Tree-hugging cannibals. If only they would give them a proper archery buff. They should be the best long-range assassins.

Bosmer!

'Cause I always play as Wood Elves in Skyrim, ESO and Oblivion! And they eat the enemies they've slain!

Best lore, amazing attitude, their speech makes me smile and that wiggling tail is to die for. I love seeing argonians in action. Sadly I dont play one due to horrible passives. If they ever balance racials and offer a race change, I'd definitely go hatchling.

By the lore and culture - Orsimers

As for ESO - Redguards

Gonna have to go with Altmer on this one. While I don't much like the attitude of some High Elves, their dedication to culture and intellectual pursuits appeals to me, not to mention their unparalleled mastery of magic.

My main reason for being an Altmer fan, though, is their extremely long lifespans. To me, this puts the Altmer (along with the Dunmer) at the top of the food chain when it comes to raw skill - martial, magical, or otherwise. After 4 or 5 decades of practice with a given pursuit, most of the other races vitality has begun to wane. Not so the High Elves. They're just getting started.

I don't mean to sound like an Altmer supremacist here, but having a few centuries to study a craft (while remaining at the top of your game both physically and mentally) leads me to believe that a single Altmer's skill with any art would FAR outpace those of the shorter-lived races. Same goes for Dunmer.

I know game mechanics trumps lore, but them's my 2 Septims.



P.S.: And the fact that the Altmer gave us the Psijic Order just trumps ERRYTHANG in my book.

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Bretons are the master race.
ALL 3 racials are useful for EVERY POSSIBLE CLASS AND PLAYSTYLE (may not be THE best for melee heavy builds that are better off with Khajiit, Imperial or Redguard racials, but they are still useful). Not to mention they look great (unlike other MERs)

Every possible class and play style? Not even a little bit.
Anything stam based and breton is garbage.

Imperial, but Bosmer take a highly close second and... Bosmer bestmer

Argonian for me as I always liked the what they always brought to the table in terms of passives across the games. Not to mention that they were the most fun to fiddle with on character creation because of near unrestricted, until more recent ones but still decent range, color pallets due to the reptilian like qualities. I would have one on ESO as well if I knew how to build one correctly on here. This is probably the only game where it wasn't my main race only because I haven't quite found the setup I like for that race yet.