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I will advocate that the snare necklace is absolutely invaluable to my Troll Shammy solo playstyle; moreso in dungeons but relevant anywhere. It's mana free and I can snap it onto a mob at ~20-25% and keep him from bringing in any buddies. Sure, I could drop a nuke and just be done with him but I love the option not to. Smacking my victim with a slam as soon as he turns is usually enough that he doesn't move, but failing the 'Troll's Elbow' he doesn't go very far.
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My point is that the Shaman playstyle doesn't need Clinging Darkness specifically in MOST cases. This is because you can just use root. When you get Torpor, the mana used for root is not going to make or break the fight in most cases. Since Clinging Darkness and root have the same chance to land from an MR resistance perspective, Clinging Darkness is a pretty bad spell overall, due to it's very short duration, and long cast time on the snare neck. You would be able to get the mob under control faster with a few roots as opposed to waiting on the snare neck to cast, and land successfully. Yes, you can pre-Clinging Darkness the mob when they are close to running away, but the short duration, long cast time, and same MR resistance chance make pre-Clinging Darkness tough to juggle along with everything else a Shaman needs to do. Shamans are very casting heavy classes, so adding one more thing to your list of things to cast is just not worth it in most cases. The only time Clinging Darkness is useful Post-Torpor is the RARE case where you are fighting a pathing mob that gates, and you cannot fight said mob on it's spawn point. Other than that, root works just as well at keeping the mob in place. Torpor Shamans do a lot of tanking, since their mobility is limited while Torporing. If you can survive the mob for the first 80% of their HP, you can survive the remaining 20% by rooting the mob and finishing the job tanking, or sitting back and letting root hold them in place. I would have a completely different opinion about the snare neck if it was a better spell, even the next spell in the Clinging Darkness line. This is because you could snare the mob well in advance of them starting to run, and you wouldn't really need to worry about snaring again. This is why https://wiki.project1999.com/Spear_of_Constriction and https://wiki.project1999.com/Ball_of_Burlap_Yarn are great additions to a Shaman's arsenal, for those rare occasions where you need it. The long duration on those snares make it much more useful. But both of those items are not race specific, so that is why snare neck loses a lot of value in addition to the points mentioned above. If you really need a quick snare in a dire situation, you can use https://wiki.project1999.com/Scepter_of_the_Forlorn , which is superior to the snare neck due to it's instant cast. Yes, it only has 10 charges, but in most cases a quick snare would be more of an "Oh Shit" moment than normal play.
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Last edited by DeathsSilkyMist; 11-25-2020 at 04:00 PM..
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#103
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Nah, I'll take endless mana free clickies that don't expire over charges any day. Superior is all a matter of preference.
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The reason why I cite charged clickies is because snare is such a rarely needed spell on a Shaman, especially with Torpor. I have 2x Balls of Burlap Yarn and 2x Scepters of the Forlorn, and I have yet to use them. Having a few for emergencies is more than enough for a long time.
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#106
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wow just wow!
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My mana saving items before Torpor were: https://wiki.project1999.com/Black_Fur_Boots - 80 Mana Per hour https://wiki.project1999.com/Fungus_Covered_Scale_Tunic - ~4500 Mana Per Hour https://wiki.project1999.com/Fungi_Covered_Great_Staff - 1200 Mana Per Hour https://wiki.project1999.com/Runed_Coldain_Prayer_Shawl - 600 Mana Per Hour https://wiki.project1999.com/Rune_Cr...7s_Breastplate - 150 Mana Per Hour https://wiki.project1999.com/Jaundiced_Bone_Gauntlets - 80 Mana Per Hour https://wiki.project1999.com/Jaundiced_Bone_Boots - 80 Mana Per Hour https://wiki.project1999.com/Jaundiced_Bone_Vambraces - 80 Mana Per Hour https://wiki.project1999.com/Jaundiced_Bone_Helm - 80 Mana Per Hour https://wiki.project1999.com/Jaundiced_Bone_Bracer - Depends. Easily over 3000 Mana Per Hour if you are fighting a good portion of that hour. https://wiki.project1999.com/Torch_Of_Alna_Quest - Depends. At least one pet's worth of mana. I would have considered getting: https://wiki.project1999.com/Jaundiced_Bone_Breastplate to save 200 Mana Per Hour Shroud of the Spirits. If Chardok 2.0 had come out, I probably would have picked up: https://wiki.project1999.com/Di%60zok_Oracle_Shillelagh https://wiki.project1999.com/Earring_of_Cleansing https://wiki.project1999.com/Earring_of_Purity Being able to save at least 10,000 mana per hour is crazy. That is the equivalent of meditating for 50 minutes straight at 20 mana per tick. With snare neck you could easily save at least 300-600 mana per hour on roots, which is the same as a Flowing Thought I item, always nice[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] https://wiki.project1999.com/Spear_of_Fate is obviously a big one too, but I mention this last because it is not as easy to come by these days unless you are in a raiding guild or can pay 100k or so.
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Last edited by DeathsSilkyMist; 11-27-2020 at 01:37 AM..
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This is a very good guide OP!
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#109
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I give it 4.3 stars. I’d hit it and call again.
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#110
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Some additional video evidence that stuns can* be deadly:
https://youtu.be/WKsIYryPDfI?t=916 While the sham in the video did kill vilefang (super cool BTW), it got dicey at that one point due to resists + stuns. *stuns can kill you but didn't happen in this video | ||
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