New player, when do I stop missing?

[ld420]

I have been dying a LOT because I cant hit anything. Im trying to kill stuff 2-3 levels below me, and I get strings of 8-10 misses. Max skill, fast weapon, but still, miss, miss, miss, miss. I am level 13 now, and when I think of how much XP I have lost it makes me nauseous. I am a new player, Shaman, I have really awful gear, how do you get anywhere on this server if you cant kill stuff? Mobs have 0 problem hitting me, why can't I hit them back? There are times where I chase a mob to the point of it gaining enough health back to re aggro me, so I cant kill it, and it ends up killing me. My main question is, when do we reach the point where you stop missing so much? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[gildor]

on a shaman? never..you are always going to miss

use that mana! dont use the latest and greatest nuke until a few levels into the spell cycle or it will just melt your mana away..

use your slow! at lvl 13 use your lvl 5 slow liberally..should save you [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[RDawg816]

Yeah. Slow and dot it, or root and dot it. Also, a lot of your dots stack.

[RDawg816]

http://wiki.project1999.com/Greyweasel's_Shaman_Guide

This is a pretty handy guide for a new player. It gives you a better understanding of your options as a shaman.

[Trungep99]

you also may want to look for groups until your armor is better if it is really weak.

[DMN]

Pull with your best DoT spell, then try to learn how to best time your nukes between weapon swing. The weapon delay is ticking down when casting, so if you can synch up your nuking and melee you will be functionally doing both at the same time.

shaman is really terrible untwinked early on though, before meditate at least.

[Trungep99]

i am also uncertain if you have been healing between weapon swings. i have a 10 sham and i make sure to put a few heals in the mix with a harder foe. i usually open with tainted breath then sicken. then i slow the mob. swing a bunch, heal some. if it is too hard to run before i get too low. SoW is always on me so i wont be at risk for dying.

[Baler]

Shaman is a Priest class not a Melee or Tank. Keep that in mind.

[Josa]

Good advice so far, but I would add

1. Group! Until you get root, soloing is terrible. Lvl 13 is especially bad, since your spells are nearly obsolete.

2. If you have to solo, try this. 1st, pull with poison dot, then slow, melee, target self use short duration strength buff, target enemy, melee. If you get below 50%, start twisting in healing by targeting self and then heal, target mob. I use E to toggle between myself and the mob.

3. Use inner fire to heal out of combat. If you can time it right, it's nearly free.

4. Try a 2 hander. Easier to twist spells in between swings. Once you get root, you can also joust the mob if your timing is good enough.

Just some ideas to get you started. The biggest one is to group. Everyone loves having a shaman around, and there's no reason to go it alone before you have the tools to make it easier.

[Spyder73]

making a tank friend is honestly your best option =\