Question - Shammy insane number of AA, which to choose?

[Jetanroth]

I have fallen way behind on my Shammy AAs, there is just a ludicrous amount of the125 cost AAs in focus that I probably will never be able to max out.

Question for any real OG Shammies in the house, which should I prioritize? Assuming I may be able to get half of them, which ones are most important?

 

[Sic]

I have fallen way behind on my Shammy AAs, there is just a ludicrous amount of the125 cost AAs in focus that I probably will never be able to max out.

Question for any real OG Shammies in the house, which should I prioritize? Assuming I may be able to get half of them, which ones are most important?

since i rely heavy on shammy healing, i always prioritize healing AAs - the rest (dps stuff) is just gravy.

you obviously want to ensure you have unlocked all your spell gems (dunno where your AAs currently are)

This all assumes you already have access to your other "on use" and "passive" boosts - some increases are minor, so if you already have the ability like Dampen Resistance, the upgrades on these type of things can wait.

Also - don't forget to ensure you have the type3 augs for your earlier reckless spells that you're still using, that is a huge boost.

after that i like to make sure i have these: max'd out asap

- Abundant Healing
- Healing Adept
- Healing Boon
- Focus: Spiritual Swell
- Improved Reckless Mending

- Canni
- Sympathetic Amp
- Twinproc
- CA/CS
- General Sturdiness (this doesn't have huge returns, but i try and keep my shammies as healthy as possible)

When i get into damage stuff i try and get:
- Destructive Cascade
- Destructive Fury

 

[knave23]

Careful you don't let your canni aa outlevel your gear btw; unless they've changed it in the past few years. I accidentally did that to one of my shaman and it kind of bricked him until I could get him some upgrades.

 

[Jetanroth]

since i rely heavy on shammy healing, i always prioritize healing AAs - the rest (dps stuff) is just gravy.

you obviously want to ensure you have unlocked all your spell gems (dunno where your AAs currently are)

This all assumes you already have access to your other "on use" and "passive" boosts - some increases are minor, so if you already have the ability like Dampen Resistance, the upgrades on these type of things can wait.

Also - don't forget to ensure you have the type3 augs for your earlier reckless spells that you're still using, that is a huge boost.

after that i like to make sure i have these: max'd out asap

- Abundant Healing
- Healing Adept
- Healing Boon
- Focus: Spiritual Swell
- Improved Reckless Mending

- Canni
- Sympathetic Amp
- Twinproc
- CA/CS
- General Sturdiness (this doesn't have huge returns, but i try and keep my shammies as healthy as possible)

When i get into damage stuff i try and get:
- Destructive Cascade
- Destructive Fury

Great Shammy insight! Thank you!

I feel like Shammy have so many Focus AA its crazy. I think if you calculated it all they basically end up with like 20,000 more AA than a Cleric which is wild.

 

[RobRenfro]

Canni and regen because that is how you recharge your mana

Then abundant healing.

Then get back to me .

 

[nitramneb]

As far as the Focus AAs - Look at what you have regularly on your spell bar, and figure out which Focus affects those spells - those should be your priority. The ones for spells you use in rare circumstances really aren't going to affect you most of the time. Same for the Type 3 augs - Get the ones that affect your normal loadout first, others are on a whenever kinda prioroty. Figuring out the focus that affects a particular spell - each focus usually has a list of spells on its page in the AA window. You might also look at parsing info from EQ Log Parser, if you use it, take a look in the spell damage and healing sections, and see what spells you are getting the most bang out of, and focus accordingly.

 

[reedreddington]

I never thought i would max AA a sham or SK but i can tell you it can be done. If you are limited on playtime - find a mission you can do easily enough once a day and use Lesson of the Devoted before opening chest.

 

[Myysterio]

depends highly on how you use your shaman and what level it is. If my shaman's level is going up, I will often sub a cleric in so shaman can not be so important, in which case I need to focus on whatever it can do to be more useful to its own leveling process. I will focus on mana gain and dps so it will contribute to its own success. If the shaman is only healer, then heals are more important.

 

[Jetanroth]

depends highly on how you use your shaman and what level it is. If my shaman's level is going up, I will often sub a cleric in so shaman can not be so important, in which case I need to focus on whatever it can do to be more useful to its own leveling process. I will focus on mana gain and dps so it will contribute to its own success. If the shaman is only healer, then heals are more important.

He is my primary healer. I do have a cleric but I only put him in the group when things are too much for Shammy to handle.

 

[disclosed]

He is my primary healer. I do have a cleric but I only put him in the group when things are too much for Shammy to handle.

This statement does not compute to me. I don't raid anymore, so I'm only ever in group gear but without Redguides, as a SHM with 13K hours, if I'm geared with just the best group gear, best current augs, max AAs, I can easily out heal any CLR that isn't the best at their class and raid geared to the current expac. I can never be convinced otherwise.

Now with that being said, I assume you're running him through RG, ideally you want every single AA maxed, but if you're just using them for healing & plus the slow and debuff:

Prioritize
General: (I don't upgrade any of this stuff at first)

Archetype:
Abundant Healing
Healing Adept
Healing Boon
Healing Gift
Malaise (Lowers targets resistances)
Mastery of the Past (so you don't fizzle spells)
Mental Clarity (Mana Regen)
Mental Stamina (maxes mana pool)
Wind of Malaise (Pretty much Malaise for when you get 1 or more adds and the tank is suffering)

Class:
Cannibalization
Soothsayer's Intervention
Turgur's Swarm
Turgur's Virulent Swarm (for adds to group)
Union of Spirits

Focus:
Spiritual Swell
Ancestral Intervention
Reckless Regeneration
Luminary's Synergy

I feel like that will pretty much keep you covered with healing in a group. Also make sure to have all of your current spells for expac and level. And for god's sake, do the epic up to 2.0 or he's basically worthless.

 

[Free_Sid]

If its your main healer, start with the healing aa's...then canni

 

[RobRenfro]

As most of you know some times I struggle with my brain. I'll try to be more Concise. I would do Canni, Regen. All HP boosts and mental clarity first. Then Abundant healing and your other class healings. But get you hit points maxed, can I maxed Regen maxed and clarity maxed because that is how much and how fast you can replenish mana and how fast you get your health back,.

If you get bored doing healings do your two Turgurs they are both a necessity if you don't have them. After class healing, I would move to the Focus healing. I built my Shaman to kill so he got he detrimental so early but you want to build the healer route and detrimental s last if you are using the Plugins which I recommend or RG Mercs. And it doesn't hurt to use potions to boost how fast you get your AA..

 

[RobRenfro]

It's not as hard to max AA as you might think especially with a whole month of bonus xp coming up in March. You can do it. Good luck!

 

[FuzzyOcean]

since i rely heavy on shammy healing, i always prioritize healing AAs - the rest (dps stuff) is just gravy.

you obviously want to ensure you have unlocked all your spell gems (dunno where your AAs currently are)

This all assumes you already have access to your other "on use" and "passive" boosts - some increases are minor, so if you already have the ability like Dampen Resistance, the upgrades on these type of things can wait.

Also - don't forget to ensure you have the type3 augs for your earlier reckless spells that you're still using, that is a huge boost.

after that i like to make sure i have these: max'd out asap

- Abundant Healing
- Healing Adept
- Healing Boon
- Focus: Spiritual Swell
- Improved Reckless Mending

- Canni
- Sympathetic Amp
- Twinproc
- CA/CS
- General Sturdiness (this doesn't have huge returns, but i try and keep my shammies as healthy as possible)

When i get into damage stuff i try and get:
- Destructive Cascade
- Destructive Fury

curious, what is your shammy heal rotation?

 

[Sic]

curious, what is your shammy heal rotation?

Tots and pears mostly

 

[Tuco]

I keep a spreadsheet of all the AAs with a score associated with them so I can select the AAs faster with all my characters. It's not perfect but it works. Here's the scores for the shaman, lower numbers are higher priority:

Visionary's Unity	1
Luminary's Synergy	1
Malaise	2
Wind of Malaise	2
Turgur's Swarm	2
Turgur's Virulent Swarm	2
Improved Reckless Regeneration	2
Improved Ghost of Renewal	2
General Sturdiness	3
Natural Durability	3
Sympathetic Amplification	3
Extended Sloth	3
Pact of the Wolf	3
Union of Spirits	3
Extended Wild Growth	4
Abundant Healing	4
Ancestral Aid	4
Soothsayer's Intervention	4
Armor of Wisdom	5
Combat Stability	5
Delay Death	5
Healing Boon	5
Healing Adept	5
Breath of Hemocoraxius	5
Focus: Garugaru	5
Focus: Nectar of Woe	5
Focus: Reef Crawler Blood	5
Focus: Spirespine's Pandemic	5
Twinproc	5
Companion's Fury	5
Mastery of the Past	5
Ancestral Guard	5
Spirit Call	5
Focus: Spiritual Swell	5
Focus: Sraskus' Curse	5
Companion's Fortification	6
Combat Agility	6
Focus: Serisaria's Spear of Venom	6
Companion's Aegis	7
Companion's Intervening Divine Aura	7
Innate Regeneration	7
Innate Spell Resistance	7
Destructive Fury	7
Focus: Regenerating Counterbias	8
Spiritual Channeling	8
Adamant Will	8
Enhanced Reformation	8
Falhotep's Rain of Venom	8
Focus: Flock's Breath	8
Focus: Glacial Gift	8
Focus: Halcyon Bluster	8
Focus: Ice Squall	8
Focus: Krasir's Mending	8
Focus: Krasir's Recourse	8
Focus: Livio's Affliction	8
Focus: Reefmaw's Bite	8
Focus: Sephry's Malady	8
Focus: Serpentil's Venom	8
Improved Ancestral Intervention	8
Cannibalization	9

If anyone sees anything that's over or undervalued, feel free to suggest changes. Note that it's specific to me and how I play, so use your judgement. For example I have cannibalize at 9 because I don't even want to upgrade it, it does too much damage with my f2p gear!

 

[deathlock]

All of them!