Shaman BIS

[Kaym]

Fungi/JBB, nothing else matters.

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[godbox]

1-45 fungi>jbb
45+ jbb>fungi

[Danth]

Jaundiced Bone Bracer is probably beside the point; the original poster has indirectly hinted that his shaman is an Iksar. As for a fungi tunic, I wouldn't want to stick one good item on a character wearing junk everywhere else, either. That's assuming he could even get one for 55K; last time I was in EC they were a good deal more than that.

That list looks pretty good to me, Naugrin. You have a fair amount of wiggle room with Shaman gear because of how HP can be converted into mana, so the class gives more options for gearing than something like a Cleric does.

Danth

[Naugrin]

Thanks Danth, look me up ingame later tonight and ill throw a few thousand plat your way.

[quido]

I would totally wear junk everywhere else if it meant I could sport a fungi tunic. Yeah, it would be better to sport a balanced setup in addition to a fungi tunic, but it is really difficult to advocate added AC/HP/Mana at the cost of 15 regen. In so many of the slots the gear you can get is mediocre anyways.

I would probably advocate a Djarn ring. I know there's this popular opinion that AC is important for shamans, but I feel it is really a tertiary sort of stat in Kunark. I'll probably feel different in Velious, but yeah, I'd trade 5ac for 25hp and 9 agi pretty easy; that agility will probably provide you better mitigation than that AC.

[AimAce]

Dunno why OP won't trust us on the tunic =( I give up. In the end what matters is that OP gets what he likes.

But just one note;Fungis are easily resellable. Low tier gear in the masses isn't. Keep that in mind.

[Naugrin]

Just for anyone who cares, i went ahead and decided to roll troll shaman since iksars get way to many penalties in terms of gear. yes i could of prob got a fungi for 55k and yes it may have been a better option but i dident. I wanted a character that was all purpose, solo, grouping, farming, raiding etc.

Here is the final BIS list i made spending a little more then 38k
Pri - Darksea Harpoon
Secondary - Clay Guardian Shield / Strathbone Shell Shield (one for solo one for groups)
Range - Howling Harpoon
Helm - Jaundiced Bone Helm
Chest - Froglok Scale Chest
Wrist - Runed Mithril Bracers
Leggings - Gatorscale Leggings
Boots - Jaundiced Bone Boots / GEBS (one for solo and one for groups)
Arms - Jaundiced Bone Armguards
Hands - Jaundice Bone Gauntlets
Shoulder - Obulus Death Shroud
Waist - Mucilaginous Girdle
Back - Mammoth Hide Cloak
Face - Platinum Ruby Veil
Ears - Black Sapphire Electrum Earrings
Rings - Platinum Fire Wedding Rings
Neck - Black Sapphire Platinum Necklace

Thanks for all the help.

[Slave]

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Pri - Darksea Harpoon
Secondary - Clay Guardian Shield / Strathbone Shell Shield (one for solo one for groups)
Range - Howling Harpoon
Helm - Jaundiced Bone Helm
Chest - Froglok Scale Chest
Wrist - Runed Mithril Bracers
Leggings - Gatorscale Leggings
Boots - Jaundiced Bone Boots / GEBS (one for solo and one for groups)
Arms - Jaundiced Bone Armguards
Hands - Jaundice Bone Gauntlets
Shoulder - Obulus Death Shroud
Waist - Mucilaginous Girdle
Back - Mammoth Hide Cloak
Face - Platinum Ruby Veil
Ears - Black Sapphire Electrum Earrings
Rings - Platinum Fire Wedding Rings
Neck - Black Sapphire Platinum Necklace

Here's my advice, and I tend to gear more defensively for shaman, works wonders for me:

Helm: Kylong Helm is cheap and great.
Secondary: The only time you will ever really need Wisdom is for Alchemy.
Boots: See Secondary
Back: Hooded Black Cloak is basically obligatory here.
Face: A Targishin's Bone Mask will serve you quite well but Platinum Ruby is good too.
Ears: Earring of Essence is more defensive than a BS earring, and cheaper.
Wrist: if you don't use a fungi, you MUST have a JBB here at level 45. MUST!

[Naugrin]

Thx for the suggestions, will sell the GEBs and the shield to help me buy a Ceremonial Iksar BP. Also buying the HBC over Mammoth hide but i think ill keep the hp/mana earrings for now.

Gotta save up for enough plat to afford JBB by lvl 45

[Danth]

Thanks for the offer Naugrin, but you can keep your money. I'd feel like a twit accepting that kind of money for a mere forum opinion.

Troll is a good choice as it gives you more options for gearing; you effectively trade the ability to use sebilite scale for the option to have things like a JBB. You actually have the money to potentially afford that JBB so it's very much worth it.

I didn't mention darksea harpoon earlier since a slime coated harpoon offers similar stats with a slightly better damage ratio (3 less delay), but it's not a large difference and they're basically equivalent. If you plan on soloing a great deal then a 2HB might be worth looking in to; melee will probably consist a fair portion of your damage output. That's why some shamans even go for a haste belt.

I generally favor +mana over +HP for shaman gearing as mana is immediately available while HP must first be converted into mana via cannibalize (which you don't have until 24). In an emergency situation you may not always have time to do that. I can't call HP gearing "wrong"; it's merely a different way of accomplishing the same goal. Of course, with sufficient funds available, just gear for both.

Danth