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 |
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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 | Self | Tokun in Grobb |
2 | Cure Poison | Remove Minor Poison | Single | Tokun in Grobb |
2 | Spirit Pouch | Summon: Spirit Pouch | Self | Tokun in Grobb |
2 | Summon Drink | Summon: Globe of Water | Self | 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 | Self | 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 | Self | 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 |