Torpor soloist gear

[dbparden]

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

While mana isn't totally irrelevant, you don't get that much out of stacking it. You probably want a decent baseline wisdom (I'd say 160ish) so your mana pool isn't so small that it becomes a problem, but other than that, having a huge mana pool just doesn't really do anything. Throughout a fight your mana will fluctuate between 0% and 70% or something like that. You're never gonna dump an entire full mana bar into something and then med back up to full, it's just not a thing shamans do. The only ones who genuinely get good value out of a huge mana pool are raiding clerics and wizards whose value in a fight is directly proportional to the number of spells they can cast without a med break.

160ish sounds good to me! Last night I scuffled some gear around and got to 161 without having to buy anything else. I could get rid of my 65HP rings for some more wisdom but I really don't want to sacrifice 130HP and what 12AC to get it

[Danth]

Larger mana pool is nice when you fight something that resists slow 8 or 10 times in a row and the larger pool can mean the difference between success vs capping out. That type of scenario occurs mainly in a duo/trio with a proper tank where the Shaman's health/armor ratings are mostly irrelevant to begin with, hence why I have not mentioned it in this thread so far--the original post specifically asked about solo setups. A solo Shaman will get good service out of having as much health/armor/resist as he can find while having a more modest mana pool; things like West Wastes dragons aren't all that terribly resistant and mana regeneration coupled with a minimum of damage intake over a long battle matters far more for that type of gameplay.

The above being said, in the end I don't see that it matters ALL that much either way. Simply put the shaman is more than strong enough to overpower almost any equipment deficiency. The wife's shaman is set up more for mana pool and she can solo WW dragons just like any other shaman can. Smaller-pool shamans can and do duo/trio with success. Player experience/comfort and available click items is I think more important.

Danth