Shaman
 

Thinking about turning my Barb Shammy, into an Iksar when Kunark comes out. I really enjoy my shammy and love the concept of the class. I thought about making an Iksar, but didnt want to wait, however, now I am rethinking that. I was just hoping I could get some insight as to peoples experience with Barb vs Iksar Shaman.

Thanks

Iksar regen is a neat trick, and the extra innate AC is of course, free AC, but IMO, the negative faction and inability to wear jaundiced bone plate (any plate-type armor) do not make up for it.

Unless your Shaman is under like lvl 20, I'd say no. Keep the barb.

just remake an ogre now.

Why not troll? Get the regen.

It's been argued that the stun resistance is more beneficial end game than the small regen is for a shaman.

It's also been argued that stun immunity is situational and in the end no race of shaman clearly outshines another. A players style might very well dictate which class is best for them.

This. You get the regen, you can still wear plate, and you can start it now, and not in X months.

because the regen is negligible end game but the stun immunity never loses value, and is also game changing.

To the OP: Basically you picked the worst race possible and any move you make is an improvement. Trolls are awesome imo, and I hate ogres... hence why I never made a shaman. I couldn't stand being an ogre (the best), and I couldn't stand being a gimp race in comparison.

Someone makes this exact same thread every 1.5 weeks here.

Ogre stun immunity isn't really that game breaking or super overpowered. I'd say it's the best shaman race ability but it's rarely going to be the deciding factor in being able to solo something and in the cases that it is, the issue can just as easily be fixed by playing smarter/better.

All that said, Troll regen is nice but it's probably the single most overrated bonus in the game. It's like 1hp/tick, right? Wow, 10 whole HP every minute... AWESOME.