Again, if someone wants to play a shaman…fine. It’s just not bringing much that any other class can’t bring.
- Worse heal than Celestial Elixir (probably won’t mem for this group)
- Debuff line similar to a Mage
- Pet that does like 1/4th dps of a Mage air without a 3-4 second stun
- No premium or free DS
- No way to share their mana with anyone
Outside the quad-ench path I like the Ench/Ench/Cleric/Mage since there is very little overlap of abilities and it mixes two stressful and two very relaxed jobs. The shaman in comparison has to work very hard to be a very committed (and poor) tank. They are doing horrible DPS since it’s likely anything they would survive tanking won’t last the time for the epic to go full-course. Meaning they will have to Bane to maybe keep up with a robe-click DS.
If not for the mage (depending on how helpful mala/o and Malasini is), I would much rather mix in a necro or druid over the shaman if only for snare and more CC, let alone the treasure trove of utility they bring to the table. If hunting outdoors you have three classes that can fear and none that snare. Hell…a SK or ranger would be better than a shaman.
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