Monk or Sham - who utilizes fungi more?

[squarez]

Real monks level up without a fungi (and are poor) /thuglife

[Ravager]

Sell it and get a set of rubicite and stand around in the tunnel all day in red plate.

[captnamazing]

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

Sell it and get a set of rubicite and stand around in the tunnel all day in red plate.

fucking truth man. this is what eQ is all about

[mr_jon3s]

Go Ogre Shaman or Iksar monk.

[Andyman976]

rubicite sounds fun lol.

OGres I dunno...the but crack thing is a big deterrent for trolls. Is it the pants or tunic that do the troll buttcrack ? Stun immunity...i dunno. Only works when you are tanking.

[mr_jon3s]

Originally Posted by Andyman976 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

rubicite sounds fun lol.

OGres I dunno...the but crack thing is a big deterrent for trolls. Is it the pants or tunic that do the troll buttcrack ? Stun immunity...i dunno. Only works when you are tanking.

A shaman is gonna tank. Root breaks and you have a mob beating on you. Not being stunned while your able to finish casting your spell, reroot, slow, or heal yourself is a huge boon.

[August]

I have done both with a fungi (and both of them without fungi when the fungi goes to another toon I'm hellbent on leveling).

For early levels, the monk uses the fungi way more. Just, you are an unstoppable-always-killing-mobs machine. Shamans are reliant on mana and can convert their hp to mana so they do have a way to regenerate their 'primary resource' via the fungi however it does take time / casts. A monk will naturally get the benefit, and, will do more damage than a shaman.

Shaman is one of the few classes that is augmented as it levels - most classes get weaker compared to NPCS their level as they level up, and a shaman does not. (Consider killing an even at level 5, and then killing an even at level 50).

At 45 a shaman with fungi (and JBB) becomes nigh unstoppable. Monks will still have to rest between mobs to regain hp, while a shaman can solo stables in CoM singlehandedly never stopping. Shamans power level at 50 (if you do epic - and you should if you can afford a fungi. Grind the rep in CoM from 40->50 and either pay 30k for the tear/fight or get a guild) skyrockets to the point where I can non-stop kill 4 mobs at once. Without the fungi this is still possible but you have to be much more careful.

Of course, it all depends if you want to solo or group. I'd say from a pure fun factor, take the monk all the way to 51+. You won't be soloing much after that, so get a RotWF and then give your fungi to a newly made shaman and enjoy the raw power that the class provides.

[DrKvothe]

Originally Posted by mr_jon3s [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

A shaman is gonna tank. Root breaks and you have a mob beating on you. Not being stunned while your able to finish casting your spell, reroot, slow, or heal yourself is a huge boon.

stuns don't kill shamans, push kills shamans

[Malrubius]

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

stuns don't kill shamans, push kills shamans

Yep. Ogres get interrupted all the time, just ask my Ogre SK. Stun <> interrupt! Go with innate fungi.