Bone crusher Bone crushers are mostly Orc s and Dwarves who thrive on pain ( their own and others ) and focus on the purity of combat . Already confident in just how powerful they are , a bone crusher trains to become a living , unstoppable force . Bone crushers use their heads in combat , literally . No brains needed here . Indeed , some bone crushers claim that they enter an almost meditative state in combat , focused on the smooth motion of their muscles , the speed of their reflexes , noting ( occasionally ) the blades that bite their flesh , but feeling nothing from them . They are roaring giants that wade through their enemies , their foes unable to stop them . They do not need weapons ; their fists are enough . Arrows and blades bounce off their impervious hide , as they simply ignore any attack aimed at them . Each blow sends their opponents flying into the air . They are bone crushers . The bone crusher ' s abilities are , like everything about them , obvious and blunt . Bone crushers are beasts in combat , the ultimate manifestation of strength and raw power . A bone crusher is most dangerous when he charges or overruns an opponent , trampling lesser creatures into the ground or slamming them so hard they are sent airborne . A bone crusher ' s punches may become strong enough to shatter stone and bones with equal ease . A bone crusher ' s hide toughens as he grows in strength , and his mind pushes away pain , until he is able to ignore many wounds . Many a foe has lost a battle with a bone crusher when she dealt the beast a blow that would have felled any other combatant , only to have the bone crusher shrug and strike at her once again . A bone crusher is easily recognizable , even from afar . The bone crusher ' s body is littered with scars from battle , and he remembers receiving few , if any , of them . He forsakes armor , relying on his own personal strength and toughness to carry him through battle . Few bone crushers bother with weapons , relying instead on their massive fists . The few who choose to wield weapons prefer massive , two - handed weapons , most often bludgeoning or cleaving weapons . Finesse is a foreign word to these behemoths . The average bone crusher is not much of a conversationalist , either , and is quick to put up his fists in any argument . A bone crusher is more at home in a bawdy tavern prone to bar fights than quiet discussions in a library . Bone crushers are reckless and hard to control , and even harder to stop once they start moving . Bone crushers balk at rules , or literally anything that holds them back . " Less talking , more smashing " is a motto to bone crushers , one that most others learn quickly . As a character grows into a bone crusher , he learns to shrug off previous concepts of strength , lifting objects that would balk others . A bone crusher learns how to use his fists in combat to deliver powerful , ringing blows . The bone crusher shrugs off wounds that would cripple other characters . Once a skilled bone crusher starts moving , he becomes almost impossible to stop . The highly skilled bone crusher becomes almost invincible in battle , able to fight far longer than seems possible . Bone crushers in the world . Most bone crushers reside in the Horde . The Horde respects raw strength , and most of the Horde ' s races show the raw power that a bone crusher needs . Two races are particularly likely to be bone crushers : Orc s and Ironforge Dwarves . Bone crushers appear often among Orc s and occasionally among half - ogre s . Strength is respected among the mok ' nathal , and becoming a bone crusher represents the trial to never give up , to never die . Like all mok ' nathal , half - ogre bone crushers wander the forests of Azeroth , seeking to prove their strength against increasingly mightier challenges , proving to be the greatest creatures of the wild . Among Orc s , bone crushers are brutal shock troopers , whose battle lust exceeds their immense strength . Forsaken are rarely bone crushers , but occasionally an exception emerges , becoming a front - line warrior . Among the Alliance races , only Dwarves and Furbolgs show the strength to become bone crushers . Dwarf bone crushers are rare , but some seek the path , seeing the life of a bone crushers as the ultimate challenge . Many Ironforge Dwarves also view the challenges of becoming a bone crusher as a connection to their titan strength , unlocking further mysteries of the universe . Furbolg bone crushers are guardians of their tribes and creatures bearing the strength of nature . Among Ogre s , bone crushers are seen as the living avatars of Nath , the Ogre war god . In a society that prizes strength above anything else , a bone crusher is as close to a god as an Ogre can get . Once an Ogre achieves the power of a bone crusher , he soon rises to great political power as well , ruling his own clan and leading them to greater glories in battle . Only the strongest may lead the Ogre s , and no one is stronger than a bone crusher . Outside of the Horde , bone crushers are most often viewed as brainless muscle - heads , creatures who think only with their fists . Alliance bone crushers do not receive nearly as much respect as Horde bone crushers do . A bone crusher prefers to answer conflict with a head - on charge , which disgusts more thought - minded races , most noticeably Human s and High Elves . Despite this , even the wisest and calmest of races of the Alliance cannot deny the sheer power that a bone crusher possesses , and those few bone crushers allied with the Alliance are used as guided bombs . A commander simply points at a target , and watches the bone crusher run through all opposition and demolish the desired object . Crude , but effective . Most bone crushers are barbarians or warrior s , and respect anyone else who shows great strength and martial prowess . As shamanistic cultures view bone crushers as spiritual champions , and as Shaman keep bone crushers strong and healthy , bone crushers look favorably on healer s . They are especially proud of divine casters choosing to enter close combat , such as Orc Shaman and Far Seer s . Bone crushers despise arcanist s and rogue s however . Arcanist s are book - bound cowards who hide in the back of the lines and fling spells instead of risking their hides , while rogue s are craven backstabbers who never stick their necks out for anyone . The only magic a bone crusher respects are those spells that make him stronger , allowing him to cause even more destruction and chaos . While a bone crusher tends to respect the strength of a paladin , most bone crushers consider paladin s pompous and melodramatic . Although not referred to in the WoW RPG , some Tauren also happen to choose this path as seen in artwork .