hence why I generally pick classes that makes sense for the race I choose.

[@stormrage6307]

yep

[@YungYdoc]

Which Alliance race fits hunter the best? Human, Dwarf, Nightelf? I like Worgen.

[@stormrage6307]

@@YungYdoc Night Elf Hunter ofc

[@YungYdoc]

@@stormrage6307 Yeah, I think that or Dwarf. I mean, Dwarf is the first character that was ever introduced to us on that snowy mountain side.

[@stormrage6307]

@@YungYdoc i got it! But I prefer NE, I prefer a bow to a firearm

[@StoovTV]

Blood Elf Paladins get their own Blood Knight set so...

[@JohnDoe99827]

yea im thinkin of levelin another pally just for that

[@SirenRyan]

It’s pretty fugly sadly. Still grinded it out tho lol

[@sninctbur3726]

Blood elf paladin is the most common race/class combination. It’s not good for my individuality complex

[@thenerdbeast7375]

I remember how there were some seasons where there were entire cutting edge raid teams of Goblins just for the Rocket Jump.

[@denryuu3]

I couldn't decide what race I wanted for my druid, so now I have 3. Tauren, Troll, and Night Elf. They each got their own color schemes that match their animal forms thanks to the legion artifact appearances lol, no regrets

[@delightfullydelirious3829]

I take breaks often whether it be 1 month or a year, but I always check yalls channel to know what's going on in the meta. Since someone unsubbed I became part of the family haha. Enjoying the heck out of TWW, thanks for the good videos!

[@TheFarGaurd]

if anything this just shows how impactful Dwarf and Tauren racials are, they need to be tuned back a little.

[@The_Babe]

Nah

[@disturbed2565]

You guys always cook with these race/class combo videos, would love to see you guys opinions on the race/class combos LORE or FLAVOR wise (you know, aside from meta XD). Much love!

[@wowdhaewow8901]

As a MW player in shadow lands and dragon flight, I played night elf, specifically for shadowmeld. Being able to lose all aggro when tank pulls too much was literally a life saver. I play night elf for all healing specifically for shadowmeld.

[@takojitsu2197]

Goblins are underrated in PvP. Rocket jump is basically disengage.

[@EyeKahnography]

Put that on a hunter and get 2 for the price of 1 and that's a great bargain!

[@Marwolaeth01]

My biggest flavour character is one I am currently levelling. Gnome Fury Warrior. I mean 5% extra fury may not get me anywhere, but she looks adorable dual wielding two-handed weapons. Even better riding around on a mouse to really sell the aesthetics.

[@cassickgrey4011]

This was way more cool and interesting than I initially thought it would be. Amazing content good sir.

[@Valscorn01]

The correct answer is troll, always. Zandalari or darkspear doesn’t matter.

[@itsdannyhoney]

There is no correct answer. There is only a wrong one and that’s Vulpera.

[@ChristinaStarlight]

​@@itsdannyhoney vulpera's racials are actually good.

[@pendragon8185]

I would actually argue that Mechagnomes make great tanks in general they have two passives, one gives you a emergency heal when you are low and heals 30% and the other gives you a bonus to your primary stat that ends up going more the longer in combat you are, witch tanks can benefit the most from and this bonus goes well about 1000 by itself.

[@Jonyi100]

mechagnomes have one downside... they look like crap in there tmog.

[@smashinghoney]

Great video on what can be a tricky subject! I play what I want, but still find racials interesting

[@ConnorCoultrup]

Playing a worgen unholy death knight because the theme of being infected with the worgen disease and using other diseases on people sounds fun. I RP in my head that my ghoul is from the Gilneas attack. Also the worgen sprint racial is really nice for the otherwise immobile death knight class.

[@Marsalis_CW]

I main Affliction Warlock and I really like my Void Elf for asthetics/lore, but also the racials are great. Shadowflame buff and the teleport are great for dps, and the port addition is great for working circles in pvp

[@L0rks]

That's... not racist. Thank you for the guide :)

[@MarcelianOnline]

[@Electric_]

There are a lot of combos that are outstanding that do not reflect in simulations. One is Worgen Unholy/Blood DK. Their extra sprint = extra uptime during movement and can add a lot of DPS. Another is the Kul Tiran haymaker in M+, as that extra stun, especially on a warrior, is overpowered when the warrior is using his interrupt and 2 other stuns right as well. A final one is the void elf portal. An oft ignored skill, in the right hands it’s a game changer, especially while rooted in a bad place, or needing to avoid a damaging puddle. This is particularly useful for any melee class.

[@DrakeosVR]

May have to remake this due to Earthen Race will be out tomorrow

[@lainajonzz1638]

This feels so good as a Tauren Paladin main.

[@NME_Smox]

Pest race for hunter is orc, because of extra pet dmg and extra AP on a 2 min. CD.

[@Lumios107]

I would argue that Tauren is still bis for bm hunter

[@leafqi]

Male Troll has the best posture if you use a bow

[@bengiyardimli1925]

This was so much needed!!!!

[@niz392]

That was a fun video, thanks! 😊

[@defenestrationstation5771]

Here is how you pick for m+, " do i press my defensives and can my class be a dwarf?" If yes to both, it's dwarf.

[@mattb896]

This list is entirely incorrect. Only Vulpera or Draenei are valid options.

[@MarcelianOnline]

:)))))))))) infallible logic xD

[@Cyanoblades]

eww

[@mattb896]

Who doesn't like a customizable hearthstone and... Draenei racial.

[@Paz_Leigh]

this guy knows what's up

[@LalzJeNeSuis]

EWWW, BROTHA

[@supersolenoid]

A flexible number of DPS would certainly help with queues in non-M+ instances

[@stek557]

Awesome quality of illustration

[@piofernandes6498]

Let's be honest: All these things being said, the best race is Zandalari because every transmog is just GOLDEN on it.

[@hellimification4681]

great video, would love to see which race looks best for each class in your opinion while we are at it ^^

[@knownanonymous8802]

Mechagnomes as Hunters have extra aggro control with their hologram projector. If I accidentally pull too much aggression, I send my clones towards the mob my tank is targeting. Really good if Feign Death is on cooldown or even if I'm near the healer and they're getting too much heat. Combat analysis helps boost damage a hair, and emergency failsafe gives a bit more clutch survivability. I might not do as much DPS as some combos, but a lot of parties appreciate the utility and fact that the healer doesn't have to worry too much about healing me as much.

[@Cyanoblades]

Female NE everything

[@loonesworld]

I can tell you how : Pick the Race you like the most, then pick the Class you feel the most. Done. nothing else needed, stop this sweaty % base, pokemon trainer mindset. Start having fun again

[@ColdCassidy]

i noticed while being Gnome playing Fury war that you wont get stuck with rage always having enough for Rampage, meanwhile with other races you most likely will get stuck at 78 rage at some point, due to Gnome faster auto attacks

[@bernardoarjonaventura3855]

As a Draenei priest main I gotta say... racial healing and the one spell that buffs up hp is quite a saver worth mention

[@fredxu99]

I always end up going with one of the elven races because all their heritage armor looks so good.

Make the same video but now rank the best race per spec for flavor/fantasy from your perspective!

[@AnimaWyrm]

As soon as the Worldsoul Saga was all about the Void, i HAD to choose a Voidelf Shadow Priest as my main

[@MingSyueSie]

Me too

[@IDaIRIRaX]

Void elf dk is just great. Another movement ability for a class with few movement is good. If you have to move away from the boss you can already send your shadow and do some extra hits before you port away 👌

[@Figgyinchains]

While this was a funny video (good god it was the same 4 races winning all video lmao), what I'd love to see is your personal picks of what the best class would be for each race. Mainly for lore flavor.

[@donnegan14]

Pretty interesting video. My one complaint is that there isn't a visual at the end to show every best race/class combo. So if I wanted to find a specific one, I have to search the whole video instead of just refrencing a table or tier list or something.

[@Vebula-]

I'm rarely commenting on videos, but... I've been searching for this kind of info, literally since the release of Cataclysm back in 2010... You're amazing!❤‍🔥🔥

[@EyeKahnography]

I think it really depends on how one's gameplay is. For clearing dungeons for farming I tend to favour Nightborne because I can mail things out to my lats every 10 min. Goblins give best price on anything you need to acquire more things (and I do like the offensive/movement rockets), and for getting to farming bosses and getting around the map Vulpera Mage might be the most broken for world map movement. I do like the list is really close so if you wan to make one of every hunter to separate out pet collections you're not penalized too badly

[@gonzalosanchez1538]

I can't believe you didn't mention dwarves for BDK: they also have increased crit damage and healing, plus Stoneform is the best racial for tanks

[@tonystewart7179]

I use HMTauren for my FrostDK. I like the dash and stun when you have to close in on people for pvp. Plus massive antlers

[@simplyyunak3189]

The dwarven remove poison for tanks is really good

[@randalls.randzisum]

I love how these are so closely aligned with WC3 units lol. Dwarves with guns, Human death knights, human mages and so on.

[@koolade76]

I wish you put the list as a pinned post or in the description and if it was split into A and H for each class 😉

[@gabrielhelmlinger6812]

best combos: easy, Male, Human, Warrior, in everything

[@leonardoquickgyro12]

"Wow these are all really interesting!" I say with a lineup full of Worgen, Pandaren, and Vulpera

[@alvarogonzalez3715]

Why are mechagnomes a good race temporarily?

[@craigplant6739]

Mecagnome for the win. 🎉❤

[@zamenice]

When it comes to race/class combos i always chose lore over everything!

[@Mythicalcyber]

Give me all that pls i want to do the same

[@jeffriva26]

Love the vid :) ) ... was there meant to be an addon vid at the end where you were pointing to?

[@johnnybravo920]

as they say, the tauren is and will always be our big and fluffy friend, good at everything

[@ederofempires8793]

In mythic-raids the best priest race is hands down goblin, followed by voidelf. Nobody cares for 0.1% extra throuput if you could instead avoid deadly abilitys and priest has no good mobility outside those racials. Evokers rescue helps a lot here, but the fact that every evoker gets assigned a priest to fly around as soon as he joins the raid is pretty telling.

[@sagenod440]

Blood Elf mage (arc/fire) since MoP. Top 5 best race/class combo for sure

[@Briansgate]

what? I love my goblin shaman. can't argue with the extra 1% haste.

[@malixoxo6360]

Played as human in vanilla but when goblins became available I switched and still main it.i don't mind, the style is far superior

[@shadyaov7041]

To sum it up can't go wrong with Dwarf,Human or Tauren

[@shinyshiny82]

Hmmm i was thinking that Void Elf would have gotten more play with dps casters with no loss of casting time due to there racial.

[@logan1021]

My shadow priest is a troll I just like stacking power infusion and the haste racial together it feels amazing 😂

[@RikNaza]

Great video.

[@Jonyi100]

i main a Prot warrior and i had several race changes in the past 15 years. First i was a Tauren and it was nice to have an extra stun ability + HP bonus. Later i changed to Dwarf and OMg its super OP. Debuffs your healer cant remove can just be removed. In BFa i was for some time a zandalari troll because in wanted to have the hp reg ability but it was rather weak and useless because in most encounters you get to fast dmg before you can get most use out of it. In SL i played a Orc and Human. Orc was ok and most times i didnt feel like it was to good or to bad. Human on the other side was extremly usefull when you missed some abilitys which stuned you and there was thre racial buff of 10 % bonus rep. But now i think about chaning to dractyr because of the extra stun abilitys and movment bonus Peopel think racial bonuses are not to mention but they can change how you play. The dmg bonues from racials are one side of the coin but the utility abilitys are extremly usefull.

[@blackyvertigo]

the tanking choices are way off. if it can be highmountain tauren that's the best choice. flat damage mitigation plus extra versatility.

[@k9tirion927]

Survivability is not a issue in high end content where that would matter.

[@alextygesen3101]

So basically, we could've had a tl;dr that says "pick human if alliance or tauren as horde".

[@lukeprater2073]

i wonder why no mechagnome tbh

[@YateriaKurosawa]

I legit went into a wrath time walking dungeon and immediately somebody was criticising the tank for bring a void elf warrior as "void elf racials don't benefit a warrior"

[@htx80nerd]

I play troll resto druid and forgot about their beserk racial cuz I never added it to my toolbar (I have like 5 toons I play, ez to forget things). Started using it yesterday and I feel it helped a lot as a SHTF button. Now I wish all my healers were trolls.

[@calvin864]

in season 3 of DF i pushed to 26 keys as a nightborne mage, so to me at the very least, the 0.5% damage increase is miniscule (although warranted!), but I prefer to have class fantasy XD

[@HenkiLuonto]

Im surprised that void elf isnt top pick for casters! Seems like their racials with the no push back would help them a lot, no?

[@briankschoening8129]

Been a shadow priest main forever and I would argue that being able to generate 20 insanity with arcane torrent during your initial ramp is awesome and feels incredibly powerful. You get to enter your cooldown windows faster, it’s on the same CD as PI and Voidform and also can help fill the gaps if you mess up your rotation at all or need to do something instant cast while moving. Surely nobody cares about this take but to any aspiring shadow priests reading this, arcane torrent and blood elf is sick for shadow priest.

[@99-221]

Dark Iron is the clear winner in everything they can play.

[@TheAdventGamer]

And here I just worry if the character will look good in armor and I like the Lore/theme of it.

[@ceeK2]

Do Earthen racials make them any good for certain combos?

[@simplyyunak3189]

10% more Armor is nice for tanks

[@tsukuyomisama001]

I almost forgot we have the race of undead and nightborne in the game after watching this video.

[@Doomblade89]

Flavor over anything in my case. Always.

[@Xicuter84]

Doesn’t the dark iron dwarf racial beat out human or gnome for prot warrior? Remove bleeds, poisons, diseases, curses, and magic while giving a buff to your main stat along with a 1% reduction in physical damage?

[@Faithyouful]

Night Elf for everything, allows you to move faster when you are killed in ghost form and go through waves of monsters and hide, without wasting time killing and killing 😅😅

[@TehFlyingEvilCow]

Are we gonna talk about Priest being labeled "Healer" in the timestamp? lul

[@Rangoooooo]

I wish this video came out a month ago when I was choosing races for alliance alts.

[@mblue750]

What do you think about the new earthen or dracthyr for demonology warlock?

[@Burgi180]

Dwarf Warrior since 2015. Best Race!