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Funnyone | Sun 15-Oct-06 01:17 AM |
Member since 10th Jul 2006
77 posts
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#14804, "Suggestions for Evil Shaman race & Tactics"
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I'm not a complete newbie, but I'm not a veteran either. I'm interested in learning about shamans. They have alot of nice maladictions among other things, and I just want to get some insight into what race you think would be the best for a shaman. I'm going to be a evil shaman who just wants to kill anyone in my range.
What races are best for that? I know there are alot of human shamans out there, but I want something a little different. Dark elves have high intelligence, and I'm guessing that's good because of learning communes quicker, and perfecting them faster than a fire shaman would. But a fire shaman has alot of strength, and alot of hps. The fire shaman can hit harder than dark elf shaman. But what about duergar shaman? I see some of them too, but vulnerability to holy attacks is big. What about an arial shaman?
I just dont know what to do about race. Any suggestions?
Also, I'm sure I'll learn them as I go along, but what maladictions do i need to worry about the most when learning? I know blindness is big, so is plaque, curse, and fatique, but what else is important? What things do i just need to know to be a good pker with a shaman? Any insight from shaman players, or tactics used on you by a shaman would be helpful.
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RE: Suggestions for Evil Shaman race & Tactics,
Eshval,
16-Oct-06 04:30 PM, #6
Plaque is overpowered.,
TheDude,
15-Oct-06 04:35 PM, #5
RE: Suggestions for Evil Shaman race & Tactics,
Isildur,
15-Oct-06 10:26 AM, #2
Dude, you left out the half-races,
trh,
15-Oct-06 02:06 PM, #3
RE: Dude, you left out the half-races,
Isildur,
15-Oct-06 03:03 PM, #4
RE: Half-drow,
A2,
17-Oct-06 03:15 PM, #7
RE: Suggestions for Evil Shaman race & Tactics,
Funnyone,
15-Oct-06 08:58 AM, #1
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TheDude | Sun 15-Oct-06 04:35 PM |
Member since 20th Sep 2005
285 posts
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#14811, "Plaque is overpowered."
In response to Reply #0
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The -charisma effects can be nice against those pesky bards though. :-D
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Isildur | Sun 15-Oct-06 10:26 AM |
Member since 04th Mar 2003
5969 posts
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#14807, "RE: Suggestions for Evil Shaman race & Tactics"
In response to Reply #0
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Here's my take:
Duergar- The obvious *huge* bonus is that you can detect hidden. The downside is that you're vulnerable to positive and light, and many of your enemies will either have the wrath commune or wrath weapons. A certain cabal power (and certain shield) make this less of an issue. I wouldn't count on them, though. You're also dumb as a rock, though not quite as dumb as a fire giant rock.
Fire giant- The big bonus here is resist_physical. You're also dumb, even moreso than a duergar. Low intelligence not only affects how quickly you learn communes, but also how much mana you'll have and how quickly it regenerates. A shaman without mana is pretty useless.
Human- The big bonus is not having an xp penalty. That means your PK range will extend further in the "low" direction, meaning you should be able to fight more lower-level opponents. Also helps you rank more quickly.
Dark-elf- Super smart, but also super frail. Mithril vuln and high xp penalty are the big penalties. Autosneak can be helpful in some situations.
Arial- Almost as smart as a dark-elf, but without the annoying mithril vuln and super-high xp penalty. Lightning vuln, but you can cover that w/o too much trouble once you hero. Water you can't cover, at least not easily. Then again, water attacks are rarer than mithril. Perma-fly is nice given you can't see hidden people. Less chance that someone will trip you to death while you're spamming down eastern road.
This may not count for much, but from what I can tell the majority of players choose duergar, fire giant or human.
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Funnyone | Sun 15-Oct-06 08:58 AM |
Member since 10th Jul 2006
77 posts
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#14805, "RE: Suggestions for Evil Shaman race & Tactics"
In response to Reply #0
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What about equipment too? If I pick a certain race like Dark elf do I need to concentrate more on hp gear? If I pick a race like Fire Giant, do I need to concentrate more on damage, and mana gear?
Thanks for help. Shamans look very interesting.
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