Goblins: The newest addition to the horde.
Goblins are a new playable race with the advent of World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. They begin in the new zone of Kezan and The Lost Isles. The starting area is a blast and I encourage leveling a goblin just to enjoy the experience of one of the most unique questing areas in World of Warcraft.
You start with a cool ride within the first couple minutes of rolling your character!
Goblin Abilities
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Pack Hobgoblin (30 Minute Cooldown): Summons a hobgoblin to you who acts as a portable banker. |  |
Best Deals Anywhere: Always buy items from vendors anywhere from the cheapest prices possible. |
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Rocket Barrage (2 Minute Cooldown, Shared with Rocket Jump): Instant damage attack. |  |
Time is Money: +1% Attack and Casting Speed. |
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Rocket Jump (2 Minute Cooldown, Shared with Rocket Barrage): Allows you to jump forward quite far. |  |
Better Living Through Chemistry: +15 Alchemy Skill. |
Goblin Abilities in detail
- Pack Hobgoblin is perhaps the coolest activity ability on the goblin - or even the most useful ability of any race. It summons a personal banker for you anywhere: even if you're deep in a raid instance or out in the middle of nowhere questing. Never worry about inventory space again!
- Rocket Barrage and Rocket Jump are excellent abilities. The Rocket Barrage does a decent amount of instant DPS - While leveling and fighting regular monsters, Rocket Barrage takes a decent chunk of health away from monsters. Rocket Jump allows you to escape from monsters with a quick jump.
The goblin passives are very good as well.
- The Best Deals Anywhere will allow you to always get the best prices from vendors across the world, saving a nice chunk of cash by getting large % discounts off items.
- Time is Money is a strong passive, +1% Attack and Casting Speed is just a nice bonus. Finally, like all races, goblins get a bit of a boost to a skill - goblins are just slightly more inclined to be alchemists.