
Bosmer - Only benefit is poison resistance, Poison status effect, Stamina Recovery is useless.Khajiit - Max stats are nowhere as comparable to other races.Altmer - Spell Damage, Max Magicka, some sustain.Redguard - Max Stamina, Weapon cost reduction, Sustain.Breton - Cost Reduction, spell mitigation, Max Magicka.Argonian - Potion Boost, stat-wise not comparable to Nord or Imperial.Orsimer - Sprint, Weapon Damage, Health.Imperial - More stam/health than Nord, cost reduction.Nord - Ultimate gain, free resistances, Stamina, Health.Taking into account optimization, stats and comfort level, here is how I would rank the races from best to worst: Make tanking easier especially for beginners such as Nords, Imperials, and Argonians. While race doesn't matter as much for tank compared to DPS or even Healing, there are some races that For the race passives, check our guide on races. This goes for hard mode vet Trials, normal dungeons, whatever. To be clear, you can absolutely tank all PvE group content on any race. When people ask us is Class or Race or Build A, B, C, D optimal, the answer will always be "it depends". When people ask us, is Class or Race or Build A, B, C, D etc viable, the answer is always yes. As a foreword I need to emphasize that there is a difference between viability and optimization.
