Horde races and racials

We are Horde on the PvP ruleset, so Alliance races are cut from this page.

Rules

• Two actives and two passives per race, tuned for similar offensive value while keeping each race's utility
• Weapon specialisations removed so loot is never judged by "required" weapon type (26 Oct)
• Blizzard's last pass favours racial identity, so some races will be slightly better at some roles (26 Oct)
• ! One player reported on 30 Oct that character-creation tooltips still show pre-26 Oct values; this page follows Blizzard's notes

Who can be what

• Warrior: Orc, Undead, Tauren, Troll, Skyborne
• Paladin: Undead New
• Hunter: Orc, Tauren, Troll, Skyborne
• Rogue: Orc, Undead, Troll, Skyborne
• Priest: Undead, Troll
• Shaman: Orc, Tauren, Troll, Skyborne New
• Mage: Orc New, Undead, Troll
• Warlock: Orc, Undead, Troll New
• Druid: Tauren, Skyborne New
• Priests also get race-locked priest spells (the dev notes name Dark Sacrifice for Undead): see the Priest guide

Orc

Warrior, Hunter, MageNew, Rogue, Warlock, Shaman

• Blood Fury (active, 2 min): +10% attack power and spell power for 15 s (26 Oct: cooldown back to 2 min from 3)
• Shatter Curse New (active, 3 min): removes all curses and banes from you; 5% less magic damage taken for 8 s
• Hardiness (passive): stuns on you last 20% shorter
• Command (passive): +5% pet damage for Hunters and Warlocks (26 Oct: re-added, replaces Savage, the old +1% crit)
• Note: Command does nothing for Orc Warriors, Rogues, Mages or Shamans; Axe Specialization is gone

Undead

Warrior, Mage, Rogue, Priest, Warlock, PaladinNew

• Will of the Forsaken (active, 2 min): removes charm, fear and sleep, but no longer grants immunity, so use it after the fear lands; not usable while Scatter Shot is on you (beta, 16 Oct)
• Cannibalize (active, 2 min): eat a humanoid or undead corpse within 5 yd: 7% health and New 7% mana every 2 s for 10 s; moving, acting or taking damage stops it
• Touch of the Grave New (passive): damaging spells and attacks can drain health, up to 5% of your max health; 30% chance for Priests, Mages, Warlocks, 20% for Warriors, Paladins, Rogues; 15 s internal cooldown (26 Oct; was 25 s)
• Underwater Breathing (passive): breath lasts 300% longer

Tauren

Warrior, Hunter, Druid, Shaman

• War Stomp (active, 90 s): 0.5 s cast, stuns up to 5 enemies within 8 yd for 2 s
• Cultivation New (active, 15 min): grow a copy of a nearby herb that you can pick without Herbalism; each herb only once; player level needed = the herb's skill / 5
• Endurance (passive): +5% health, nothing else (26 Oct)
• Plainsrunning New (passive): +2% run speed per stack while moving, up to +60% (26 Oct; was 1% and 30%); taking damage or standing still reduces it, stutter-stepping does not keep it; no mounted bonus (26 Oct)
• At 5 s per stack (beta client), full +60% takes about 2.5 min of steady running

Troll

Warrior, Hunter, Mage, Rogue, Priest, WarlockNew, Shaman

• Berserking (active, 3 min): +10% casting and attack speed for 15 s (26 Oct; was 10 s)
• Rapid Regeneration New (active, 3 min): channel 50% of max health over 6 s; moving, acting or taking damage stops it
• Regeneration (passive): +20% health regen, and 20% of it continues in combat
• Beast Slaying (passive): +5% damage to Beasts

Skyborne: Windshaper (Horde) New

Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Druid, ShamanNew

• Shen'dorei elves; start on Zephras Isle (1-12); pick Horde at character creation to be a Windshaper
• Needs the Skyborne Heroic Pack or higher (not in the base subscription)
• Skyborne druids get their own forms, but cannot fly: there are no flying mounts in Forever
• Walk on Air (active, 90 s): glide down for 10 s and steer; works as a slow fall
• Skysight (active, 2 min): 0.5 s cast, castable while moving; +15% movement speed for 15 s (26 Oct)
• Cast Skysight at an elemental convergence: you also get Charged for 1 h, which raises Skysight to +30% (26 Oct). Charged persists through death and is removed when you enter a raid (27 Oct)
• Wind Blessed (passive): +2% melee, ranged and spell haste (26 Oct; was 3%)
• Elemental Insight (passive): +5% damage to Elementals
• More convergence spawn points in most zones (beta, 16 Oct)
• ! unconfirmed (Icy Veins only, 27 Oct): Skysight works in combat but does not stack with other speed boosts

Sources Blizzard dev notes 26 Oct · Dev notes thread · Deep Dive · Races and classes · Skyborne · Return to Azeroth · Wowhead Forever tooltips · Icy Veins races · Icy Veins Skyborne