Get tough and cunning with the Vulpera species from D&D: World of Warcraft.
The Vulpera are a fox-like playable species from D&D: World of Warcraft. They’re surprisingly hardy for small folk and have an impressive cunning in combat. All of this makes for a species that leans towards being more adept in melee than at range.
I’ve analysed this new species from D&D: World of Warcraft in my guide below. I’ve looked at how powerful Vulpera are, provided some tactics and identified the best class matches.
Is a Vulpera the right species for me?
Choose a Vulpera if you want…
- More resilience
- Better maneuvrability in combat
- Darkvision
A Vulpera might not be for you if…
- You aren’t a melee build
- Don’t need to move a lot
Vulpera traits
| Creature Type | Humanoid |
| Size | Small |
| Speed | 30ft |
| Traits | Darkvision, fire resistance, nose for trouble, Vulpera nimbleness |
| Resistances | Fire |
| Proficiencies | None |
| Darkvision | Yes |
| Innate spellcasting | None |
| Book found in | D&D: World of Warcraft |
Darkvision – 3/5
Always a useful option for seeing in dark places.
Fire resistance – 3/5
One of the more common damage types so makes for a really solid resistance.
Nose for trouble – 5/5
Potential for some really solid damage reduction here. How much damage is reduced by kind of depends on the size of the attack but this happening every encounter with no action economy is really good.
Vulpera nimbleness – 3/5
Moving through enemies is sometimes handy. It won’t safely get you out of their reach, but could reduce a bit of movement or mean you can get past enemies in tight spaces. All of that is decent enough, especially for melee builds who will move around enemies more often.
How good is the Vulpera?
Vulpera are mostly about resilience with fire resistance and a damage reduction every encounter. Their Vulpera nimbleness also favours melee builds who may want to move more easily around enemies.
On the balance of things, I think they work out fairly well with some darkvision for good measure.
Score: 4/5
Choosing a class for your Vulpera
Below I’ve scored how well each class works with a Vulpera and given some advice and explanation for how well the traits work with each class. I’ve used the renamed class reskins in D&D: World of Warcraft, but these change little mechanically from the typical classes in the Player’s Handbook so you can use the same guidance below with the original versions of these classes if you happen to not be playing in a Warcraft setting:
Demon hunter: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Death knight: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Druid: ⭐⭐⭐
Evoker: ⭐⭐⭐
Hunter: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Mage: ⭐⭐⭐
Monk: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Paladin: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Priest: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Rogue: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Shaman: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Warlock: ⭐⭐⭐
Warrior: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
*Star ratings scored out of 5
Demon hunter – 5/5
A fair bit of resilience and manoeuvrability is good for the demon hunter who will likely want to position themself quite well in melee and need the extra durability to survive.
Death knight – 4/5
More resilience is good on a tanky class and the maneuvrability in packed combat is useful too.
Druid – 3/5
It doesn’t matter where you are in combat, you’ll likely get one attack coming your way. Druids need to do less weaving around melee unless they’re in wild shape (but then species traits won’t matter) so need the Vulpera nimbleness less. Fire resistance is decent too but they’ll likely make less use of it than melee classes.
Evoker – 3/5
Evokers tend not to need to weave through enemies much. They still stand to gain from nose for trouble even if they may make less use of fire resistance than more gung-ho classes.
Hunter – 4/5
Melee hunters will gain more than ranged hunters from the extra resilience and maneuvrability, but a Vulpera is still decent on a ranged hunter build too.
Mage – 3/5
As with evokers, the resilience is helpful, even if less so than on melee builds. Vulpera nimbleness is likely less useful, mages still work OK on a Vulpera.
Monk – 5/5
More resilience is great on a melee class that’s typically a little fragile (if also evasive). Monks need to move around a fair bit so Vulpera nimbleness is quite useful for them.
Paladin – 4/5
More resilience for a class that typically draws a lot of attacks is really good and they will benefit from Vulpera nimbleness to manoeuvre around.
Priest – 4/5
Priests can get themselves in somewhat more vulnerable spaces than most full spellcasters so benefit from the extra resilience. They may also do fairly well out of Vulpera nimbleness as well, especially if using spirit guardians.
Rogue – 4/5
Rogues can be built for melee and if that’s the case, then maneuvrability and resilience will help them out a bit, though they do tend to go for evasiveness over durability.
Shaman – 5/5
Another highly used damage type to add to your resistances is great. Shamans are less likely to use their full amount of damage reduction due to rage, but it may help them more if they get hit before they activate rage on their first turn. Maneuvrability is also useful for a martial that heavily gets stuck into the middle of combat.
Warlock – 3/5
Works better on a bladelock who may get more out of fire resistance and Vulpera nimbleness. Even on a ranged build, this is a decent species.
Warrior – 5/5
Lots more resilience and maneuvrability is great on a tanky melee warrior.
About Vulpera
Vulpera are fox-luke humanoids that walk upright. They’re a little shorter than most Humans, standing at about 5ft tall. They have slender frames, bushy tails and large ears. Their fur ranges between shades of orange, gold, white and gray.
While they might seem less ferocious than most species, they actually possess a fierce cunning in battle.
Most Vulpera live in travelling caravans; small communities that travel the deserts of Vol’dun. They are primarily aligned with the horde after they aided the Vulpera against their longtime enemy, the Sethrak.
