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Originally Posted by Lyrith
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Best bet is to get that Melee Shaman idea out of your head about right now. Because my shaman geared HEAVILY and even soloing slowed mobs in CoM at 40 can wear me down quick if I don't root/dot them.
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That's not completely true. I've leveled a shaman to 55 recently, and with a Barbarian Spiritist's Hammer it certainly seemed better to tank sometimes ... or at least it did before the nerf (I haven't been using mine much since the nerf so I can't say for sure now). Similarly with a JBB it can also make sense to tank, because it breaks root frequently.
With just a poison wind censor and no BSH or JBB though, I'm not so sure; OP really needs to do the math if they want to know for sure whether tanking is a good idea. It might seem like rooting always wins, since you get more mana and take less damage, but you also have to consider:
* the mana cost of root itself
* the time it takes to root
* the damage you'll still take (while rooting, when root breaks, etc.)
* the melee damage you won't deal
So it's not necessarily clear-cut.
P.S. To get back to the OP's original question:
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