Starting SK & Sham Duo - which races & stats to pick?

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zroice

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Heya

Im new to this server and I wanted to create a Shadowknight-Shaman Tagteam(figured that would make a good duo team, other suggestions welcome).

On live i played a rogue but I wanna try something new.

Because I am mostly into raiding and highend game, I am not really sure which races and starting stats to pick optimally.

I thought about it but I would like to hear some of your opinions that you played already on the server for some while.

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For the SK the choices are:

Iksar
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Starting stats: Str 80, Sta 75, Agi 90, Dex 85, Wis 80, Int 85, Cha 60
Total = 555

Pro: - regeneration
- innate ac (does this scale with level and how big is the benefit?)
- can forage

Con: - Exp penalty (this doesnt affect my choice)
- low stamina, str

Troll
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Starting stats: Str 118, Sta 114, Agi 83, Dex 75, Wis 60, Int 62, Cha 45
Total = 557

Pro: - regeneration
- 25% stun resistance
- Slam

Con: - Exp penalty (doesnt affect my choice)


Ogre
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Starting stats: Str 140, Sta 127, Agi 70, Dex 70, Wis 67, 70 Int, Cha 42
Total = 586

Pro: - 25% stun resistance
- Slam
- Highest stats

Con: - Consumes food faster (doesnt really affect my choice)

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So for the SK the questions are basically:

How hard are stats to max out (especially with the hidden strength AA), the harder the more it would shift towards ogre because of the stats, altough int is very low.
How useful is slam, 25% stun resistance, regeneration and innate AC in highend game?

And (depending on the race) where to spend the starting points? Stamina because of the hp? Int because its hard to raise? Charisma (what does that affect, resists of your spells?) because its hard to raise?

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Now for the shaman:

Same races as Shadowknight basically. Iksar, Troll or Ogre.. maybe also Barbarian

Barbarian
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Staring stats: Str 103, Sta 100, Agi 82, Dex 70, Wis 80, Int 60, Cha 60
Total = 555

Pros: - Slam
- 25% Stun resistance

Cons: - no real racial traits like high stats or regen/armor

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The questions for the Shaman are also how hard the stats are to max out?
How useful is regeneration and or high stamina for cannibalize?
Wis only affects mana pool right? I read meditation works % wise so high mana pool = faster mana regen??
How important is Cha? Its for resistances if im not wrong aye?

And last but not least, where to spend the starting points depending on the race?

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Ok this post got quite long, I hope someone actually reads it lol. Would be cool if you could give some of your opinions and experience to help me with the choices.

Thanks for reading, and see ya ingame soon. =)
 
In my opinion, Iksars are the best race in the game with their regen and ac bonus. Both of these bonuses were nerfed slightly compared to Live, but they are WELL worth the exp. penalty that they get. AC and regen for a shaman is really good, as well as the AC bonus for the SK.


Iksar all the way~
 
Although you didn't list them, I've always found Dark Elves to be excellent shadowknights due to their naturally high intelligence (which is a stat your shaman can't buff). The mesmerize and charm resist are not to be ignored lightly either. They are depressingly low on strength and stamina, but Str/Sta gear is ridiculously easy to find and you have a shaman to buff it up anyway. Assuming however that you already decided you didn't want to play a Dark Elf, an Iksar is the best choice of those listed and they are DEFINITELY the best choice for a shaman.
 
ok got it so i guess ill make them both iksar =)

But what about starting stats? 20 to spend for sk and 30 for sham.
 
All stamina for the SK until you can't, then agility. Then all charisma for the shaman and then wisdom. It will be much harder to max charisma than wisdom in the high end game.
 
IMO Human is one of the better races for a tank class. I say this because for high level tanks its all about tank AA's for every 100,000 exp an iksar gets a Human gets 107,500 exp not sure how much exp you need to get to 65 from 1 but ad 5% of that exp into aa's and on top of that for every 100 aa's you get you get 5 for just being human.

Speaking of wich any one have the Numerical Values for exp from 1-65 and how much exp per aa ?
 
ignore any +/- to xp

seriously.

Iksar for the Sk for AC bonus as has been mentioned. No question.
 
Rolunaan said:
IMO Human is one of the better races for a tank class. I say this because for high level tanks its all about tank AA's for every 100,000 exp an iksar gets a Human gets 107,500 exp not sure how much exp you need to get to 65 from 1 but ad 5% of that exp into aa's and on top of that for every 100 aa's you get you get 5 for just being human.

Speaking of wich any one have the Numerical Values for exp from 1-65 and how much exp per aa ?
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XP penalty didn't matter until ~300 AA's which is more or less past the ones you really need.
Iksar AC bonus and superior stats makes them better if not best SK's by far.
 
Ogre, just no beating them as an SK IMHO. They are the classic SK race to me. Throw some points into int after maxxing on sta.

Shaman, Froglok, because they are just cool as hell.
 
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