You voted and crowned Elves as the most popular non-human fantasy races in MMOs and MMORPGs. Therefore, here are the 4 games where you can play the coolest, most original, and exotic Elves.
The most popular fantasy races: Some time ago, we conducted a survey on MeinMMO asking about the coolest playable race in fantasy games. The results were as follows:
- Elves: 25 percent
- Beastmen: 21 percent
- Demons: 19 percent
- Dwarves: 16 percent
- Orcs: 12 percent
- Little folk: 7 percent
As promised, the winning race will receive a special feature on four games where it is particularly impressively portrayed.
World of Warcraft
Elves are firmly part of World of Warcraft and have a fixed place in the game’s lore. They are considered one of the oldest races of Azeroth and are said to have originally evolved from trolls, who were gradually changed by the proximity to the Well of Eternity.
Elves in WoW are large, elegant beings with giant ears and long eyebrows. Their eyes appear pupil-less and glow. Unlike in many other games and settings, especially male Elves are real muscle-bound and even wear beards.
What Elves are there in WoW?
Depending on their habitat and philosophy, Elves have split into different races. Four of these have been playable since the latest addon Battle for Azeroth:
Night Elves: The “Kaldorei” are an ancient race that once established a great empire. After the great war with the demons, the Night Elves lived in isolation in their forests for a long time.
They worship the moon goddess Elune and were immortal until the events of Warcraft 3. However, after sacrificing their immortality to defeat the demons, they are now confronted with the effects of age and frailty.
Night Elves are a race of nature-connected warriors and priests who reject arcane magic as it attracts demons. They are loyal members of the Alliance.
Blood Elves: The Sin’dorei were once known as High Elves. However, the invasion of the undead robbed them of their magic source. The surviving High Elves renamed themselves Blood Elves to honor the fallen. But because they are addicted to magic, they had to find new ways to channel arcane energies.
This led to bad connections with demons and trouble with the Alliance. Therefore, the Blood Elves eventually joined the Horde, where their fallen commander Sylvanas has made a career as an undead elf.
Void Elves: The Ren’dorei are Blood Elves who have embraced the power of the Void. They are constantly plagued by whispers from this dimension and must exert great willpower to resist the temptations.
However, Void Elves are able to take on a ghostly form due to their connection to the Void. The Void Elves are part of the Alliance and use their eerie powers for the benefit of Azeroth.
Nightborn: The Shal’dorei are the last remnants of the once-great Night Elf empire, which lived for millennia in a protective bubble isolated from the rest of the world. The power of the Elves was fueled by the mystical Nightwell, which turned the Nightborn into dark yet beautiful beings and also sustained their lives.
With the arrival of the Burning Legion in the Legion expansion, the Nightborn leadership was forced by the demons to join them. This led to a rebellion in the Nightborn city, and in the end, the people freed themselves from demons and their dependency on the Nightwell.
What is special about the WoW Elves?
In World of Warcraft, Elves have an enormous wealth of lore and background information. They have been involved in almost all significant events of the world as an ancient race, and their actions and creations had a great influence.
Dark and tragic beings: Despite all their grace and elegance, Elves in World of Warcraft are often dark and tragic. Especially the Blood Elves and Nightborn are deeply engrained with an addiction to magic and have suffered terrible things until they finally broke free.
The Void Elves, on the other hand, are constantly in danger of being seduced by sinister voices in their heads and driven to madness. This makes Elves in WoW much more than just pointy-eared archers and mages.
The benefits of playing an Elf: Elves have unique racial skills in WoW. Night Elves are swift and can stealth and dodge well. Void Elves can teleport, and Nightborn have useful magic skills.
However, the Blood Elves have it best, whose innate spell Arcane Torrent removes beneficial buffs from opponents. This is extremely useful in many raids and dungeons, and every Horde player loves to have a few “Belfs” on their team.
Page 2 of the game even has Orcs as Elves – What does that look like?
