Ranking Every Species In D&D (The Player's Handbook)

In this video we rank EVERY Species / Race in D&D 2024, to find THE BEST (and worst). This tier list is 100% accurate, and everyone will agree with no bad feelings or alternative suggestions.

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0:00 - Intro
0:12 - Aasimar
2:31 - Dragonborn
5:02 - Dwarf
6:50 - Elf
9:43 - Gnome
11:18 - Goliath
13:47 - Halfling
15:35 - Human
17:15 - Orc
18:57 - Tiefling

[nocteexmortis]

So… DM, let’s say I make a Goliath Grappler Monk. I believe I would now officially be Large And in Charge.

[Antimonium]

fun fact the orc's relentless endurance (and other similar features) saves you from being thanos snapped by a disintegration spell (it says you go to 1 INSTEAD of going to 0, confirmed by the rules team)

[colindevilbiss]

12:42 just a note: the Goliath's Giant Ancestry bonuses are PB times per *Long Rest*, not per *Short Rest*.

[floofzykitty]

Seeing Wood Elf's free castings of Longstrider and Pass Without Trace go unappreciated is a bit odd considering that's the elf subrace that has the most party utility. Free casts of Longstrider is great, and Pass Without Trace is almost a must-have in the party.

[willdwan]

Goliath takes the w because its "subrace" options are more powerful than everyone else's. Orc I feel like got nerfed to the ground, but that's just me

[chrisg]

High elf is the best. Because you can change your cantrip after a long rest. Thats huge customization. Detect magic and misty step are always good.

[quejebo]

After BG3, not having Githyanki as a race is so painful. RIP Bae'zel

[Snulge]

Goliath not being S is actually criminal. The versatility is NUTS. They can be nearly any class, the abilities aren't set to just melee weapons, but bows as well making them pretty nutty archers too. You can shoot a flying creature and knock him prone all the way to the ground. You can use the ice in tandem with a bows weapon feat and double slow an enemy by 20 feet. Barbarian and fighter doesn't even need to be spoken about. Monk and going a grapple build is CRAZY. They are an insanely good race for magic users if you want to pile on damage or play very safe. In fact, it doesn't say their racial ability doesn't apply to spash damage. So fire ball that does 1d10 extra to everyone it hits, or maybe you want to slow with abilities so you lightning bolt a lot of enemies in a line and knock them all down or slow them by 10 feet. You can also teleport around safely if you wish. I just don't see how this isn't one of the top classes outside of no dark vision in which case save up money and just get goggles of night. If you are a warlock you could just get devil sight and be done with it.

[sleepinggiant]

Stones are pretty common in the earth, and should be readily available outside in the wilderness. Plains, swamp, and desert would make it more difficult. Most dungeons are made of stone (Khazad-dum). Natural caves are stone. Streets are sometimes cobblestone. I would say this deserves more credit than garbage. Fits very well into a theme for a dwarf monk.

[DnDShorts]

Do you have a favourite / least favourite change to species from the new book? I think biggest W is for Goliath and Dwarves take the biggest L with no more armor proficiency

[joshuah]

14:04 My understanding is that you can move through an ally's space, but not an enemy's. This lets halflings move past medium or larger enemies trying to block their way.

[pinnacle_sol]

I noticed that you never mentioned that all dwarves now have 120ft of darkvision, it seemed that whenever else 120ft darkvision was brought up it was a pretty big boon but not for dwarves.

[Daktangle]

Light with Darkvision is actually great, as you still have disadvantage in total darkness even with Darkvision. Cast of in a candle in a bullseye lantern and you have an hour long torch that you can hide if you need to be stealthy

[SirFlopsy]

Halfling luck is pretty insane. Don't forget it also works on death saves. Turning two failed death saves into one or maybe even in a successful death save can mean the difference between a new character or an epic tail of your current one.

[gailengigabyte]

I really like some of the changes they've done for the species, especially the Goliath. Personally, I would of made the Celestial Revelation ability for Aasimar last 10 minutes instead of 1 to make it on par with the abilities that other species have, like Dragonborn and Goliath

[nyzkai]

The rock gnomes prestidigitation toy is incredible useful for infiltration while being invisible because the toy wouldn't break invisibility as the spell would.

[oniminikui]

I like the Light cantrip because it can be used as a signal. Yellow light for normal. Blue light for caution. Red light for be on guard. Then there is morse code that can be used. I use this system in my Ravnica campaigns. The Azorius Senate use it when on street patrol.

[l.m.srensen]

If you put your dwarf on a stone platter carried by unseen servants or something like that, or a stone skateboard, for that matter, he will have his tremorsense activated, and can enjoy advantage on loads of rolls, in his own darkness-spell.

[GeezLightning]

Having all of the starting races fall within 2 decent ratings and no super fantastic/ extra terrible ratings seems like decent design to me.

[Gemarald]

4:06 When he said pringles while looking directly at me, at the one day I am actually eating them- it completely shocked me!
....Is the world telling me something?