Starting a Shaman

[Hasaan]

Hey everyone,
just about to start an Iksar Shaman, and was curious as to what stats are most important.
For example, is wisdom>sta?
And how should I allocate my starting points?
Was going to go all WIS then the rest into STA

[quido]

Max Stamina first.

[Motec]

reroll ogre

[Estu]

WIS is useful until level 60, at which point you get Torpor and can cannibalize indefinitely. I'd go max STA and then WIS, since STA is (1) harder to raise, and (2) more useful post-Torpor.

[Slave]

1) Roll ogre or innorruk troll
2) max stamina, then other stuff

[Yinikren]

The problem is you're telling the guy to max a low-return stat for gameplay stictly past 60, which requires a fairly hard-to-obtain spell (iirc). What is he going to do for the other 59 levels, where he doesn't have torpor, and now has a lower manapool because he has 17 extra HP from that 25 sta?

[Motec]

The same thing every other shaman does. Never have full HP or mana. Total pool is irrelevent.

[Hasaan]

I plan on achieving the most beneficial stats for raiding
sooo
Are trolls or ogres better for this?
I wanted to play Iksar, but I'm willing to choose the most beneficial build for raiding.
I've only raided with melee characters, so I really don't know much about shamans in raids, other than buffing.

This character is an alt btw, main raiding char is a Paladin, so I'd perfer to have a build that's solo friendly as well as most beneficial for raiding purposes.
Would choosing an iksar be a bad choice?

[Motec]

Ogre hits all criteria by far the best.

And a shaman without jbb, slam and stun immunity is lame

[Hasaan]

Appreciate all the advice, I plan on rolling an ogre, maxing sta, then wis.
Nice to have some direction :]