Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-108.243.170.212-20140223152728/@comment-1470368-20190628114928

Obviously Orc. Generally, most Orcs live their entire lives as warriors, miners, hunters, or blacksmiths.

Not to mention the "Berserk/Berserker Rage" advantage; which allows them to easily do even more damage, and endure more punishment, than Orcs are normally capable of.

Nords don't have that. And even in the [two] games where their base Strength score is a mere 5 points higher than Orcs, it's not exactly difficult for the latter to surpass it through choosing Strength as a Favored Attribute (depending on which of the two games we're talking about) or by Leveling (since per Level, Strength isn't quite as important as Endurance is for warrior-builds).

Not to mention that, judging by a number of factors, there's no doubt that Orcs will be treated as the stronger race when we finally get to play TES6.