What level and race?

You've got some good suggestions here, and honestly, if you can afford regen as a shaman you should buy it. No other gear will make as much of a difference in how quickly you kill things.

55k budget?

Fungi + 2x Plat Fire Wedding Rings + Poison Wind Censer + Hooded Black Cloak

If you're Iksar just hang out in KC for a while and pick up some Jarsath, some if it is pretty much the best you're going to get until Velious- if you're a min/maxxer I wouldn't recommend Iksar.

Hell, no matter what you are you're probably going to want to pick up the Jarsath bracer, Supple Scale Armband, and Jarsath legs.

Would a shield be the best secondary slot item for a shaman or would something like book of obulus be best?

Wiki keeps getting better and better. Who works on it?

clay guardian sheild>book of ob espesially as bang for your buck.
55k is not alot of money on p99 sooooo ya you wont get much BiS for that.
best game changing item for a sham is JBB hands down. but cant use it til 45 so until then its anything with +hp (lots of cheap items) or fungi and everything else nekked
if you still dont want that then you can get all of this for 55k and ull be pretty strong

Ikky BP
howling harpoon
granite face grinder
FBSS (worth every penny sell it when u ding 40 and stop meeleeing at all but until then with GfG u will bum dps classes out)
2x plat fire wedding ring
black saphire nec (55 55)
hp/mana ears
hooded black cloak
clay guardian shield
GeB
JB arms and hands for AC
black chitin legs

although really i would buy a jbb first chance you get its the best item for a sham until epic and even then I would never sell mine. did 45-49 in 1 8 hour solo session with jbb ^^

Primary - Slime Coated Harpoon
Secondary - Clay Guardian Shield
Range - Howling Harpoon
Helm - Sebelite Scale Cap
Chest - Sebelite Scale Coat (can upgrade to regen bp when possible)
Bracers - Runed Mithril Bracers
Leggings - Gatorscale Leggings
Feet - Golden Efreeti Boots
Face - Sebelite Scale Mask
Ears - Black Sapphire Electrum Earring x2
Shoulders - Obulus Death Shoud
Waist - Mucilsginous Girdle
Back - Mammoth Hide Cloak
Hands - Kylong Gauntlets
Neck - Ivory Imbuned Collar
Arms - Sebelite Scale Armguards
Rings - Platinum Jasper or 55 hp rings (havent decided yet)

Look good for a 55k budget? Could something be upgraded with ease?

Fungi Tunic is better than any other item you could buy to twink your shaman. BIS for 55k budget is:

Full Banded Armor
Hp/AC Rings
Fungi Tunic

You will have infinite mana with fungi tunic and to buy anything else would get nowhere near the same bang for your buck

I don't think this person realizes how core fungi + canni is. The regen is game breaking on shaman, as well as necros to an extent.

Fungi/JBB, nothing else matters.

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