Shaman JBB vs GFG farming greenies

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You could also get any long delay high damage 2h that is cheaper. Ratio doesn’t matter when you are cutting 6 seconds off your swings with each click. I went with a blight (same look as GFG) and recently switched to a Club of the Ice Ocean and clay guardian shield.

Really though, your melee as people mentioned is rubbish. Every hit taken is mana you can’t canni.

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

1) A shaman's melee weapon is the least important contribution to their DPS (relative to the other options of JBB/epic/new spells)

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

Really though, your melee as people mentioned is rubbish. Every hit taken is mana you can’t canni.

I would go so far as to say shaman melee is counter-productive for a tanking shaman in the mid40s+ vs mobs with riposte, every swing is an opportunity to eat a riposte, and as the levels climb it becomes less and less worth trying to swing for a 1-120 on something that's going to riposte you for 150+.

Edit: I would also like to point out that for a non-tanking/non-solo shaman, throwing in some melee hits (with someone else tanking) while doing your normal canni routine is a free way to add some dps without losing med tics or taking hits. Some mobs are resistant enough to JBB that it's probably better dps with melee than it is to get 90% resists all day on JBB. (although near-immune mobs are rare, they do exist)

I realize this is a thread about green farming but hey sometimes farming greens with a friend is a nice chill time.

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[Sat Oct 01 19:32:03 2016] A black reaver hits YOU for 155 points of damage.
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[Sun Oct 09 04:16:42 2016] Captain Bvellos hits YOU for 149 points of damage.
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