Shamen Vs. Druids as Soloers

[Tallenn]

Actually, there is an AE DD lightning spell at 5.

The difficulty with quadding prior to level 34 is two-fold: First, the level 1 snare spell doesn't really last long enough to snare four mobs, round them up in a tight group, and then kill them before snare starts to wear off. Second, the level 5 spell doesn't really do that much damage, so it takes a considerable number of casts to kill anything.

The reason quadding isn't really viable for druids until 34 is that is when they get the next AE DD spell (there's no upgrade between 5 and 34), and when they also have the long-lasting ensnare spell, which they get at 29.

There's also another difficulty in quadding, even after 34: lack of suitable targets. There are a really limited number of suitable mobs for quadding in the old world (at least 4 mobs semi-close together of the same type, must be non-casting, and must be able to single kite them with lightning spell with at least 40% mana left over). Once Kunark is released, that issue almost gone, and with Velious, is completely gone (Velious has TONS of great quadding targets for all levels, 34-60).