Going on blizz, which horde race to take?Follow

My friends went on origi a few weeks ago, they play the horde and of course I wanna play with them. A priest.

Now I'm not really sure what to take, bloof elf, undead,..? I'm looking for racial abilities that become advantages in arena or BG. So I guess Blood Elf cos of Arcane torrent? Or what? :) If anyone can suggest me, I'd really be grateful.

Tnx for the info. You mentioned only racials... Should I be worried about something else? :)

Edited, Dec 9th 2007 2:48pm by PRmeK

I quite like arcane torrent in BG's and for PVP, being able to disrupt a heal or big hitting spell can be the difference between victory and defeat in some 1V1 (or group) PVP environments.

Oh and of course Blood elf Females > all :P

AFAIK Arcane torrent is neither point blanc or AoE =/

Hehe, well I guess I'm gonna chose the undead race, extra shadow damage from Devouring plague sounds nice(r).

About the looks, I'm gonna have a male nick, therefor a male character, and with all do respect, Blood Elf males look a bit gay to me :)

trolls are nice... the shadowguard is nice in pvp because each ball(of teh 3) can (and will) proc Shadoweawing and sometimes Blackout. but i belive it's only against melee (not sure). and Hex of weakness is a semi-Mortal strike :)) but in my book WOTF+canni+Plague = win

Yep. 8 yards. So you pretty much have to be standing right next to whomever you are trying to silence.

erm.. not really... it is a mana *****.. it sues a ton of mana.. and it's on a 3 min cd.. but u get 100% of the dmg it does as heals.. add VE there and u get hp from VE and Plague. after u get the nice lil talent called inner focus u can macro to use it right before plague an save u a big chunk of mana. and in pvp that spell is win since it's instant too.

Way too many blood elves. And way too many shadow priests. I picked an undead holy priest. In my 41 levels I still have yet to find another undead holy priest. Or even a true holy priest for that matter.

Well, liking the look of your character has its goods and its bads.

If you go Undead, everything is tattered anyway, so gear appearance seems less important (And more appropriate if it IS ragged). However, I have a BE, and I have been known to pay way more for an extremely minor upgrade because the piece looks better (and I mean a few additional Sta/Int/Whatever, scaling with levels).

I have also passed up clearly superior pieces because they look terrible.

But, it also drives me to aim for a higher goal sometimes. While X piece of gear is easy to obtain, I may put in a lot of work for Y because it looks better.

I like to play a character that looks good. Sometimes you just have to accept that that is impossible (like leveling in OLs when that drop is the Uber Pink Bikini of Death to your Foes).

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Just to add, all 3 Warlock Races for the Horde do have good racials. The Forsaken have two very strong ones (although one is more specialized) the other classes are great too.

When fighting an enemy that likes their range, Mana Tap is always useful if the fight is long, or your opponenet is a Druid/Shammy/Pally that can go oom easy as is. And, in a BG, you often find yourself running through a crowd or next to an enemy in a tunnel. The AoE Silence effect is great (even if the mana is mostly negligible.)

I don't have any experience with Orcs, but more DpS and fewer stuns makes for an appealing package (if I didn't hate the look of Orcs in caster gear.) And Demo locks will love the extra 5% DpS, which couls be up to an extra 2.5% overall DpS boost depending on the percentage of pet contribution (as far as I know, it is rarely above 50% of the total damage dealt, if you are playing it correctly.) Add in that Bloodlust can boost the Warlock DpS (and thus influences the Pet DpS as well), you have a great deal.

So, all in all, pick what you love to play. In the long run, a racial shouldn't make or break the game.

Edited, Mar 24th 2008 11:35pm by idiggory