Spirit champion A spirit champion is a mighty warrior who embraces the spirit s , to assist him in his battles . He strengthens his spiritual connection until he can feel the spirits flowing within his body and thoughts , strengthening his arms and quickening his mind . Whispered fragments impart insight into battle as ancestors speak of ways to overcome all foes . The spirit champion ceases to fight for his own reasons ; he battles to honor the spirits and to further their wishes . Often these wishes coincide with his own , but occasionally the spirit champion embarks on a path for reasons that are unclear to him . He does so faithfully , trusting in the spirits to point him in the right direction . The spirit champion is a deadly melee combatant . His spiritual nature strengthens his mind in ways that most warriors ignore . Insight grants him speed and accuracy , and he can call upon native spirits to lend him aid . He is a contemplative warrior , likely to meditate through the dawn before silently lifting his sword or totem and walking calmly into battle . Spirit champions rely on the spirits to protect them , through insight and wisdom as well as direct intervention . To wear heavy armor is to insult them . They focus on the mind , and with their focus they can transcend physical limitations . The spirits protect the spirit champion , providing him with instinctual insights to avoid blows . He swings his weapon up and steps to the side , not really knowing why , and an instant later he parries a blow from an unseen source . Ancestral spirits whisper in the spirit champion ’ s mind . Since the spirit champion is a being of combat , many of these ancestors are mighty warriors , perhaps spirit champions in their day . They speak of maneuvers and tactics , of feints and cleaving blows , and their whispers bypass the normal means of understanding and bleed into the spirit champion ’ s subconscious mind . Spirit champions meditate , especially before battle . They prefer quiet places of natural beauty , such as mountaintops and forest glades , but they can meditate anywhere as long as they are undisturbed . They use this time to renew their bonds with the spirits and focus themselves on the tasks that lie ahead . The spirit champion ’ s mind is at peace and is difficult to disturb . A skilled spirit champion can request certain spirits to enter his weapon and lend their fury to his strikes . The experienced spirit champions can contact the spirits and ask a question of them . The spirits usually answer , but often do so in cryptic ways meant to improve the spirit champion or reveal to him something about himself . A highly skilled spirit champion has such an understanding of the spirits , and has established such a strong relationship with them , that he has both the ability and the permission to join them to a small degree . The spirit champion can turn himself and everything he carries incorporeal . He remains incorporeal until he chooses to end this effect or an amount of time that depends on the spirit champions skill . Spirit champions in the world . Since the orc s ' rediscovery of their spiritual heritage , their mindsets have changed . Shaman appear and commune with spirits and with their ancestors . The orcs ' relationship with the tauren further broadens and strengthens their new faith , and with it comes new psychology . No longer are orcs bloodthirsty crazies ; they are an ancient and noble people , bound by honor and ties to their allies . This societal revolution sweeps up all orcs in its flow . Some orcs combine this new understanding with their warlike natures and become spirit champions . Many tauren also take up the mantle of the spirit champion . Indeed , the tauren legacy of spirit champions extends back millennia . It was they who helped the orcs discover this path . Most tauren spirit champions call themselves followers of the totem . Orcs and tauren sometimes teach the secrets of the spirit champions to their allies , but the class is rare among other races . A few half - orc s , half - ogre s , and jungle troll s become spirit champions . Forsaken and forest troll s favor their own dark faiths and care not for the spirits . Spirit champions in the Alliance are unknown . Most spirit champions are orcs or tauren . All current spirit champions are members of the Horde . The Alliance has different values , and even spirit champions who might break with the Horde do not defect to the Alliance .