I have a level 58 barbarian shaman.
I am in the process of re-rolling as a Troll. I'm in the mid 40s.
Why Troll and not iksar? I wanted to play with Clickie Snare & JBB.
I believe Troll is the best race for shamans. Everyone has their own opinion, this is mine.
The only thing I like about my barb is the number of cities I can enter without them being KOS. But in the time that I have played my barb I learned many places a troll of innoruuk could buy/sell. Plus by the time I hit the higher 50's I was spending most of my time in velious lands so I just used thurgadin as my home city. So the perk of being a good guy was kind of null.
Then there was the fact that I was getting something like 10 less hit points per tick while sitting.
There is the barbarian spiritualist hammer,.. which I never used. But I read that the granite face grinder is better dps. So whats the point of a 2h that's lower dps and will get replaced by an epic someday. I would take the snare clickie over that any day of the week, no matter how weak the snare is.
Iksar is a good choice but they have certain minor limitations on gear pre-raid, depending on your budget. They also cant use JBB which isn't a deal breaker for some people. But I like that slow cast free 250 dd. /shrug
Some people prefer their AC bonus over the JBB.
I don't like how ogres look so i'm never playing an ogre. But I can see how their frontal stun immunity could come in handy against hard hitting mobs. especially when you need to land that slow.
People can talk about which race to play as a shaman until they're blue in the face. it's been talked about a lot of these forums. I think every angle has been discussed. So if anyone is unsure. Just search the forums on the subject. you'll likely find several threads discussing it.
Once I get my Troll shaman to get 58 I plan on doing a couple tests to compare barb vs troll.
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