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Old 11-20-2019, 08:20 PM
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Fwiw, my sham is 37 now on green and I've primarily leveled solo by: disease dot, slow, poison dot, melee. Depending on the exact hp of mobs and damage they do to me and resists, I'd add in another poison dot or a nuke, perhaps staying in melee or perhaps rooting to med for several ticks while dots tick.

Any of that has seemed pretty similar to me. Nukes are good vs casters but probably poor vs melee enemies unless it'll hit them down into fleeing range so you can med while dots/pet finish then off. Roots stick pretty well against blues as long as they aren't like -1 (or -2/-3 at higher levels like 20+), and REALLY well with malaise on.

This comes from me using banded by the teens + bloodforged hammer, buffing my AC and STR and regen as able.

Since 34 I still mix like 50/50 tanking with melee vs root and medding while pet tanks. Melee can seem unimpressive when you whiff 6 swings in a row at 5 second delay, but I also can hit for nearly 40 now, and it's nice to take some hits sometimes so my pet doesn't have to tank something from 100-0.

Lower blues will barely scratch you most of the time in melee, so it's close whether your unimpressive melee damage is more efficient than roots+medding for more spell damage. Maybe the next session I have ill try playing with 0 melee to see how it works though, and ill add a post to the thread then.


Based on a thread I made earlier and chats with players ingame (admittedly I don't talk to a lot of different people ingame), my shaman soloing is not faster than grouping overall, though it's equal to or better than a bad group.

I solo mainly because it's always at my pace, which I prioritize over faster exp. Afk when I want, log in and out as I want, fighting in locations that are quiet so there's no waiting lists or other people taking your mobs. I always have friends list and/or guild to chat with if I want to even without a group.
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