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Priest melee is underrated if you can twink them well with decent gear and a nice ratio 2HB. I did it with a Cleric (Dwarf wearing mostly Dwarven Plate). Was very easy going until the high 30s or so. A Shaman who can actually slow mobs, haste himself and regen should be viable in melee until the 50s (or until you get a JBB/epic, as was mentioned).
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Having levelled an Ogre, Troll and Barbarian mostly melee, the stun becomes really annoying in your day to day combat life on the Troll and Barbarian.
Maybe it was the playing all of the races that made it more pronounced whereas you may not notice if you have nothing to compare it to, but going back to a Troll after playing an Ogre as a melee Shaman was very noticeable with the stuns.
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And I stand by that statement; again, I used a weapon that doesn't even exist on P99 anymore (a Barbarian Spiritist's' Hammer prior to the proc nerf), and I still couldn't do significant damage relative to my other damage sources. My DoTs and my "best DoT" (ie. pet) just did more, at every level after (roughly) 20. But I'm certainly not saying is "Shaman should never tank after level 20". Whether or not they should do that has everything to do with how hard the mob is hitting vs. how much mana it would cost to avoid those hits (eg. by rooting instead). And if you are tanking as part of your overall strategy, of course you want to hit the mob with something while you do. But again, that damage will be miniscule compared to what your DoTs/pet do.
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I bit into the 'just gotta melee' hype with leveling my shaman initially a long while back, using the traditional budget Poison Wind Censer and as much HP / AC as I could stack on the character. It was rough going, but by picking out low blue level old world mobs and staying patient, reaching level 34 happened. At that point my array of spells + pet allowed me to just level in a more traditional caster fashion, using root, DoT's and DDs, slow, and the pet.
It took me a small bit of time to figure out the best routine of spells and their cast order to be the most efficient vs mob level + HPs they had, and once this was accomplished my kill rate and leveling speed was very rapid. This was on an Iksar Shaman. At level 35 I sold melee oriented gear and picked up effective budget casting gear focused on wisdom, HP and Mana stats along with AC. I kept seeing posts of people stating that they fought in melee with their solo shaman to 50+ and I couldn't figure out the value to it. If you're able to mow exp targets down as fast as a Necromancer or Quad kiting druid of the same level using just spells and the pet, that seems to be the way to go. | ||
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The reason why you had a bad experience with your Barbarian Spiritist Hammer is because the ratio sucks. At level 34 with Quickness and Silver Chitin Hand Wraps you have 52% Haste. Your max weapon damage level 30+ on the Priest damage table is 26. A Granite face Grinder is a 26/23.7 with 52% Haste, which is a 1.1 ratio. The Spiritist Hammer is a 22/28.3, which is only a 0.78 ratio. You were doing 25% less white damage than you otherwise could have. The proc would not make up for that loss unless you got lucky with RNG.
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As someone else mentioned you can raise your stats with gear and your buffs to a point that your str,sta,agi,dex isn't really gonna be an issue. The main difference you are gonna find is the difference in gear available like the snare neck, JBB, totemic armor, etc.
I would say iksar is a pretty good choice for the extra regen, AC, and being medium sized. I prefer a troll for Grobb which is like the best town in the game. Trolls also get the regen, can wear plate (totemic) and have SLAM. | ||
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Keep in mind Loramin's talking about the pre-nerf version of that hammer which had an absurd proc rate.
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All I can say for certain is that I did my absolute best to melee as much as I could with that weapon, which was certainly one of the top melee Shaman weapons ... and I still went back to root/rot (though I would sometimes "joust" with it when a mob was rooted, because again I wanted to use it). And I know it was around 20ish, because I remember doing this in Lake Rathe/South Karana.
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To answer JimJams question, you are correct that proc weapons are better at 60 with Torpor. This is because Shaman melee drops off a cliff past level 50. You miss a ton and don't have good damage bonuses, so proc weapons end up doing great damage by comparison. You are also too busy casting a ton of spells to get a lot of melee hits in.
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