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WoW Classic Race Picking Guide - Alliance

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Some advice on picking the "best" race for each class in World of Warcraft: Classic.

Horde guide: WoW Classic Race Picking Guide - Horde Part 1
Class picking guide: WoW Classic Class Picking Guide
Profession picking guide: WoW Classic Profession Picking Guide Part 1

Starting stats for each race: http://vanilla-wow.wikia.com/wiki/Race
More info on weapon skill in case I failed in the explanation: http://wowwiki.wikia.com/wiki/Weapon_...

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20 Comments

@madseasonshow Creator 7 years ago (edited) Pinned

This will be the comment I edit if there are any errors/corrections. Horde version coming soon.

Edit: As Jarkynson pointed out, the arcane resistance does have some use for pvp as Sheep is an arcane spell!
Also, for tanking there's a discussion between Human/NE for endgame. Take a look at Mangs' comment below for more info!

@WhoWasThisGuy 7 years ago

You didn't meantion the most impactful racial in all of vanilla.

Night Elves have about a 1/3 chance of doing a flip each time they jump.

@anwaralexander3035 7 years ago

Playing on my blood elf Death Knight is gonna be so awesome in classic.

@keo337 7 years ago (edited)

Rogue 11:16
Warrior 15:43
Paladin 18:36
Mage 20:54
Hunter 21:48
Warlock 24:25
Priest: 25:06
Druid xD 29:00

@mudraptor56 7 years ago

gnomes are the best because they can hide inside a fireplace

@IamNemoN01 7 years ago (edited)

I remember how annoying it was being dismounted going through water when playing my Gnome. But I also remember how annoying it was not being able to see anything in tall grass due to being so short . . . and then I discovered that I could zoom out and didn’t have to play in 1st person view. :P

@psilimit 7 years ago

I'm rolling a Dwarf Paladin. They are swole with those massive muscles and that will make my heals STRONG!

@visoth7791 7 years ago

Macro for Night Elves:
/cast Shadowmeld
/use <insert mount name>

Every time you mount up, you will shadowmeld first. Casting Mount while shadowmelded is great. Allows for easy escapes after resurrecting. Enemy will still have to wait 3 seconds to mount up, by that time you will be long gone.

@stranger6822 7 years ago

One thing you didn't mention for night elf hunters is feign death into shadowmeld. FD has a 30s cooldown, which you can burn off while in shadowmeld. Like monks in EverQuest, night elf hunters can use this to "sneak" through dungeons and do things that most other classes can't.

@jordogey5751 7 years ago

I love all these wow classic guides. Keep it up Madseason you are doing great!

@spirit5877 7 years ago

/cries in night elf priest/

@AmazonianBarbarian 7 years ago

0/10 Still don't know what race to pick for Druid.

@OkuuRaven 7 years ago

I disagree on hunter. I think Night Elf is better. Strong as stoneform may be, I think all the Night Elf racials are quite useful to hunter. Outside of stoneform only the frost resist is much use for hunter. 9 more agility is actually significant in classic too, though not a huge difference I admit. Also 1 out of 3 jumps a Night Elf does a flip instead and that's what truly matters.

I think you value stoneform a tad too much, but all in all a great video. Got my noggin' jogging and helped me rethink some stuff that I thought I knew.