For a Shaman who wants to melee level, do I need to be Ogre/Troll?

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

I'm with Death on this. I think the issue is people keep debating different things.

No gear increases the DPS of DoTs. Only a few pieces of gear allow you to cast more DoTs. Melee DPS varies WILDLY based off of gear.

I think the bridge that gaps peoples different levels that melee falls off is entirely subject to their gear. Melee shaman falls off at 20 if youre in banded and a fine steel spear. Melee falls off at 40 if you're in twink gear.

Shaman DoTs felt worse than nuking to me until EB and plague leveling on green.

Did you just not buy venom of the snake or something? I still use that on occasion on a level 60 necro.

I find it hard to believe lvl 30+ shaman who are just purely meleeing are killing mobs in under 40 or so seconds.