Shaman build discussion thread

[P13]

What the title says. List your level, stats, abilities and what you're aiming for. Let's try to figure out the best build for Shaman, what's weak and needs buffing, what's OP and totally doesn't need nerfing and all other small details to get the most out of Shaman.

Currently, I'm
Level: 87
Stats: Max mana
Skills: Totem - tooltip bugged, not showing % bonus (1 point, might sacrifice lightning or earth to increase depending on wha the bonus % is at max level), Lightning/fire totems (maxed), earth totem (dump skill, rest of points)

[Garfunk]

I have my Shaman 150 with some decent gear from wormhole. Totems are sooooo bad... they do like 100 damage per hit. totally useless.

At the moment I recommand strength build with wolves, and using totems for their crowd controls abilities (snare).

Lava spill does pretty decent damage tho, even more with a satanic weapon to stack the puddles.

[P13]

Tried wolves, didn't really like that you only have 2 and they only attack one target at once. just hit 150 myself and I'm going to test out a few builds now, starting with a few energy based ones. AFAIK, totems are bugged, so we can expect those to become much better soon

Totem CC + ability CC = total lockdown of mobs, great fun

[Garfunk]

Problem with energy is: lava spill is really good, and that's it. Elemental Blast has a too long cooldown and is not very effective. Totems are worthless (only the snare one is interesting). Earth Bind is OK, but not very good due to its cooldown.

Wolves do decent damage. I suppose the "Pack Leader" synergy gives more wolves or buff them, I didn't loot any synergy item so I can't test.

In the end, totems need a buff.

[P13]

Elemental blast does quite a bit of damage for me (got just under 10k mana). The CC from totems and earth bind combined locks down a crowd. So it's not too bad, but I do agree with totems needing a buff

[Garfunk]

I tried a few times Elemental Blast and I didn't see any impact on crowd.
I agree with the CC tho.

[Eddie]

引用自 Garfunk：

I have my Shaman 150 with some decent gear from wormhole. Totems are sooooo bad... they do like 100 damage per hit. totally useless.

At the moment I recommand strength build with wolves, and using totems for their crowd controls abilities (snare).

Lava spill does pretty decent damage tho, even more with a satanic weapon to stack the puddles.

Totems would be sooo much better if they weren't bugged. :p

[Nito]

Ye the only one good build for shaman is a wolf summon build due to bugs. Hah i pref energy builds QQ. But totems just don't do dmg. Also 1st skill don't affect totems (if only this increase attack speed of totems). Passive for wolf increase wolf's dmg but not attackspeed. Wtf.

[Eddie]

引用自 Nito：

Ye the only one good build for shaman is a wolf summon build due to bugs. Hah i pref energy builds QQ. But totems just don't do dmg. Also 1st skill don't affect totems (if only this increase attack speed of totems). Passive for wolf increase wolf's dmg but not attackspeed. Wtf.

Actually as I noticed it on mine. The Passive for Wolfs does nothing. I've been leveling it regardless but doesn't seem to add dmg cause my wolves are still doing 40k hits even though together it should be 60k
Yeah can't wait till the totems work right I have a great build ready for it. Or what I think will be great.

[P13]

By the looks of it, satanic synergies aren't dropping either. 6 satanic chest pieces and 4 hats, 0 synergies. Either that's some BS RNG or they're bugged. Either way, looking foward to non bugged Shaman + synergies

[Tsundown]

I plan on making a video on this but for now here is how I stand on my build paths

Spirit Wolf Build

Put all points into Spirit Wolf and Scent of the Wolf (split 50/50)

PROS

• Has High Single Target Damage (Wrecks Bosses)
  
• Works well with crypt/dungeon area skip method
  
• Has low skill cap and requires little mana as wolves do not need to be respawned

CONS

• Sucks at AOE and farming
  
• Is only good at soloing bosses
  
• Wolves have poor AI and wander (worse than minions in my opinion)

Totem Turrets Build

Put all points into Totems and ignore spirit wolves

PROS

• Has very good AOE clear because totems stay once spawned allowing you to run and place
  
• Very good at leveling characters and grinding loot and gear
  
• Very fun and action packed
  
• Does fairly well against bosses

CONS

• VERY MANA RELIANT
  
• Mana issues
  
• Totems don't always spawn
  
• Multiple totems may be patched in future
  
• Less single target damage and less control of where damage goes
  
• More kiting and riskier

Honestly What I plan on doing is rocking the Totem Turrets until I clear destruction and have all my gear, and then switching over to Spirit Wolves once I start on wormholes and (eventually) online dungeons.

[Eddie]

@tsundown contrary to belief wolves do some its super short range so it's not often but they do hit mutiple if tightly packed

[Nito]

引用自 VonFossFoss：

引用自 Nito：

Ye the only one good build for shaman is a wolf summon build due to bugs. Hah i pref energy builds QQ. But totems just don't do dmg. Also 1st skill don't affect totems (if only this increase attack speed of totems). Passive for wolf increase wolf's dmg but not attackspeed. Wtf.

Actually as I noticed it on mine. The Passive for Wolfs does nothing. I've been leveling it regardless but doesn't seem to add dmg cause my wolves are still doing 40k hits even though together it should be 60k
Yeah can't wait till the totems work right I have a great build ready for it. Or what I think will be great.

This passive increase dmg (not attackspeed) but numbers is wrong. Looks like this passive increase 20% of her actual numbers.

[P13]

So after spending about 4 hours playing WHs, it's safe to say totems are NOT a viable method of play. Their damage is far too low, and they (along with lava) create far too much lag and slow the game down by about 90% meaning nobody else can DPS well either.

[P13]

引用自 The Void：

I cant add slots and our programmer is on vacation for till mid july which he deserved by not having a vacation for the last 3 years so please cut him some slack. We will add the slots when he is back.

We had to push shaman out before summer sale, there will be a patch that fixes the viking issue etc.

It also looks like Shaman is going to be useless for about a month.

[Garfunk]

I got 2 synergies.
- Elementalist: shoot 3 Elemental blasts instead of one
- Pack Leader : summons 3 wolves instead of one

I don't know if damage is improved or not.

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