What starting stats for Shaman in duo with Warrior?

NenshouStar · #1 06-23-2011, 09:47 AM

alot of people tend to dump wisdom, not only does it have an effect on your mana pool, it has an effect on the chances of spells being "resisted"
being a generally larger race. as all shamans are. you don't have the most base wis to start with, as far as gear goes. you can always max out wisdom eventually with items, then start switching off to +HP +STA +AC items or w/e works in the end. but for now. being a first run toon. that extra mana will most certainly make the world of difference in difficult fights.
with a shammy/warrior duo, you're obv going to spend more time dpsing from afar with your ass on the ground for the most part. imho,

Messianic · #2 06-23-2011, 09:54 AM

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alot of people tend to dump wisdom, not only does it have an effect on your mana pool, it has an effect on the chances of spells being "resisted"

That's not true...Resist rates are entirely unaffected by wisdom.

But put as many as possible into wisdom. Once that stat is maxed, you can get hp/sta/mana items.

Extunarian · #3 06-23-2011, 10:11 AM

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alot of people tend to dump wisdom, not only does it have an effect on your mana pool, it has an effect on the chances of spells being "resisted"

No....sounds like an old wives' tale from Live.

greatdane · #4 06-23-2011, 01:17 PM

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Messianic · #5 06-23-2011, 03:48 PM

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I can't get over how much bullshit people believe around here. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It's the same as any other place on the internet. There is always a ton of misinformation, a good amount of truthful or semi-truthful information, and methods for those who care enough to find out what's real and what's not - over time.

Vohl · #6 06-23-2011, 05:13 PM

Wisdom also affects most skills your shaman will be using. Meditation, Channeling, Alchemy, etc. all go up faster with a higher Wisdom. Once these are capped, Wisdom does little for you, but it will ease the journey.

Galanteer · #7 06-23-2011, 05:15 PM

people parsed the hell out of charisma on shammies and found it did nothing.

Main effects of charisma are for charming, secondly for things like mezz or lull.

baalzy · #8 06-23-2011, 05:21 PM

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people parsed the hell out of charisma on shammies and found it did nothing.

Main effects of charisma are for charming (for enchanters only), secondly for things like mezz or lull.

For everyone else, it helps you buy/sell in a small way.

Splitting your wis/sta on the shaman I think would be best. 10/15 (you can decide for yourself which you want more).

For the warrior, as a barb you should just load all 25 into Dex. You'll be ahead in Str/Stam over any other non-large race and on par for agility with any of them as well.