Level 24 Shaman, Critique Please

[Raavak]

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

Here is how I canni-dance:

Canni macro is my 3rd hotkey and reads as follows:
/cast 3
/pause 25
/sit

I just hit my canni macro, without watching ticks. Sometimes I fizzle, but I have enough time before /sit that I can Alt+3 and cast Canni before I sit even with a fizzle.

Can you?

/cast 3
/cast 3
/pause 25
/sit

I do this on some cleric heal macros and the 2nd cast will catch if the 1st one fizzles, otherwise you will get a txt error saying you are busy and can ignore it.

[DrKvothe]

Nothing like getting aggro from the /sit line in a macro lol.

Just do it manually. It's better. Q is my sit, E is my crouch. Did the canni macro for way too long, and after stopping I've never regretted it.

[fadetree]

I don't bother canni dancing. I just have a macros that does 5 canni's in a row.

[Aaron]

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

Why a CoF?

DPS = MOB DEADER FASTER = LACK OF INCOMING DPS FROM DEAD MOB = MORE TEH WIN

Most shamans still do a good bit of melee even at end game. I don't think 'need' is teh right word but it sure helps.

If I'm in melee range, I'm casting JBB or a spell, not trying to poke the mob with my spear.

Also, re: canni-dancing and waiting for med ticks:

Cann III give 48 mana per cast (I'm pretty sure). It has a recast time of less than 2.5 secs. So, if I don't catch med tick while sitting, I get 1 mana on the tick from standing = ~97 mana per roughly 5 secs (48 mana + 48 mana + 1 mana).

VS

Canni for 48 mana, sit, get 20 mana for sitting = 68 total mana for full 6 second tick.

[rollin5k]

You should look into charming, at 24 shamans get charm animal and it really makes soloing shaman not a nightmare. I think South Karana is a great place to start. Either keep your pet for long term or get a pet knock a mob or two down to 5-10% then break with invis and kill them all. Just have to experiment a bit to get it down.

[Mandalore93]

Shamans don't get a charm spell until level 29 I don't think. Could be wrong though.

[radditsu]

I never had the charm work well for me

[Lune]

I've used charm as a shaman to help out in a few situations:

At level 29 you can charm a sabretooth grimalkin in LOIO and duo/group the sarnak fort, which should still be mostly dark blue. Grimalkins are low enough to where charm should be fairly stable. Make sure to cast malaise on it. Good way to add dps to a shm/monk duo. You'll sometimes find monk twinks there who are looking for exp and sarnak earring, and will be happy to duo with a shammy.

At level 34 you can go to Overthere and charm a lower lvl rhino rhino or sabretooth tigress. Adds substantial dps if you're grouping. Personally I was charm duoing with an enchanter and the double charm was nuts. Haste your rhino and watch it knock shit over.

After that, charm will never be practically useful again.

[August]

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

I've used charm as a shaman to help out in a few situations:

At level 29 you can charm a sabretooth grimalkin in LOIO and duo/group the sarnak fort, which should still be mostly dark blue. Grimalkins are low enough to where charm should be fairly stable. Make sure to cast malaise on it. Good way to add dps to a shm/monk duo. You'll sometimes find monk twinks there who are looking for exp and sarnak earring, and will be happy to duo with a shammy.

At level 34 you can go to Overthere and charm a lower lvl rhino rhino or sabretooth tigress. Adds substantial dps if you're grouping. Personally I was charm duoing with an enchanter and the double charm was nuts. Haste your rhino and watch it knock shit over.

After that, charm will never be practically useful again.

Are shamans gimped compared to druids and charm-ability? I used to roll chardok using the dogs as a druid w/ charm animal + another enc for added charm/dps.

[Gustoo]

You need more magic resist.