Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist
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Let me break it down in a bit more detail. A lot of people don't think about why CH is efficient, so they just assume it is always better.
A Cleric gets CH at 39, so from 1-38 you don't have it. Therefore, when you talk about clerics being efficient for leveling, you are really talking about leveling from 39-60.
From levels 39-52 roughly speaking, you really aren't healing more than about 1200 HP per cast of CH. This is because your tank (or charmed mob) isn't going to have more than 2k HP, especially on a non-twinked run, and most clerics will CH around 40% life. My 51 Monk with decent twink gear like Fungi, IFS, and Epic only has 1800HP for reference.
At 39 a Shaman can slow for 40% at 125 mana, and heal for 540 with 300 mana. 40% of 1200HP = 480 HP, so for 425 mana a Shaman is mitigating 1020 damage. With the 10 HP/Tick regen the Shaman is providing, that is another 100 damage mitigated per minute. That is very comparable to a cleric in terms of mana to hp from levels 39-52 or so.
CH really starts to shine like 54-60 when the enchanter is starting to charm mobs with 4k HP or more, and your gear/HP buffs are pushing the tank player closer to 3k+ HP. Even then, a Shaman is doing better than you think. At 3k HP CH is typically healing about 1800 HP when you start healing at 40% life. Turgurs insects slows for 66%, so it is mitigating roughly 1200 HP, and Chloroblast is healing 385 HP for 175 HP. So again for 425 mana you are mitigating basically 1600 damage instead of 1800 damage when compared to CH. If you add regen (150HP per minute), the difference is pretty small.
The nice thing about having the Shaman slowing instead of the Enchanter is it saves the Enchanter more mana for CC and pet management. A Shaman being able to cannibalize means they have more mana to play around with than the Enchanter, so you can manage mana usage a bit better for more balanced meditate sessions. You aren't being very efficient if your cleric is always sitting at full mana and your enchanter is running low.
CH is obviously more efficient when you have a tank with 5K+ HP, or are keeping a pet with like 8k+ HP, but that is really an end game scenario, when you can think about getting Torpor for your Shaman, a full spellbook for your Enchanter, etc.
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