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WoW Forever: best Paladin race, Alliance and Horde

Human for Alliance, Undead for Horde: the viable alternatives, racials and spec exceptions in Forever beta.

Léa Morel1 min read

The short version

  • PvE starting picks: Alliance Human; Horde Undead.
  • Holy/Retribution: Human is the flexible Alliance pick. Protection: Dwarf's Stoneform may matter more. Horde has no race comparison.

Alliance: preferred races

Alliance: preferred races
RaceWhy this pick
1. HumanSpirit supports Holy's mana; sword specialization is relevant only to a sword-using Retribution build.
2. DwarfStoneform removes poisons, diseases and bleeds and offers a physical defensive for Protection.

Horde: preferred races

Horde: preferred races
RaceWhy this pick
1. UndeadThe only Horde paladin; Will of the Forsaken is particularly useful against fear and in PvP.

Which specialization changes the choice?

Holy/Retribution: Human is the flexible Alliance pick. Protection: Dwarf's Stoneform may matter more. Horde has no race comparison.

How to read this ranking

These are provisional PvE recommendations for the Forever beta, based on the published racial traits and class guides. They are not measured DPS rankings. A race that cannot play this class is excluded.

Only playable combinations are listed. Where a faction has fewer than three eligible races, there is no artificial top three. Gear, encounter, PvP and beta tuning can change the best pick.

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Sources (2)
  1. Blizzard — Create the Hero You Want to Be in World of Warcraft: Forever ↗
  2. Wowhead — Forever Paladin overview ↗

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