The Prowess of Lore Race/Class Combination

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I know the story.

And frankly none of it makes sense. Not even “it’s just fantasy magic” sense, either; it’s just plain nonsensical in its concept, portrayal and explanation.

An orc attacking Sargeras is like saying an orc attacked Azeroth. A planet. Starting from a distance at which he could see that planet as a planet. Which means basically in orbit above that planet. So he was in orbit above a planet-sized titan, then ran on foot toward that titan - hundreds of miles - all the while fighting hordes of demons to then smack said planet-sized titan in the leg.

The extraordinary feat wouldn’t even be wounding him; it’s that somehow Broxigar could apparently run hundreds of miles in the span of a few seconds.

Never mind that for the actual Sargeras to have entered that portal, the portal would have had to be physically as large as Azeroth. Despite it being contained in the Well of Eternity. Which is itself significantly smaller than ancient Kalimdor, let alone all of Azeroth.

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We already know that Titans can change their size. We also know that Broxigar is legendary amongst warriors. Not even Varian tops Broxigar’s stamina, having killed so many demonic legions that he could reach a very large Sargeras’s knee and clap him.

He didn’t fight Sargeras on Azeroth. He did it on Argus.

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I don’t know about that one, they are probably near equals in Marksmanship.

True, but I don’t think that his skill and abilities are an exact measure that all Orcs can be judged by. I think in each class there are members of a specific race that may surpass others, ie. Hamual being an Archdruid. I just don’t think that because of those few people it’s fair to hold their entire race at that same standard.

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To be fair, it was in a novel written by an author who’s notorious for self-inserting and Mary Sue writing.

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also it was more likely the weapon then the orc.

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Blizzard should do more to show us how badass of a warrior other races like Worgen, Tauren, or Dwarves can be but they never will because they have a massive Human and Orc fetish and can never allow other races to measure up to them for God knows what reason.

I know I said it before, but this is what bothers me about “best race of each class” threads. It always boils down to Humans, Orcs, and Night Elves, and sometimes Undead because Sylvanas gets some asspull power-up every single time the story fixates back to her.

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No arguement here.

I tried to acknowledg some other races in there and I left humans out entirely, which I didn’t realize. But I agree that a lot goes to the Orcs abd Humans which is why I talked about the Dwarves and Tauren as so it wouldn’t look biased to one race or another. But I did miss the Forsaken probably being near the top for Deathknights.

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Generally, I think race is a minor factor. But I’ll try to go over the inherent racial aspects that might alter ability. Mostly avoiding cultural variances.

Death Knight - I think there’s an argument for Forsaken or Blood Elves. The former has already experienced death, has less to readjust to if this is the third time.

Druid - Night Elves because of their bolstered connection to the Emerald Dream. Assuming it remains. Probably Worgen for that same reason, as that connection is stated as part of their resistance to undeath.

Mage - Probably Humans and Gnomes. Humans were said before to be great mages because of their heritage. Gnomes have a related heritage and a related racial trait related to it, so I would think it would vaguely apply here as well.

Paladin & Priest - Draenei and Lightforged Draenei, due to the blessings of the Naaru and the later for being even more connected with the Light. And Void Elves for specifically Shadow Priests due to the same, connection to the Void.

Rogue - This is a tough one. I want to say smaller or slighter races have an advantage being sneaky. So Goblins, Gnomes, Void Elves, Blood Elves. Probably Undead, who also don’t need to eat, sleep, or breath.

Shaman - My gut wants to say Orcs and Dwarves, given their strong origin with the earth.

Warrior - Orcs, Tauren, and Worgen. Shown and said to have beastly strength and speed.

Demon Hunter, Hunter, Monk, and Warlock - don’t think any race necessarily has an inherent advantage towards these.

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The connection to the Dream is still there. I’d also say the Night Elves had the greater advantage because of 10k years of experience and thd dream.

Interesting point. I remember reading that they had a natural gift for arcane. Also Rhoin was stronger than the Moonguard in WotA, which was just stupid.

I lumped the Lightforged and regular Draenei together but I agree. I still think the Night Elves are near the top to because ofv their own uniqueness not shared by any other race. Side note, I’d like to see some Worgen priests of Elune in the future.

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But the connection was a blessing on Teldrassil after the one on Nordrassil was used destroying Archimonde. That’s why i’m unsure, Teldrassil burning seems like it would do something.

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Maybe the connection isn’t there due to Nordassil. But i’m not sure if that blessing was was placed on Teldrassil or not, the book doesn’t actually say it but it’s possible.

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The weapon had nothing to do with the stamina and strength it took to quite literally solo an army so large that he could climb it to attack Sargeras’s leg.

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I dunno, there’s also the Draenei, who have millennia of experience, and the Humans, who have produced the majority of mages who actually accomplish things in the story while other supposedly more talented races take a back seat (Aegwynn, Medivh, Antonidas, Khadgar, Jaina).

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I mean, Worgen Hunters.

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I still say Blood Elves over the Night Elf Mages, mostly because they were allowed to practice their craft on a far greater scale and had actually cities to do stuff with. Night Elf Mages suffer from the fact they were basicly a small group of exiles.

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I agree to a point. I think we can assume that the Night Elves were able to practice as they wanted. I still think that the Blood Elves have an edge though.

I actually forgot about the Draenei. Whoops lol.

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That’s ok Draenei Mages never get any focus because if they used that logic then draenei would be the best at most things.

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Everything else about them has been overshadowed by the Naaru.

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Paladin: Human. Preferably Male. Obviously.