[Lore] Which race is physically the strongest?

[Delenis]

As for that BC trailer...you're grasping too hard here. The Draenei didn't overpower the Fel Orcs, he smashed them with a warhammer to the head. Even a dwarf dies to an arrow to the head. The Draenei didn't over power them, he was simply more skilled martially. If Draenei were so powerful, why did their army lose to the orcs? Don't stretch things too much based on a trailer. Same people will say Pandaren > orcs based on a trailer, but Chen was using martial skills and not engaging in a strength vs strength confrontation.

The draenei brought down the first orc with his hands. And draeneis lost against orcs because they weren't a military society. Orcs outnumbered them and launched a surprise attack. Winning a war isn't dependent on the strength. Orcs won against the Ogres in Draenor, and the alliance defeated the horde (Orcs, ogres and some trolls) in the second war.

[Diemtee]

Well, since the topic itself says "physically the strongest" and the OP himself is talking about pure brute force, I don't know why all these discussions about Nelf agility or Forsaken and how they're tied with "magic" even came into play. And those are just the 2 from many went on here to page 5. All of those don't matter when we're talking about "pure" strength.

With that in mind, I'd bet my money on a cow anytime. They're the only ones wielding large wooden logs, size of an average human. Ogres would probably be there neck to neck with them (not a playable race but someone mentioned them), with Orcs and space cows close behind, and Dwarves limpin behind them. The rest are not really important.

[Pallzdani]

Gnomes=Goblins-Everyother race.

Case closed.

[Jakkre]

If it is a fight with out armor, weapon and magic then worgen beat them all because they are Werwolfs.
While all other races are limited to fight with their fists the worgen have claws and can bite.

[Arson]

Well, since the topic itself says "physically the strongest" and the OP himself is talking about pure brute force, I don't know why all these discussions about Nelf agility or Forsaken and how they're tied with "magic" even came into play. And those are just the 2 from many went on here to page 5. All of those don't matter when we're talking about "pure" strength.

With that in mind, I'd bet my money on a cow anytime. They're the only ones wielding large wooden logs, size of an average human. Ogres would probably be there neck to neck with them (not a playable race but someone mentioned them), with Orcs and space cows close behind, and Dwarves limpin behind them. The rest are not really important.

You forgot the Iron Dwarfs, they are giants and pretty buff.

[Delenis]

You forgot the Iron Dwarfs, they are giants and pretty buff.

Giant dwarves! xD

P.S: I agree with that. I would like play Iron/terrain dwarves. For this reason I said that stoneform dwarves are even stronger than taurens.

[Ironbible]

If it is a fight with out armor, weapon and magic then worgen beat them all because they are Werwolfs.
While all other races are limited to fight with their fists the worgen have claws and can bite.

Orcs bite harder than worgen.....

[Ironbible]

Well, since the topic itself says "physically the strongest" and the OP himself is talking about pure brute force, I don't know why all these discussions about Nelf agility or Forsaken and how they're tied with "magic" even came into play. And those are just the 2 from many went on here to page 5. All of those don't matter when we're talking about "pure" strength.

With that in mind, I'd bet my money on a cow anytime. They're the only ones wielding large wooden logs, size of an average human. Ogres would probably be there neck to neck with them (not a playable race but someone mentioned them), with Orcs and space cows close behind, and Dwarves limpin behind them. The rest are not really important.

Based on physics, its impossible for Draeni to be the strongest. From a real-world scenario, Draeni would have such low bone & muscle density from deep-space travel. They're from an advanced civilization, I don't expect them to be brutes. They're just fat.

[Delenis]

Orcs bite harder than worgen.....

No, they don't. As Archimonde said in warcraft 3: ''Orcs are weak!''

Based on physics, its impossible for Draeni to be the strongest. From a real-world scenario, Draeni would have such low bone & muscle density from deep-space travel. They're from an advanced civilization, I don't expect them to be brutes. They're just fat.

Are they fat???



Troll.

[Dylsexic]

Gnome fury warriors, ofcourse.
They can lift two weapons, each of which is both the size and weight of the gnome itself.
Think about it.

[Kinnareou]

The draenei brought down the first orc with his hands. And draeneis lost against orcs because they weren't a military society. Orcs outnumbered them and launched a surprise attack. Winning a war isn't dependent on the strength. Orcs won against the Ogres in Draenor, and the alliance defeated the horde (Orcs, ogres and some trolls) in the second war.

That was still a martial attack, and not necessarily a display of pure brute force. Even the heaviest of fighters can be forced to bend now in that manner as long as you understand where to apply pressure. One can even say that orc was already concussed making him unable to counter attack.

But fine then, valid argument in the case of orcs defeating the Draenei. But you're a bit of a hypocrite aren't you? You make a case that a "pack" of Worgens overpowered Garrosh's elite yet retreat in this form of argument when I quote orcs defeating the Draenei.

No, they don't. As Archimonde said in warcraft 3: ''Orcs are weak!''



Are they fat???



Troll.

Why are you using a Man'ari as an example? The Man'ari are purposefully mutated by Sargeras and are not accurate representations of the current Draenei race in the Alliance. Same thing for the Archimonde argument. He was mutated and corrupted by Sargeras. That's very different from the regular Draenei.

[Delenis]

Why are you using a Man'ari as an example? The Man'ari are purposefully mutated by Sargeras and are not accurate representations of the current Draenei race in the Alliance.

They have the same model than draeneis in WOD, with diferent skin colour. Vorgaroth said they are ''fat with low bone/muscle density", and that was my answer.



I'm waiting for his reply.

[Kemii]

Orcs are the most physically strong race.
Elves (both Night/Blood/High) are the most Wise.
Trolls and Gnomes are the most Agile.


You guys seem to be confusing Strength with Fortitude. Two different things.. Taurens and Dwarves have high Fortitude, Orc have high strength.

[MisterBear]

Pretty sure Tauren are stronger than Orcs though, considering they can wield massive totems and swing them like a weapon no problem. They are like minotaur, which have always been absurdly strong. Does not mean they are better in battle though, but they certainly have more capability when it comes to the raw strength measurement.

After that I imagine it's a very close match between Orcs and Draenei male, night elves rely more on speed and prowess, agility in battle so not brute strength. Gnomes obviously don't even have to be considered, dwarfs are tough but not as strong as Orcs, humans are humans and just quite outmatched when it comes to raw strength. Worgen are more about beastial fury than anything, it's more their savage speed than their strength that one should worry about, though they are strong I again don't think they are stronger than an Orc unless we're taking a particularly strong example of a Worgen, like some kinda particularly good alpha of theirs against the average orc warrior, a particularly good Orc warrior would again juuuuust outmatch him in terms of strength I think.

[Dylsexic]