There is an important question or two you're missing: for what purpose? raiding, leveling, PLing, soloing, grouping, solo challenges? It kind of changes depending on how you plan on playing the character. A short answer without nuance is: HoT BP is nice for the mana free clickie and good stats especially if the rest of your gear is fairly mediocre (like a mix of kunark and classic gear with some velious stuff in a couple slots). Vindi BP is a lot of shamans favorite BPs because its great for soloing/grouping due to the extra regen and tanky stats (high ac/100hp/resists). Because shamans don't rely on their maximum mana pool as much as other casting classes due to their ability to cast regen (and innate regen if troll/iksar) and canni, the extra stats on HoT gear isn't as important as it is for other mana reliant classes. For my money if you're absolutely BiS in all other slots the PoM BP is 1a. for solo/2-3 man group content, with Vindi BP being the 1b. and Fungi tunic being 1.c. If you're again theoretically BiS in your other slots then a Fungi is hard to beat while raiding. You'll canni/torp yourself and spot heal and buff like crazy while high end raiding and the extra regen is extra mana in a mana intensive environment.
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