It's a fantastic item, and i agree, but bear in mind that your numbers are luclin/AA based and there was a huge jump from velious => luclin.
JBB filled the void of killing things that can be rooted, or killing something that's not as challenging -- doesn't summon, basically -- and doing so by using very little mana. It does hinder a shaman in the sense that it draws you away from carpal tunnel clicking and therefore is considered a waste of time or cast. With a JBB i can root/rot JBB things down with very little effort, but with a barbarian spiritist's hammer I can also melee proc the same nuke many times a minute while still being able to cast, heal, cannibalize and all the things that make a shaman so lovely. The hammer isn't necessary, as 8 seconds between clicking JBB isn't hard to accomplish with a slowed mob beating on you since you should be timing the bash/kicks anyway.
Is it a great item? absolutely! is it necessary to do some of the wacky things that shaman were capable of doing? no, it isn't. You were always way better off saving for a fungi tunic/staff than you were for a JBB.
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