If you had to assign each race with a single class, which would you choose?

[Rilas13]

To all the people saying Shaman = Orc and Troll, the default totems in classic are master race Tauren's for a reason.

Yea shaman are a bit weird. The class is effectively an amalgamation of W3 Far Seer, Shadow Hunter, Witch Doctor, Shaman, Spirit Walker, and Tauren Chieftain units.

*Which were made up of trolls, Orcs, and Tauren. I'd argue, if shaman are suppose to be first and formost masters of the elements then Orcs are the best definition of an OG shaman. Tauren were all about the spirit side of Shaman(Which is still a thing) and Trolls were on the voodoo side I.E. Hex.

[Razion]

Alliance
Human: Death Knight
Dwarf: Hunter
Night Elf: Demon Hunter
Gnome: Mage
Draenei: Shaman
Worgen: Druid
Pandaren: Monk
Void Elf: Priest
Lightforged: Paladin
Dark Iron: Warlock
Kul Tiran: Warrior
Mechagnome: Rogue

Horde
Orc: Warrior
Undead: Death Knight
Tauren: Druid
Troll: Hunter
Blood Elf: Demon Hunter
Goblin: Mage
Pandaren: Monk
Nightborne: Warlock
Highmountain: Shaman
Mag'har: Priest
Zandalari: Paladin
Vulpera: Rogue

[Gazzik]

Alliance
Human: Paladin
Dwarf: Hunter
Night Elf: Druid
Gnome: Mage
Draenei: Paladin
Worgen: Rogue
Pandaren: Monk
Void Elf: Priest
Lightforged: Paladin
Dark Iron: Warrior
Kul Tiran: Warrior
Mechagnome: Hunter?

Horde
Orc: Warrior
Undead: Death Knight
Tauren: Shaman
Troll: Hunter
Blood Elf: Mage
Goblin: Rogue
Pandaren: Monk
Nightborne: Mage
Highmountain: Hunter
Mag'har: Hunter
Zandalari: Paladin
Vulpera: Rogue

[Drusin]

human - druid
dwarf - mage
gnome - warrior
night elf - warlock
Draenei - Rogue
pandaren - Paladin
LFD -. Death knight
Mechagnome - Shaman
Kultiran human - Demon hunter
void elf - hunter
Dark iron Dwarf - Priest
Worgen - Monk

Human (not fatboi) Druid HYPE

[Nephys]

If we want to put a different class on each race it becomes quite difficult and some won't make a lot of sense (what the hell should goblins be), but this is my best.

Human Death Knight
Dwarf Hunter
Gnome Rogue
Night Elf Demon Hunter
Draenei Priest
Worgen Druid

Kul Tiran Warrior
Dark Iron Shaman
Mechagnome Mage
Void Elf Warlock
Lightforged Paladin

Pandaren: Monk

Orc Death Knight
Troll Shaman
Tauren Druid
Forsaken Priest
Blood Elf Demon Hunter
Goblin Warlock

Mag'har Warrior
Zandalari Paladin
Highmountain Hunter
Nightborne Mage
Vulpera Rogue

[Frontenac]

Alliance:

Human: Paladin
Dwarf: Hunter
Gnome: Mage
Night Elf: Druid
Draenei: Priest
Worgen: Warrior
Lightforge Draenei: Paladin
Void Elf: Shadow Priest
Dark Iron Dwarf: Warlock
Kul Tiran Human: Rogue (pirate, mariner theme)
Mechagnome: ?


Horde:

Orc: Warrior
Troll: Hunter
Tauren: Shaman
Undead: Warlock
Blood Elf: Mage
Goblin: Rogue
Highmountain Tauren: Shaman
Nightborne: Mage
Mag'har Orcs: Warrior
Zandalar Trolls: Priest
Vulpera: Rogue

Pandaren: Monk (d'uh)

[DatToffer]

Okay I'm bored, so I'll participate !

Alliance:

Human: DK - The very first Death Knight were humans (by bodies at least) and the first Death Knights as we know them were humans.
Dwarf: Hunter - Riflemen, also the vanilla cinematic who became iconic
Gnome: Mage - They are the cleverest after all
Night Elf: DH - First and most iconic DH were Night elves
Draenei: Priest - Light bitches
Worgen: Druid - Feral side, attuned with nature
Lightforge Draenei: Paladin - Angry light bitches
Void Elf: Warlock - Bad bitches using bad magic, and what is the nether, once you have conquered the void ?
Dark Iron Dwarf: Shaman - Slaves of an Elemental lord, attuned to its power
Kul Tiran Human: Warrior - Because they the biggest
Mechagnome: Rogue - Scrappers who can use multiple tech gadgets


Horde:

Orc: Warlock - This class was a big part of the green orc history
Troll: Hunter - Headhunter, Shadowhunters, savage tribes, yeah, yeah
Tauren: Paladin - They always were the goody two-shoes of their faction and they bring a really different interpretation of the class
Undead: DK - Because basically they are humans who are dead
Blood Elf: DH - They are the only DH Horde race, so this is their burden.
Goblin: Rogue - For obvious reasons you sneaky bastards
Highmountain Tauren: Druid - Blessing of E'chero and being noticed by Cenarius-senpai make them better druids
Nightborne: Mage - They are even better than BE at being Mages
Mag'har Orcs: Warrior - They are like usual orcs except warlock wasn't a big part of their history
Zandalar Trolls: Priest - Many loa to worship = many priests to do the worshipping
Vulpera: Shaman - Special resilience to the fire element, living in a desert make them rely more on the elements for survival, you could guess

Pandaren: Monk

[Skinkfoot]

Race by class:

Alliance
Human: Paladin
Dwarf: Hunter
Night Elf: Druid
Gnome: Mage
Draenei: Priest
Worgen: Rogue
Pandaren: Monk
Void Elf: Priest(shadow)
Lightforged: Paladin
Dark Iron: Warlock
Kul Tiran: Warrior
Mechagnome: ????

Horde
Orc: Warrior
Undead: Warlock
Tauren: Shaman
Troll: Hunter
Blood Elf: Warlock
Goblin: Rogue
Pandaren: Monk
Nightborne: Mage
Highmountain: Hunter
Mag'har: Warrior
Zandalari: Paladin
Vulpera: Rogue maybe

Class by race:
Warrior: Orc
Paladin: Human
Death Knight: Human
Hunter: Dwarf
Shaman: Tauren
Monk: Pandaren
Druid: Night Elf
Rogue: Human
Demon Hunter: Night Elf
Warlock: Orc
Mage: Human
Priest: Draenei

[matrix123mko]

100% agree except i would swap gnome and dark iron dwarf. Plenty of gnome warlocks in lore, and DI Dwarves are more martial focused generally.

Dark Iron dwarves are caster focused. They were a spellcaster caste, as opposed to more martial Bronzebeards and Wildhammers.

[Rhaide]

Dark Iron dwarves are caster focused. They were a spellcaster caste, as opposed to more martial Bronzebeards and Wildhammers.

You're absolutely right in that they are more magical than their more martial cousins, but while spellcasting is more common in their ranks, they are still focused on blacksmithing primarily and boast a majority of martial classes, especially rogues and warriors. Priests remain fairly common as they do with normal dwarves, and warlocks and mages are more common than with other dwarves, however, they are still the vast minority.

[matrix123mko]

You're absolutely right in that they are more magical than their more martial cousins, but while spellcasting is more common in their ranks, they are still focused on blacksmithing primarily and boast a majority of martial classes, especially rogues and warriors. Priests remain fairly common as they do with normal dwarves, and warlocks and mages are more common than with other dwarves, however, they are still the vast minority.

Their sorcerers are quite prevalent, looking at their leaders, the senate, and their appearances during battles. They usually come with golems, elementals, shamans, mages, shadowmancers and heavy infantry. I wouldn't call spellcasters a minority. They are a huge part of their society, just like engineers and martial focused dwarves.

[Moonoxx]

Death Knight, Hunter, Mage, Monk, Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, Warrior: Vulpera.

[Rhaide]

Their sorcerers are quite prevalent, looking at their leaders, the senate, and their appearances during battles. They usually come with golems, elementals, shamans, mages, shadowmancers and heavy infantry. I wouldn't call spellcasters a minority. They are a huge part of their society, just like engineers and martial focused dwarves.

I actually reviewed tons of images and lore about DI dwarves when I responded to you before. While you are right that the majority of their non-priest leadership uses magic to enhance their martial prowess and that of their soldiers, in almost every image and battle I could find, the leaders are completely surrounded by swords and boards (with the occasional gun).

Thanks for the civil conversation

[matrix123mko]

I actually reviewed tons of images and lore about DI dwarves when I responded to you before. While you are right that the majority of their non-priest leadership uses magic to enhance their martial prowess and that of their soldiers, in almost every image and battle I could find, the leaders are completely surrounded by swords and boards (with the occasional gun).

Thanks for the civil conversation

I discussed this with my friends and we came to conclusion that they can have the biggest caster percentage of all non-elf races(maybe except Draenei, who have priest/paladin overload) but their spellcasters are a minority because teaching common folk magic is hard. However, the nobles are likely mostly sorcerers, as they have time, money and tradition to learn magic.

It is always good to talk in civil way. The trick is to avoid words "Alliance" and "Horde".

[Frontenac]

I actually reviewed tons of images and lore about DI dwarves when I responded to you before. While you are right that the majority of their non-priest leadership uses magic to enhance their martial prowess and that of their soldiers, in almost every image and battle I could find, the leaders are completely surrounded by swords and boards (with the occasional gun).

Thanks for the civil conversation

True. But the same could be said of any race. Most Nightborne are not spellcasters. Still, magic is so central to their culture that the mage is the nightborne's iconic class. Most Night Elves are not druids. Most Taurens would simply swing an axe rather than commune with the spirits to throw a lighning bolt. Same with the Dark Irons. Modgud, Thaurissan, the summoning of Ragnaros, the golems, etc. show that magic is a huge part of DI culture. More so than the two other dwarf nations.

[Kemsa]

True. But the same could be said of any race. Most Nightborne are not spellcasters. Still, magic is so central to their culture that the mage is the nightborne's iconic class. Most Night Elves are not druids. Most Taurens would simply swing an axe rather than commune with the spirits to throw a lighning bolt. Same with the Dark Irons. Modgud, Thaurissan, the summoning of Ragnaros, the golems, etc. show that magic is a huge part of DI culture. More so than the two other dwarf nations.

Quite not right, Nightborne are predominant in the "arcane magics" even their Melee bruisers are spellcasters (mageblades as we know it) thats why their pasive its the 1% of arcane damage. As the night elves, only Males were Druids and females were the Warrior/hunter centrics. Taurens in the other hands their were the classic "Fighter" class, meaning they can be anything with a little training, Druidism was just added because we needed a Druid class for the Horde and their strong connection to the wild gods (HM taurens)

For the DI culture i think people because they are dwarfs they believe they are "me muscle only me smash" but in reality they are like Nightborne, predominant in the "magic schools/element bindings"

[Frontenac]

Quite not right, Nightborne are predominant in the "arcane magics" even their Melee bruisers are spellcasters (mageblades as we know it) thats why their pasive its the 1% of arcane damage. As the night elves, only Males were Druids and females were the Warrior/hunter centrics. Taurens in the other hands their were the classic "Fighter" class, meaning they can be anything with a little training, Druidism was just added because we needed a Druid class for the Horde and their strong connection to the wild gods (HM taurens)

For the DI culture i think people because they are dwarfs they believe they are "me muscle only me smash" but in reality they are like Nightborne, predominant in the "magic schools/element bindings"

Nightborne are predominent in magic, yes, but most of the population are not mages. Still, their iconic class is the mage. If we had to appoint one classe to that race, it must be mage. That's the point. Magic is predominent in DI society as well, but most DI are not spellcasters. The mainstay of any army remains sword swinging, axe hacking grunts. It remains that when we are thinking of DI, we see some sorcerer, some dark magic user. Or some blacksmith, but since it's not a class...

[Rhaide]

I discussed this with my friends and we came to conclusion that they can have the biggest caster percentage of all non-elf races(maybe except Draenei, who have priest/paladin overload) but their spellcasters are a minority because teaching common folk magic is hard. However, the nobles are likely mostly sorcerers, as they have time, money and tradition to learn magic.

It is always good to talk in civil way. The trick is to avoid words "Alliance" and "Horde".

<3 thanks for making my day better.

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Nightborne are predominent in magic, yes, but most of the population are not mages. Still, their iconic class is the mage. If we had to appoint one classe to that race, it must be mage. That's the point. Magic is predominent in DI society as well, but most DI are not spellcasters. The mainstay of any army remains sword swinging, axe hacking grunts. It remains that when we are thinking of DI, we see some sorcerer, some dark magic user. Or some blacksmith, but since it's not a class...

I agree that any race will have a predominantly S&B army, but when you look at their actual lifestyles and cultures - Nightborne live in a city run on magic and nearly everyone you meet uses magic in some way in their daily life. DI's are definitely not that invested in it. They live like dwarves in day to day life for the most part and still rely HEAVILY on mechanical engineering.

[matrix123mko]

Nightborne are predominent in magic, yes, but most of the population are not mages. Still, their iconic class is the mage. If we had to appoint one classe to that race, it must be mage. That's the point. Magic is predominent in DI society as well, but most DI are not spellcasters. The mainstay of any army remains sword swinging, axe hacking grunts. It remains that when we are thinking of DI, we see some sorcerer, some dark magic user. Or some blacksmith, but since it's not a class...

Actually nightborne teach all their children magic.

[Hero2Zer0]

Death Knight- Human/High Elf both were in the area it started
Demon Hunter- Night Elf
Druid- Night Elf
Hunter Dwarf/Troll
Mage - High Elf/Human
Monk - Pandaren
Paladin - Human/Lightforged Draenei
Priest - Human(Holy) /Undead(Shadow)
Rouge - Human/Worgen (undead seem right but their bones creak)
Shaman - Tauren/Draenei
Warlock - Orc
Warrior - Orc/Maghar/Dwarf/Dark Iron