🏎️Races

The following lists includes races categorized for best survivability, best support and best for hybrid (defensive-offensive). Purely offensive ordering is excluded. Keep in mind that the bonus of the races do not make or break a tank: Take your preferred one! You can even switch later if you want to change your race.

Survivability

Very great races:

• Aasimar (+2% Power, +2% Outgoing Healing, +2% Incoming Healing, +2% Defense, +2% HP, +2 to any ability score, +2% HP to all party members)

• Dwarf (+20% Knock Back Resistance, +2 Con +2 Str or Wis, +5% Defense)

• Human (+1% to every stat rating, +3 to any ability score, perfect for hybrid and deflect oriented builds)

Great races:

• Metallic Dragonborn (+3% incoming healing, +3% HP, +2 to any ability score, +3% Critical Strike, +3% Power)

Fine races:

• Drow (10% Chance on hit to decrease targets defense by 5%, +2 Dex +2 Cha or Wis., +5% Deflect Severity)

• Halfling (+5% Deflect, +2 Dex +2 Cha or Con, +10% Control Resistance). Halfling can be chosen when one follows the deflect - defensive route too! It is then not that far behind the other very great races!

• Menzoberranzan Renegade (10% Chance on hit to decrease targets defense and attacks by 3%, +2 Dex +2 Cha or Wis., +5% Deflect Severity)

Support

Very great races:

• Aasimar (+2% Power, +2% Outgoing Healing, +2% Incoming Healing, +2% Defense, +2% HP, +2 to any ability score, +2% HP to all party members) for more group survivability

• Drow (10% Chance on hit to decrease targets defense by 5%, +2 Dex +2 Cha or Wis., +5% Deflect Severity) for more group damage!

• Menzoberranzan Renegade (10% Chance on hit to decrease targets defense and attacks by 3%, +2 Dex +2 Cha or Wis., +5% Deflect Severity) for more group damage!

Hybrid

Very great races:

• Human (+1% to every stat rating, +3 to any ability score, perfect for hybrid and deflect oriented builds)

• Metallic Dragonborn (+3% incoming healing, +3% HP, +2 to any ability score, +3% Critical Strike, +3% Power)

Great races:

• Dragonborn (+5% incoming healing, +2 to any ability score, +3% Critical Strike, +3% Power)

• Half-Elf (+2 to class ability scores, +2 Con +2 Cha or Wis, +3% Critical Severity, +3% Deflect, +3% Gold Gain)

• Tiefling (+5% damage against targets < 50% HP, +2 Cha +2 Con or Int, 10% Chance to reduce enemies damage by 5% for 5s after an hit)

Questionable

Other races:

• Half-Orc (+5% Critical Severity, +2 Dex +2 Con or Str, +10% Movement for 3s after entering combat)

• Gith (+2 Dex +2 Str or Int, +5% Stamina gain, +5% Combat Advantage)

• Wood Elf (+5% Critical Strike, +2 Dex +2 Int or Wis, +20% Slow Resistance)

• Sun Elf (+5% AP Gain, +2 Int +2 Dex or Cha, +10% Control Resistance)

• Moon Elf (+3% AP Gain, +3% Stamina Gain, +2 Int +2 Dex or Cha, +10% Control Resistance)