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Originally Posted by Slave
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I think that Ogre Shaman / Ogre SK is one of the most powerful duos possible in EverQuest. Not only is the SK the most powerful and most effective experience tank, they are superb pullers. The Shaman is viable forever as a healer because Slow line is so wickedly overpowered, and they only continue to increase in power.
For two characters that won't be doing much solo time, and will be supporting each other in groups, you can't really ask for a better duo.
SK attributes: 75 Agility and the rest into Stamina
Shaman attributes: 75 Agility and the rest into Stamina, then a tiny pittance into Wisdom.
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pretty accurate except for the sham stats
http://wiki.project1999.org/index.php/Shaman
read that pretty much explains why wis>sta
You cant go wrong with sta and I wont get into debate over it since both are viable but I got an ogre sham I went with wis I dont regret it at all where my gear is now my sta will be max once I get the last stam buff upgrade and my wis is like 145 I think. I never have mana problems. and sit around 1800hp self buffed atm and about same for mana.
sham gear hp>ac>mana>wis>sta for gear
sta wis rant over
frew things from my experience being that necro/sham/sk are the 3 classes I have so far played extensively here and on live. necro/sham have some overlap of poison and dot spells.
if speed is a factor at all your gonna feel that exp penalty hard the whole way duod with sk over necro from the penalty (which if you are coming from modern mmos do not scoff at it does suck and is super noticable although mitigated if duoing mostly).
I duo with necros more frequently than sks on my sham because (and this wont apply as much 55+ I guess) we can pass mana and or life back and forth to each other at really nice rates whereas with a SK no matter what you do when they oom they oom and they're not damage dealers like necros are so auto attack (while decent with sham buffs) is gonna be unimpressive. Conversely paired with a sham a necro pet should be able to tank any slowed mob (exceptions exist im sure) just fine without an exp penalty and definetly an increased kill rate.
If a mob is rooted which it should be SKs amazing holding abilities go out the window leaving you with waaaay worse FD puller than a monk who does waaaaay worse dmg than a monk. Id take monk/sham over sk or necro tbh it really is broken how well they pair.