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 RetroQuest, 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.

RetroQuest Spells & Abilities

The following is a partial list of spells available on RetroQuest that are not available on strictly classic servers, some of these may not be available until later expansions.

• 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

Spells

Level	Spell Name	Effect(s)	Target Type	Locations
1	Burst of Flame	Decrease HP by 3-5	Single	Tokun in Grobb
1	Cure Disease	Remove Minor Disease	Single	Tokun in Grobb
1	Dexterous Aura	Increase Dex by 5-14	Single	Tokun in Grobb
1	Endure Cold	Increase Cold Resist by 11	Single	Tokun in Grobb
1	Flash of Light	Blind Target, Decrease Atk by 5	Single	Vessel Kirtokk in East Cabillis
1	Inner Fire	Increase AC by 1, Max HP by 11	Single	Tokun in Grobb
1	Minor Healing	Heal for 10-20	Single	Tokun in Grobb
1	Strengthen	Increase Str by 5-14	Single	Tokun in Grobb
1	True North	Point you North	Single	Tokun in Grobb
2	Cure Poison	Remove Minor Poison	Single	Tokun in Grobb
2	Spirit Pouch	Summon: Spirit Pouch	Single	Tokun in Grobb
2	Summon Drink	Summon: Globe of Water	Single	Tokun in Grobb, Firrion Roweus in the HUB
3	Feel like Cat	Increase Agi by 10-27	Single	Tokun in Grobb
3	Scale of Skin	Increase AC by 3-9	Single	Tokun in Grobb
4	Fleeting Fury	Increase Str by 15, Increase AC by 6, Increase Dex by 20	Single	Tokun in Grobb
4	Frost Rift	Decrease HP by 24-29	Single	Tokun in Grobb
4	Sicken	Increase Disease Counter by 1, Decrease HP by 1 per tick, Decrease HP by 8 when cast	Single	Grazik Plaguebringer in East Cabillis
5	Drowsy	Decrease Atk speed by 10%, Increase disease counter by 3	Single	Firrion Roweus in the HUB
5	Endure FIre	Increase Fire Resist by 11-30	Single	Tokun in Grobb
5	Gate	Teleport to Bind	Single	Tokun in Grobb
6	Serpent Sight	Infravision	Single	Vessel Kirtokk in East Cabillis
6	Spirit of Bear	Increase Sta by 8-23	Single	Hoart in Grobb, Firrion Roweus in the HUB
6	Summon Food	Summon: Black Bread	Single	Hoart in Grobb, Firrion Roweus in the HUB
7	Sense Animals	Sense nearest animal	Single	Vessel Kirtokk in East Cabillis
7	Cure Blindness	Blind Target	Single	Vessel Kirtokk in East Cabillis
7	Spirit Sight	See invisible	Single	Firrion Roweus in the HUB
8	Endure Disease	Increase Disease Resist by 11-30	Single	Vessel Kirtokk in East Cabillis
8	Tainted Breath	Increase poison counter by 5, Decrease HP by 10 when cast, Decrease HP by 10 per tick	Single	Firrion Roweus in the HUB
9	Light Healing	Heal for 35-65 HP	Single	Hoart in Grobb, Firrion Roweus in the HUB, Tukanta in Halas
9	Spirit of Wolf	Increase movement by 30%-85%	Single	Hoart in Grobb, Firrion Roweus in the HUB, Tukanta in Halas