What starting stats for Shaman in duo with Warrior?

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My friend and I are starting the game soon and will be duoing as Barbarian shaman and warrior. He's an old EQ vet, and I'm totally new to the game. I've read up on initial stat allocations, and it seems like people are torn between WIS and STA: http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=27581. Then there's CHA...

Questions:
-does WIS have any effect other than boosting your MP pool size? I.e. will it make my spells stronger? I don't care too much about tradeskills.
-if the answer is no, then isn't STA clearly better? My friend says that he recalls (10 years ago) there being a lot more WIS-buffing items.
-Any other considerations? Like what his starting stats should be since we always play together and he'll be tanking.

Thanks!

(And thanks for good posts like this: https://www.project1999.org/forums/s...ad.php?t=14274)