Did I mess up my Shaman?

[TaZeR]

Hey yall first time Everquester here, I think I might have messed up my shaman while creating him when I havn't read all the guides yet. I went +5wis and +25stam and Iskar.

I know the choice of race is ok but I read it's suggest +25wis and +5stam instead. Will this really hold back my shammy later on from being as effective or is the difference really minimal?

[Nocsucow]

no you did right ....

[Nocsucow]

you are gonna get 200 wis even without adding points to wisdom ... so in the end its best to have the HPs

[Daldaen]

Most shamans tend to focus on Stamina/HP over Wisdom. Since Cannibalize essentially turns your HP Pool into your Mana Pool.

I wouldn't say you messed up... I think WIS may have been a better choice, since the WIS "soft cap" is 200 and hardcap is 255. It allows more room for meaningful growth. Whereas stamina's influence on HP pool has a lower soft cap, something like 115 Stamina is the "soft cap" and the returns for stamina:HP are lower from 115-255.

Stamina from 1-115 returns 3 HP per point. Stamina from 116-255 returns 1.5 HP per point (level 60 values).

Basically you're going to end up focusing on getting 15~ or so more Stamina (to hit that 115 soft cap) and then trying to get gear for straight HP or WIS/Mana.

Whereas if you went WIS starting stats you'd want about 40~ STA from gear meaning you'd wear a few more stamina pieces and a few less HP or WIS/Mana pieces.

At the very high end you will be capping WIS and STA when using buffs and non-resist gear I think though.

[justin2090]

The more Wis at creation you have the more +hp gear you can wear which is better than +sta.

[Estu]

I would go full WIS since the mana returns are much higher for a shaman than HP from STA is, but it's really not that big a deal either way.

[TaZeR]

Thanks I think I will re-roll, level 10 aint a big deal.