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Restoration Druid PvP Best Races and Racials (Shadowlands / 9.0.2)

Last updated on Oct 14, 2020 at 21:18 by Mysticall 5 comments

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 Restoration Druid PvP Guide.

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Best Alliance Races for Restoration Druid PvP

  1. Night Elf
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Night Elf Racials

The Night Elf racial bonus (Shadowmeld Icon Shadowmeld) is always a strong choice. This racial has a high skill cap, but using it to avoid crowd control can be very powerful. For example, if a Mage is casting Polymorph Icon Polymorph on you, use Shadowmeld to avoid it. If you use Shadowmeld at the same time that a Priest uses their Psychic Scream Icon Psychic Scream, you will not be feared.

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Best Horde Races for Restoration Druid PvP

  1. Tauren
  2. Troll
2.1.

Tauren Racials

The Tauren racial bonus (War Stomp Icon War Stomp) provides an additional way to interrupt or setup crowd control on an enemy player. For example, if you are playing with a Survival Hunter, you can use War Stomp and follow up with your own crowd control or the Hunter can use their Freezing Trap Icon Freezing Trap. The additional health from Endurance Icon Endurance will also help with your survivability.

2.2.

Troll Racials

The Troll racial bonus (Berserking Icon Berserking) grants you a large amount of Haste. You should activate this ability right before you are using important cooldowns or to cast crowd control faster. Another racial to note is Da Voodoo Shuffle Icon Da Voodoo Shuffle. This significantly reduces the duration of slows on you and will help when kiting enemy players that are focusing you.

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Changelog

  • 14 Oct. 2020: Updated for Shadowlands pre-patch.
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