Create Your Hero

So the character creation screen is up and it is time to start roleplaying. Do you want to be a good or bad hero? Lets choose race for my hero. I plan to PvP a lot with my rogue so it's time to check racial bonuses. Dwarves have Stoneform which is good when fighting other rogues, Humans have Perception, temporary increasing their stealth detection, Gnomes have Escape Artist, Undead have Will of the Forsaken, Trolls Berserking, Orcs' Hardiness, Night Elves' Shadowmeld + increased stealth and Blook Elves' Arcane Torrent. Drarves, Humans and Trolls are out of the question. Orcs' stun resistance is not that good, it has huge advantage only against other rogues. While paladin will stun you once or twice every fight rogues are the only class who will try to keep you incapacitated all the time. Night Elves' added stealth is cool, and the Shadowmeld ability will save your life many times in battlegrounds, but its more like Honorable Kills leech talent than a real racial bonus to choose from. Blood Elves: as a rogue you already have a ton of moves to stop them from casting, why would you want your racial skill to do what you are already best at? So the choice is really either Gnome or Undead. As a Gnome you have a good chance to win when fighting mages and druids. Being able to break frost nova with 1min cooldown instant talent is priceless. It is the mages i hate the most in battelgrounds, even with the stealth advantage once you are over the mage, if you are out of cooldowns you still have a good chance to lose even if you are at 100% hp and he is at 20% hp/mana. Being able to control the fight is so important, mages have so much escape mechanics that you have to blow a cooldown every 10 or so seconds just to be in the fight. Of course there are exceptions, sometimes you will ambush cold blood eviscerate and with some lucky crits you will win, but if your opponent is good he will make you pay for every move you did not execute flawlessly. And finally the Undead. Will of the Forsaken will break Charm Fear and Sleep effects on you on a 2minute cooldown. It gives you advantage againts Warlocks, Priests and Warriors. Thats three classes you have to worry less about. You can always use PvP trinket to break fear and charm, and you will do so alot. Knowing that you are able to deal insane damage you will, once spotted, usually be the target of the whole enemy battlegroup. You have low armor and mediocre life, your only defense is dodge and parry which will only happen against physical melee damage. On the other hand, in battlegrounds, being undead you will be less likely the target of warlock fear, because it will be wasted. And at last, the Cannibalize skill. Being able to eat your opponents flesh and replenish your life is great, though it has bigger impact while you level to 70. So, Undead brings advantage against 3 classes while gnome against Mages (druids are not a factor at the moment).Click Click. Character created. Careful what face you pick there, you will be seeing it regularly for the next months.. maybe years.