Help us build a Monk and Shaman Please

[Crede]

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

The fungi has been a massive upgrade.

I have my druid parked so I can keep Thorns/PotG/Regen (+15) on her monk and coupled with the fungi (+15) the regen is gross.

My shaman using iksar regen BP (+5) with no buffs (or just PotG) feels pitiful as spells don't land on the reds her monk is now ripping through. I swear I cast spells just for skill-ups... I do whack decently with the poison wind censer at least!

We're thinking of hitting the high 20's, low 30's before pushing for the haste belt grind on the druid/chanter in SG.

Luckily <Kittens Who Say Meow> has been pretty active for grouping, since the raiders all left for <Fuze> so we've been able to help some folks get exp who might otherwise be left to solo/struggle.

Again, you folks have been aces at helping us steer this duo, so thank you for your time and consideration everyone. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I also got someone to quote me 40k for the childs tear + fight assist on the shaman once I get him factioned! Super stoked for that, I just need to be careful with my expenses for a while.

Just as I had thought, your shaman is now just sitting FM meleeing because you have fungi and a potg bot. Potg alone is good enough for the shaman mana savings, I would have prioritized haste over fungi in this duo. Skip the shaman epic for now, save for spells you will need, it’s really more of a solo tool and it’s not fun managing 4+ mobs which is what it takes to do decent dps with it. Just get a jbb to help burn one down at a time and focus on gearing the monk and getting shaman spells.

[Crede]

At this point I'd get the best haste you can for monk, then JBB for shaman, then go back to monk and get a tstaff. It is seriously one of the most broken weapons as that proc is super OP and it will help you interrupt casters more. And with shaman dex buffs that will equate to so much stun time.

[Snaggles]

Fungi tunics, fungi staff (nerfed). Get a Barb hammer if a Barb.
I wouldn’t get a Mort staff except as a toy.
Monk you could go from Wu’s 2h to IFS and be fine to 60.
Get a solid haste item.
Ring 8 would be ideal for the monk.
JBB is a must once you can click it.
Epic is nice but likely most fights won’t go full duration.

PS: I didn’t read much into context and responses. Apologies in advance.

[Crede]

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

Fungi tunics, fungi staff (nerfed). Get a Barb hammer if a Barb.
I wouldn’t get a Mort staff except as a toy.
Monk you could go from Wu’s 2h to IFS and be fine to 60.
Get a solid haste item.
Ring 8 would be ideal for the monk.
JBB is a must once you can click it.
Epic is nice but likely most fights won’t go full duration.

PS: I didn’t read much into context and responses. Apologies in advance.

Yea A lot of shaman epic advice which I think ppl are so used to soloing on Blue you will have adds but just get jbb and burn them down as you said most fights should not be taking full epic duration and if you miss that last 1 or 2 ticks shaman epic is pointless.

[WarpathEQ]

I would take epic over JBB, can do just as much DPS over full epic duration while freeing up cast/melee time in between.

You can substantially increase the usefulness of epic by pulling mobs in packs and root CC'ing them. Epic dot all of them while the monk goes around beating them down 1 by 1. You can get WAY more total damage out of epic that you can JBB at that point.

Also make sure you grab the shaman pets when available, nice free extra dps (haste the pet too) and when you get there a reclaim energy clicky is nice to grab max pets.

[Crede]

Root rotting adds off to the side to make shamans seem like a sustained dps class, lol where I have heard this before(Dsm)

These are solo tactics. What shaman wants to buff cc heal and slow and root rot 3-4 adds off to the side while the monk just sits there and turns on auto attack? And if epic isn’t ticking full duration(which it won’t unless your monk completely ignores them which is dumb) your dps only gets worse.

Just get jbb. Mobs will die fast. No need to introduce adds just so the shaman can do a little more group dps.

[kjs86z2]

I mean...if you wanted to skip JBB and get full value out of shaman epic it wouldn't be that hard. Monk can just go work on the next pull as the epic dot finishes off a mob.

[Braldar]

My wife and I are doing the same on Blue except our Monk Ang Shammy are our highest characters, currently at 42. We’ve been using a couple of loaner Fungi’s since the 20’s and killed the treants to get the money for the Seahorse belt, which was a nice addition. Currently saving money now for Epic, Torpor, TStaff and whatever expensive thing we will need next.

We’re Iksars so I’ll never have the JBB but I don’t miss it since I have my wife and my dog to fight my battles for me. Any adds are easily rooted (at least at this level) until we can get to them.

[Hannibal]

We'e up to 25 now on our Monk/Shaman duo. Honestly it's a solid duo and making headway isn't hard by any means. I just got Regen, so that's been a massive bonus for us.

Huzzah for Unrest being a ton of kills and this xmas event too. We got a couple black marbles, other assorted gems, and a couple potions for sitting down and grinding at Fireplace!