May I please have shaman tips

[Recoil36]

What kind of character is the shaman in LE?

How is the shaman supposed to play? Is it a caster, melee, or hybrid class?

Is the shaman as broken as redit users say it is?

I was hoping to use totems with some melee. Is this viable?

Thank you

[mayrc]

Shaman is a hybrid but leans strongly towards caster.

Your damage comes from spells with some meele asistance

Its is not broken,

Totems + meele is viable. You will realize however that totems deal fars more damage than your meele. And vs bosses it can be dangerous to meele with the shaman if you are not very defensiv equiped.

[DeiGratia]

What do you mean by broken?

The shaman needs an update. I mean it's fine just don't expect to push as far as some other classes

[Johnny Thunder]

I have a storm totem/avalanche shaman and he's pretty good. also have spriggan companion, thorn totems and (warcry?) but they're pretty superfluous, the lightning does most of the work and avalanche comes out when facing bosses

also have a fire tornado shaman but he's been pretty underwhelming so far.

personally if I made a melee shaman i would focus heavily on the melee part and only use totems for support. although since attunement would help both melee storm skills and storm totem it might still make for a good trash killer if you prioritize attunement on your gear

[Recoil36]

I read on redit the shaman is broken due to lack of synergy between skills. You guys have helped me out a bunch. Thanks

[Nobukado]

Maxroll's guide on the exploding Shaman build:
https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/build-guides/explosive-thorn-totem-shaman-guide

[Recoil36]

Originally posted by Nobukado:

Maxroll's guide on the exploding Shaman build:
https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/build-guides/explosive-thorn-totem-shaman-guide

Nice. Thank you

[king_casian]

I'm using an Ice focused Shaman, spriggan form, cure/thorn totems, storm crows, vines, spirit thorns, and eventually auto-cast-on-hit storm totems... all converted to ice damage where possible. I'm up to level 75, seeking the unique relic for storm totems.

Good and safe so far, except for enemies that focus on the player (like those naga assassins). I have a unique ring that creates a dummy that enemies focus on, and I just run away and let my minions do the work (staying "fairly" close to my cure/thorn totems, on the outside edge of the combat situation.)

[Recoil36]

Can I get a builder from that please