When can Shamans REALLY start soloing?

[DinoTriz]

So when I read about shaman soloing, I hear different stories about when they can start viably soloing. Anywhere from level 24, some say 34, and then I've heard 50+.

My question is when can a modestly equipped shaman start soloing? I just hit 34 on mine and I have my pet now. Would it be safe for me to hit up OT or something and start soloing?

Thanks!

[Daldaen]

34 for sure.

Shamans can solo 1-60... It's just the 14-24 period is very slow unless you have a GFG / Fungi sort of twinkage.

At 24 they get Regen (5/tick) and Canni. Which is huge for recovery/minimizing downtime. Better DoTs and eventually a pet at 34 speed it up even more.

50+ is quick once you get your epic. You just root 5 mobs and set a timer. Epic DoT each and refresh root on each before it ends.

[DinoTriz]

Alright, cool thanks.

I guess now that I have my pet, I should probably get my shovel (http://wiki.project1999.com/Shovel_Of_Ponz_Quest), right?

I only summoned my pet a couple of times but each time it was a light blue con. Is it like mage pets where you can eventually get a pet that is yellow con?

[Daldaen]

Shaman pet will never be a yellow con.

You can shovel to get your best pet... I don't recall the max level of each though. The wiki has a pretty good guide for pet info.

[fishingme]

shaman soloing is going to be slow for a while, i think it sped up around 44. 49+ and 51+ with epic is when they shine

[Lojik]

What race/deity?

[quido]

60

[DinoTriz]

What race/deity?

I'm a Barb/Tribunal. Although, I wish I rolled a Troll/Innoruk :(

[loramin]

Level 1.

As a Barbarian Shaman I've leveled all the way from 1 to 56, pretty much entirely solo. Now granted I spent a LOT of time meditating until I got Cannabalize, but it can be done.

[Peatree]

I've pretty much always solo'd as a shammy too.

[Estu]

You can solo 1-60, it's just really slow going until canni+regen and then still pretty slow until you get your epic or some kind of expensive gear. You are not a standard pet class so you can't expect that your wolf is ever going to be very powerful; light blue con is as good as it ever gets (at later levels, anyway; maybe occasionally dark blue when you get the first spell or two, but I don't remember).

Best way to go for soloing assuming you don't have good gear is just to root and dot. Send in your pet when it's full HP, let it do a little damage, send it back when it's low HP, let it regen. The pet isn't very useful for doing DPS; it's nice to have sometimes as a crowd control tool if you're dealing with pulling a couple of mobs at a time.

[Pringles]

Ive solo'd the majority of my 51 shamans life.... granted he started with a Fungi, had epic at ~33, had a JBB at 45, but at this point in the servers timeline, thats not all that hard to obtain.

[Potus]

I found some of the slowest soloing to be at 35-39. Scourge is garbage for damage per second and your pet isn't doing a whole lot of damage. It takes forever to kill anything.

Save up some money for the JBB or get a duo buddy.

[mgellan]

Level 9, as soon as you get SOW.

Regards,
Mg

[blondeattk]

Level 9, as soon as you get SOW.

Regards,
Mg

agreed, its vital to practice this solo technique:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FPELc1wEvk