Shaman

Description

Shamans are a versatile wisdom caster with strong healing and damage capabilities, and some of the best buffs in the game.

Stengths/Weaknesses

Pros

• Excellent buffs (Avatar, Focus, Haste, various stats, SoW and other utility)
• Excellent debuffs (Slow, resist debuffs)
• Good heals (Quick Heal, Mini-CH, Torpor)
• Decent damage (Poison/Disease DoTs, Pet)
• Cannibalize line is improved on IxiQuest, and allows HP->Mana
• Fairly tanky for a caster

Cons

• Healing ability is less than other wisdom casters.

Grouping

A shaman pairs particularly well with melee classes. Their buffs are welcome in any group, and their debuffs make them especially good when tackling difficult encounters. If your end-game goal is killing the hardest stuff possible with a duo or small group, a shaman will be essential to your party. Their heals are effective enough to fulfill the primary healer role in a full group, but they can also contribute decent damage with their DoTs and pet when necessary.

Raiding

A shaman's primary contribution in a raid setting is buffing others and debuffing the raid targets. After the primary target has been debuffed, their role is typically spot healing and contributing damage. The inclusion of group versions for most of their buffs and the low cooldown on Mass Group Buff on IxiQuest makes keeping buffs up on everyone significantly less frustrating than on a strictly classic-era server.

IxiQuest Spells & Abilities

The following is a partial list of spells available on IxiQuest that are not available on strictly classic servers

• Cannibalize rate of HP->Mana significantly increased. (Example Canni IV is 1036 HP / 490 MP, vs 148 HP / 82 MP on p99)
• True Spirit (Improved Pet @ L60 (Fully controllable))
• Chloroblast (Improved, Heal 1000 HP, 3.75s)
• Kragg's Mending (Heal 3000 HP, 10s)
• Incarnate Anew (90% Rez)
• Group Celerity, Group Shrink and other group versions of buffs.
• Anathema - Curse DoT, 225+ / tick.
• Idol of Malo (Totem that casts Malo)

Alternate Advancement

The following is a partial list of AAs available to the class.

In addition, all classes get access to some general abilities such as Origin, Run Speed, Bandolier Slots, Improved Stats and Stat Caps, Increased Max Buffs, Improved Regen, and more.

• Cannibalization (Better Canni)
• Improved Poison/Disease Cure
• Rabid Bear (Turns you into a rabid bear, +stats)
• Spell Casting Mastery, Reinforcement, Subtlety, Fury
• Improved DoT crit chance
• Quick Buff, Mass Group Buff
• Various Healing AA's
• Improved Mana Regen
• Extra Spell Slots
• Gate