Choose the Best Class and Race for Yourself in World of Warcraft
Is this your first time playing World of Warcraft or are you experienced and just want to get quick info on all classes? Here's some lore to help you.
Contents
Steps
Choosing Your Faction
- Choose a faction. If you have friends that play World of Warcraft, consult with them so you will all belong to the same faction. Especially when you're on a PvP server, playing against your friends would be kind of weird. You have two choices:
- The Alliance: Considered the calm, peaceful and "civilized" faction.
- The Horde: Consists of mostly monsters and violent characters, excluding the Pandaren and the Tauren.
- It's usually better to decide first on a faction, then on a class, and last on a race; but it's not necessary. Be aware, however, that not all classes are available for each race. An example of this is the Druid class. Only Night Elves and Worgen (Alliance faction) and Tauren and Troll (Horde faction) are able to be Druid class. If you have already decided to play for the Horde as a Druid, you have no other options but to play a Tauren. Draenei. Dwarf and Pandaren are the only Alliance race's that can play as Shamans, and Blood Elves and Taurens are the only Horde race that can play as Paladins. If you are to play a Paladin, a Tauren is recommended. If you decide on a race before you decide on a class, understand that your options may be limited.
Selecting Your Class
- Consider who you want to be within a party. The class you choose will depend on what function you want to perform within the group. There are several classes specific to each role:
- Tank: Tanks are the players with a lot of armor and hit points that take all the damage on them when fighting several mobs at once or a very powerful mob (bosses or elites). Choose:
- Protection Warrior
- Blood Death Knight
- Protection Paladin
- Guardian Druid.
- DPS (damage per second): DPSes are the players that wield a lot of damage and do the main killing in dungeons or battlegrounds. Choose:
- Arms/Fury Warrior
- Feral/Balance Druid
- Beast Mastery/Marksmanship/Survival Hunter
- Arcane/Fire/Frost Mage
- Affliction/Demonology/Destruction Warlock
- Frost/Unholy Death Knight
- Retribution Paladin
- Shadow Priest
- Assassination/Combat/Subtelty Rogue
- Elemental/Enhancement Shaman
- Healer: Healers are those who heal other players (especially tanks) in dungeons and battlegrounds. They're the players you really need to count on during battle. Choose:
- Discipline/Holy Priest
- Restoration Druid
- Holy Paladin
- Restoration Shaman
- Jack of all trades: These are the versatile classes that can play all 3 roles.
- Druid (switch between animal forms and talent trees)
- Paladin (switch between talent trees)
- Pet Classes: These players not only have many versatile abilities for controlling and damaging the enemy, but who have a summonable ally for use in off-tanking and aggro mitigation as well as additional DPS. While the individual characters may not be extraordinary themselves, their pets and minions often wield considerable damage and may well have more armor than themselves. Learning how to control a Pet and not have it cause problems in groups may be a fun and exciting challenge, but when soloing these classes are never truly solo. Choose:
- Hunter
- Warlock
- Unholy Death Knight.
- Tank: Tanks are the players with a lot of armor and hit points that take all the damage on them when fighting several mobs at once or a very powerful mob (bosses or elites). Choose:
Choosing Your Race
- Choose a race. Before choosing, consider how would you feel playing a certain race. Remember that you will spend months and maybe years watching your character from his or her back, so keep that in mind when picking a race. For example, you may find Gnomes' movements and voice a little annoying, Undead characters' bones poking though their armor a little disturbing, or Orcs' roughness a little unpleasant. The possible races are:
- Human (Alliance): Start in Northshire Valley. Extra points to Spirit.
- Dwarf (Alliance): Start in Coldridge Valley. Extra points to Strength and Stamina.
- Night Elf (Alliance): Start in Shadowglen. Extra points to Agility.
- Gnome (Alliance): Start in Gnomeregan, the city of the Gnomes. (Originally started in Coldridge Valley with the Dwarves). Extra points to Agility, Intellect and Spirit.
- Draenei (Alliance): Start in Ammen Vale. Extra points to Strength, Intellect and Spirit.
- Worgen (Alliance): Start in Gilneas City. Extra points to Strength and Agility.
- Pandaren (both): Start in Wandering Isle. Extra points to Stamina and Spirit.
- Orc (Horde): Start in Valley of Trials. Extra points to Strength, Stamina and Spirit.
- Undead (Horde): Start in Deathknell. Extra points to Stamina and Spirit.
- Tauren (Horde): Start in Red Cloud Mesa. Extra points to Strength, Stamina and Spirit.
- Troll (Horde): Start in Valley of Trials (except in Cataclysm, where they start in Echo Isles). Extra points to Strength, Agility, Stamina and Spirit.
- Blood Elf (Horde): Start in Sunstrider Isle. Extra points to Agility and Intellect.
- Goblin (Horde): Start in Kezan. Extra points to Agility and Intellect.
Tips
- Tauren has War Stomp, which is a good stun for Warriors, and +5% health, which is also good for Warriors. Because of this, most Tauren players to Warrior, Death Knight or Feral Druid. With the case of Night Elves, Stealth is an advantage, especially with rogues and druids, who are able to use Shadowmeld to get out of combat and then their class specific stealth to escape away.
- It's all about how well you know your class. Look up some information for your class, it will help you out in the long run.
- You can make different characters at the beginning and try to play with them maybe 1-2 levels. And if you see that it is hard for you to play with, delete it and try another. So you can decide which role you want to play.
Warnings
- Think of a name that you want to keep — don't just come up with something stupid and have to change your name later! It costs $15.00 USD and that's a dumb price to pay.
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