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Best race for Warlock in WoW Forever

Trolls can now be Warlocks alongside Orc, Undead, Human and Gnome.

PvE pick

Orc

Command gives your demon 5% damage, Blood Fury adds 10% Spell Power, and Hardiness shortens stuns.

PvP pick

Undead / Gnome

Will of the Forsaken or Escape Artist, the two best control breaks in the game.

Leveling pick

Troll / Human

Troll Rapid Regeneration and Berserking for drain-tanking; Human Spirit for mana between Life Taps.

Alliance

Human

Warrior, Paladin, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Mage, Warlock

Ruthless. Increases your critical strike chance with all spells and attacks by 1%.
The Human Spirit. Spirit increased by 10%.
Perception. Instant, 3 min cooldown. Dramatically increases stealth detection for 20 sec.
Will to Survive. Instant, 3 min cooldown. Instantly removes all Stun effects.

Gnome

Warrior, Rogue, Priest, Mage, Warlock

Escape Artist. Instant, 2 min cooldown. Instantly escape the effects of any movement impairing effect and gain immunity to those effects for 3 sec.
Expansive Mind. Maximum Mana, Rage or Energy increased by 5%, whichever your class uses.
Engineering Specialization. Your gnomish ingenuity reduces the rate of engineering devices failing or backfiring when you use them by 20%.
Eureka!. Instant, 2 min cooldown. For 8 sec, your non-periodic damaging abilities cost 10% less (Mana, Rage or Energy) and deal 10% more damage. For Priests, your non-periodic damaging or healing abilities cost 10% less Mana and do 10% more damage or healing. Periodic effects get nothing from it; a channeled spell is not periodic. The Mage's own tooltip is the one that leaves out non-periodic.

Horde

Orc

Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Shaman, Mage, Warlock

Blood Fury. Instant, 2 min cooldown. Increases Attack Power and Spell Power by 10% for 15 sec.
Hardiness. Duration of Stun effects on you reduced by 20%.
Command. Damage dealt by Hunter and Warlock pets increased by 5%.
Shatter Curse. Instant, 3 min cooldown. Instantly removes all Curses and Banes, and reduces all Magical damage taken by 5% for 8 sec.

Undead

Warrior, Paladin, Rogue, Priest, Mage, Warlock

Underwater Breathing. Underwater breath lasts 300% longer than normal.
Will of the Forsaken. Instant, 2 min cooldown. Instantly removes all Charm, Fear and Sleep effects.
Cannibalize. 5 yd range, Instant, 2 min cooldown. When activated, regenerates 7% of total Health and 7% of total Mana every 2 sec for 10 sec. Only works on Humanoid or Undead corpses within 5 yds. Any movement, action, or damage taken while Cannibalizing will cancel the effect.
Touch of the Grave. Your spells and attacks with a damage part have a chance (30% for casters, 20% for Paladins, Rogues and Warriors) to drain Health from the target, up to 5% of your maximum Health. 15 sec internal cooldown. Does not break crowd control.

TrollNew combo

Warrior, Hunter, Rogue, Priest, Shaman, Mage, Warlock

Berserking. Instant, 3 min cooldown. Increases your spellcasting and attack speed by 10% for 15 sec.
Regeneration. Health regeneration rate increased by 20%. In addition, 20% of total Health regeneration will continue during combat.
Beast Slaying. Damage dealt versus Beasts increased by 5%.
Rapid Regeneration. Channeled, 3 min cooldown. Regenerate 50% of your maximum Health over 6 sec. Any movement, action, or damage taken will cancel the effect.

Questions players ask

What is the best race for a Warlock in WoW Forever?

Orc for pets and damage, Undead or Gnome for PvP, Troll for leveling.

Can Skyborne be Warlocks?

No. Skyborne can be Warrior, Hunter, Rogue and Druid on both factions, Mage on the Alliance and Shaman on the Horde.

Racial text from the launch client. The final racial pass (26 October) is reflected in these tooltips where the client carried it; see all races for the announced values.

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