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Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The key is you need to be able to land the first 75% slow[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] FSI helps with that. Is it necessary? Of course not. But it does help, and having FSI is better than not having it.

The discussion is about which racial is best as a Torpor Shaman, not is the racial critical for the success of a Torpor Shaman.

If you don't care about min/maxing, that's fine. But other people do, and there is no reason to discourage discussion. It's the same thing with fashion, there is no need to discourage fashion discussions for people who prefer that over min/maxing.

There's no data to support the survival rate of getting a slow off with FSI vs failing to get it off without FSI. So it's really just all speculation & personal preference, hence the endless shaman racial debate. Shaman's are wiping the majority of the time because the mob resisted slow, not due to being stunned. And at the point, one could argue the 80 extra hp in regen could be more useful then FSI in getting a slow off when you are spamming it to potentially survive another round to land it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Regen is something always working for you. FSI is for theoretically increasing your survival rate when attempting to slow a mob, which again we have no idea if this actually holds true compared to the survival rate of perhaps an extra 80-160hp from regen. People go to extreme lengths to obtain HP items like the spirit wracked cord so you really cannot discount the value of having 80-160hp in an emergency situation.

I think people forget how much more powerful FSI used to be before they fixed bash mechanics here, so they still hold onto that old mentality. At this point shaman racials are just weighing different conveniences against each other, nothing about determining real min/max power though.