With the addition of a brand new class to World of Warcraft in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion, many of you are probably wondering how to choose the best race for a Death Knight.  Never before has a WoW player enjoyed the chance to start a character at such a high level, so you should make the best of this opportunity to start fresh down the right path.  To help you make this decision, I'm going to break down the top race choices for Deathknights, with an emphasis on PvP.

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NyeT said: Dwarf will be the best PVP Race IMO. To me, DKs seem more like warlocks a class that outlasts and is not a bursty class. Breaking 1 root or having ... mattant said: Why is that we´re going to see alot less fearing going on? Rioter said: It was changed in one of the latter builds.  For a long time in beta the racial only worked if the it actually said "X's Pet".  Bloodworms, DRW, ...

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In an attempt to get a little more interaction with readers, I am starting a new series of blogs called "Intuition" where I ask the denizens of GameRiot to predict the future.  The subject matter may range from basic World of Warcraft questions, to political opinions, to food or sports preferences, but the main goal will be to test the pulse of the GameRiot community and discuss the results.

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Hex
100 Mana - 20 yd range
0.5 sec cast - 1 min cooldown
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