Eladrin race not up to snuff..
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Smokewolf
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Na... WF have ya beat without even breaking a sweat.
Bjond
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I'm not quite sure if WF qualify as a "race"; they're more of a product line.
Smokewolf
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It's just another faulty Apple product.
Bjond
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WF need a racial cloak: grey with a white (upside-down) glowing fruit on the back.
Smokewolf
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I bet they reincarnate Steve Jobs for the sales pitch, and TED talks
Luckylancer
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I, as a new player, just use fey step to safely skip traps and it feels awesome. My problem with fey step is I conserve the point so much that I almost never use them for non-trap situations. Even a 2 minute charge refresh would be better imo.
waxinglyrical
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like a banana for example?
Bjond
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Hmm. Needs more: not full fruit-of-the-loom, maybe a couple plums.
waxinglyrical
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yes that would complete the picture
Alpha Tester
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The worst? no.
Another race that the players didn't asked and that is only good for few very specific builds? yes. And still is not better than Horc, Tiefling or Aasimar in their respective roles.
Another race that the players didn't asked and that is only good for few very specific builds? yes. And still is not better than Horc, Tiefling or Aasimar in their respective roles.
Jack Jarvis Esquire
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Nah. Eladrin is a fantastic race. Brilliant on my shuri thrower. 
1Th13rteen3
I'm on meds.. Leaf me alone!
The end fight of black and blue would like to have a word with you.
(TLDR: If you are a first lifer and/or weak build you cannot facetank that boss without tons of acid rez, so you have to kite - either that or I am doing it wrong)
Tyran Thraxus
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The only problem with Eladrin is the lack of masculine features. 
And the horrible dance animations that desperately need a brush-up (one of them doesn't even loop properly)The only problem with Eladrin is the lack of masculine features.
As for the OP, I'm really enjoying eladrin on a low-life toon thanks to its front-loaded value. You get one of the best clickies in the game for just ~6 AP. I do see how it may not be as enticing for racial completionists, but I personally despise races that force you to spend 10+ points on useless crap before giving you anything useful.
Still, calling Eladrin the worst when something like Half-Elf exists is not very accurate...
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norriskwondo
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With a +2 Dex, and a toggle to select a different +1 ability of your choice for casting or strength for melee. With elven immunities, it seems pretty strong to me playing it so far. Maybe that race doesn't fit your desired play style, but that doesn't mean it a crap race.
woq
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Half-elf is underrated. Not even close to the worst race, just people using the wrong tool for the wrong job if they think half-elf is bad.
That said, Eladrin is also a great, for a fair number of purposes the best race. It is good for completionists (ranged, doubleshot + leap + elven nature for divines) it is good for midtier racial characters (frontloaded nature of the leaps) and it offers excellent albeit limited spike damage or spike defenses, which you can swap on the fly. I swap between autumn and spring personally quite often, depending on what I need from my Leap.
Half-elf's biggest strength is in dilettante feats, the problem is, the enhancement tree is outdated and does not support it well. The only really valuable points are the "Special Abilities" but they vary widely in terms of efficiency, not all dilletantes are properly supported, and many are overshadowed by the recent universal trees or other races.
Example: ranged dilettante Conjure Arrows for 6 AP vs 2 AP from Horizon Walker.
6 racial AP vs 3 universal AP, apples to oranges