Are shamans the end all be all boxing class?

[Morx]

Seems I hear about a lot of shaman teams out there, and was curious if this is the best class for boxing? Seems easy enough.. whether they are all ele, which seems the best, or have a heal in the mix if you go with a Pal x1, Shm x4 team.

For a new boxer, would a shaman be considered an "easier" class to learn boxing with? I've just simply gotten my feet wet with 2 warlocks, and it was fun watching them cast all at the same time. :P

Thanks for any information.

[nogbog]

Shaman just have a lot of options.

Any ranged class is good for multiboxing, melee is even good for some things.

It's all about tastes really. I've always liked warlocks so that's what i've gone with.

[Morx]

I've got a paladin, that I'm boosting with friends up right now, and when thats finished, and geared, some time down the road, I intend to boost a new 5 box team just to see if I can do it.

Warlocks, especially with amazing macro guides in the other forum from Bradster, seem like a great choice. Have everyone of them with a different pet, or all the different pets and watch them just kill everything so quickly. :thumbsup:

[Otlecs]

It depends what you want to do.

I originally wanted to farm instances, so I went with a Pally, Priest, Hunter and two mages and already had a 70 lock to swap in when needed.

That's fantastic for instances, but I wanted to PvP too and the lack of synergy becomes really obvious in PvP. Especially the lack of fear control, even with the trinket.

So I went with a bunch of priests for a while, but found them too squishy and the fear ward gets consumed. Not ideal, and I didn't want to stare at undead all day long for WotF.

So I tried hunters. Great fun until things get up close and personal, then it all gets a bit messy. It's doable, but can be frustrating.

So now I've joined the masses and rolled Shamans.

The thing is, they can do it all:

- Highest armour class of all casters.
- Can use shields.
- Grounding totems make PvP and PvE encounters with other casters a walk in the park.
- TREMOR TOTEMS :love: make fear just about a non-issue.
- Multi-target nuking from a single target (instead of having to click the screen) - big deal for boxers.
- Can melee when out of mana and actually do useful damage.
- They can all heal. "Kill the healer" just doesn't work.

The list goes on. There aren't many down-sides, other than the fact that the majority of their damage is nature-based, which can make for some nasty surprises in PvE

There's just no other class that can genuinely do all of the above.

Of course, the lack of "traditional" crowd control means you have to get creative, but that's no bad thing.

So, yes, I do believe they are the be-all and end-all for "do anything" multi-boxing, at least for people who don't want to play Undead.

That doesn't mean they're the only viable group though - not by a long, long way!

[Sekij]

I love ghost wolfs in my shamans because whitout that i cant do anything against saps :/ and with 4 chars on follow i can stay in one place forever if rogue really dont like me

[Otlecs]

and with 4 chars on follow i can stay in one place forever if rogue really dont like me

Shameless thread derail ahead.......

Are there any totems that break stealth? As I recall, there was a time that one of the fire totems would attack stealthed players, but that was a while ago now. I haven't had a chance to try that with my 40's shammies yet.

[Ifalna]

I think magma totem pulls people out of stealth as its aoe. Also dropping a rank 1 one while capping a base is terrific, as if any stealther attempts to los cap it, it interrupts them

[Otlecs]

Excellent!

[Tizer]

in short, i think people are saying, yes, shaman own hard while others scrape by. You simply cant better the totems ;D

[Morx]

- Multi-target nuking from a single target (instead of having to click the screen) - big deal for boxers.

I've noticed, that is definitely a huge deal for MBers. I'm just curious how you do it? With macros?

I've got a Paladin I'm questing/boosting currently, and my plan is to hit 70, get some gear, and then be ready to boost even faster any new team I start. I hear a lot of Paladin / 4x Shaman teams, and so was just curious..

Of course, this is turning into a post that might be better suited for the macros forum.



As for what I want to accomplish, running instances would be the goal. Good chance, I'll have friends sub in, but for the most part I want to be able to run myself through instances and farm heroics. A paladin + 4x shaman sounds like a fantastic combo, as long as I hone my skills to be able to manage with no CC. :thumbup: