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= Druid / Paladin / Shaman Guide =

This '''AI SLOP''' sample guide covers the [[Druid]], [[Paladin]], and [[Shaman]] combination as a sustain-first, control-heavy, ARPG-style multiclass shell. It is written to be edited directly into the wiki and keeps the transclusion blocks intact. It provides structure and formatting assistance for anyone unfamiliar with wikicode. Do not assume any of the following are factual claims, and users are expected to do no more than polish with AI when writing their guides.

= Overview =

[[Druid]] / [[Paladin]] / [[Shaman]] is a highly self-sufficient priest-hybrid trio that covers tanking, healing, utility, and long-fight control in one package. It plays like a durable attrition engine rather than a burst combo. [[Paladin]] is the front-line anchor, bringing plate armor, strong defensive combat skills, reliable aggro generation through ''Flash of Light'' and stuns, pacification tools, and later resurrection support. [[Shaman]] is the engine room: slows massively reduce incoming melee damage, stat buffs and resist packages raise the whole party’s floor, Cannibalize converts health into mana for long-fight sustain, and its pet and DoTs provide steady damage. [[Druid]] is the flexibility layer, adding movement speed, teleports, tracking, outdoor pacification and pull support, regeneration, snares/roots, and broad damage options.

In practice, the build wins by turning dangerous fights into fair fights, and fair fights into easy fights. Your default loop is: pre-buff, single-pull, let [[Paladin]] establish control, land [[Shaman]] slow as early as practical, then let [[Druid]] and [[Shaman]] convert time and positioning into inevitability. It is not the fastest-killing combination on paper, but it is one of the easiest to pilot through varied content because it can solve more problems internally than most class stacks can. [[Paladin]] covers the “I must stand here and not die” problem. [[Shaman]] covers the “this fight is too expensive unless I reduce incoming damage and increase party output” problem. [[Druid]] covers the “we need to get there, pull it cleanly, keep moving, and convert awkward terrain into an advantage” problem.

The combination is strongest when you can dictate engagement terms and weakest when you are forced into hard multi-target crowd control, because it lacks a true mez line and its hardest CC tools are situational or soft-control oriented. It also rewards role assignment. It is tempting to treat both priest classes as interchangeable healers, but the more efficient split is usually:

* [[Paladin]] = threat, stun timing, pacify line, anti-undead, emergency stabilization
* [[Shaman]] = primary sustain healer/debuffer/buff battery
* [[Druid]] = mobility, regeneration, routing, flexible DPS, supplemental healing, outdoor control

The overall recommendation is to think of the build in three rotating modes:

* '''Attrition mode''': [[Paladin]] tanks, [[Shaman]] slows and sustains, [[Druid]] layers regen and efficient damage.
* '''Utility mode''': [[Druid]] handles movement, travel, tracking, and safer routing while [[Paladin]] and [[Shaman]] preserve resources.
* '''Recovery mode''': [[Shaman]] uses Cannibalize loops, [[Druid]] covers regen and mobility, and [[Paladin]] keeps wipes from becoming disasters with emergency healing tools and later ''Revive''.

Treat the combination as one field-ready loadout, not as something you constantly swap in town. The wiki’s [[Newbie Guide]] explains that loadouts are saved race/class presets and that changing them happens through the Loadouts tab, while the [[User Interface Guide]] notes that the Loadout tab is toggled from inventory and can only be changed or added in city zones or designated safe zones. In actual combat play, your “swap game” comes from spell bars, actions, disciplines, stances, and hotbars rather than class changes.

= Class Roles =

{| class="eoTable2"
! Class
! Primary Role
! Secondary Role
! Notes
|-
| [[Druid]]
| Mobility / routing / utility caster
| Supplemental healing / flexible DPS / outdoor pull support
| Brings speed, teleports, tracking, animal charm, snares, roots, regeneration, and broad elemental / damage-over-time coverage.
|-
| [[Paladin]]
| Primary tank / aggro anchor
| Emergency healing / anti-undead utility / indoor pacify support
| Brings plate durability, defensive combat skills, ''Flash of Light'' aggro, stuns, lull/pacify tools, Lay on Hands, and later ''Revive''.
|-
| [[Shaman]]
| Primary sustain healer / debuffer / party stat engine
| Damage-over-time DPS / pet support / alchemy utility
| Brings the strongest slows and resistance debuffs described on the class page, powerful stat buffs, Cannibalize sustain, and a scaling pet package.
|}

= Stats =

The [[Statistics]] page explicitly warns that it requires cleanup and may contain incomplete or non-EQL information, so values that are not clearly stated for EQL are marked '''unspecified'''. The table below therefore separates what eqlwiki does say from what it does '''not''' say cleanly.

{| class="eoTable2"
! Stat / Scaling
! Value / Formula
! Applies To
! Notes
|-
| Primary mana stat
| Wisdom
| [[Druid]], [[Paladin]], [[Shaman]]
| Wisdom raises maximum mana for clerics, paladins, druids, shamans, and rangers. [[Druid]] explicitly calls Wisdom the best attribute; [[Paladin]] says Wisdom increases mana; [[Shaman]] says Wisdom and Stamina are the two most important stats.
|-
| HP per point of Stamina
| '''unspecified'''
| [[Druid]], [[Paladin]], [[Shaman]]
| [[Statistics]] says HP from Stamina scales with level and says tanks benefit the most, but it does not provide a clean EQL-specific per-point formula for these three classes. [[Shaman]] specifically values Stamina because HP can later be converted to mana via Cannibalize.
|-
| Mana per point of Wisdom
| Roughly 11.0 to 11.6 mana per point at level 60 under 200 WIS on the example calculations; exact EQL formula '''unspecified'''
| [[Druid]], [[Paladin]], [[Shaman]]
| Use this only as a rough reference because the [[Statistics]] page warns it may be inaccurate for EQL.
|-
| Endurance scaling
| Affected by Strength and Stamina; numeric EQL formula '''unspecified'''
| Primarily [[Paladin]]
| [[Statistics]] says Endurance is affected by Strength and Stamina and is used by disciplines. This matters most here on the [[Paladin]] side because stance-based mitigation consumes endurance.
|-
| Armor Class per level
| Legacy reference listed as raw/worn AC soft cap = Level × 6 + 25 for level 50 or below; EQL-specific value '''unspecified'''
| All three
| [[Statistics]] explicitly notes that AC caps are changed in EQL and “may be different,” so do not treat the legacy formula as authoritative for this server.
|-
| Resist scaling
| '''unspecified'''
| All three
| eqlwiki explains that resist chances depend on the relevant resist type, spell modifiers, buffs/debuffs, and especially level differences, but does not give a clean EQL formula.
|-
| Wisdom soft / hard caps
| Soft cap 200; hard cap 255
| [[Druid]], [[Paladin]], [[Shaman]]
| Useful for evaluating when raw mana gains begin to flatten in relative value versus HP/AC/resists/item effects.
|-
| Recommended priority
| [[Druid]]: WIS first; [[Paladin]]: HP / AC first, then enough WIS, then DEX / CHA situationally; [[Shaman]]: WIS and STA are the two core stats
| Build-specific
| These recommendations come directly from the class pages’ “Impact from stats” sections, then translated into multiclass priorities.
|}

A practical summary for this trio is:

* '''WIS''' is never wrong, because all three classes spend mana and both priest halves scale directly from it.
* '''HP / AC''' are mandatory because your plan assumes [[Paladin]] is standing in front and your [[Shaman]] often converts HP into mana.
* '''DEX''' becomes more attractive than it might look at first glance because [[Paladin]] explicitly values proc rate and [[Shaman]]’s buffing guidance also highlights proc users and warriors as strong DEX recipients.
* '''CHA''' is a real utility stat, not a dump stat, if you expect to lean on the [[Paladin]] lull line often. [[Paladin]] explicitly notes that Charisma reduces the critical resist rate of lull spells.

= Passive Skills =

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! Passive Skill
! What It Does
! Stat Cap
! Notes
|-
| Druid — [[Meditate]]
| Greatly improves sitting mana regeneration; the skill page states +1 mana per tick for every 12 Meditate skill while sitting.
| 252
| Core sustain skill. If the fight pace is slow, this skill is part of why [[Druid]] can keep contributing between teleports, regen casts, and nukes.
|-
| Druid — [[Channeling]]
| Helps a caster continue casting without being interrupted when hit.
| 200
| Important whenever you are healing or rooting under pressure.
|-
| Druid — [[Abjuration]]
| Casting school mainly associated with buffs and protections.
| 235
| Supports much of the druid’s protective and utility coverage.
|-
| Druid — [[Alteration]]
| Most often used for healing, roots, teleports, movement buffs, charms, and regeneration.
| 235
| On the druid page, Alteration is identified as the basis for teleports, roots, some buffs, charms, heals, and regeneration, which makes it the most “all-purpose” druid school.
|-
| Druid — [[Conjuration]]
| Casting school for summoned effects; on the druid page it is tied most strongly to the swarm / low-resist DoT line.
| 235
| Best specialization basis if you expect heavy kiting / root-rot play.
|-
| Druid — [[Evocation]]
| Primarily associated with direct-damage spells.
| 235
| Best specialization basis if you want a more active damage role in groups.
|-
| Druid — [[Specialization]]
| Reduces mana cost and improves efficiency in one chosen spell school.
| 200
| Druid page recommends weighing Alteration for versatility, Conjuration for kiting/DoTs, and Evocation for DD-focused play.
|-
| Druid — [[Forage]]
| Lets you find food and other items from the local environment.
| 200
| Quality-of-life utility more than power, but it reinforces Druid’s low-downtime outdoor identity.
|-
| Druid — [[Tracking]]
| Locates nearby targets and gives directional updates on selected targets.
| Up to 125
| The tracking page says druid range is skill × 10 and notes historical cap progression from 20 to 50 to 125. This is a major pull-planning and named-hunting tool.
|-
| Paladin — [[Defense]]
| Improves survivability and raises AC.
| 230 above 50 on the class page; legacy 252 column also appears
| eqlwiki preserves historical columns for some Paladin combat caps, so exact EQL mapping is not perfectly clean. Still, Defense is one of the core reasons [[Paladin]] is the correct frontline for this trio.
|-
| Paladin — [[Dodge]]
| Gives a chance to avoid an incoming blow entirely.
| 155
| A real but secondary layer of mitigation compared with slow and raw AC/HP.
|-
| Paladin — [[Parry]]
| Gives a chance to deflect an incoming melee attack with a weapon.
| 205
| One of the important distinctions between “can stand in front” and “should stand in front.”
|-
| Paladin — [[Double Attack]]
| Gives a chance to make an additional attack in combat.
| 235
| Matters because this build’s melee floor is higher than it first appears once buffs and proc-friendly gearing come online.
|-
| Paladin — [[Riposte]]
| Counterattacks from the front after a successful riposte.
| 200
| Useful for threat floor and attrition value while tanking.
|-
| Paladin — [[Meditate]]
| Improves sitting mana regeneration.
| 225 on the class page; the dedicated Meditate page lists max 235
| This is a small but important wiki discrepancy. Treat Paladin Meditate cap as '''verify in game'''. Either way, Meditate matters because the class page repeatedly frames mana as essential for aggro tools and support casting.
|-
| Shaman — [[Meditate]]
| Greatly improves sitting mana regeneration.
| 252
| The shaman mana engine is not just Cannibalize; it is Cannibalize plus Meditate timing. The Shaman FAQ explicitly discusses hitting med ticks during canni play.
|-
| Shaman — [[Channeling]]
| Helps maintain casts when taking hits.
| 200
| Very important for “heal through pressure” play, especially before the fight is fully stabilized.
|-
| Shaman — [[Alteration]]
| School for most buffs, heals, regenerations, hastes, slows, roots, and similar effects.
| 235
| The Shaman page explicitly says Alteration covers most of the class’s most frequently cast group tools, which is why it is the default specialization recommendation for group-oriented play.
|-
| Shaman — [[Conjuration]]
| School strongly associated with DoTs and solo/kiting play.
| 235
| Better if you want more offensive solo pressure than group utility efficiency.
|-
| Shaman — [[Specialization]]
| Mana-efficiency specialization in one chosen spell school.
| 200
| In group content, Alteration is usually the best practical choice; in solo-heavy attrition play, Conjuration becomes appealing.
|-
| Shaman — [[Alchemy]]
| Shaman-only tradeskill used to make potions with various effects.
| 170
| This is not a combat passive, but it is a meaningful class-edge. eqlwiki calls Alchemy a Shaman-only tradeskill and notes its level-based cap progression.
|}

= Strengths =

* '''Excellent long-fight sustain.''' Slows reduce incoming melee damage, Cannibalize turns HP into mana, Druid regeneration offsets some of that HP spend, and Paladin front-loading keeps the fight controllable. That is a very powerful sustain loop for small-group or self-contained play.
* '''Broad utility coverage.''' Teleports, movement buffs, tracking, outdoor pacification, indoor pacification, resurrection, alchemy access, resist packages, and flexible healing all exist somewhere in the trio.
* '''Forgiving defensive play.''' Even if your kill speed is only average, your ability to make mistakes and still recover is better than most combinations because you can layer plate tanking, slow, regen, instant emergency healing, and later corpse recovery.
* '''High floor in unknown content.''' When you do not know the zone or the pull, tracking plus pacify plus slow plus roots is often more valuable than raw DPS.

= Weaknesses =

* '''No true hard crowd-control backbone.''' You do not have the universal mez power of an enchanter or bard. Your control package is strong, but it is mostly stuns, roots, snares, pacify, and animal charm rather than reliable full-fight lockdown.
* '''Damage is strong through time, not through burst.''' Shaman DoTs, pet pressure, Paladin melee, and Druid nukes stack into good total output, but the combination generally kills by stability and uptime rather than explosive front-loaded DPS.
* '''Busy resource management.''' Shaman Cannibalize play is mechanically involved, buff packages are wide, and the build rewards disciplined role assignment instead of free-form overlap.
* '''Some role redundancy can become inefficient.''' If everyone tries to be “half healer, half support, half DPS” at once, you get a lot of medium actions and not enough decisive actions. The build is strongest when each class is doing its part clearly.

= Core Strategy =

Play this combination like a methodical ARPG bruiser-support shell. Your goal is not to prove that any one class can do everything; your goal is to exploit the way each class removes pressure from the others. [[Paladin]] should be spending attention on threat, positioning, stun timing, and “fight hygiene.” [[Shaman]] should be deciding what actually matters to cast, because every slow, buff, debuff, and Cannibalize decision changes fight pace. [[Druid]] should be turning movement, routing, spacing, and healing efficiency into tempo gains.

A good default mindset is:
# Pull cleanly rather than greedily.
# Land mitigation before chasing damage.
# Convert stabilized fights into mana-positive or low-risk states.
# Let utility shorten downtime between fights.

== Pulling ==

For outdoor play, [[Druid]] is the most comfortable scout/pull support because it combines [[Tracking]], movement speed, snares, roots, and the harmony-style outdoor pacification toolkit. The druid page and tracking page together make a strong case for using Druid as the class that decides which fight you take next, especially in zones where named-hunting, pathing awareness, or open-space kiting matter.

For indoor play, [[Paladin]] becomes the cleaner scalar. The class explicitly values Charisma for the lull line, and Paladin gains both ''Lull'' and later ''Calm'' for lowering enemy aggressiveness. That means your safest indoor pulls often come from Paladin pacifying the room, then establishing immediate aggro with ''Flash of Light'' or a stun once the target is isolated.

The build’s “no enchanter” pulling rule is simple: if you cannot guarantee a clean split, do not pretend you can hard-control the failure afterward. Use body pulls, pacify, tracking, and terrain first; use roots, snares, and stuns only as the second line when the pull has already become messy.

== Tanking ==

[[Paladin]] should be your default tank. The class page explicitly frames Paladin as a primarily defensive melee class and gives it the right defensive skill package: Defense, Dodge, Parry, Double Attack, and Riposte, plus plate armor and aggro tools. In this trio, [[Shaman]] slow is the hidden multiplier on Paladin tanking. The Paladin’s raw mitigation matters, but the truly important step is cutting enemy attack output early enough that your healing demand becomes stable instead of reactive.

In stance terms, Paladin’s native stance package strongly suggests a mode-based approach:
* '''Balanced Stance''' as a safe default when the fight is under control
* '''Defensive Stance''' when you need to trade endurance for survival against heavy melee
* '''Mage Hunter Stance''' against meaningful incoming spell damage

That translates cleanly into multiclass play:
* If the mob is a melee stat-check, start defensive.
* If the mob is a caster or magic-heavy named, consider Mage Hunter.
* If the mob is already slow-locked and stable, Balanced is usually enough and lets you keep a healthier endurance budget.

== Healing ==

The most efficient healing split is usually '''Shaman primary, Druid supplemental, Paladin emergency'''. The Shaman page repeatedly emphasizes healing, regeneration, buffs, and Cannibalize-driven sustain. That makes it the best class to own the steady-state healing role in long or repeated fights. [[Druid]] then shines by smoothing damage with regeneration and picking up flexible spot-healing or travel/utility responsibilities between pulls. [[Paladin]] should not try to be the primary sustained healer unless circumstances force it; its real healing value is front-loaded emergency correction, Lay on Hands, and keeping the tank role secure while other healing catches up.

This build becomes much stronger when you stop interpreting healing as “who has the most heals” and start interpreting it as “who can heal while still doing their most important job.” That answer is usually:
* [[Shaman]] can heal while also debuffing and sustaining mana through Cannibalize.
* [[Druid]] can heal while also moving the party faster, managing routing, and contributing flexible damage.
* [[Paladin]] should heal at the moments where a tank-sized body and emergency timing solve the crisis better than raw efficiency.

== Crowd Control ==

Do not oversell this trio’s CC. It has '''good control''' but not '''hard universal lockdown'''. Your real tools are:
* Paladin stuns and pacify line
* Druid roots, snares, tracking, and outdoor harmony/pacify tools
* Shaman slow, roots, resist debuffs, and occasionally pet/off-tank pressure

That means your CC philosophy should be:
* '''Prevent adds''' with routing and pacification.
* '''Stabilize adds''' with roots/snares/stuns if prevention fails.
* '''Kill priority targets''' rather than trying to juggle indefinitely.

The one big caveat is outdoor animal content. There, [[Druid]]’s animal charm can create very strong temporary control and damage spikes, but it is situational, zone-dependent, and not a general replacement for mez. Use it where content gives you the right targets, not as the baseline identity of the build.

== Damage ==

This trio’s damage is best understood as '''stacked uptime''' rather than burst windows. [[Shaman]] brings poison and disease DoTs, cold DDs, melee-relevant stat buffs, haste support, and a meaningful pet progression. [[Druid]] brings fire/cold nukes, DoTs, swarms, roots/snare for kiting or root-rot, and situational charm. [[Paladin]] adds melee floor, proc value, undead-specific pressure, and acceptable sustained front-line damage while remaining on tank duty.

The ARPG-style rule for this build is:
* If the fight is unstable, spend damage budget on control and only the safest damage.
* If the fight is stable, convert spare time into DoTs, procs, pet uptime, and efficient nukes.
* If the content is undead, let [[Paladin]] become materially more relevant as a damage contributor than it appears on neutral targets.

For specialization logic:
* [[Druid]]: Alteration = versatility and support; Conjuration = kiting/DoTs; Evocation = direct-damage focus.
* [[Shaman]]: Alteration = default group choice; Conjuration = more solo/offensive play.

== Buffs and Debuffs ==

This build has a very wide buff map, which is powerful but can become inefficient if you do not assign ownership.

As a rule of thumb:
* [[Shaman]] owns the core stat battery, a large share of HP support, many resist packages, and any haste/debuff/slow work that meaningfully changes the fight. The Shaman FAQ is particularly useful here because it explicitly prioritizes STR for melee, STA broadly, haste for tanks/melee if no enchanter is present, regen mainly for tanks/necros/shaman, HP for most non-pure-casters, and situational resists by encounter.
* [[Druid]] owns movement, travel, tracking support, regeneration layering, and much of the outdoor tempo. The same Shaman FAQ even says “make druids do this with Pack Spirit” when discussing SoW and “make druids do this with Regrowth of the Grove” in raid regen contexts.
* [[Paladin]] owns self-combat upkeep, emergency utility, and selective fight-specific buffs such as AC/HP support when that support matters and is not better covered elsewhere. The class page explicitly frames Paladin as increasing the health and armor of allies in addition to tanking and stunning.

In short: use [[Shaman]] to '''raise the party floor''', [[Druid]] to '''raise the party pace''', and [[Paladin]] to '''raise the safety margin of the current fight'''.

== Emergency Tools ==

This is one of the strongest sections of the build.

[[Paladin]] emergency package:
* Lay on Hands
* Stuns as pseudo-interrupt / pseudo-triage
* ''Flash of Light'' as a fast aggro correction tool
* Later ''Revive'' for post-death recovery

[[Shaman]] emergency package:
* Slow as the single most important “fight now becomes survivable” cast in many melee encounters
* Direct heals and regeneration
* Buff/debuff pivots that lower incoming damage or raise survival

[[Druid]] emergency package:
* Snare/root spacing tools
* Movement speed control
* Regeneration and flexible healing
* Travel / routing / repositioning value before and between disasters

If the pull is bad, do not try to out-DPS the mistake. Slow it, isolate it, stun what matters, and re-establish a single tank target. This trio is at its best when it refuses to panic.

= Leveling Strategy =

The fundamental leveling pattern stays the same across the whole game: lean on [[Paladin]] for fight control, let [[Shaman]] decide the value of the fight through slows/buffs/sustain, and let [[Druid]] compress downtime with mobility and utility. What changes with level is how many of those levers you actually have online.

== Early Levels ==

In the early game, play conservatively and respect the fact that your full engine is not online yet. [[Paladin]] gets its spellcasting later than priests and starts assembling the tank-control package through early aggro and utility spells. [[Druid]] quickly brings movement and pull-quality improvements, and [[Shaman]] already starts building the stat/debuff identity that will later define the whole trio.

Early priorities:
* Let [[Paladin]] establish itself as the default frontliner immediately.
* Use [[Druid]] utility for safer travel and earlier pull quality.
* Use [[Shaman]] buffs to make mediocre gear feel acceptable longer than it otherwise would.

== Mid Levels ==

Mid levels are where the build stops feeling like “three decent classes together” and starts feeling like a coherent machine. [[Shaman]] gets the iconic Cannibalize breakpoint at level 24 and later meaningful pet progression starting at level 34. [[Druid]] gains teleports, better movement support, and better regeneration scaling. [[Paladin]] adds cleaner pacify, stronger stuns, better combat skills, and more defined fight-control identity.

This is the point where the recommended playstyle shifts from “play safe because you are weak” to “play methodically because methodical is actually stronger.”

== High Levels ==

At higher levels, the combination fully embraces attrition dominance. [[Paladin]] picks up stronger control and support value like ''Revive'', AC/HP support, better anti-undead tools, and better stance decisions. [[Shaman]] becomes a real endgame sustain engine through better buffs, stronger pet scaling, advanced Cannibalize usage, and more encounter-specific resist logic. [[Druid]] becomes more and more valuable for movement, regen, broad utility, and flexible damage routing rather than raw frontloaded throughput.

At this stage, the build’s ceiling is mostly about execution:
* clean pulls
* disciplined buff ownership
* correct stance and spell-school emphasis
* not wasting emergency tools on fights that were already solved

= Suggested Zones and Camps =

The exact zone/camp rows below are intentionally conservative. This research pass prioritized class, skill, statistics, and mechanics pages on eqlwiki.com over a page-by-page verification of specific leveling camps. Because of that, the “Zone” cells are left as verification placeholders rather than filled with uncited camp picks. Use the “Notes” column as the actual guidance for what this trio wants to fight well.

{| class="eoTable2"
! Level Range
! Zone
! Camp / Target
! Notes
|-
| 1–12
| ''Placeholder — verify on zone pages''
| Single-pull humanoids / animals
| Favor easy singles and open terrain. The trio is already safe, but not yet fully online.
|-
| 13–24
| ''Placeholder — verify on zone pages''
| Outdoor camps / slowable melee packs
| [[Druid]] movement and pull support begin to matter much more. Use terrain and spacing, not brute force.
|-
| 25–39
| ''Placeholder — verify on zone pages''
| Stable dungeon camps with manageable add density
| This is the first major “engine” tier because [[Shaman]] has Cannibalize and the trio starts feeling mana-positive over long session play.
|-
| 40–55
| ''Placeholder — verify on zone pages''
| Undead, slowable named, or outdoor routing-heavy content
| [[Paladin]] control and undead value improve, [[Shaman]] pet scales, and [[Druid]] brings mature travel/regen utility.
|-
| 56+
| ''Placeholder — verify on zone pages''
| Difficult named / resist-sensitive encounters
| Choose camps where soft-control, resist prep, and disciplined pull quality matter more than pure burst.
|}

= Abilities =

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


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= Disciplines/Stances =

This combination has two different stance families in play:
* '''Paladin native stances''' come from the Paladin discipline/stance package.
* '''Invocation stances''' apply on the priest/caster side of the build. Per current instruction for this page: all casters and priests get ''Recovery'', ''Empowering'', ''Inversion'', ''Spellblade'', and ''Overchannel''; only priests (including [[Druid]] and [[Shaman]]) get ''Divine''; ''Inviolable'' is Wizard/Bard only and does not apply to this trio.

Practical recommendation:
* Use '''Recovery''' or '''Empowering''' when pacing or sustain matters.
* Use '''Overchannel''' only when the fight is already controlled and you want to shorten the kill.
* Use '''Divine''' on the priest half when your job is clearly support-first rather than damage-first.
* On [[Paladin]], think in terms of '''Balanced''' vs '''Defensive''' vs '''Mage Hunter''' according to the incoming damage profile.

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= Alternate Advancement =

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= Important Synergies =

The most important synergy in the entire build is '''Shaman slow + Paladin tanking'''. Paladin is already the correct frontliner on class design alone, but slow changes the fight from “plate can survive this” to “healing can comfortably outpace this.”

* '''Cannibalize loves outside regen support.''' [[Shaman]] explicitly values Stamina because HP eventually becomes mana, and [[Druid]] regeneration makes that exchange friendlier over time.
* '''Druid movement support solves mana problems indirectly.''' Faster travel, better routing, cleaner tracking, and fewer bad pulls mean fewer emergency casts and less wasted mana.
* '''Paladin pacify + Druid tracking is a very strong named-hunting package.''' One class tells you what is there, the other makes it safer to isolate it.
* '''Shaman stat buffs make Paladin’s melee floor respectable.''' DEX/proc relevance, STR support, haste, and HP support all make the frontliner more than just a damage sponge.
* '''Raid / group labor can be split cleanly.''' Shaman buff advice on eqlwiki already pushes SoW and some regen expectations toward druids, which matches the natural division of labor in this trio.

= Gear Priorities =

The highest-level rule is simple: gear this trio to make its role assignment easier, not to chase vanity stats. If a gear choice makes [[Paladin]] easier to keep alive, [[Shaman]] easier to sustain, or [[Druid]] more able to stay active without becoming fragile, it is probably a good choice. The class equipment category pages are very useful as slot-filtered references and should be treated as the authoritative browse hubs for eligible gear.

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| [[Paladin]]
| HP / AC first, then enough WIS, then DEX / CHA situationally
| The Paladin page is very clear: high HP and AC are expected for the main role as tank, with enough mana for aggro spells. DEX helps proc rate, and CHA helps lull reliability.
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| [[Shaman]]
| WIS and STA first, then MANA / HP, then convenience clickies / utility
| The Shaman page explicitly frames WIS and STA as the two most important stats. In practice, this means you itemize for both mana depth and HP economy, because HP is partially a mana resource once Cannibalize matters. The Shaman FAQ also strongly rewards access to GCD-reset style utility for advanced Cannibalize play.
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For class-specific gear references, see:

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

= Useful Quests and Items =

This section prioritizes items and quest lines that directly reinforce the multiclass game plan rather than just listing iconic class rewards. For this trio, that usually means anything that improves sustain, fight control, or buff efficiency.

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| [[Cannibalize II (Good)]] / [[Cannibalize II (Evil)]]
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| [[Soulfire]]
| [[Paladin]]
| This is eventually required for the epic, has an amazing clicky, and is the single most iconic weapon in the game.
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| [[Wolf Caller's Breastplate]]
| [[Shaman]]
| The Shaman raid-buff guidance explicitly calls this item out as a way to cast [[Riotous Health]] mana free, which is exactly the kind of efficiency item this build loves.
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| [[Woven Grass Chestguard]]
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Class-specific quest references:

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

= Example Group Tactics =

This section assumes you are playing the build as intended: [[Paladin]] owns the front, [[Shaman]] owns the fight’s efficiency, and [[Druid]] owns route quality and support flexibility.

== Standard Fight ==

# Pre-buff in a disciplined order. Let [[Shaman]] handle the core long-duration package, let [[Druid]] handle movement / regen support, and let [[Paladin]] apply any self or encounter-specific prep.
# Pull for quality, not speed. Outdoors, prefer [[Druid]] scouting/tracking support. Indoors, prefer [[Paladin]] lull/pacify.
# Let [[Paladin]] establish threat immediately with the aggro toolkit, then land [[Shaman]] slow as soon as the pull is stable enough to do so safely.
# Once the fight is controlled, convert spare actions into efficient damage: [[Shaman]] DoTs / pet pressure, [[Druid]] efficient nukes or DoTs, [[Paladin]] steady melee and interrupts.
# End the fight with the next pull already in mind. This trio gains a lot by compressing downtime through travel and pre-planning.

== Multiple Pulls ==

# First question: can one add be prevented from joining in the first place? Use pacify, pathing, and positioning before the pull ever resolves.
# If prevention failed, stabilize one target as the real kill target and soft-control the others with a mix of roots, snares, stuns, or off-angle kiting depending on terrain.
# Do '''not''' try to split healer attention evenly across chaos. Let [[Paladin]] own the dangerous target, let [[Shaman]] reduce that danger with slow, and let [[Druid]] create space rather than brute-healing every mistake.

== Named / Difficult Mobs ==

# Decide the damage profile first. If it is melee-heavy, treat slow landing as the real opening objective. If it is spell-heavy, think harder about resist prep and [[Paladin]] stance choice.
# Use the correct buff owner. The Shaman FAQ already points out that some buffs are encounter-specific and some are wasted outside their ideal targets. Follow that logic here.
# Save emergency tools until the fight actually asks for them. Fake emergencies are how stable groups lose real recovery buttons. [[Paladin]] should not spend its best safety tools to save sloppy early sequencing if the fight is still easily solvable.
# If the named is undead, expect [[Paladin]] to matter more than usual. If the named is routing-sensitive or outdoors, expect [[Druid]] utility to matter more than usual. If the named is an endurance or mana test, expect [[Shaman]] to be the class that determines the result.


= See Also =

* [[Class_Guides]]
* [[Druid]]
* [[Paladin]]
* [[Shaman]]
* [[Players:Gear|Gear Reference]]
* [[Skills]]
* [[Disciplines]]
* [[Alternate Advancement]]

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