What's the best race (mechanically) for Death Knight?

I had leveled a Kul Tiran Death Knight during MOP Remix because Brush it Off sounded OP for BDK but apparently it doesn’t work like that.

I also thought Worgen and Void Elf would be good to compensate for DK’s lack of movement (especially with each racial getting buffed significantly) but apparently with Hero Talents, mobility is not as bad as it used to be.

Are the best races just Dwarf/Night Elf as usual?

Mechagnomes.

What? You said mechanically.

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tbh, fair.

Bloodmallet does sims on races, DPS difference is super minor. Mag-Orc and troll get a tiny boost.

Otherwise you have it. NE/dwarf for amazing utility, worgen or void for extra movement. I actually lean towards worgen/void-elf because I could see the other 2 getting wiped away like human racial.

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If you play Frost, Blood Elves get extra 1% crit so thats a thing.

Per Bloodmallet, Frost wants equal Crit/Mastery/Haste so the +1% Crit racial doesn’t maximize damage despite the new Crit talents. BE/Worgen are middle-of-the-pack.

Relax calculator. I never said they were the best.

I like voidelf. Free 5% damage/healing proc along with the teleport is really fun. Though the teleport is niche and I mainly use it in pvp.

Dwarf is solid for stoneform and extra 2% crit damage/healing, which is great for frost, and uh due to the auto crits, and stoneform for tanking.

Also human in s3 is nice.

The answer is always Tauren.