What Race Should I Choose For A WoW Warrior?
April 26, 2007 by Apadwe
Filed under WoW Classes
My friends and I are rerolling on a new server to be horde but am conflicted on what race I should choose for a WoW warrior. Racials are a small factor but what looks the best in later levels. I know this is a question that I can only answer but how did you decide on Apadwe being a Tauren?
Back in the day when I first created Apadwe I chose to be a Tauren for one simple reason….my brother who plays chose Tauren for the race of his Shaman and we wanted to level together from the beginning!
As you can see there wasn’t any calculating on what would be the best race but only which race would be the most fun to play. Since I have played Apadwe a while now I have come to realize that choosing Tauren was actually a good move especially for War Stomp and the 5% increased hit points which also help a lot.
If you are looking for just a fun race that looks cool to you then go ahead and choose something which looks appealing to you and don’t worry about the racials at all.
If you want to have a total monster warrior that pwns hard in PvP then you must pay close attention to the racials that are offered for each race. I always hear about how Undead is the best race choice for a WoW Warrior but i’m not really sure that holds true although Cannibalize and Will of the Forsaken are excellent racials.
The best thing to do is to study up on the racials of each race and find one that will compliment your play style and probably most importantly, find one that you really will have fun with.
If I had to choose a race for Apadwe all over again I would pick Tauren again. War Stomp has become my friend and has helped me out so much. It gives you another crowd control spell besides Fear. Besides that I like my character being huge and the gear looks so much better. 
It’s easy to look like a badass especially if you are 4 feet taller than everyone else!
ya be a tauren warrior, i always want one of those in my party…. if you get burning crusade be a blood elf priest or paladins.. you’ll get into parties easier since healers rock
But ya i love tauren warriors, and undead are pretty cool to
It kind of depends on wether you want to be a huge guy thats way strong, or smaller guy thats way strong.
gnome warriors rule. i just got mine to 70 and they are very fun to play. the racial is handy for getting out of frost aoe’s, and other slowing effects, and has a 3 minute refresh so its almost always there when you need it.
also, gnomes just look badass in plate armor.
Out of all the race u picked gnome? My tauren warrior will chop you up and cook gnome fried rice out of it.
I read this and it all seems really stupid answers.
Obviously for Pvp you’ll go a Undead purely because when you learn how to play you’ll realise WOTF is your best friend and will over come alot of pvp moves.
Tauren is your choice if your going to go a PVE Tank fur the hp increase simple
k Malyx an undead warrior is useless in pvp because as a warrior, you should never be feared, considering all the talents and skills you can use to get out of fear.
Well,WOTF not so useless,but still warrior have alot skills,that allow break fear effect and make you immune to it.There is no actually best race for warrior,its all depend on things,that you want.Orc or Dwarf warrior quite powerfull too.
look all i can say is that your useless without a healer be a hunter they rock lvl 1 I killed a lvl 6 boar in only 4 hits my suggestion is to be a night elf or whatevr just dont suck by being a warrior
My friend and i decided to make warriors together and we are going to go undead. But I had a really hard choicebetween tauren and orc because i personally think they both look awsopme in armour. plus the orc racial is pretty handy
Tauren owns looks sick no doubt about it,
me and my friend just made 2 warriors together and they both were taurens i think its a bit easier to level
undead warriors are ok as well but there not better in WOTF i dont think i think they’re both good and dude this is about warriors not hunters…
The choice of a racial for a warrior should start with your usage for the racial. Are you going to be on a PVP server, or a PVE server? If you’re PVE, are you going to be hitting the battlegrounds and Wintergrasp heavily, or sticking your guns to Instances and Raids?
Now if you are going PVP, which is really when racials come into effect BIG time, then what is your goal? Mass Murder? Guarding the flag? Running the flag? Running the flag carrier home? Picking off clothies or metal on metal with some DK’s and Paladins?
Here’s my run for the money with Alliance:
1) Humans offer sword and mace spec. + every man for himself. Pick up the alliance BG trinket and you shouldn’t have much to worry about as far as being off-handed with a fear.
2) Night Elves. The ability to shadow meld may seem stupid, and in fact, yeah it is, but you have an increased chance to dodge and a warrior popping out of stealth amidst clothies and the back pack is just devastating.
3) Gnomes offer the ability to pop out of any traps with Escape Artist. The idea of the size becoming an issue is laughable. Any higher end level horde is gonna see you coming, and in fact, be gunning for you because that’s just what people do to gnomes.
With Horde:
You have ALOT of choices here for what you want to do and it’s very hard to go wrong.
1) Orc – They have so many great racials for pvp, it’s ridiculous. This is the warrior class of the horde, hands down. Blood Fury and Hardiness are just tops for a warrior to have.
2) Tauren. War Stomp and Endurance. Mainly because war stomp will shut casters up real quickly, and allow you a little wiggle room.
3) Undead – WOTF. Yeah, warriors have other abilities to drop fear, etc, etc, but an extra advantage is what racials are all about.
Given these factors, just know that it all is up to the player to use these variables to the fullest effect. That is to say, an equally geared, equally leveled Orc could very easily lose to a Troll Warrior because the orc player is less talented and uses his head less.
About hunters – they’re awesome, great, etc, etc, until about lvl 20-30 when everything turns around and being created with the ability to constantly hit with a ranged weapon is no longer all that special. I’ve been involved in most high end raids, and I never see hunters. I watch them die all the time in PVP, because the ability to jump backwards in battle doesn’t help when a rogue can shadowstep behind you, a warlock can fear your pet, and most other classes have some ability or another to counter whatever you have to dish out with EASE.