History Characters / WarcraftPlayerCharcters

* FlashStep: The Level 60 talent Cloak and Dagger, the Combat ability Killing Spree, and the Shadowstep talent work like this.

* PoisonedWeapons: As assassins and cutthroats, rogues must know how to kill their enemies swiftly and quietly. Poisons are very helpful when it comes to such situations. Rogues in game have the ability to coat their weapons in a variety of deadly and non-deadly poisons which would largely hinder their opponents abilities to retaliate. Assassination rogues are especially adept in this art.

* StealthExpert: Being shady characters of operating outside boundaries of law, this skill is immensely helpful. Rogue tactics, particularly those for Subtlety rogues, are based enormously on the ability Stealth.

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Rogues have access to Deadly Throw, which has them throw their weapon at an enemy for extra damage and a snare.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Demon hunters belong to a neutral faction (Illidari), and they actually don't care if one of their members is a night elf or a blood elf. Of course, in gameplay they have to work with the faction of their respective race in a PvP.

* LightningBruiser: Havoc Demon Hunters are Agility-based attackers with, at the time of their inclusion, the highest burst mobility in the game. However, they have very limited access to self-healing and no resistance to crowd control; if a Havoc Demon Hunter slows down, [[FragileSpeedster they'll go down easily]].

* DudeWheresMyRespect: Occasionally played straight as expansions go on, but mostly averted. At the beginning of the Northrend campaign your skills in battle are acknowledged by several [=NPCs=]. By the time you reach ''Mists of Pandaria'' you're personally sent to Pandaria as part of an elite team by your faction, and in ''Warlords of Draenor'' you're hand picked by Varian/Vol'jin to lead forces in Draenor, and are openly regarded as the best chance the Alliance/Horde have of defeating the Iron Horde. In ''Legion'' your accomplishments are widely acknowledged and you're promoted to the leader of your class in recognition of your power and skills.

* MemeticBadass: [[invoked]]Your badassness had been confirmed and often reminded of by NPCs in game.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: Played straight with Kor'vas Bloodthorn's backstory, and implied for all Demon Hunters where the Legion's concerned. In the Illidan animated short, Kor'vas asks the questions that allow for Illidan to be MrExposition, while flashing back to her days before joining the Illidari. She was a survivor of a demonic attack that [[spoiler: claimed the lives of her parents, and pretty much everyone else around her.]] She came to Illidan to [[ItsPersonal get revenge, nothing left in her but rage.]] Flash forward to the end of her training, and she's taking on a Pit Lord and later, helping lay siege to a demon-controlled world. [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge Demon Hunters are probably Warcraft lore's preeminent example of this trope when the motivating factor is making the demons pay for every loved one you lost.]]

** [[HornyDevils The Succubus]] is a crowd control focused demon who attacks with a whip. [[FetishFuel She is hopelessly in love with and obsessed with her master]], and does whatever he asks. She has a Seduce ability, which enthralls an enemy, [[AnythingThatMoves no matter the gender]], for a short time. Supremacy turns her into a Shivarra, a much less ([[{{Tsundere}} openly]]) friendly but no less [[{{Fanservice}} fanservicy]] (Or [[FanDisservice fan-diservicy]]?) demon who wields vicious swords.

* BadAssArmy: When you team up for a raid. But this came to the next level with Armies of Legionfall, that is conformed by the members of all class orders.

* BadassCrew: When you team up for a dungeon.

* BadAssArmy: When you team up for a raid.

* SpellBlade: The Death Knight's calling card is his magically empowered Runeblade. Frost and Unholy Death Knights in particular can infuse the blade with elemental energy for some attacks.

* CoolHorse: Paladins get a special-looking horse called Warhorse at Level 20, and a Charger at Level 40.

* GoodIsNotSoft: They are inherently good. That said, if you are not, they will kill you dead with righteous fury.

* ThePaladin: ChurchMilitant MagicKnight with healing and light powers. Check and check.

* ForMassiveDamage: After a lightning series of combo strikes on the enemy, it's time to use a [[FinishingMove finishing move]] to put them down. Rogues have a variety of finishing moves which would often deal an enormous amount of damage to the target, instantly killing it.

* DemonSlaying: Demon Hunters gain several bonuses when fighting against demons. Their starting Warglaives increase their attack power against demons, their Soul Shards empower their damage if received from demons, and their Imprison spell can only be used against demons.

* HopeBringer: In some cases, even your mere presence is enough.

* LivingLegend: Particularly by the end of ''Mists of Pandaria'', where after having completed the legendary quest you even receive the title of ''Legend of Pandaria'', and it's mentioned that your exploits will be recounted for generations.

* BlackMagic: Death Knights wield the power of the [[TheDarkSide Scourge]] and their magic is used to sew destruction, pain and death among the living.

* KnightInSourArmor: They were killed in combat, raised as a mind-controlled undead slave, sew death and destruction on innocent (and some not so innocent Scarlet Crusade) people and were forced to murder their best friend. Then they were abandoned by the Lich King and after they rejoined their respective factions, they were seen as monsters. Such experience made them cynical about the world but they nonetheless strive to be the heroes that they used to be.

* YourSoulIsMine: Demon Hunters can cleave off fragments of their victims' souls, devouring them to restore their own health; if the victim is a demon, their powers grow as well. A recurring motif with demon-related weapons and technology is that they require souls to power, which the Illidari have been willing to exploit.

* CherryTapping: Until a major rework in ''Wrath'', the retribution spec was pretty bad, leaving slightly-boosted attacks as the only real addition to your damage. Many players ended up leveling in their tank spec, since it did almost the same damage, but gave much higher health and armor, as well as abilities that were good for hitting several enemies at once.

Heralds of Death, Harbingers of Destruction, Ebon Riders of Darkness...Words cannot describe how powerful and how terrible these undead warriors are. Clad in [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience heavy armor as dark as the dead of the night]] and wielding wickedly fashioned weapons glowing with runes, they represent the pinnacle of the might of the [[TheDarkSide Scourge]] and were often powerful paladins and knights felled under the onslaught during the [[ZombieApocalypse Scourge Invasion]]. Risen through dark {{Necromancy}}, these warriors are imbued with the mightiest powers of the Scourge and often serve as [[TinTyrant leaders]] and [[FourStarBadass lieutenants]] for the Lich King, [[WalkingWasteland sewing death and destruction in their wake]]. [[AnIcePerson Frost sharpens their strikes]]; [[OurVampiresAreDifferent blood fortifies their bodies]]; and [[TheUndead undeath]] allows them to erupt in unholy rage in the heat of battle. A thousand atrocities are etched in the eyes of every death knight, and foes who gaze into them too long [[TheDreaded will feel the warmth pulled from their bodies]], replaced with cold steel.

* DualWield: OneHandedZweihander gets tuned UpToEleven when a Fury warrior dual wields two-handed weapons.

* BowAndSwordInAccord: Subverted. They used to be able to equip a bow or ranged weapon before the secondary weapon slot was removed in ''Mists'', one of the reasons being that it was not very useful in actual combat.

* MagicallyBindingContract: Unlike Druids, the elemental forces that Shaman draw from are fully sentient, thus it's not harnessing their power as a caster to energy, but someone in a contact harnessing power not belonging to them. Shaman that get disgraced in the eyes of the elements are little else but warriors in pelts as they refuse to offer them power, and while the elements ''can'' be forced to serve, it's considered a monstrously horrific thing as it "kills" the elements and mentally corrupts the user almost as badly as fel magic.

* ForMassiveDamage: After a lightning series of combo strikes on the enemy, it's time to use a [[FinishingMove finishing move]] to put them down. Rogues have a variety of finishing moves which would often deal an enormous amount of damage to the target and instantly killing it.

* CombatPragmatist: Rogues are mostly about (excluding Outlaw rogues in ''Legion'') sneaky underhanded tactics and knocking their opponents black before unleashing a hail of bladed assaults. They rely on [[StealthExpert stealth]], [[PoisonedWeapons poisons]] and [[KnifeNut backstabbing]] to cripple or assassinate their targets.

* CoolHorse: Paladin gets a special-looking horse called Warhorse at Level 20, and Charger at Level 40.

* GlassCannon: Mages are {{Squishy Wizard}}s so can't take much damage despite what they can out out.

* OneManArmy: Except in dungeons and raids, or fighting mobs significantly higher than your level.

* OneManArmy: Except in dungeons and raids around or higher than your level and fighting mobs significantly higher than your level.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Druidic magic is not arcane magic, and are generally at odds with them. Despite this, in-game, some Balance Druids sspells are classified as dealing Arcane Damage.