Last updated on Aug 21, 2024 at 18:20by Chanimal18 comments
Racial bonuses can provide interesting PvP benefits. Here are the bestraces to choose for each faction. The races are sorted from highest impact inarena to lowest. However, all races below have their own unique ways ofmaking an impact in a PvP match.
This page is part of our Demonology Warlock PvP Guide.
1.
Best Alliance Races for Demonology Warlock PvP
- Night Elf
- Dark Iron Dwarf
- Void Elf
- Human
1.1.
Night Elf Racials
The Night Elf racial bonus (
Shadowmeld) is always a strongchoice. This race has a high skill cap, but using it to avoid crowdcontrol can be very powerful. For example, if a Mage is casting
Polymorph on you, use Shadowmeld to avoid it. If you useShadowmeld at the same time that a Priest uses their
Psychic Scream, you will not be feared. You can also use it toleave combat in case you need an emergency drink to replenish your Mana.Being a Night Elf also provides you with two noteworthy passive abilities:
Quickness, which grants you 2% extra movement speed and 2% dodgechance, and 
Touch of Elune that increases either your Haste orCritical Strike by 1% depending on whether it is night or day.
1.2.
Dark Iron Dwarf Racials
The Dark Iron Dwarf racial bonus (
Fireblood) removes all bleeds,poisons, magical, and curse debuffs and increases your primary stat by 750 andan additional 250 for each effect removed. This is a great racial to usedefensively. However, you can use this to remove debuffs right before you useyour burst rotation to increase your primary stat.
1.3.
Void Elf Racials
The most important part of being a Void Elf is the
Preternatural Calm racial. This causes your spell casts to no longer bedelayed when taking damage. This is great, because even when you are theprimary target, you will still be able to deal maximum damage and cast crowdcontrol. 
Spatial Rift can also be mentioned, because the teleportit provides gives you additional mobility and will help yoursurvivability.
1.4.
Human Racials
The Human racial bonus (
Will to Survive) is a great way to getout of stuns. If you think you will be the focus target versus teams withmultiple stuns, this race allows you to play 
Relentless. This willhelp increase your overall survivability. It is also important to note thatHumans also have 
The Human Spirit. This increases your secondarystats (Haste, Critical Strike, Mastery, Versatility). This is anotherbeneficial reason to play Human.
2.
Best Horde Races for Demonology Warlock PvP
- Orc
- Troll
- Undead
2.1.
Orc Racials
The Orc racial bonus (
Hardiness) is great for reducing theduration of stuns on you. This is absolutely the best Horde racial to have ifyou are primarily focusing on PvP. In addition to Hardiness, Orcs also have the
Blood Fury racial. This is off the global cooldown and should be usedwhen you are using your burst rotation.
2.2.
Troll Racials
The Troll racial bonus (
Berserking) grants you a large amountof Haste. You should activate this ability right before you are using importantcooldowns or to cast crowd control faster. Another racial to note is
Da Voodoo Shuffle. This significantly reduces the duration of slows onyou and will help when kiting enemy players that are focusing you.
2.3.
Undead Racials
The Undead racial bonus (
Will of the Forsaken) removes any Charm, Fear, or Sleep effect from you. This is a great racial versus specializationsthat are able to fear you constantly throughout an arena match. It isimportant to note that this does share a 30-second cooldown with
Gladiator's Medallion, so it is advised to only use it when you donot want to waste Gladiators Medallion. Here are a few examples of spellsthat Will of the Forsaken will remove from you:
Sleep Walk from Preservation Evoker/Devastation Evoker/Augmentation Evoker- Fear from Demonology Warlock/Destruction Warlock/Affliction Warlock
- Intimidating Shout from Arms Warrior/Fury Warrior
- Psychic Scream from Holy Priest/Shadow Priest/Discipline Priest
Being an Undead also grants you the passive abilities
Shadow Resistance, reducing Shadow damage taken by 1%, and
Touch of the Grave, sometimes dealing a small amount of Shadow damageto your target and healing you for the same amount.
3.
Changelog
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within Season 1.
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Prepatch 11.0.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Season 4
- 19 Mar. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.6.
- 15 Jan. 2024: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.5.
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.2.
- 04 Sep. 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.7.
- 10 Jul. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.5.
- Updated Best Alliance races.
- 07 May 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.0.7.
- Updated Best Alliance Races.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 01 Aug. 2022: Reviewed for Shadowlands Season 4.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.
- 26 Nov. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 09 Aug. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.1.
- 08 Mar. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.0.5.
- 27 Oct. 2020: This page was checked for patch 9.0.1 and no updates were necessary.
- 20 Jan. 2020: This page was checked for Patch 8.3 and no update was deemed necessary.
- 13 Jan. 2020: Page added.
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