Originally Posted by
neonanaski
To those saying Tauren are still best for PVE I don't see how. At most you are looking at about 40-50 stam extra. This is the ONLY advantage Tauren have. They WERE the best in vanilla and BC, but since 3.0 they have taken the sidelines to the ultimate PVE race -
Orcs. Just amazing bonuses for PVE.
- +5 free expertise for using an axe is amazing for DPS or Tanking. Current itemization favors swords at the moment, but the next tier is coming. Last tier Orcs really shined from Last Laugh and Betrayer of Humanity.
- Hardiness is 15% reduced stun that stacks with Iron Will. Off the top of my head, I can't think of too many encounters where there are stuns, except Thorim's arena. There are however trash mobs that do have stuns, and even though nobody cares about trash it will still make it easier. In the past and the future there have been and will be bosses with stuns as well.
- Blood Fury is 322 AP at 80, which may not seem much, but you can stack it with trinkets, is off the GCD, only a 2 minute CD, and doesn't MS you anymore. Free damage just for rolling Orc!
The benefits IMO far outweigh Tauren at least.
A closer competitor (from a PVE perspective only) would be Trolls.