Best gear for a Shaman Tweak?

[Ferok]

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

nah nah.. I would first level a warrior to 46, get him full planar gear and de-level him back to 6. then get your cloak of flames/carnage/scepter. I mean unless you want a pussy twink.. err tweak.

Or just get some cobalt.

[Spud]

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

what the hell does a shaman need a manastone for?

because theres 0 casting time unlike with cannabalize.

not crucial but he said he was curious about the best classic gear possible

[Bentheb]

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

you shouldn't need over 170-180 wis on a shaman in the kunark/velious era, because chances are if your wis is that high you're doing it wrong. You'll need hp/sta and AC gear. 5/55 rings, darksea harpoon, couple useful pieces of totemic. it's probably one of the easiest classes to twink, unfortunately you'll also end up paying a wad of cash just to buy your best spells/gear later on: JBB/Torpor,etc

I've seen a lot of shamans walking around stacking wis gear, knowing that they'll outright get rid of a lot of it come kunark or they'll be hampered drastically in their play. shaman melee isn't bad, particularly considering you get to self-haste + stat buffs. At low levels you do decent melee damage and at higher levels you'll waste more mana reapplying root then you will healing yourself to take something down (remember you have slow) so you'll want to melee anyway.

My point is, don't listen to anybody who tells you to buy a paw of oppala and put it in primary. It's absolutely stupid and makes no sense whatsoever. you'd actually be better off buying your shaman an FBSS than you would be buying a paw of oppala or any other non 1hp/1hb in primary. as a shaman you'll always be casting cannibalize, and with the regen spells your mana and hp will regen (and should regen) at roughly the same level, regardless of whether you need to throw a single heal on yourself during/after the fight. come kunark (and velious even more so) it'll be these people who are stacking wis who will be left in the dust while you're soloing dragons with relative ease.

Learn to play your class, and if you haven't played the class don't go giving advice!

i agree sorta, if you are setting up for all solo.

but its kinda a balance if you are going to group.
Hp on a shaman=mana though in the long run.

Skope lets go duo Gnome gaurds once the server comes back up!

[Eastwood]

I like Skope's advice especially since it would not cost nearly as much to twink and take level 50 items out of the economy for twink dipshits to use.

Sounds like a good route to go for a level 1-40 shaman gear wise anyways.

[Helnam]

I don't even really see the purpose of max hp/mana for leveling anyways. Unless you're quad kyting or something. But pretty much at all times in a group as a shaman you should never be full health/mana or you're doing something wrong (or no mobs to pull). so focus on stuff that makes you more efficient like ruby bp or just high ac items and a weapon of course.