Shaman power level?

[Bhubbles]

Seen a number of people asking for shamans to PL them and that they are a very good class for it. Just wondering how they pwr level? Thanks in advance all!

[Flash]

Buffs, roots, regen, heals, and they can wear something down and then gate out while the dots finish it off, giving the other person poking at it full exp.

But personally I think Druids are still better for it, simply because of their damage shields.

[Handull]

Druid is gunna be best 1-30 or so for pretty much any class. After 30, a druid can PL melees upwards of 45, but the melee's gear and class becomes more and more important as they get higher in level. At some point the trade off between DS and haste will become apparent. If you are comparing a 60 shaman to a 60 druid, then spells like torpor start to come into play and can make a big difference. On the other hand, so can the druid regen/mana-regen self buffs/tree form and a manastone if they have one.

[MammothMafia]

Uh... we forget chanters? with goblin gauzughi ring chanter can pl high lvls way faster than any class.. did my lvl 42 druid friend to 44 in a few hour sesh in DL... root and haste higher lvl spider and just bring in charms to get torn up by him.. click invis ring when they at 5%. druid gets killshot, repeat. we were going through about 5 mobs a min seemed like... and way easy

[Plaxiglass]

Maybe druid pl is better at lower level, but it is still doable with a Shammy. Buff the melee char to max and once the mob has passed 50% hp, send in pet to kill it. For the shammy pl to be effective (fast killing), it still requires the lowbie to get some decent dps by itself.

[MammothMafia]

and with chanter manataping spider its was nonstop, no med breaks. the druid had a hard enough time keepin mana up for killshots

[Wudan]

Buffs, roots, regen, heals, and they can wear something down and then gate out while the dots finish it off, giving the other person poking at it full exp.

But personally I think Druids are still better for it, simply because of their damage shields.

stick to snitchin and dont speak about stuff you have no clue about. Thank you. ;)

[Sickle]

I can PL pretty well from 0-20 on my necro, first kill is instant lv 4-5 depending on xp penalty.

[Bhubbles]

So does anyone have an actual way they pwr level? I see dots/root/heals/haste, i just dont see how this is better than either monks or druids. and if there not melee how do they pwr level them at all since haste will not help them. Thanks for any advise you have!

[SirAlvarex]

I've seen the following method:

Shaman: Fully buff yourself with all the HP and Regen buffs you have. Root a mob, preferably one that will give mega xp to your counterpart, but will never resist your root. Slow the mob.

Power levelee: Get hasted, augmented, whatever, and do 51% of the damage to the mob. Once that is done, the shaman will nuke it down and get you full XP.

I don't know how well that works for non-DPS classes, but it works great for Monks and Rogues.

[quido]

The shaman powerlevel is more for higher levels, especially melees. It's more an OOG duo really - buff some melee to hell, slow, maybe tank, and hopefully the dude you're PLing gets a little more than half the damage and you get a little less.

I traded PLs with another shaman earlier - he PLed my 59 monk, and I PLed his 51 warrior. It worked wonderfully!

[Splorf22]

Basically a shaman is identical to a druid except that they use potions for damage shields and have higher higher ac/hp and regeneration with cannibalize/torpor.

[Flash]

stick to snitchin and dont speak about stuff you have no clue about. Thank you. ;)

So are you gonna go around giving me shit in every thread now?

You have "loser" written all over you.

[tristantio]

I prefer necro method of fully dotting mob (and snare), then feign death when it is low life and dots will finish it off.

As long as the PL'ee has done at least 1 point of damage they'll get full xp and necs obviously have no downtime.

[bizzum]

The shaman powerlevel is more for higher levels, especially melees. It's more an OOG duo really - buff some melee to hell, slow, maybe tank, and hopefully the dude you're PLing gets a little more than half the damage and you get a little less.

I traded PLs with another shaman earlier - he PLed my 59 monk, and I PLed his 51 warrior. It worked wonderfully!

More, MORE!

[fuark]

Necro PL 1-35 is insanely fast (and works with any class)

Druid and Monk PL are great for melees once you get to 35+, though druid starts to level out and a geared monk starts to be better.

[Wudan]

So are you gonna go around giving me shit in every thread now?

You have "loser" written all over you.

Nah, im not gonna give u shit. Im just gonna call you what you are.

[Galelor]

Basically a shaman is identical to a druid except that they use potions for damage shields and have higher higher ac/hp and regeneration with cannibalize/torpor.

Smart man.

[Flash]

Nah, im not gonna give u shit. Im just gonna call you what you are.

I'm a good player is what I am, kid.

[Handull]

its funny, i never thought about a shaman using DS pots :P that would make shaman PL's pretty sweet for low levels, except for that fact that there seem to be more druids around with all their spells and willing to PL, and DS pots do add a bit to the price. i'd be interesting to see what zones a 60 shaman will good gear and spells could tank/DS PL vs a 60 druid. i know i haven't PL'd at 60 at all, so i'm not sure what i could do excatly, but i'm pretty sure i could tank CoM, at least i'd like to try some time

....flash, just ignore the dude hating on u and stop shitting up an otherwise interesting thread. your only on-topic comment was pretty week and nonspecific, so he was kinda right :/