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Originally Posted by Byrjun
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This list is correct, except I'd put Iksars below Barbarians as the worse Shaman race. People don't really seem to consider starting stats for some reason, and Iksar starting stats are really bad compared to the other 3 races. That might not be enough to bury them, but being restricted from certain gear (especially JBB) does. They get some better resist gear choices in Kunark (Scaled Mystic, Stone of Morid, etc), but it's not enough to make up for it.
There's a fix for this, also fixes the black splotches on dark elf armor, dragon wings, evil eyes, etc.
Nothing really "prevents" you from end game soloing, it's just not having certain things makes your life more difficult, and in a really close fight you could lose without access to stun immunity / JBB / whatever.
Shamans take off their fungis? I never do unless A) I need to equip a resist chest for an AE fight, or B) I'm standing in EC and want to equip my Jaundiced Bone BP for vanity. It's really noticeable when I'm not wearing my fungi, even with access to Torpor. You don't really want to be casting Torpor, you just have to occasionally. I'd go as far as to say that the only upgrade to fungi bp in the game for a Shaman is Vindi BP.
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I agree with this post almost in entirety. However, the JBB is over valued when people discuss Ikky shaman, it is not better than just 1 more epic click.. JBB becomes a toy at 50 so, ikky IMO (and moreso with velious gear) will be the strongest of all the shamans (if you are a min max nerd - which I am 100% not).
For a level 60 shaman MR/Regen > all other things. You said it yourself, shamans dont take off fungi unless its for vanity reasons (which I happen to think is the most important class based statistic
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] the vanity stat, ahh cant get enough vanity, that stat dont cap!).
So I disagree that Ikky is at the bottom, and challenge that it should be at the top!
About the barb shoes, you say there is a fix for this? Is it a patch? is it a local fix? I would love to know! thanks!
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So in the end troll/ikky I think are the only class based stat that really is valuable at 60 - troll can use JBB which is a fun toy. But MR is more important (however with any class gear at 60 you are well into the area of being safe from death because of an MR related non PVP attack).
Blind is like the only thing that's ever going to kill you, other than stupidity
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PS what about them barb shoes? fix? omg!
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Hope this post doesn't rusttle some jimmys (if you think stun is #1 then by all means think that! But it is in my opinion inferior to the vanity stat)