Arms Warrior PvP Best Races and Racials (Dragonflight 10.2)
Racial bonuses can provide interesting PvP benefits. Here are the best races to choose for each faction. The races are sorted from highest impact in arena to lowest. However, all races below have their own unique ways of making an impact in a PvP match.
This page is part of our Arms Warrior PvP Guide.
Best Alliance Races for Arms Warrior
- Human
- Gnome
Humans
Human is the best race on Alliance because of 
Will to Survive. This is a free trinket
to get you out of stuns, and allows you to play with the 
Relentless effect for a great
advantage.
It is worth to note that 
The Human Spirit is also great, giving you more secondary stats.
Gnomes
Gnome is competitive with humans because of 
Escape Artist, allowing you to frequently
break roots, which is one of Arms Warrior's greatest counters. The additional Rage gained from
Expansive Mind is not particularly great, but is a bonus regardless.
Best Horde Races for Arms Warrior
- Orc
- Blood Elf
Orcs
Orc is the best race on Horde because of 
Hardiness, which grants you the benefits of
Relentless against stuns. You gain a good amount of primary stat from 
Blood Fury,
and is off the global cooldown, so use it together with 
Warbreaker for a good amount of
extra burst.
Blood Elf
Blood Elves are primarily picked because of 
Arcane Torrent, which can purge off important
buffs like 
Blessing of Protection or 
Combustion. It is entirely random what buff you
purge off, and we would not recommend picking Blood Elf over Orc.
Changelog
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5
- 09 May 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Page reviewed and approved for Patch 9.2.
- 08 Nov. 2021: Page reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 02 Jul. 2021: Reviewed and approved for Patch 9.1.
- 27 Dec. 2020: Rewritten by Karanze for Shadowlands season 1
- 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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This guide has been written by Karanze, an experienced Gladiator Warrior player who has been a Stormforged/trusted member in the popular Warrior class discord Skyhold. You can watch his stream on Twitch.
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