How do Barbarian Shamans and their toys hold up in Velious?

[Safon]

I was browsing some Shaman race choice topics, and some people were saying things like "Trolls become best in Velious" and "the Barbarian Spiritist Hammer is awesome until Velious".

Can anyone explain why those things would be said? Velious is brand new to me

[Huddaan]

Just like the JBB is awesome until Velious. Velious is a frozen land where most mobs have a higher cold resist. So the Barb Hammer and JBB will be far less effective. Ogre Shaman > all.

[Spitty]

Originally Posted by Huddaan [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Just like the JBB is awesome until Velious. Velious is a frozen land where most mobs have a higher cold resist. So the Barb Hammer and JBB will be far less effective. Ogre Shaman > all.

Shaman ice line is a lure type - JBB remains effective versus most Velious mobs, unless p99 has other ideas for Velious resists. BSH is, and will remain, fairly useless for an epic shaman.

Also, ogres are fat.

[Delita2]

Originally Posted by Spitty [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Shaman ice line is a lure type - JBB remains effective versus most Velious mobs, unless p99 has other ideas for Velious resists. BSH is, and will remain, fairly useless for an epic shaman.

Also, ogres are fat.

Lol, lure? What shit have you been smoking.

[Alarti0001]

iksars are the best shamans ! troll regen + ac !

[Spitty]

Originally Posted by Delita2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Lol, lure? What shit have you been smoking.

Better shit than you'll ever get.

[quido]

Most of the badasses are barbs anyways - I bet they do just fine in Velious!

[Kevlar]

Iksars get a little better too because they can wear the good stuff.

[pasi]

Originally Posted by Reikerz [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But that's if you want to solo. Doesn't really matter what race you are on most of the important Velious raid encounters... AoW you'll be boxing a cleric or if you're dead weight to your guild and no one trusts you, then you'll be chain casting ice nukes to add .1% dps. Vulak you'll just be curing disease. Vyemm you'll just smoke a blunt and watch yourself get flung around a room. Aaryonar is one of the few important encounters that come down to shaman skill, and that just lies in being the first one to land a slow and not getting mana drained like a noob. Ventani you get to shrink everyone and then afk behind the ledge with your MQ2 /patchheal macro.

You're forgetting the vital role of healing the clerics who are chaining mod-rods. It's the druids prerogative to re-roll clerics.

[godbox]

who said trolls become best in velious?