Fury Warrior PvP Best Races and Racials — The War Within (11.2.5)
Racial bonuses can provide interesting PvP benefits. Here are the best races to choose for each faction. The races are sorted from highest impact in arena to lowest. However, all races below have their own unique ways of making an impact in a PvP match.
This page is part of our Fury Warrior PvP Guide.
Best Alliance Races for Fury Warrior
- Gnome
- Night elf
- Human
- Dwarf / Dark Iron Dwarf
Gnomes
 Gnome is competitively the best because of ![]() Escape Artist, allowing you to frequently
break roots, which is one of Arms Warrior's greatest counters.
 Escape Artist, allowing you to frequently
break roots, which is one of Arms Warrior's greatest counters. ![]() Expansive Mind is somewhat beneficial
to Fury Warrior, due to the immense amounts of Rage it generates..
 Expansive Mind is somewhat beneficial
to Fury Warrior, due to the immense amounts of Rage it generates..
Night Elf
 Night Elf is incredibly strong and competitive with Gnome thanks to ![]() Shadowmeld, which can turn
you invulnerable for a brief moment against any attack or CC. The passive stat increases from
 Shadowmeld, which can turn
you invulnerable for a brief moment against any attack or CC. The passive stat increases from
![]() Nature Resistance and
 Nature Resistance and ![]() Touch of Elune are very minor and hardly matter.
 Touch of Elune are very minor and hardly matter. 
Humans
 Since the removal of ![]() Relentless, human fell off greatly, but is still a viable race to pick.
 Relentless, human fell off greatly, but is still a viable race to pick.
![]() Will to Survive is usable 30 seconds earlier than your trinket comes off of cooldown, allowing you
to have a second cleanse for stuns ready roughly 1 cycle of Diminishing Returns before any other race does.
Additionally,
 Will to Survive is usable 30 seconds earlier than your trinket comes off of cooldown, allowing you
to have a second cleanse for stuns ready roughly 1 cycle of Diminishing Returns before any other race does.
Additionally, ![]() The Human Spirit is a decent increase to your secondary stats.
 The Human Spirit is a decent increase to your secondary stats. 
Dark Iron Dwarf
Dwarven races see viability in metas that include a lot of bleed and poison damage,
such as Feral Druid or Assassination Rogue meta, or metas that include vital
magic debuffs. ![]() Fireblood and
 Fireblood and ![]() Stoneform share a 30-second cooldown with your PvP trinket,
which hinders this race from being a competitive pick outside of these niche metas.
 Stoneform share a 30-second cooldown with your PvP trinket,
which hinders this race from being a competitive pick outside of these niche metas.
Best Horde Races for Fury Warrior
- Orc
- Blood Elf
Orcs
 Orc is the best race on Horde because of ![]() Hardiness, making you more effective against stuns.
You gain a good amount of primary stat from
 Hardiness, making you more effective against stuns.
You gain a good amount of primary stat from ![]() Blood Fury,
and is off the global cooldown, so use it together with
 Blood Fury,
and is off the global cooldown, so use it together with ![]() Recklessness for extra burst.
 Recklessness for extra burst.
Blood Elf
 Blood Elves are primarily picked because of ![]() Arcane Torrent, which can purge off important
buffs like
 Arcane Torrent, which can purge off important
buffs like ![]() Blessing of Protection or
 Blessing of Protection or ![]() Nature's Swiftness. Blood Elf is not a very strong alternative
to Orc, but somewhat viable competitively.
 Nature's Swiftness. Blood Elf is not a very strong alternative
to Orc, but somewhat viable competitively.
Changelog
- 05 Oct. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.5.
- 04 Aug. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.2.
- 15 Jun. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.7.
- 21 Apr. 2025: Reviewed for Patch 11.1.5.
- 24 Feb. 2025: Updated for Patch 11.1.
- 15 Dec. 2024: Reviews for Patch 11.0.7.
- 21 Oct. 2024: Reviewed for Patch 11.0.5.
- 09 Sep. 2024: Reviewed for The War Within Season 1.
- 21 Aug. 2024: Updated for The War Within
- 23 Jul. 2024: Updated for The War Within Pre-Patch.
- 07 May 2024: Reviewed for 10.2.7.
- 22 Apr. 2024: Updated for Season 4
- 19 Mar. 2024: Updated for Patch 10.2.6
- 15 Jan. 2024: Updated for Patch 10.2.5
- 06 Nov. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.2
- 04 Sep. 2023: Updated for Patch 10.1.7
- 10 Jul. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.1.5
- 09 May 2023: Updated for Dragonflight Patch 10.1.
- 21 Mar. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.7.
- 30 Jan. 2023: Reviewed for Patch 10.0.5.
- 11 Dec. 2022: Reviewed for Dragonflight Season 1.
- 22 Nov. 2022: Updated for Dragonflight pre-patch.
- 31 May 2022: Reviewed for Patch 9.2.5.
- 28 Feb. 2022: Page reviewed and approved for Patch 9.2.
- 08 Nov. 2021: Page reviewed for Patch 9.1.5.
- 03 Jul. 2021: Reviewed for Patch 9.1.
- 25 Jan. 2021: Rewritten by Karanze for Shadowlands season 1.
- 22 Oct. 2020: Reviewed for 9.0.1.
- 27 Jan. 2020: Page added.
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This guide has been written by Karanze, an experienced Gladiator Warrior player who has been a Stormforged/trusted member in the popular Warrior class discord Skyhold.
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