Any race of shaman can solo WW dragons (although I never saw an iksar shaman do it in velious, but I'm sure it's possible). Ogre is by far the best suited to it due to the lower frequency of JBB and torpor interrupts. However this doesn't mean non-ogres can't do it. Trolls and iksar regen 800 hp more in a 10 minute fight than ogres, not huge but beneficial. Iksar will absolutely have the hardest time, as they will need to rely on pet/melee damage alone.
The math works out to a shaman needing to sustain less than (1200 + regen) damage / 24-30 seconds. Two canni 4 casts are going to be necessary to offset the mana cost of torpor. If a shaman can sustain less than 35-40 incoming dps, they can torpor heal nearly indefinitely and rely on pet/jbb/melee dps to drop well, whatever they're fighting.
Doing some quick calculations, a shaman can probably kill a 32k hp mob doing less than 50 dps to them. If they have a big enough mana/hp pool that could jump to 50-60 dps.
Iksars aren't going to be able to put out 32k hp damage fast enough to drop something doing more than 40-45 dps to them unless they have some top end hp/mana gear.
Easier dragons such as yeldema any shaman can kill, some of the harder ones, might require a non-iksar or a very well geared char to kill (due to having to dot or sustain the fight for a longer period of time)
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07-22-2011, 04:50 AM
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