Shaman activity

[Huntingtons]

I've been playing around with the thought of rolling a kobbie shaman, think it's one of the coolest classes in game, so much utility in both viable spec lines (actully, using all three - 15 mend, 42 aug, 30 cave - for 30% rez... dunno if im gonna spec that yet tho) so i got some questions:

1.) what are the chances as shaman to get rvr grps?
2.) of ra's i was thinking of getting mof to counter the low cave - like mof 3 (+17 lvl's vs. resists) should i do that. Will +skill also affect this so i should aim for skill+mof =51?
3.) how's the BG activity, possible to solo and the likes?


;-D thanks in advance

 

[Overdriven]

Make a caster...

Not sure about shaman activity at the moment, I know there's several groups running on mid that hasn't got many shamans but all the big RvR groups have them, so your best chance would be to try to join a decent guild. [Grey Wolves look FOTM now, join them - I was in it ]

RvR specc shaman, for proper groups: 44 Aug, 31 Cave, 4 Mend.
Shaman's dont solo unless they're mad, or have about 48 cave

Most groups have a healer with 30-100% rezzes, so there's no real need for mend unless you like curing poison/disease.

With the RAs and low cave, I think you'd be relying on single line [pink, base] roots and AoE/Single line diseases honestly, the + in skill would help, but I don't find it completely necessary. - Get MoF if you want =) Your shaman, your choise.

Correct me if I'm wrong btw.


/Overbuffed - RR4L6 - ML10 - TOAd.

 

[Phantomby]

Ive recently started a shammy and was thinking of a spec like

26 mend
41 aug
23 cave

anyone care to comment on the viability of this spec, or enlighten me to the main role of the shammy in RVR?

I was hoping to make a char that would be useful in RVR and PVE if poss but without gimping myself in either area. mostly rvr tho.

Any advice appreciated
Cheers

 

[Huntingtons]

the way i've noticed shaman rvr position is to interupt support casters, disable tanks with roots and shear (shearing every possible person) interupting with disease and roots, maybe heal once in a while.

i dont see why speccing 44/31/4:

44 aug give's you 1 dps more dmg add! (that dmg add sucks, and if running with skald shaman dmg add is useless)
31 cave gives you better aoe root - 50 sec, compared to the 38 sec from the lower lvl. roots often last long anyway, with det. the deminishing value works hard right?

with 42/30/15

42 give's you the same thing's as 44 (cept aoe dex shear, aoe sucks imo) besides the dmg add
30, missing the aoe root, thats all (with lower root, cheaper in power, 6 power;p)
15 gives you 30% rez, good one, along with cures and spec heals - dunno if it's worth it tho

 

[Overdriven]

Shaman in RvR:


Interupter, Secondary Healer, End Giver, Secondary buff class. [Since most have bots]

44 aug needed. Red end. Not many people run with LW1 anymore.
31 Cave is nice for the insta AoE disease.
Low mend = Not the best for PvE because of lack of cure and 30% rezz.

 

[Huntingtons]

Shaman in RvR:


Interupter, Secondary Healer, End Giver, Secondary buff class. [Since most have bots]

44 aug needed. Red end. Not many people run with LW1 anymore.
31 Cave is nice for the insta AoE disease.
Low mend = Not the best for PvE because of lack of cure and 30% rezz.

acording to catacombs: end5 = lvl 42 - disease(AOE Insta) 27 (next is 37)

 

[Overdriven]

acording to catacombs: end5 = lvl 42 - disease(AOE Insta) 27 (next is 37)

AoE Shears...
Blue AoE Root


Just look at the speccs you want on char builder, the 44/31/4 specc works in PvE and is an RvR group specc.

 

[Huntingtons]

AoE Shears...
Blue AoE Root

posted my opinion on aoe shears

 

[Overdriven]

posted my opinion on aoe shears

Ignored them. They're useful.

And the post was edited, since all that stuff wasn't there in the first place =)

edit: your choise on what to do. I'm quite happy running in good groups.

 

[Azathrim]

Make a shaman, everyone needs them.

However, as for all classes... getting a group is another matter. Be that for thanes, casters or healers.

Either you go pick-up groups or you join or start a fixed group. There is a much better chance that a fixed group needs a dedicated shaman player, than that they need a dedicated caster.

So, Shamans is a good choise if you have the mindset to play one.

 

[Huntingtons]

so there's need for them in both pve and pvp? and how's pryd rvr situation atm? as mid ofc... albs zerging, and no hibs?

 

[Roteca]

i dont play pry, but i do play shaman, and if you go shaman go for 44a/31c/4m and make sure you dont use GoV in your temp, and make sure that you have Zo bracer in your temp, you need 101 dex, 10 cast speed, 20ish powerpool, 6%-26% buff, 6 is realy enough as you can swap with stardrop, you should aim for 300ish hits in temp, you should also aim for 30+af. ra wise you will need mofo2 (its enough realy), you will need moc1, you will want vr2, you will need purge1-2, you gonna want mcl1 and rp1 atleast. then its pretty much up to you, but thoose you should get... as i dont recomend gov is that you have 20 effective UT from it, and 5+ dex cap, you can get a rog hammer with better stats for prolly 100g, or skip the 5 dex cap and get a crafted 94% qua hauberk with better UT, a 3 hauberks i can recomend is TG, 2.10, or eirness.
you will almost for sure need 1-2+ good rogs to make a sweet template unless you get a hold of some realy overpowerd drops.

to tired to think of more, but a shaman is fun, and if you play your class well and dont act like a bitch you will prolly get grps, as a shaman is included in every setup you run.

 

[Huntingtons]

;-D thanks roc. but what exactly is so good about 44 aug? and is the 31 aoe root worth it? i mean, do you use it mainly to root? or interupt?

 

[Roteca]

;-D thanks roc. but what exactly is so good about 44 aug? and is the 31 aoe root worth it? i mean, do you use it mainly to root? or interupt?

you get con shear at 44, and well basicly you wont need the mend so rather spend the points at aug, the 31 ae root i use for both interupt, but also to root of with if i feel i dont have time to do each target with single ones.

 

[Huntingtons]

you get con shear at 44, and well basicly you wont need the mend so rather spend the points at aug, the 31 ae root i use for both interupt, but also to root of with if i feel i dont have time to do each target with single ones.

but aoe shears got 4 sec cast time as druid (lowered for shamans i suppose, but still greater than single) and it's rare to get targets standing 150 units close, isn't it? (never used mine coz of cast spd)

 

[Roteca]

but aoe shears got 4 sec cast time as druid (lowered for shamans i suppose, but still greater than single) and it's rare to get targets standing 150 units close, isn't it? (never used mine coz of cast spd)

well the casttime on ae shears is 3.0 sec, with 10% cast speed and 381 dex as i have selfbuffed i dont see it as such a problem, and yea the radius kinda suck but wtf, if they are standing that close you get one extra on the go 8)

 

[Huntingtons]

what's casttime on single then? (oh, and has greater powercost ;p)

 

[xenia-]

2.0 sec casttime on single ones

anyways, idea behind 44 / 31 spec is that you get best end, red heat resist, while getting a blue pb disease and a 50 sec ae root - 44 aug for ae con shear is ofc not needed, but the idea is to get as much aug as possible for buffing on the fly, while not completely missing out on cavespec utility - leftovers put in mend since that line is broken for shammies - and if you spend time healing you should have rolled a healer, that is not a shamans job - period.

you miss cure poison, and get cure disease from perfector line (no big deal still, spreads are not affected from disease, unless caster is diseased), as well as a baseline ress so the utility of mend line is still there, even with no spec what so ever - if you want to have a useful heal then get VR.

 

[Roteca]

2.0 sec casttime on single ones

anyways, idea behind 44 / 31 spec is that you get best end, red heat resist, while getting a blue pb disease and a 50 sec ae root - 44 aug for ae con shear is ofc not needed, but the idea is to get as much aug as possible for buffing on the fly, while not completely missing out on cavespec utility - leftovers put in mend since that line is broken for shammies - and if you spend time healing you should have rolled a healer, that is not a shamans job - period.

you miss cure poison, and get cure disease from perfector line (no big deal still, spreads are not affected from disease, unless caster is diseased), as well as a baseline ress so the utility of mend line is still there, even with no spec what so ever - if you want to have a useful heal then get VR.

althou you get red end at 42 aug, red heat resist at 43, and no other buff spells at 44, and i doubt it makes any diffrence in the buffs either between 43 and 44 aug, but its realy no use to get more mend in my opinion, and i have used ae con shear more then single con shear atleast.