Shaman iksar vs ogre

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Originally Posted by digitz80 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My two cents....



Barbarian
+Barbarian Spiritist Hammer twink weapon
+JBB
+Most think they look better. Hot females [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
+Medium sized


Ogre
+Great overall stats
+Frontal stun immune (though spells still get interrupted)
+JBB
-Fatty


Troll
+Snare Clicky. Situational, but only shaman with snare ability.
+Regeneration
+JBB
-Fire resist penalty (minor, but there)
-Fatty


Iksar
+Medium sized
+Good Wis
+Regeneration
+Stone of Morid for fire/cold resist
+AC Bonus? Unsure how much this helps though.
-No Jbb



In the end, geared and fully spelled, race isn't a big deal.

Regen doesn't matter much with topor ticking away at 300 a tic, but still always helps to some extent. Very nice if not twinked with a fungi and/or not a 60 torpor shaman yet.

JBB's usefulness fades away after lower 50's, but is still a very nice item.

Front stun immunity is great, but not as big a deal as some make it out to be. Stuns still interrupt your spells, they just don't lock you for two seconds.

Troll snare clicky gives you the option to snare. It's usually not practical given it's long cast time and weak snare, but if you must to prevent something from running, it's there.

Snaring so mobs don't run is HUGE. Regen is extremely underrated as my regen on my shaman has probably healed me hundreds and hundreds of thousands of hitpoints more than any shaman without regen. I even wear a fungi on my troll torp sham all the time because the regen is amazing. Free heals = more mana = higher health = less dying.

How many times I have been to 50 HP while soloing on my troll would have been death on any race that doesnt have regen.

Frontal stun immunity is cool but its not frontal spell interruption immunity. I think a lot of people misunderstand that.

For me troll is the best. I have a hard time why anyone would do anything different.