Shaman race debate

[Cecily]

Trolls are the best pure raid shamans. The regen and extra STA makes a difference. Iksars are a good non-fat compromise. Barbs are just as ugly as the rest, so not much benefit to them at all. Would never play an ogre.

[loramin]

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

Barbs are just as ugly as the rest

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[iruinedyourday]

after having leveled a barb to 60 I would consider a troll. but then again shaman is so fun I may try a ogre after that, maybe I'll top it off with a nice tall frothy glass of iksar.

[Timelord]

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

I know this might be hidden in the forums somewhere, and trust me I tried to find a thread dedicated to it, but failed. So here goes:

What race is the best choice for shammy? Obviously good and evil both have implications to difficulty level in travel, banking, etc. But based on stats alone, which will give me the biggest leg up.

Secondary question ive got: I only have about 500p cash right now. Is it worth spending a week or so farming some plat with my 42 enc, or are shamans not gear dependent at all? If so, where are some good spots I could farm with my ench? I was thinking halfling guards would be relatively easy. Any tips there?

Thanks and sorry if this is reposty

Dev

Imo from playing multiple shamans to 60 and playing in Velious in mind:

Ogre is the best with frontal stun immunity for soloing in Velious specifically, then Troll for stats/regen, Iksar for regen, Barb for being able to visit your favorite good cities. In that order.

The easiest route would be to go barb or iksar and max wisdom so yo have more mana for soloing, then spend 250 on spells and the rest on cheap wisdom gear or a good weapon for the lower levels.

Hardest time for a shaman is 1-33. This is the time when you are stuck without very damaging spells and need to melee at the lower levels to kill things. This is if you are planning to solo, in groups you generally will heal.

Not worth the time farming on your enchanter. There isnt much you can buy with the money you would make that would really boost the experience of leveling your shaman, and at 39 you could easily farm the stuff the enchanter is farming and just get xp toward the shaman instead of xping the enchanter.

[DevGrousis]

Ok, I decided I'm going with the Iksar. Any starting stat ideas, aside from full on WIS ( referring to Timelord )

[Erydan Ouragan]

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

Ok, I decided I'm going with the Iksar. Any starting stat ideas?

All in wisdom imo, as you have buffs for other stats.

[Samoht]

Max stam then wis or vice versa

[Timelord]

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

Ok, I decided I'm going with the Iksar. Any starting stat ideas, aside from full on WIS ( referring to Timelord )

The reasons you go full wisdom is because it helps at lower levels more then hp does especially since you can regen hp faster then mana. Also when Velious hits and you can just buff up your stamina to the cap, you will rather have spent those points to get you near the wisdom cap. I think its like 250 or 255. With avatar its really easy to reach max stamina.

[Malrubius]

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

The reasons you go full wisdom is because it helps at lower levels more then hp does especially since you can regen hp faster then mana. Also when Velious hits and you can just buff up your stamina to the cap, you will rather have spent those points to get you near the wisdom cap. I think its like 250 or 255. With avatar its really easy to reach max stamina.

Put another way, WIS is the only base stat (that you care about) that you can't buff through the roof later on.

That's also why WIS is the most important stat to look at in Shammy equipment (the others being Mana, which you likewise can't self-buff, and Resists which buffs alone won't make super-high).

[Darkatar]

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

The reasons you go full wisdom is because it helps at lower levels more then hp does especially since you can regen hp faster then mana. Also when Velious hits and you can just buff up your stamina to the cap, you will rather have spent those points to get you near the wisdom cap. I think its like 250 or 255. With avatar its really easy to reach max stamina.

Avatar: 1 : Increase STR, AGI, DEX and ATK by 100 (not stam)

As an ogre sham, with med-high end gear that dumped STAM primary and 5 to wis, I'm sitting at 221ish stam and 212 wis in mana capacity gear(with HP rings), with self+enc buffs. A few verrious pieces (and form of the great bear +10 wis/2hpreg buff) will cap my missing 43 wis.