Shaman help

[Kelor]

Hi there, im thinking of doing an Iksar Shammy but have a few questions.
Do i really need JBB?
Is slam needed at all for 60 solo?
How big is the Iksar bonus here? is it 40 - 45 AC bonus like on live?

[applesauce25r624]

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[Cazlo]

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

Hi there, im thinking of doing an Iksar Shammy but have a few questions.
Do i really need JBB?
Is slam needed at all for 60 solo?
How big is the Iksar bonus here? is it 40 - 45 like on live?

What do you mean by iksar bonus? Xp bonus? Iksar has -20% to xp.

[Kelor]

AC bonus i mean

[Cazlo]

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

AC bonus i mean

+15 ac bonus, +17 if warrior.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

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[Clark]

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[Clark]

JBB is the best shaman item aside from Epic/Fungi Tunic.

I had a 65 Iksar Shaman on live, and 60 Ogre Shaman on another EQEmu and P99.

I'd strongly advise going Ogre or Troll.

[skwayb]

[QUOTE=Clark;1895235]JBB is the best shaman item aside from Epic/Fungi Tunic.
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Played on Live during the Classic/Kunark/Velious era. I had all 3 of those items along with Malo, Torpor and Slow. That combination of items and spells made the shaman so powerful. Mana free nuke and mana free dot all day long. Only problem with Winters Roar on the JBB is it breaks root most of the time and doesn't work too well in Velious since most things were cold resistant. But with that combo, you could solo things most people need a group for.

[eisley]

Iksar AC bonus is dependent on how they implement it here. It also can't be measured in pure AC - it is measured in parses of damage taken.

On live, it was pretty massive, leading to rerolls and outcries and so forth, as is well documented. It was due to two factors mainly imo: The relatively low 289(?) worn AC cap in Velious, and the fact that fights were MUCH longer, making the bonus really add up. On here, only Monks have an even playing field armor wise currently and it is a substantial improvement, there are parses if you search the forums. There's no way to say how big of a difference it'll be here in Velious.

Slam stops interrupting mobs beyond a certain level. I think it's 50. Interrupting mobs in general becomes harder. Anything "hard" in Velious isn't affected by Slam, far as I recall. It'd trivialize things too much. However, this is not live.

Someone said JBB is the second most important shaman... personally, I'd take Puppet Strings. In Velious you can Canni4 4+ times in the time you can channel JBB. That is at least 388 mana.

Personally I'd recommend directly asking the better shamans their opinions and going from there.