Help Me Decide A Race For Priest in Forever PvP!
Mostly for Spriest, though maybe I’ll dabble in Disc one day, but for this exercise I’m really just trying to decide with Spriest in mind.
I’m extremely torn between Nelf and Troll. Both seem incredible but for completely different reasons.
Troll gets something that can proc blackout, it gets an MS, and it gets the ability to self-heal a significant amount while not exiting shadow form if I’m not mistaken. Then of course it gets its standard racial. Lastly, it’s def worth noting how as a troll, you won’t be pvping against undead who will constantly break your fears.
Then there’s Nelf… you get a very high damaging channeled ability which is a significant extra dps button already, add to it the fact that it’s a different spell school, so you could either bait CC/kicks with shadow then use it for free with your pushback protection, or you could bait with it to cast shadow.
You also get added crit (10%), making Nelf a very offensive option… but you’re not without any added defensive as you also get an evasion that works on melee and ranged that has serious outplay potential if you’re able to anticipate certain abilities. Finally, Shadowmeld is always an elite racial in PvP, having uses in world and BGs. The 2% move speed is minor but not nothing.
I know a lot of people are going gnome but specifically for spriest I really really like these 2.
Posted Sep 25, 2026, 10:53 PM UTC