Orc - seem brutish more suited to warriors but they have a lot of shaman rich lore and even being described as a shamanistic race
Tauren - They seem like they would suit with the totem structures, loving the earth, and the whole red Indian vibe they got going on, but they seem to hold their hunting in the highest regards.
I think I’m thinking on this too much and should just roll which I prefer the looks of, but they both have there pros to roll for looks imo
…or make both and go for different covenants. tauren get shoes for their hooves with necrolord and orc shamans really look great in the venthyr covenant armor for example
Remember it was the tauren whom nurtured the emerging fledging shamanism in Thralls new horde. People forget thrall being a shaman was an oddity at that point as Orcs didn’t “do” shamanism by and large until the new horde settled down, it was a fringe practice.
The tauren helped the orcs reconnect with nature and the spirits and rediscover their shamanistic potential. Tauren are THE consummate shaman race regarding the current horde and anyone who tells you otherwise is simply wrong.
Tauren been doing shamanism since early Yaungol first lived and interacted with Cenarius yonks ago.
You get a decent tauren shield mog In barrens quests I believe and good mace mog drop from trial of champion dungeon (or buy for argent marks) which is themed on cows.
Also a couple of the chunky axes that drop from ToT look really good used with this setup.i use these items on Hotahk here when I am wearing my HA and it looks super awesome.
I can’t remember the name, there’s this long diamond shape shield which is a wooden frame with a hide tied over it, and on the hide are red painted tauren symbols. I’m pretty sure you get it in a barrens quest but can’t remember whether it’s north or south. It was a very long time ago I first unlocked it!
Found it. “Sternhorns Shield” from the quest “A Line in the Dirt” in southern barrens.
I suggest all tauren and HMT players pick it up as it is a brilliant shield that goes with their thematic and the appearance is quite unique despite the age of the item.
Visually I find Taurens awesome, but if you’re a min/max’er Orcs are the better choice for both the active dps racial and passive pet damage increase with Elementals and Spirit Wolves.
If you’re resto though tauren probably beat out Orcs due to Brawn and resto favouring crit (particularly in raids) plus passive HP. Brawn also scales very well into an expansion whereas the Orc racial doesn’t scale and remains flat and the pet damage is neglible for resto anyway.
I’d argue Brawn is far from useless for ele as well, especially as an expo goes on.
At the end of the day, the Sims have been done, races in PvE are within 1% of eachother so unless OP is aiming for absolute top of the game, they won’t see value from picking one race over another until they’re parsing 99 in BIS.
