Shammy - Barb vs Troll

[iruinedyourday]

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

There's definitely a "best race," if you're not interested in min/max then this discussion is not for you. Which is fine, whenever someone asks for racial advice the first thing I say is to play the race that you want to get to level 60 with. This is exactly why I play a Barbarian which I rank as the third worst race; I had an Ogre Shaman a few years ago that I abandoned at level 20.

But like I mentioned a couple posts ago, comparing sitting regen is pointless since you'll never be sitting as a 60 shaman without full health/mana unless you're memming a spell. If you want regen, play a Troll. If you want better stats and frontal stun immunity (which I rank as more important than regen), play an Ogre. If you don't give a shit, play what you want.

MR > all.

But the truth is that MR diff between a veloius ikky and another comparably geared sham will equal the difference of resisting like 1 more spell for every 20 cast on you by blues..

...In practice, that is a terrible terrible bonus.

The stun immunity saving you in solo will be like 1 out of 100 fights (a fight I might add that you weren't paying attention to really cus you were tired and watching your fave ep of star trek). That is a terrible, terrible bonus. (if it literally saves you, as in the reason you didn't die, a lot, then you are doing it wrong and should re-evaluate your strat)

So in my conclusion, there is no racial attribute that isn't anything more than a convenience.

There is no 1 "best" shaman race.