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Rithm Fluffderg has EverQuest Free-to-Play

Jan 10, 2015 @ 1:02am

Playing a Shaman?

Shaman is the one priest I seem to have difficulty wrapping my brain around as a character.

Does anyone have advice and tips for playing one? Like, what's good to do, what's best to avoid, and just how to play the class in general.

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Sogrom

Jan 10, 2015 @ 4:18am

I dont play a Shaman myself, but my friends that do all say that http://crucible.samanna.net/index.php has some great information,

Hope that helps,

Last edited by Sogrom; Jan 10, 2015 @ 4:18am

Aanton Jan 24, 2015 @ 7:20am

When in group be sure to assist the tank and cast slow. Alot of your mana will go to buffing but you can also do something in the healing department.

As a solo it depends in what level range your in you get some interesting spells later on. And shaman are good soloers and groupers too.

You can also molo(solo with merc) where I would get a tank specially for the 1-60 level range where the tank merc will benefit you alot.

Shadows Edge has EverQuest Free-to-Play

Jan 25, 2015 @ 1:51am

i never really played a shaman but they are a melee's best friend. They can buff you like crazy and slow monsters. Plus they get a pet to tank for them and with a merc, you got a mini group going. They got side jobs of making potions of all different types and are like the flipside of an enchanter. I would not call them a priest type tho. More of a warrior who decided to dabble in magic and talks to spirits.

Saicotic

Jan 25, 2015 @ 3:20pm

root-rot, pet/merc tanking. Shaman can solo/molo well, and with canibalize to convert hp to mana they can dish out some sustained damage. Though they shine as group support and with your debuffs and buffs with heals you can really help a groups progression.

NAD "Non-Auto-Domesticated" NAD has EverQuest Free-to-Play

Mar 17, 2015 @ 9:38am

root debuff dot dot dot .... cani cani cani... dot dot ... mob dies... not much too it

Rithm Fluffderg has EverQuest Free-to-Play

Mar 20, 2015 @ 10:44pm

Originally posted by Quincey Jones:
root debuff dot dot dot .... cani cani cani... dot dot ... mob dies... not much too it

Sounds like clicking mindlessly...

76561197971680476 Apr 25, 2015 @ 4:28pm

The shaman is a support class and not easy to master. It is designed around supporting endurance fights (esp raiding). They can support every other class in some way.

As a rule, get mobs slowed as soon as possible, use heal over time on the tank to give you breathing space, use proc spells on the tank, your pet and/or group, heck - even you can swing a weapon - for additional damage and any DoTs to wear it down.

Cannibalize ability and spells restore significant mana mid fight (when played smartly) to keep you DoT'ing, healing and adding damage long past the mana pool of any other class.

From level 90+ (Veil of Alaris expansion), mob HPs go up significantly and make root/dot a pretty unviable tactic for the solo shaman.

Hopefully you'll persevere and be slowing raid bosses, adding damage all over and AE healing parts of the raid before long. What you won't get is an easy solo career.

Rithm Fluffderg has EverQuest Free-to-Play

Apr 29, 2015 @ 12:20pm

Thanks for your advice, everyone, but I decided against playing a Shaman simply because it really just isn't for me. Maybe this advice will be helpful for other people who want to play Shamen, though.

Sardu1

Jun 23, 2015 @ 7:24pm

This is what I did for 3 years: Buff party, debuff mobs (slow, resists, etc), then maybe throw some dots on the mobs. Sometimes I'd even be a decent bakup healer.