Solo Barbarian Shaman Stat Allocation

[Danth]

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

You can cap stamina with EC bought items on a Barbarian, as shown in two different Magelos made by two different people.

At least one of those "test profiles" reached high stamina by going hard enough for specific +stamina items that he actually lowered his health compared to what he could've had using some +HP items instead. One of the advantages to having good innate stamina is you don't need to make that type of tradeoff as much. On the other hand, as I reminded myself earlier, you don't actually need 205 stamina to cap it unless you want it capped fulltime. Otherwise you can cap it from 155 by stacking alchemy potions, good enough for occasional "trophy kill" situations.

My own experience in west wastes, when I've used the wife's shaman to solo there, is that mana tends to be the limiting factor because you can kite them to land malo/slow, and the most likely cause of trouble tends to be getting hordes of adds during a pull from a non-coastline dragon, and you can't torpor if you need to be moving, so that can strain the mana bar.

I would want higher health someplace like velketor where I might have to break a 4- or 5- pull and absorb considerable damage during the rooting process. I've done that using the shaman on occasion and due to low resist rates, HP are very much favored over mana for that type of scenario.

I haven't personally done any of the "trophy kill" stuff using the wife's shaman. We've done plenty of stuff duo, some of it quite tough, but if we're duo I'm on my Shadowknight, so I can't comment on those types of battles from a solo shaman's perspective. Stuff like west wastes, velketor, most of mischief, I regard as more meat-and-potatoes that nearly any max-level shaman who wants to solo will do at some point.

Danth