What race will your Deathknight be?

Asharak · Post by **Asharak** » 04 Nov 2008, 15:19

What race will you choose to house your Deathknight?

I don't know what race i will choose for my Deathknight and was wondering how you guys think on the bonuses and perks of the different races?

And even if you think about the combat animations of the different races?

I like the Undead for DK but the 2h male animation really blows imo, and the Taurens 2h animations are very nice but they are way to big...

Perhaps a DK Orc with Axes and blood fury ?

Below are all the raicial talents for you who don't remember them all.

Blood Elfs:

Arcane Torrent
Activate to silence all enemies within 8 yards for 2 seconds. In addition, you gain 20 Energy / 12 Mana for every charge of Mana Tap currently affecting you. Scales with level. (Given values indicative of a level 1 character. At level 70, Arcane Torrent gives 161 Mana for each charge. Energy amounts do not scale with level.)

Arcane Affinity
15 point skill bonus to Enchanting (note, this also raises the cap by 15 at each level of enchanting).

Magic Resistance
Increase all Resistances by 5.

Orcs:

Blood Fury - active
Increases base melee attack power by 25% for 15 sec and reduces healing effects on you 50% for 25 sec.

Hardiness - passive
25% resistance to stun and knockout effects.

Command - passive
Pet melee damage increased by 5%.

Axe Specialization - passive
Orcs get +5 to Axe and Two-Handed Axe Expertise.

Taurens:

War Stomp - active
Activate to stun up to 5 opponents within 8 yards - lasts 2 sec - 2 min cooldown

Endurance - passive
Max Health increased by 5%

Cultivation - passive
15 skill bonus to Herbalism

Nature Resistance - passive
All Tauren get +10 Nature Resistance

Troll:

Berserking: Activate to increase attack and casting speed for 10 seconds. Speed is raised by 10% at full health, increasing as health is lost to a maximum bonus of 30%. 3 minute cooldown.

Regeneration: Increase health regeneration bonus by 10%. Also allows 10% of normal health regen during combat. (Passive)

Beast Slaying: 5% damage bonus to Beasts. (Passive)

Throwing weapon specialization: Increase Throwing Weapon skill by 5. (Passive)

Bow specialization: Increase Bow skill by 5. (Passive)

Undead:

Will of the Forsaken - active
Activate to become immune to Fear, Sleep, and Charm effects. Can also be used while already afflicted by Fear or Sleep - lasts 5 sec - 2 min cooldown

Cannibalize - active
Activate to regenerate 7% of total health every 2 sec. by consuming Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds - lasts 10 sec - 2 min cooldown

Underwater Breathing - passive
Underwater breath lasts 300% longer than normal

Shadow Resistance - passive
All Undead get +10 Shadow Resistance

Blahran · Post by **Blahran** » 04 Nov 2008, 15:28

My dk will be Tauren going to pvp with my dk or tank and extra health is nice for both rolls. Also my dk needs to gather herbs for my mage:0

Raniz · Post by **Raniz** » 04 Nov 2008, 15:34

Your racials are a bit off, they have been changed.

Spell resistance bonuses have been changed to a percentage based chance that a spell from that school will miss instead.

Blood elves doesn't have mana tap anymore and arcane torrent restores 6% mana or 15 rage/runic power.

Probably a few more that's changed.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » 04 Nov 2008, 16:09

my alt dk will OFFC be undead, cant see any other races fitting as well

Schneel · Post by **Schneel** » 04 Nov 2008, 16:11

Undead, second choice would be Tauren.

Lateralus · Post by **Lateralus** » 04 Nov 2008, 16:27

I will take great pleasure in killing gnome Death Knights

manstrale · Post by **manstrale** » 04 Nov 2008, 16:49

The only race to ever consider when doing a new char is trolls, who cares about racials when you can have pink hair and big feet!!

Meek · Post by **Meek** » 04 Nov 2008, 17:40

female orc, best looking model ingame imo. DK or not.

Asharak · Post by **Asharak** » 04 Nov 2008, 20:14

Yeah i'm leaning towards an UNDEAD too since it seems to fit the best

manstrale wrote:The only race to ever consider when doing a new char is trolls, who cares about racials when you can have pink hair and big feet!!

female troll then i really dont like the way male trolls are hunched over all the time

lateralus wrote:I will take great pleasure in killing gnome Death Knights

DEATH TO GNOMES!

Raniz wrote:Your racials are a bit off, they have been changed.

Spell resistance bonuses have been changed to a percentage based chance that a spell from that school will miss instead.

Blood elves doesn't have mana tap anymore and arcane torrent restores 6% mana or 15 rage/runic power.

Probably a few more that's changed.

Yeah i just took them from worldofwar.net and they where not updated though you get the jist of it

Morlog · Post by **Morlog** » 04 Nov 2008, 20:39

cant really say tbh its a tough pick lore wise id say orcs and undeads

hippie flowerloving taurens? i mean wtf and gnomes? sigh

dwarfs and humans for allys tbh the rest is meh

and undead flowerchildren night elves? pft

from a racial standpoint? cant say but guess hell be undead since id rather look good then win

and no female chars for me, if i want to pretend to a woman ill put on a tight red leather dress and high heels and go out clubbing thank you very much also ill use more makeup then a street walker

if something is worth doing its worth doing properly imo

Raniz · Post by **Raniz** » 04 Nov 2008, 20:45

Meek wrote:female orc, best looking model ingame imo. DK or not.

Yeah, because cameltoe is beautiful...

Deadleg · Post by **Deadleg** » 04 Nov 2008, 23:52

Morlog wrote: and no female chars for me, if i want to pretend to a woman ill put on a tight red leather dress and high heels and go out clubbing thank you very much also ill use more makeup then a street walker

Seems like you have been down that road before!!1

DaMonte · Post by **DaMonte** » 05 Nov 2008, 05:32

Meek wrote:female orc, best looking model ingame imo. DK or not.

word

sudo · Post by **sudo** » 05 Nov 2008, 15:51

male bloodelf (uber racials)
or female orc (looks and uber racials too)

rest of the races arent that interesting tbh .. troll could be an interesting pick, 30% snare reduction with some points in frost .. but yea .. the males look crap and the females /laugh makes me wanna /wrists ..

Yaur · Post by **Yaur** » 05 Nov 2008, 18:41

undead or troll