shaman chest piece question

[bomaroast]

Fungi unless you're killing dragons.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Fungi unless you're killing dragons.

Incorrect. Vindi BP for everything unless you are kiting something like an Ice Burrower (monsters that cannot summon and cannot cast spells). Sadly this is fairly rare, and I wouldn't advise kiting an Ice Burrower as a Shaman, it takes way too long. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fsvt1xfuqY this is me kiting an Ice Burrower for an hour.

[Danth]

I still marvel you had the patience to actually DO that, even if just once. They're slow enough even in a duo.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

I still marvel you had the patience to actually DO that, even if just once. They're slow enough even in a duo.

LOL I haven't done it since. It was fun to record the video, to satiate my curiosity. But I would never do it normally[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] You can make way more money in an hour doing other things.

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

Here, fixed. Fungi unless you're killing dragons or soloing SG water elementals.

Still incorrect. Vindi BP is better than Fungi Tunic on a Torpor Shaman.

[greenspectre]

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

Still incorrect. Vindi BP is better than Fungi Tunic on a Torpor Shaman.

I have to third this, behind Danth. Hard content means you're going to want that extra AC to avoid damage spikes and increase the chance you live long enough to land slow (IE: Cliff Golems, WW Dragons). Easy content is where you think the fungi would get extra points, but the fact remains that Torpor is still so little mana and fills up so much of your life that it's still not worth it.

Example- lets say you're in KC doing something less intense than dragons. I dunno, you have a monk alt and want your Pawbuster or something. Drolvarg Bodyguards are gonna take chunks out of your life as you set up slows and roots as needed, so you'd think the Fungi helps there, but the increased AC from Vindi BP means you have a greater chance to avoid hits and stuns (insert argument for ogre FSI as applicable) and therefore spell interrupts. That's way more important than your regen over time, because landing Torpor is more essential to staying alive.

If you're doing anything easier than a situation like that (Frenzy in Guk for example) then your chest piece is irrelevant anyways. You could just as easily not wear a chest because Torpor will absorb it all. Therefore Vindi beats fungi at all times that matter.