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= Druid / Necromancer / Shaman Guide 1.23 =

<b>Master of the Slow Burn</b>
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In game, played character by author as: Necromancer Primary, Shaman secondary and druid added at level 10. <br>
This guide written during launch month for EQL and whatever content was in place at the time.<br>
*Initial creation: 8/12/26 - WIP, started page, version 0.1
*Additional Details: 8/13/26 - WIP, version 0.2
*Additional Details: 8/14/26 - WIP, version 0.3
*Some end-game information added - 8/23/26 - version 1.0
*Some level 50 information added - 8/28/26 - version 1.1
*Some gear information added - 8/31/26 - version 1.2
*Some PoS information added - 9/2/26 - version 1.21
*Some PoS information added - 9/9/26 - version 1.22
*Some PoS information added - 9/25/26 - version 1.23

= Overview =

This build specializes in Damage over Time (DoT) and debuffs to melt through mobs of all levels. <br>
I played this character as a Kerran Necromancer Primary (Dark Elf unlocked to allow this primary with Kerran) plus Shaman and Druid as additional classes. This combination made me KoS at Origin location and thusly is not recommended for beginners.

= Class Roles =

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! Class
! Primary Role
! Secondary Role
! Notes
|-
| [[Druid]]
| DoTs + Animal charm pets
| Ports
| In a traditional setting, a druid would never cross-class with necromancer, but EQL is special
|-
| [[Necromancer]]
| DoTs + tank-ish pet skeleton
| Taps + debuffs
| In a traditional setting, a necromancer would never cross-class with druid, but EQL is special
|-
| [[Shaman]]
| DoTs + buffs including movement speed
| Debuffs + spirit guardian pet
| Eat me + drink me, this is the shaman way
|}


= Stats =

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! Stat / Scaling
! Value / Formula
! Applies To
! Notes
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| HP per point of Stamina
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| Mana per point of primary casting stat
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| Endurance per point of Stamina
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| Armor Class per level
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= Passive Skills =

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! Passive Skill
! What It Does
! Stat Cap
! Notes
|-
| Specialization: Conjuration
| Most DoTs, summon food/water, Necromancer and Shaman pets
| ??
| 
 Across all three, the DoTs primarily use Conjuration spell casting. 
 If you aim to specialize here, watch out for Alteration during the lock-in period as it is used for most buffs, debuffs, root, snare and tap spells.
|-
| Tradeskill: Alchemy
| A great companion tool for any Shaman
| ??
| 
 Mommy, can we get SHAMAN?  
 No, honey, we have SHAMAN at home.  
 SHAMAN at home:  ALCHEMY
|-
| Alternative Specialization: Alteration
| Most buffs, debuffs, root, snare and tap spells
| ??
| 
 As an alternative, if you like the idea of this build, but are going to play in a group with friends most of the time and they need you as the voluntold healer/buffer - you are better off specializing in Alteration. TBH if you know this at the start, I would recommend Bard-Druid-Shaman for similar DoT mastery, but with better group buffs.
|}
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A Note on specialization: As of this writing, there is a known bug with Spell Specialization in which, using the "loadout swap" feature, will reset your specializations to alphabetical order. The only way to actually Specialize in Conjuration, is to blow 10 AA points on "Master of All" which will unlock Abjuration (1st, default), Alteration, and finally Conjuration. You have been warned.

= Strengths =

* Melt mobs faster than ever layering 4-6 DoTs of different types. Spells only have to land once, then will tick damage for the full duration.
* Some mob crunching through your pet too fast? Slow them down. Some mob resisting too much? Lower their resistances.
* Druid ports and Shaman movement speed will have you jet setting all over Norrath with ease.
* May opt for Wolf, Bear or Skeleton forms and switch between as desired.
* Group buff options are exceptional

= Weaknesses =

* Crowd Control limited to Druid's harmony of nature line and similar plus Necromancer's undead lulls or charm to help control pulls. 
* Post bad pull options include Succor. Reminder: Screaming in frustration is a free action you may use at any time.
* Tanking limited to pets and Shaman buffed Ringmail armor.
* Little to no area of effect DoT or DD.

= Core Strategy =

* Traditional Kiting (Snare or Darkness + DoT layers)
* Root n Rot (Root + DoT layers)

== Pulling ==

* Harmony of Nature (or similar) to help break camps and pull singles
* Feign Death is an option, but since it is spell-based instead of a skill, it is subject to fizzles and casting time delays.

== Tanking ==

*Necromancer skeleton pet can tank most pre-planar mobs well. 
**May struggle to stay up against magicians and enchanters. 
**You will face-tank a lot after your 2nd or 3rd DoT lands.

== Healing ==

* Druid blooming heal line is great for a faster casting HoT. 
* Shaman for the big single-hit heals. 
** If you are healing in a group setting, pop the Shaman Spirit guardian

== Crowd Control ==

* Harmony is your friend and will help break camps into single pulls. If harmony fails, root and move to provide separation. 
* For undead, the necromancer spell lists includes lulls, charms, and DDs just for undead. In emergencies, you can use fear, but beware pathing and nearby aggro.

== Damage ==

* Its all about the DoTs: Fire, Magic, Poison, Disease, and Snare. Usually highest level, but check the damage per tick in the spell description; level isn't always the answer.
* Once you get 4 or 5 DoTs layered on, you will lay out more damage than chain-casting a nuke that leaves you OOM by the time the mob drops.

== Buffs and Debuffs ==

* Shaman buffs will cover all character attributes. 
* Necromancer buffs will cover a myriad of self-only buffs including a health-for-mana spell early.
** Alchemy can make a clarity distillate which beats the mid-level health-for-mana rate of Call of Bones with zero health drain; does not stack with either, but is a great replacement.
* Druid buffs will cover your max HP and AC as well as damage shields.
* Shaman Malaise line will lower fire, cold, magic and poison resistances
* Shaman Malady line will lower disease resistance
* Shaman Listless Power line will lower AC, agility, and strength
* Shaman Slow line will lower ATK. 
* Druids' Fixation of Ro lowers AC and ATK
* Necromancer tap line includes spells to steal AC, strength or health.
* Necromancer Scent line reduces fire, poison and disease resistances.

== Emergency Tools ==

* Necromancer gets Feign Death, but at the cost of being an activated spell, subject to fizzling and with a brief but existing cast timer.
* Druid has Lesser Succor to the "safe point" of the zone, plus a few additional Succor style spells to other zones.

= Leveling Strategy =

Burn, baby, burn. All night long.

== Early Levels (10-25) ==

* Your newbie starting area should get you to level 10 so you can slot in the third class of the trio with relative ease.
* Your necromancer part will find their skillset is well matched for Befallen (note, some spells in the druid line will not work here because it is indoors)
* Your druid part will find their skillset is well matched for Crushbone (note, there is no undead here, so the necromancer's undead specific spells will not be used). With Shaman in the mix, you can use most of the leather armor that drops here and it drops enough you can get it up to +6 or better without much trouble.
* Your druid skills are also well used to pick off critters wandering in the Commonlands, Desert of Ro, Karana farmlands, or Stonebrunt Mountains (southern area)
* In the latter part of this range, your necromancer skills will fit in well at the Estate of Unrest.
* Castle Mistmoore becomes a nice hunting area as well
* The gnolls of Blackburrow is good overall. Bonus, this is classified as "outdoors" so your druid spells should all work.
* For a change of pace, head to the Gorge of King Xorbb to face minotaurs and muddites.

== Mid Levels (25-40) ==
* You have all your port spells, and will be getting some speed movement upgrades soon. You are ready to be a world-traveler. Therefore, I have noted (in parenthesis) the nearest druid circle.
* You have three caster classes and spell scroll costs are going to start adding up. Better head to Rathe Mountains (Ring of Feerrott) and get both good XP and plat from Cyclopses and Hill Giants. You can root-n-rot or if needed darkness-kite one at a time around the area. Darkness or snare is required, as they normally move at SoW speed.
* You can also move higher up in Stonebrunt (Ring of Stonebrunt) and pick on the higher level granitebacks.
* The goblins parked in the basement of High Hold Keep ((succor: East Karana) or (Ring of Misty Thicket)) make for good camp-break pull practice. If your faction leans a certain way, the citizens of Highpass are also isolated from each other, if you catch my meaning.
* If you feel like stretching those legs and have a few bat wings for levitate, head over to Ocean of Tears (direct port from Freeport or Butcherblock docks will cost platinum or wait for the boat) and head over to the 2nd island due west of the drop-off island for Seafury Cyclops. Bonus, a chance to spawn the Ancient Cyclops who has several desirable special drops.
* These are good levels to check in with SplitPaw, in the middle of South Karana (Ring of North Karana) as well as venturing into Solusek's Eye (Ring of Lavastorm). Towards the end of the this range, you can even pop into Kedge Keep (Ring of Butcherblock) and fight fish and mermaids at the entrance. All three classes get an underwater breath spell, so you can choose which to use. Have some fish scales.
* At 35 or so, you can single-pull the Ice Giants outside Permafrost Keep (Ring of Surefall Glade) and fairly easily burn them down with low risk and a quick respawn rate.
* At level 38 you get your class-best Slow, Togor's Insects. Feel free to level it up with motes as much as you would like. You will use it through end-game content and the more leveled up it is, the better it will overcome resistances, and the longer it will last most important. Also, shorter casting time and lower mana cost as a bonus.

== High Levels 40-45 ==

* You can break out into Nagafen's Lair (Ring of Lavastorm) or Permafrost Keep (Ring of Surefall Glade) and take down the entry level mobs. 
* You can also start into The Hole, aka Ruins of Old Paineel (Ring of Toxxulia Forrest). If you do not have access to Paineel, don't worry, you can go through the water entrance or even easier just jump into the hole near the entrance. You will splash down safe, no worries. Lesser Succor to the normal entry area after zoning. With harmony of nature, you can single pull most small groups in at least the entry area and courtyard. Root-n-rot to start, but root will break quickly, so pet-tank and rot away.
* If you are of a certain faction leaning, you can often hunt guards at this level range, especially the ones wandering newbie zones of opposite factions.
* You can make it a little further into Kedge Keep (Ring of Butcherblock) if you like that water temple stuff.

== Plains 46+ ==

=== Levels 46 & 47 ===
* So you finally can enter the Planes (Fear & Hate) - congratulations. At this early level, you will get a lot of resists and wipe frequently. Do not fear. There are specific pull guides in other spots for each of these zones and plenty of YT vids. If you have extra motes, load up a few into at least one DoT so it has a better chance to land. <br>
* In addition to entrance and trash kills in the planes, I recommend trying your hand at D0 solo instances of Master Yael, Lord Nagafen and Lady Vox. Speak to the Voidling to make them available. It will be tough to land spells, but if you can get your Slow to hit, it will make the experience easier to survive long enough to burn them down. Load up the Dots that will land, plus slow and heal yourself until the boss is OOM, then cruise to victory. <br>
* Plane of Sky, specifically, is a very one-off special zone. When you first get in at these levels, it will be difficult to burn down anything. I recommend starting with the entry island Thunder Spirits as they are non-aggro / non-social, decent XP and have a chance to drop Wind Runes. See a Plane of Sky guide for why these are important, and for progressing through. A reminder that everything in this sky island chain does not see through Invisibility, so you can move around with one of your various invisibility spells and position yourself for the specific mob you came there to defeat. <br>

=== Levels 48 & 49 ===
* You get several critical end-game top-level spells between levels 48 and 49 so they get their own sub-section. Top level HoT, heal, Debuff, and 4 DoTs. You also get your top level necromancer blood to mana conversion and skeleton pet.
** Malosi might be the most important end-game debuff you now have. It will help fire, magic, and poison based DoTs to land. You already have a Malady debuff that will help with the disease line of DoTs.
** Togor's Insects from level 38 is your class-best Slow and hopefully you are used to applying it already. Recommended on any mob yellow or higher.
** Lich has a much improved blood for mana conversion that will help with regen. It comes with a skeleton illusion which you may opt to click-off without dropping the other effects of the buff.
** Drain Soul is a reasonable health tap for the level and is faster casting than Nature's Renewal
* It is much more comfortable to spin up a D0, D1 or D2 instance to take down Master Yael, Lord Nagafen or Lady Vox. 
* It makes more sense now to get into D0 solo instances of Hate and Fear to defeat the boss monsters.
* Make sure each week you make time to defeat at least three of these five bosses to make sure you are getting as many Void Touched Potential gems as possible. Between this and dropped gear it will help you gear up to make Plane of Sky more doable.
* Plane of Sky: Once you get enough gear pulled together from raid bosses and planes, you can more easily move through progression on the Plane of Sky. You should start to have less trouble with island 2. 
* You are now in the levels where you spend most of your time improving your gear, rather than crunching up levels. I personally chose to focus on +MANA for this build. There are much better guides already written to help you find pieces with stat blocks you are looking for.

=== Level 50 ===
* More updates will be coming as I spend more time here. Plane of Sky note: I grouped up to get all the keys, so I can proceed to any desired island. Not required, but it is helpful.
* At level 50, this build with a fairly casual-gamer play style, can comfortably solo D0, D1 and D2 private instances of raid content. Yael, Nagafen, Vox, Hate, and Fear. I never go to Kedge because of personal preference. Current gear level: moderately geared with planes+ gear between +4 and +6 for most and +10 on 3 items, with 3 or 4 completed base Sky armor pieces.
* Plane of Sky, solo D0 private instance
** Island 1.5 - As long as slow lands on the Efreeti Noble Dojorn and the Dervish, the fight will go okay. 
** Island 2 - with caution, can down enough Azaracks to spawn Protector of Sky
** Island 3 - A definite weakness of this build is crowd control skills, I commonly have issues with this island as it is common/easy to end up with adds other than the one that spawns inside the tower with Gorgalask. But I have had some success with prioritizing a slow on both, then layering DoTs on both and then Slug's Healing + Drain Spirit/Soul until victory is achieved.
** Island 4A - Island Boss with caution, can get Keeper of Souls alone. 
** Island 4B - Get Efreeti Overseer of Air alone by using invis to start the fight from the middle of the windmill, hugging the crankshaft.
** Island 5 - with caution, can get one random Spiroc, then Guardian and then Lord
** Island 6 - A definite weakness of this build is crowd control skills - I struggle to split the bees and have not successfully done this solo
** Island 7 - Approach Sister from the middle of the building with invisibility. Check that pet has fully entered building before continuing. Look for adds before engaging. With luck, will be able to keep solo engagement.
** Island 8A - After spawning to this island, walk over to near the exit (but this one ports you without clicking, so don't step inside) and wait for the Hand of Veeshan to come around on his patrol. This will keep the two separated to make it more manageable. The Eye does not wander. He is the final Efreeti to fight in the chain, and is similar to the first two. He only appears if you already defeated the Overseer of Air back on Island 4.
** Island 8B - At long last, after gearing up a bit (Improved Damage III I believe was the lynch-pin) I was able to get Eye of Veeshan defeated.

= Suggested Zones and Camps =

In general, camping is boring and I avoid it. Mostly. There are a few exceptions, see below.

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! Level Range
! Zone
! Camp / Target
! Druid Circle
! Notes
|-
| 27-40
| Rathe Mountains
| In standard EQ Atlas map, area 6 & 13-17; Cyclopses, Undead Giants and Hill Giants
| Ring of Feerrott
| Not too hard to get singles. Root-n-rot or darkness kiting work well, there is plenty of space. Easy to melt, even 8-10 levels above.
|-
| 32-42
| Everfrost Peaks
| Zoneline to Permafrost; Ice Giants
| Ring of Surefall Glade
| Easy to get singles, just be cautious of pathing. IGs are 38-41. Root-n-rot or face-tank plus rot. No room for kiting.
|-
| 35-45
| Nagafen's Lair
| In standard EQ Atlas map, area 3 & 5-8; Kobolds
| Ring of Lavastorm
| With some creative use of Harmony of Nature, can get clumpy pulls of 2-3
|-
| 40-45
| The Ruins of Old Paineel
| Jump into the Hole, succor to water entrance; Earth Elementals and Rock Golems
| Ring of Toxxulia Forrest
| With use of Harmony of Nature, can reliably pull singles. 6 at the entrance area, then ones or twos past that to a vast courtyard with a half-dozen or so. Observation room with three. Root-n-rot, no kiting space.
|}

= Abilities =

This section collects the relevant spell, song, and active-skill lists for this class combination.

LMFAO & lil John already have a song out for this one:  "DoTs, DoTs, DoTs, DoTs, DoTs/ DoTs, DoTs, DoTs, DoTs/ Everybody!"
I'm not saying that's all you need, but let's face it, that's most of what you'll use.


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One note on Druid Spell vendors: As you stretch your eldritch legs and visit various druid rings, you will find many of them have an NPC at the rings. This NPC is almost always a universal Druid Spell vendor. You're Welcome.
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= Stances & Invocations =

As far as stances go, you are a triple mage setup, so your only option is Channeler.
As for the invocations, again as triple mage, all three classes have all the same invocations available. For my playstyle, I spend most of my time in Recovery. I switch over to Inversion when root breaks or when it is crucial I crunch out a spell quickly. In a group setting, I can see more use for the Divine or Empowering invocations especially if you are the voluntold healer. For top tier mobs and raid bosses, Over Channel should help the DoTs, Slows and Debuffs to land.

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= Alternate Advancement =
For this build, I recommend focusing on the Archtype AAs of Critical Affliction and Destructvie Cascade. I was able to max out both by level 30. You also have a tri-caster combo, so several levels of Mnemonic Retention will also help.
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A Note on specialization: As of this writing, there is a known bug with Spell Specialization in which, using the "loadout swap" feature, will reset your specializations to alphabetical order. The only way to actually Specialize in Conjuration, is to blow 10 AA points on "Master of All" which will unlock Abjuration (1st, default), Alteration, and finally Conjuration. You have been warned.

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= Important Synergies =

* DoTs from different *lines* will all stack. Check the spell description for the note on which spell line they are from and load up the best of the line to apply. 
** Yes, you can have two poison DoTs, as long as they are different lines, they will stack. 
* Motes can be used, as with any spells, to shorten casting time, and reduce mana cost. 
** Most important for this build, mote use will also add a minus to spell resistance & increase duration which helps for long fights at higher levels. 
* Debuffs help the spells to land, but do not increase damage, so apply the debuff first or don't bother.

= Gear Priorities =

You are looking for, mostly, "caster" gear but because you have Shaman in the mix, you may gear up to Ringmail. So in general terms, cloth, leather and ringmail are your general types. Pre-raid/planar most gear has few, if any stats other than AC and maybe 1 other thing. Good for starter and to get out of nekkid, but as soon as you can run D0 raids, you will find multi-stat gear. Special note on pets: If you use undead charm or animal charm, load your pet equipment slots with -MR or at least take off anything with +MR. For your Skelly or Wolfy conjured pet, the +MR is fine.

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! Priority
! Notes
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| [[Druid]]
| +MANA / +WIS
| Placeholder
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| [[Necromancer]]
| +MANA / +INT
| Placeholder
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| [[Shaman]]
| +MANA / +WIS
| Placeholder
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For class-specific gear references, see:

* [[:Category:Druid Equipment|Druid Equipment]]
* [[:Category:Necromancer Equipment|Necromancer Equipment]]
* [[:Category:Shaman Equipment|Shaman Equipment]]
* [[Players:Gear|Gear Reference]]

= Useful Quests and Items =

==Pre-Planar Quests & Items==

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! Class
! Why It Matters
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| Stein of Moggok / Exotic Drinks
| Necromancer
| +10 INT and you can run the quest very early
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| Testament of Vanear, item and quest
| Druid/Shaman
| +10 WIS and +10 MANA and you can run the quest very early
|-
| Placeholder
| Placeholder
| Placeholder
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==Planar Quests & Items==

Is this BiS? I have no idea. But for how I see this build, these are items with top +Mana attribute for the slot. Your evaluation and playstyle may variate your conclusion on "best"

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! Item / Quest or Drop
! Slot
! Class
! Why It Matters
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| Treant Tear / Drop (PoS, various)
| Ear
| Druid
| +40 Mana
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| Darkbrood Mask / Drop (PoH Voidling Raid Instance, Innoruuk)
| Face
| Necromancer
| +50 Mana
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| Moonstone Ring / Drop (LGuk, Frenzied Ghoul)
| Finger
| All/All
| +30 Mana & Extended Range II
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| Band of Wailing Winds / Quest (PoS, Necromancer test of finger)
| Finger
| Necromancer
| +50 Mana & Insta-Click Fear
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| Bracelet of the Spirits / Quest (PoS, Shaman test of health)
| Wrist OR Waist
| Shaman
| +50 Mana & Insta-Click Alacrity
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| Loam Encrusted Robe* / Drop (Hole Voidling Raid Instance, Master Yael)
| Chest
| Necromancer
| +80 Mana
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| Nature Walker's Mantle / Quest (PoS, Druid test of bear)
| Shoulders
| Druid
| +50 Mana
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| Cloak of Spiroc Feathers / Quest (PoS, Necromancer test of power)
| Back
| Necromancer
| +50 Mana
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| Runed Bolster Belt** / Drop (Permafrost Voidling Raid Instance, Lady Vox)
| Waist
| All/All
| 35% Haste
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| Stein of Flowing Ichor / Drop (PoS, any island boss)
| Primary / Secondary
| Shaman
| +50 Mana
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* Additional justifications: 
**(*) Loam Encrusted Robe hits +160 Mana at +10 whereas the otherwise best PoS Chest piece for mana, the Necromancer Bloodsoaked Raiment will only stretch to +130 Mana at +10
**(**) Cloak of Spiroc Feathers > Cloak of Flame. Runed Bolster Belt > Honeycomb Belt (PoS, +75 Mana) because of Haste component. If you have better haste in another slot, recommend Druid PoS quested Honeycomb Belt for Waist.

Class-specific quest references:

* [[Druid-Specific Quests|Druid-Specific Quests]]
* [[Necromancer-Specific Quests|Necromancer-Specific Quests]]
* [[Shaman-Specific Quests|Shaman-Specific Quests]]

= Example Group Tactics =

You are in a great position to help out any group that has a tank already.

== Standard Fight ==

# Debuff based on your DPS' damage type
# Layer on the DoTs
# Patch heal Tank as needed
# If your DPS is burning through mobs fast, you can skip the DoTs and save mana

== Multiple Pulls ==

# Cycle through to Slow
# Cycle through to DoT, unless Mezz in use
# Patch heal Tank as needed

== Named / Difficult Mobs ==

# Your best level Shaman Slow
# Layer in Necromancer duration taps for health and power
# Debuff for DPS and add in Assytole to further reduce AC
# Layer DoTs and watch timers to reapply

= See Also =

* [[Class_Guides]]
* [[Druid]]
* [[Necromancer]]
* [[Shaman]]
* [[Players:Gear|Gear Reference]]
* [[Skills]]
* [[Disciplines]]
* [[Stances & Invocations]]
* [[Alternate Advancement]]

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