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Class Description
The Bear Shaman is used as a buffing class for other players, along with themselves. This class has the ability to not only heal party members, but also give them both defensive and resistance buffs. This makes them very useful during raids or in higher level hunting areas. Not only this, Shamans are set up to go into the battlefield and help out with killing enemies, rather than just sitting back and watching. This gives them a very active role in what is going on.
Class Proficiencies
The Bear Shaman is the only priest class that has the ability to use medium armor. This gives them greater defense against melee classes, but at the same time gives them less mana that they can use in battle.
In terms of specialties in weapons, Bear Shamans only have the ability to use two-handed blunt weapons, crossbows, bows, and thrown weapons. This is something that is very negative when comparing them to other classes, but at the same time they are able to deal damage while healing themselves. This at the same time, however, puts them at a great disadvantage when playing against archers during PvP matches.
Class Skills, Feats, and Explanation
This class is one of the hardest ones to deal with when choosing what skills to use, solely because they play more than just one important role in both PvP and PvE. When choosing skills, it really depends on who all you are grouping with, along with their classes, where you are hunting at, and what role you would rather play at that time.
It would be recommended that to get a decent balance between being a healer, damage dealer, and buffer, you go for skills in all of the different feat categories. Being that you will usually be with other players, keep in mind that getting defense passives for yourself won’t usually be as beneficial as getting buffs for your team mates. For this reason, it is highly recommended that you go for your mana passives first, followed by the buffs and heals that are usable on your team. After you have already attained these, then it is time to move on over to damage dealing skills, which are in the Wrath tree.
More in depth information including a guide on what feats you should obtain can be found in the appendix.
Class Strategies
The Bear Shaman has a very unique stance when it comes to fighting both other players and mobs. This class is the only priest capable of using medium armor, and that should be taken advantage of during solo or PvP. Although the benefits in terms of mana aren’t as great with medium armor, the defense takes up for that during solo and PvP. For both of these events, the best plan is to use a one handed blunt and a shield, as both are usable. This will allow damage while at the same time giving more shielding power.
When in a group where you have a tank, or enough damage dealers to keep the other mobs off of you, it is a good idea to use cloth armor. Although this will lower your defense, the benefits are much greater when your defense is not really an issue. For this reason, it is recommended to carry two sets of armor, one cloth and one medium.
No matter what kind of party you are in, or solo, Bear Shamans are meant to be damage dealers, and at the same time healers. Because of this be prepared to play a very active role in parties, even when you are not being hit by mobs. Along with this, you will be the parties buffer and therefore need to keep up with what is going on.