Hello and thank you

[Avery01]

if you are going to use a shaman class, i would consider a mystic because of their group slow and their group debuffs. A defiler has single target slows.

Although a defiler has a 10k ward and they have 2 Hp buffs while a mystic has bolster and 1 hp buff and a stanima buff. ( i find the hp difference is about 100 different)

A defiler does more dps with his debuffs though as well so if you want extra dps then that might be the way to go.

[Noxxy]

SK, Warden, Defiler, Troub, Wizard, Coercer

- Personally, I always default to my mystic when the going gets rough, but at these times I will always have the pally as MT (played since release - so pretty old skool) - I will admit though, if I am running the SK, I do like the defiler for the extra DPS for pure farming / grinding

Have a look at it this way (this is how I have set up my accounts):
- MT - both crusaders and a guard (+ potenially a zerk oneday)
- MH - both shaman (+ potenially a warden oneday)
- OH - both clerics and a fury
- DPS - both rogues and a wiz (+ potenially a lock oneday)
- CC - both enchanters
- Util - both bards

These combos will allow 'most' group combos that work (with the exception of 2 x bards in the same team which is a bit of a shame to miss out on but I don't want to try and fit out say 2 x troubs for example) - so simply, I run a: crusader, shaman, cleric, rogue, enchanter, bard team and find it works for practically everything

What you are both suggesting is different preferences for one shaman over the other - if you set them both up on the same account (MH in my case) you can swap whichever one you like in as needed - the same goes for the CC (and, in my case, bards). I have placed these classes on the same account as it's pretty obvious we'd never use both shaman in the 1 FG, same goes for the CC (well...except for some raiding combos perhaps)

So simply, try both shamans/chanters, just make sure you make them on the same account as you can swap them in and out to find what works the best for you


Clarification: I should state right now - I will always pick melee over casting anyday - so when I say I run a crusader, shaman, cleric, rogue, enchanter, bard team - you could quite easily turn it into a crusader, shaman, cleric, DPS (melee or caster), enchanter, bard team if you like squishies