Didn't read any of this, but I did level a shaman 1-60 last year. I did 1-55 without much gear. At 54, I took a break and farmed Sebilis for plat for weeks. Bought a Fungi and did 55-60 with Fungi. Sold Fungi at 58 and bought Torpor, stashed it away for 60.
1-24 was a slog. Every fight was Drowsy, miss 12 melee swings in a row -- 5 minutes later it's dead.
At 24, I started DoTing along with Drowsy tanking, cannibalize and regen made it pretty easy to stay 70% mana or more at all times.
At 34, I Drowsy tanked with pet behind. Cannibalizing with Chloroplast and Bind Wound during downtime. I absolutely flew from 34-45 in about 3-4 days.
At 45, I duod with monks and rogues. Same strategy. Drowsy tanking with melee behind.
34-45, I did alot of guards, and hill giants. Had 15k saved up and bought a discounted JBB.
46-51 was Root, JBB until dead. Bloodgills - then CoM until I finished my epic faction with pages.
51-54 was the slowest. JBB wasn't strong enough and I didn't have epic yet. I did Kaladim guards, face tanking with pet, Turgur's, and JBB spam.
At the end of 54, i finally finished my epic. And it was off to the races. At 56, I got Paralyzing Earth and every fight was the same. Root 4 melee mobs, Malaisement, Paralyzing Earth, epic click. Refresh epic every 1m 30s on mobs, and refresh root every 2 epic clicks per mob. Repeat until 60.
Few notes:
-Bind Wound. It goes perfectly with Cannibalize. Shaman get 200 bind wound by level 40, which is 33hp per tick. Combined with Regen its 38 per tick, 43 per tick with Chloro and 48 per tick with Regrowth. (Plus racial regen and any worn) At 56, they can bind to 70%. Works perfect while root rotting. Canni Down > Bind Up
-Save up for a JBB. It's still good at 60, and made the 46-54 soo much better than trying to DoT mobs.
-21% Haste, Poison Wind Censer, and some HP/AC rings is all you need to get to 45.
-Drowsy is the best slow until Turgurs, in my opinion. It's 25% slow (guaranteed 25% less damage from mob) and only 20 mana. 2.5s cast.... compared to 5s cast from Tagar's / Togor's. Excellent spell to pull with.
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