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Originally Posted by loramin
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I've never seen anyone crunch the numbers, but I strongly suspect the epic gives far more DPS, and thus is better for leveling, than the fungi (the fungi doesn't give direct DPS of course, but it gives HP => Mana => DoTs => DPS).
I'd get the epic.
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A Shaman at level 50 using Canni2 (which not even all of them will have) gets about a 50% return rate on hit points to mana, making a Fungus Covered Scale Tunic worth very nearly 75 mana/minute under typical conditions. Envenomed Bolt and Plague both cost 300 or more mana by themselves, meaning in practice the Fungi is worth one extra damage over time spell every 4 or 5 minutes. The epic can potentially generate far more additional damage than that. The Fungus Tunic can out-perform the epic in grouping situations where the epic click isn't getting used often or at all. If the player spends most of his time grouping there's an argument to be made for keeping the Fungus Tunic. Most high-level Shamans make the bulk of their experience solo or duo, for which purpose the epic becomes the stronger item.
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