Best Race for Hunter in WoW Forever
Horde Hunters get two of the three S races, Orc and Troll, while Alliance Hunters get Night Elf. Each brings something different: Orc's Hardiness shortens stuns, Troll's Berserking speeds up shots, and Night Elf's Shadowmeld backs up Feign Death in combat.
Orc
Troll
Night Elf
Tauren
Human
High Order Skyborne
Windshaper Skyborne
DwarfWhat each tier means
- STop Several racials land on what this kit already does, and they land often
- AStrong One racial clearly pays this class back, with useful cover around it
- BSolid Something real for this class, either narrow in scope or small in reach
- CSituational Most of this kit pays out somewhere else, and only part of it reaches this class
- DBottom Little here answers what this class actually needs
Race art by Blizzard Entertainment, from the World of Warcraft Forever game client and its published Skyborne artwork.
Board breakdown
Orc ranks first: Blood Fury adds 10 percent Attack Power for 15 seconds, and Command passively adds 5 percent pet damage. Troll's Berserking adds 10 percent attack speed for 15 seconds. Alliance Hunters get Night Elf, whose Elune's Light adds 10 percent crit chance for 15 seconds.
Each face, Orc included, opens its Hunter race card.
Human Hunters land at A, above both Skyborne variants. Will to Survive breaks stuns, and Ruthless adds a flat 1 percent crit chance. High Order Skyborne follows at B and Windshaper Skyborne at C, since only High Order's Read Leyline helps a Hunter's Mana.
Human on Alliance and Tauren on Horde come next, both at A. Human brings a stun break in Will to Survive. Tauren's War Stomp stuns up to 5 enemies at once, a wider net than the Beast Mastery talent Intimidation, and Endurance adds 5 percent Health.
- AllianceNext at A
- HordeNext at A
Orc adds defense on top of Command and Blood Fury: Hardiness trims stun time by 20 percent and Shatter Curse instantly strips Curses and Banes. Night Elf brings Elune's Light, 15 seconds of extra crit, and Shadowmeld, which still works in combat.
- OrcOrc racials
- Night ElfNight Elf racials
High Order Skyborne, the Alliance variant, earns the higher grade on Read Leyline, which lifts Mana regeneration by 50 percent for 15 seconds, so you rest less between pulls. Horde's Windshaper gets Skysight, mostly run speed the Cheetah aspect already gives.
- Skyborne HunterSplit B and C