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So, looks aren’t a factor because mages always look cool…so you’re going to pick your race based on racials instead? Well, this guide is here to help. It can be hard to know how handy a racial is based on the rather vague descriptions, and what works early won’t work at endgame. We’ll discuss each race and why or why not they are the best race for mage.

The first race we’ll discuss is Undead. Undead’s big thing is Will of the Forsaken, which is getting nerfed in 3.3. So Undead are going from top PvP dog to “The guys with the cool cast animation”. Will of the Forsaken will still be useful, but it will pale in comparison to the other racials. And the effect of WotF on PvE is negligible. Skip them if you are wanting to min/max.

Blood Elves and their racial Arcane Torrent are the next contestants for “best race”. The silence effect of Arcane Torrent is great for PvP, making Blood Elves one of the more popular options for high-end arena. But for PvE, the mana regen is mostly useless unless you are low level. Endgame mages won’t be having any mana problems Arcane Torrent could help with, making Blood Elves another race that is fairly useless for PvE.

The last race on the Horde side is the often-overlooked Troll. Troll has gotten some decent buffs in recent times, but have continued to reside in the shadows of Undead and Blood Elf. Da Voodoo Shuffle is a useful racial in PvP, reducing the duration of all movement-impairing effects by 15%. And Berserking is possibly the single best Mage racial in the game, acting as a haste buff of 10-30%. For PvP this means getting in that last-second gib before the CC on the healer ends, and in PvE it means higher DPS.

The pecking order of Horde races for Mage is pretty obvious in retrospect. Undead, come 3.3, are mediocre for PvP and continue to be useless for PvE. Blood Elf is, as always, acceptable for PvP and leveling, but lacking in PvE pizazz. And Troll has an enormously powerful racial that benefits both PVPers and PvEers. As hard as it is to believe, Troll is da best.

To conclude, I’ll mention that you should only make your choice on racials if looks absolutely don’t matter to you. The benefits of any given race are minor in the long run, especially with Blizzard slowly working to further marginalize the differences between races. The nerf bat has been hitting every strong racial, and those that are still OP are living on borrowed time.

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