Mezelline

Frog SK is awesome for looks. Troll SK in SOGA mode is pretty awesome too. However, from a powergamer standpoint you cannot beat Arasai and their ability to glide. Other than a LON loot card, arasai is the only way you can gain that ability. (Well I dunno maybe Faes have it...but a Fae SK? Cmon) All other racial abilities are easily attainable in-game.

Arasai also have the uber temp buff that DE have as well. The only thing DEs have on Arasai is the increased poison proc chance; other than that you're better off arasai.

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Mezelardo - 80 Paladin 80 Shadowknight
Mezelast - Najena's first 80 Warlock
Mezelanka - 80 Troubador
Mezelina - 80 Berserker

Uggliey

There are several items out there for glide. Cloak of the Harvester is the one I picked up for my SK.

Sciomar

Why would you care about glide as an sk? Main things to look for are hp/dps/def type stats. The pro choices in those categories are iksar, ogre, barbarian and dark elf...troll is a maybe. I made a high elf back when race had no benefit :/ wtb race change potion.

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Morara

Only fags had to kill gnolls, because that's the only type of person that would betray to Q.

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evilastro

If I could remake I would go with Erudite. 5% cast speed is harder to obtain than any of the other racial abilities. Also get a decent green AE spell. Dark elf temp buff is nice though.

My SK is a boring old human from before the racial revamp. Diplomacy is nice for tricky pulls and the skills bonus isnt bad... decent all rounder. But id rather be an erudite.

Drumstix42

5% cast speed probably wouldn't benefit an SK all that much. Spells are pretty fast anyway. We get 33% cast speed from STR line, and 10% more from the TSO line. Add in the spell lag delay-- seems worthless to me.

Morara

Considering only about 4 of our spells have significant cast times, at that.

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evilastro

Its not amazingly great for SKs, but its better than the alternatives. Most other racials are fluff.

Tevesh

You are either a ratonga or a fake sk.

Morara

I miss being a High Elf, primarily because the racial vision is useful underwater, and the out of combat power regen buff was great for soloing.

That said, the out of combat health regen on my rat is good for training, and I like the deagro when I'm not tanking.

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