Is Shaman the BEST all-around class in the game?

[zelld52]

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

No. They are boring, expensive to gear, have a slow casting “good root”, no splitting method. Most the races come severe exp penalties.

They are highly specific and useful tools. I leveled and geared one to help friends. I find the cleric more fun with a bit of practice. Also generally they are harder to find and on raids they have a cumulative benefit that tapers much slower.

Agrees on all your points, but the shaman does get fun at high skill level. Shaman pacify = root mob in camp, run around corner, root mob, run around corner root mob. Run around corner, camp. Hope to catch one pathing back out of LoS when you log back in

The one thing about shaman is against melee, priest or weaker casters, a shaman has ultimate survivability. With malaise and paralyzing earth only being 200mana per mob, and torpor only being 200 mana - it’s pretty hard to die in most circumstances