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Hello all...
After making 5 70's over the course of 2 years the old fashioned way(tedious)...I'm bording the RAF train. I'm planning on making a 5 Horde shaman team but I wondered which racials would be the most helpful. I'm currently leaning towards Troll for the racial haste buff(and not for there good looks), but if you have a good reason that i should go Orc or Tauren let me know.
I would say, don't count Orcs out for PvE, the extra spell damage helps alot, but as you said Troll haste is nice as well, but with shamans, I personally prefer dmg over haste. For PvP may be interesting having 5 seperate war stomps... a 5v5 of taurens... named RoflStomp. Sexy
Personally I chose 5 female orcs and haven't regretted my decision one bit. At 64 I get something like +130 spell damage with blood fury - combine that with my illidari trinket and I get like +255 total, makes a HUGE difference on boss fights - will be even better at 70. And the stun resist will be nice for pvp im sure also.
I have a 70 troll resto shaman and I love the haste in arenas for healing making kick/stomp/etc much more difficult to land on a very fast lesser healing wave, but I have 5 26 orc ele shamans and the extra spell damage on bad pulls/etc just make the difference that haste wouldn't.
+ spell damage will help even more when mana is since haste will burn it faster.
I went with Orcs for blood fury and for the look. I had originally made a 5 tauren shaman team, but they look ridiculous, warstomp gets resisted and is on diminishing returns, and their HP buff is getting nerfed. Trolls I never really considered, but 10% haste just doesn't look good enough
With the upcoming racial changes I'd say Tauren or Troll. That voodoo shuffle is going to be sweet.
I have four female tauren shamans.
All my previous mains have been tauren males. I did originally roll a tauren male multibox, but I found it way too screamy, so I chose female taurens. Have not regretted it yet!
Note: One downside for going taurens tho. When bloodlusted, Taurens can not get into the horde towers in AV. =( They get stuck on the stairs. So, don't use bloodlust there. :P
The only thing i regret by not going male taurens would be the option to put them over the AV master and watch the griefing! :)
The larger Tauren avatars are hell to navigate as a multiboxer, especially inside AV towers and what-not. It's not an insignificant consideration.
Orcs are compact and easy to steer/follow. They also have some nice racials... Trolls definitely have a coolness factor (I have troll hunters), but for the shaman team, it was Orcs, no question.
Warstomp on round robin does NOT outweigh the downsides of dealing with the larger avatar, IMO...
I still think that the orc racial is better than trolls or tauren. I think it is 140ish spell damage at level 70. My buddy started 5 boxing a couple days ago and he is going trolls. He is convinced that the haste is going to be better and better. With the recent addition of +haste items he might be on to something. I think +haste is wow's new and favorite stat.
Tauren: I wouldn't. Their HP buff is getting a slight nurf, and they have a larger hitbox. As a multiboxing shaman team that will work against you. Also you may never use their stomp once you get Thunderstorm.
Troll: Best for 5 man instances/raids. Their haste racial will help you take down those bosses without hurting your healing if needed.
Orc: Best for PvP. Before the change to sturdiness they were the best PvP race by far. I still think they hold that title, but its a lot closer now. They should still have the best burst DPS with the extra spell power.
Jungle Fever: Why not try something new and different? Use mixed races/sex and balance their differences! 2 orcs, 2 troll, 1 tauren.
you know I didnt even think of mixing up troll and orc, bah!
edit: Just so people know how significant this choice is, I have 4 male orcs and one female. The female always gets stuck on world geometry and for some VERY strange reason, body aggro is always on her first. Very weird but I can reproduce it. It's like she has a larger aggro radius(same level).