imported>Benanov at 17:33, 5 February 2024

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Greetings Shamans. I am Wisewolf Ragespirit. I am relatively new to P99 (written early 2017), and new to the shaman class as well. I played an Enchanter and Necromancer on Live between Launch and somewhere around PoP. I remembered seeing guides about which spells to purchase and which to avoid while I was growing up in those classes, but could never find one as I leveled up my shaman. I'm level 50 now, and feel I can provide some analysis on what spells I found useful and not. It should be said that my choices for these spells are generally centered around grouping for experience. I came here to P99 to be social and have fun grouping with some old friends. I did, however, try to include reasons why you may/may not need a spell for soloing purposes. Good luck out there, I hope this helps!

'''I've broken our spells up into 5 categories'''
::*1 PRIMARY = You should buy this spell as soon as it's available. Save your money while leveling to buy these spells when you ding.
::*2 SECONDARY = You should buy these spells as soon as you can, but AFTER you have your PRIMARY spells.
::*3 DELAY = You can delay buying these spells until they're necessary. I try to provide a good reason for needing the spell, and what level range you can wait to purchase it.
::*4 SITUATIONAL = These spells have very niche uses, but are very useful in some situations (such as soloing). If you think you'll be in those situations often, you can buy these.
::*5 AVOID = These spells have almost no use, or can be avoided over a specific level range.

==Shaman Spells==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Level
! Spell
! Rating
! Description
|-
| 1
| [[Burst of Flame]]
| Primary
| This spell is great for pulling or finishing off runners.
|-
| 1
| [[Cure Disease]]
| Delay (9-14)
| Pick this spell up before you move on to Oasis or other teen-level zones in order to cure Rabies. Also useful in Warrens at higher levels.
|-
| 1
| [[Dexterous Aura]]
| Primary
| Dex is needed by melee characters (especially twinks) in order to proc their weapons. Highly desired.
|-
| 1
| [[Endure Cold]]
| Delay (14-19)
| Pick this spell up before you move into Upper Guk or other areas with shaman casters.
|-
| 1
| [[Flash of Light]]
| Situational
| Pick up this spell ONLY if you plan on tanking. Creates high threat. Good for duos/trios without a real tank.
|-
| 1
| [[Inner Fire]]
| Free
| You receive this spell for free when your shaman appears on Norrath. This is your best heal spell until Level 19. Trust me.
|-
| 1
| [[Minor Healing]]
| Free
| Another hand out! Don't expect any more!
|-
| 1
| [[Strengthen]]
| Primary
| Cast on yourself and all other melee in your group. At all times
|-
| 1
| [[True North]]
| Avoid
| Just practice and use your Sense Heading skill. Only reason to get this spell is that it's a cheap Divination skill spell.
|-
| 5
| [[Cure Poison]]
| Avoid
| Poisons at low level run their course too quickly for you to mem this spell. Better cures are available later.
|-
| 5
| [[Drowsy]]
| Primary
| Slowing mobs will one day be your bread and butter. Start practicing now!
|-
| 5
| [[Endure Fire]]
| Delay (14-19)
| Pick this spell up before you move to North Ro or Upper Guk to avoid some caster damage.
|-
| 5
| [[Feet like Cat]]
| Secondary
| AGI really doesn't add much at this level. But I cast it on non-twink tanks for the AC boost. Every bit counts.
|-
| 5
| [[Fleeting Fury]]
| Situational
| Pick up this spell ONLY If you're twinked with high AC and high damage weapons. Cheap on mana and high on stats.
|-
| 5
| [[Frost Rift]]
| Primary
| High damage DD that you'll often need to finish off mobs while soloing or when you're DPSing in a group.
|-
| 5
| [[Gate]]
| Primary
| Probably the most important spell a shaman will ever memorize since our spells are located in very remote areas.
|-
| 5
| [[Scale Skin]]
| Situational
| Purchase if you start in Grobb, Oggok, or Cabilis. Otherwise, just wait for Turtle Skin at Lvl 14.
|-
| 5
| [[Sicken]]
| Secondary
| Very efficient DoT, but the duration is too long for most fights. Disease DoTs become more useful in your 30s & 40s.
|-
| 5
| [[Spirit Pouch]]
| Situational
| If you are new to the server, or have little cash for bags, this spell can be useful. Otherwise you can avoid it.
|-
| 5
| [[Summon Drink]]
| Situational
| Useful only if you find yourself in a remote area with no access to a vendor. Evil shamen should pick this up.
|-
| 9
| [[Cure Blindness]]
| Delay (46)
| You will likely never have this on your bar when needed at low-levels; but at raid level you want this spell. Certain raid mobs blind. Pick it up when the price becomes trivial.
|-
| 9
| [[Endure Disease]]
| Avoid
| A useful spell in its own right, but by the time you need high DR, you will have the upgraded version. (Lvl 34)
|-
| 9
| [[Light Healing]]
| Primary
| Finally you can stop using Inner Fire to heal and can be a useful group healer for a few levels.
|-
| 9
| [[Sense Animals]]
| Avoid
| If you're planning on charming animals, it helps to know where the nearest one is. Otherwise, don't bother.
|-
| 9
| [[Serpent Sight]]
| Situational
| Absolutely necessary as a barbarian. Evil races can skip. It gets real dark in some places.
|-
| 9
| [[Spirit of Bear]]
| Avoid
| Extra Hit Points is always welcome, but the gain at this level is minimal for the amount of mana spent.
|-
| 9
| [[Spirit of the Wolf]]
| Primary
| You will learn to love ...and hate this spell. ...so, so, much. But buy it and experience it for yourself. It's a mandatory buy.
|-
| 9
| [[Spirit Sight]]
| Delay (14-19)
| Extremely useful, but not necessary until you start moving out of your newbie area. Purchased in Oasis.
|-
| 9
| [[Summon Food]]
| Situational
| Useful only if you find yourself in a remote area with no access to a food vendor. Evil races should buy.
|-
| 9
| [[Tainted Breath]]
| Primary
| The poison DoT line is useful grouping and necessary for soloing. Very efficient DoT.
|-
| 14
| [[Bind Affinity]]
| Primary
| You will absolutely need this spell while out wandering the wilds. Bind often.
|-
| 14
| [[Burst of Strength]]
| Avoid
| This spell offers a tiny upgrade to the Lvl 5 Fleeting Fury Spell. Just stick with FF if you use it.
|-
| 14
| [[Disempower]]
| Situational
| May be great in duos with a tanky class, but I found that Slowing was more than enough for taking out melee mobs.
|-
| 14
| [[Endure Poison]]
| Secondary
| This spell can save you some mana as a healer or soloed while farming silks or grouping in Guk
|-
| 14
| [[Enduring Breath]]
| Delay (29-34)
| You can use this spell in Kedge Keep and a few other zones to great effect, but you won't need it any time soon.
|-
| 14
| [[Invisibility versus Animals | Invis vs Animals]]
| Avoid
| This spell exists only to mock you after you die to red con animal you could have avoided with this spell, but you never memorized it.
|-
| 14
| [[Levitate]]
| Primary
| Extremely useful for traveling, especially through swamps. Almost required in some places. Stock up on Bat Wings.
|-
| 14
| [[Root]]
| Primary
| You will cast this spell well beyond level 50. It will save you. It will disappoint you. Typical relationship.
|-
| 14
| [[Spirit of Snake]]
| Delay (*)
| Purchase this spell if you duo or group with an Enchanter daily, otherwise save the cash at this level.
|-
| 14
| [[Spirit Strike]]
| Primary
| High damage DD that you'll often need to finish off mobs while soloing or when you're DPSing in a group.
|-
| 14
| [[Turtle Skin]]
| Secondary
| Probably your first AC spell since level 1 as a Barbarian. Required for soloing at this level.
|-
| 14
| [[Walking Sleep]]
| Primary
| Slowing at low levels is often not needed as mobs die quickly. Can save you previous downtime however.
|-
| 19
| [[Affliction]]
| Delay (24)
| Very efficient DoT, but doesn't work well until you can pair it with Envenomed Breath for Root/Rot soloing at Lvl 24.
|-
| 19
| [[Cancel Magic]]
| Avoid
| You won't need this on your bar constantly at this level. Avoid it for now, and pick up the upgraded versions later.
|-
| 19
| [[Endure Magic]]
| Secondary
| MR is extremely useful for avoiding Roots, Snares, DoTs, and many nukes, etc. Very useful for dungeon groups.
|-
| 19
| [[Frenzy]]
| Situational
| Finally a good upgrade to Fleeting Fury. Still only useful for melee soloing with high AC and some twink weapons.
|-
| 19
| [[Healing]]
| Primary
| Shamans are effectively able to heal like a cleric for a few levels after 19. Definitely a must-need spell.
|-
| 19
| [[Infectious Cloud]]
| Situational
| AOE groups don't exist much anymore, and kiting mobs with SoW and a disease DoT would be effective but tedious.
|-
| 19
| [[Insidious Fever]]
| Situational
| Haven't had many issues landing Disease DoTs, but necessary on some mobs. Useful for root/rotting.
|-
| 19
| [[Malaise]]
| Primary
| The first in the line of a Shaman's main resist debuff. Not needed often at this level, but very useful later.
|-
| 19
| [[Shrink]]
| Secondary
| You will need this spell eventually. Trying to see around Trolls, Ogres, and Barbs in a dungeon is annoying.
|-
| 19
| [[Spirit of Cat]]
| Situational
| Stat buffs are marginally useful at lower levels; AGI isn't in high demand.
|-
| 19
| [[Spirit Strength]]
| Primary
| Buy the Strength and Dex buffs whenever they're available. They are the most requested and statistically beneficial.
|-
| 19
| [[Vision]]
| Avoid
| Fun. But I've never needed it.
|-
| 24
| [[Cannibalize]]
| Primary
| "Canni" is the reason why Shamans are better than Clerics or Wizards at this level. Get used to living at 40% health.
|-
| 24
| [[Counteract Disease]]
| Avoid
| I didn't need this often enough to warrant the purchase at this level. Avoid this spell and wait for the upgrade.
|-
| 24
| [[Creeping Vision]]
| Avoid
| This could be a fun spell, and useful in 1-2 situations over your career… but I would save the money.
|-
| 24
| [[Envenomed Breath]]
| Primary
| The next upgrade in your Poison DoT line. These spells are always useful, and required for root/rotting.
|-
| 24
| [[Frost Strike]]
| Primary
| The frost line of shaman DDs is not mana efficient but I find them very useful. Good for finishing off mobs at ~25%.
|-
| 24
| [[Invigor]]
| Avoid
| I've never had anyone run out of Stamina or request this spell from me. Useful post-rez.
|-
| 24
| [[Poison Storm]]
| Situational
| AOE groups don't exist much anymore, but combining this with Infectious Cloud might be effective?
|-
| 24
| [[Protect]]
| Secondary
| Clerics are more common at this level, so Shammy AC buffs become less necessary. Clerics overwrite yours.
|-
| 24
| [[Regeneration]]
| Primary
| Very mana intensive until you reach Lvl 30 or so, but required for canni dancing. Saves healing mana if you get stuck as the healer.
|-
| 24
| [[Resist Cold]]
| Delay (46)
| You could possibly need CR earlier, particularly in Velious, but you can probably wait until mid 40s/raiding.
|-
| 24
| [[Spirit of Cheetah]]
| Avoid
| The run speed boost is amazing, but the recast time is long. Your spell slots are better used. Although if you need to beat feet to a far-away zoneline, this is the spell you've been looking for.
|-
| 24
| [[Spirit of Monkey]]
| Situational
| DEX & STA are unnecessary at this level. Regen is more important to keep up, and keeping regen + buffs up can be too mana intensive
|-
| 24
| [[Spirit of Ox]]
| Situational
| DEX & STA are unnecessary at this level. Regen is more important to keep up, and keeping regen + buffs up can be too mana intensive.
|-
| 24
| [[Scale of Wolf]]
| Delay (50+)
| If you accidentally pick up an add while traveling, it might not be pleasant. Time saving when you're high enough to avoid most adds.
|-
| 29
| [[Alluring Aura]]
| Delay (*)
| Purchase this spell if you duo or group with an Enchanter daily, otherwise save the cash at this level.
|-
| 29
| [[Befriend Animal]]
| Avoid
| By the time you receive your animal charm spells, they're mostly useless. Possibly good for soloing 1 to 2 levels.
|-
| 29
| [[Counteract Poison]]
| Avoid
| You won't have time for this spell in situations where you need it. Rely on heals & regen to carry you through DoTs.
|-
| 29
| [[Greater Healing]]
| Primary
| At Lvl 29 Shammies have the same heal as clerics for a while. G. Heal will be on your bar at all times for a long, long, time.
|-
| 29
| [[Imbue Amber]]
| Situational
| If you plan on crafting Kunark gear or have friends/guildies that need to push through some skillups. These spells are necessary.
|-
| 29
| [[Imbue Ivory]]
| Situational
| If you plan on crafting Kunark gear or have friends/guildies that need to push through some skillups. These spells are necessary.
|-
| 29
| [[Imbue Jade]]
| Situational
| If you plan on crafting Kunark gear or have friends/guildies that need to push through some skillups. These spells are necessary.
|-
| 29
| [[Imbue Sapphire]]
| Situational
| If you plan on crafting Kunark gear or have friends/guildies that need to push through some skillups. These spells are necessary.
|-
| 29
| [[Invisibility]]
| Primary
| Always useful while traveling. Especially considering 3/4 of shammies are evil.
|-
| 29
| [[Listless Power]]
| Situational
| May be great in duos with a tank, but I found few occasions when I had time to Slow and Disempower a mob. Slow > Disempower.
|-
| 29
| [[Quickness]]
| Secondary
| Less useful if you duo/group with Enc/Brd often. Our haste is vastly inferior to Chanters. Required when they're not around though.
|-
| 29
| [[Raging Strength]]
| Primary
| 29 gives us another upgrade to Strength and Dex. As usual, you will definitely want to pick them up. Keep your rogues happy.
|-
| 29
| [[Resist Fire]]
| Secondary
| Definitely useful at this level if you want to group in Sol A. Continues to be useful against caster mobs all over.
|-
| 29
| [[Rising Dexterity]]
| Primary
| Twinks love it. Newbies need it! Keep your melee DPS optimized whenever possible, to conversely optimize your Xp!
|-
| 29
| [[Tagar's Insects]]
| Primary
| Slows become more necessary in this level range. Definitely more useful in Kunark/Velious where mobs hit harder.
|-
| 29
| [[Ultravision]]
| Secondary
| If you are a Barb, your life will never be the same. This spell is amazing. Still extremely useful as a Troll, Ogre, or Iksar too.
|-
| 34
| [[Charm Animals]]
| Situational
| By the time you receive your animal charm spells, they're mostly useless. You could charm solo for 1-2 Lvls in select areas though.
|-
| 34
| [[Companion Spirit]]
| Secondary
| Our first pet! Exceptionally useful despite the bad rap compared to Necro/Mage pets. Make the walk to W.Karana when you can.
|-
| 34
| [[Enstill]]
| Primary
| Use root for quick CC. Use Enstill for root/rotting. Amazing spell that you will use until you pick up our longest lasting root in your 50s.
|-
| 34
| [[Fury]]
| Situational
| Pick up this spell ONLY If you're twinked with high AC and high damage weapons. Cheap on mana and high on stats.
|-
| 34
| [[Health]]
| Primary
| I recommended skipping the last tier of Sta/Agi buffs, but here these buffs become useful again. Second tier to Str/Dex still though.
|-
| 34
| [[Malaisement]]
| Primary
| Each upgrade in the mali line becomes more and more useful in groups and solo situations. Keep your casters happy.
|-
| 34
| [[Nimble]]
| Primary
| Stat increases quickly becoming more useful at this level. Nimble can add good AC that stacks with Shifting Shield/Cleric buffs.
|-
| 34
| [[Resist Disease]]
| Delay (39-44)
| Very useful in Lower Guk and Kunark dungeons with shaman or necro casters.
|-
| 34
| [[Scourge]]
| Primary
| Our disease DoTs finally begin to shine. Stack with Envenomed Breath (Lvl 24) or Venom of the Snake (Lvl 39) for heavy DoT damage.
|-
| 34
| [[Shifting Shield]]
| Secondary
| Still doesn't stack with Cleric buffs, but necessary AC buff for tanks when you're stuck pretending to be a Cleric or Druid.
|-
| 34
| [[Shock of the Tainted]]
| Avoid
| This may be useful in Velious or Permafrost where mobs are more resistant to cold but generally our other DPS spells are better.
|-
| 34
| [[Talisman of Tnarg]]
| Secondary
| Hitpoint buff that stacks with Clerics. Adds a beefy amount of Hitpoints right out of the gate. Save it for tanks and enchanters though. Very expensive, mana-wise.
|-
| 34
| [[Winter's Roar]]
| Primary
| Same nuke that comes off the Jaundiced Bone Bracer. If you have a JBB you may still need this spell as JBB doesn't click until Lvl 45.
|-
| 39
| [[Assiduous Vision]]
| Avoid
| Could be amazing on another class. Marginally useful for us...maybe. But I've never needed it. Seems fun though!
|-
| 39
| [[Blinding Luminance]]
| Situational
| Useful if you plan on soloing 50+. Causes pseudo-fear in melee mobs. Still semi-useful in duo/trio/groups.
|-
| 39
| [[Cannibalize II]]
| Secondary
| Only Secondary because it's a quest and it's time consuming. Extremely useful to pick up and Canni 3 is a looong ways away at Lvl 53.
|-
| 39
| [[Chloroplast]]
| Primary
| Noticeably great regen for yourself and melee types during combat. "Canni dancing" becomes necessary.
|-
| 39
| [[Deftness]]
| Primary
| MOAR DEX! MOAR PROX! DEX PLZ, KK THX.
|-
| 39
| [[Extinguish Fatigue]]
| Delay (49-54)
| I vaguely remember my tanks needing this sometimes in Velious, but I would wait as long as possible. Acumen comes at Lvl 56.
|-
| 39
| [[Furious Strength]]
| Primary
| If you have Canni II or are twinked it should be easy keeping up stat buffs, regen, and talisman on your melee. Good luck otherwise!
|-
| 39
| [[Gale of Poison]]
| Situational
| AOE groups don't exist much anymore, and kiting mobs with SoW and a disease DoT would be effective but tedious.
|-
| 39
| [[Glamour]]
| Situational
| Purchase this only if you regularly group or duo with an enchanter. Otherwise skip this and buy the final upgraded Cha buff at Lvl 49/59
|-
| 39
| [[Insidious Malady]]
| Situational
| When root/rotting in Kunark this spell is often required. But if you're heading to City of Mist soon you probably won't need this.
|-
| 39
| [[Resist Poison]]
| Delay (46)
| Poison MR will come in hand in some Planes Raids but you can probably get along without it until then.
|-
| 39
| [[Togor's Insects]]
| Primary
| This is the level range where slows become more necessary. Togor definitely knew what he was doing.
|-
| 39
| [[Tumultuous Strength]]
| Situational
| I never got this to drop when I was in the level range, but extremely useful for saving mana in melee heavy groups!
|-
| 39
| [[Venom of the Snake]]
| Primary
| Stacks really well with the Disease line of DoTs for some great damage. Only two more upgrades better than this one.
|-
| 39
| [[Vigilant Spirit]]
| Secondary
| Shammy pets are useless for root/rooting and soloing in general if that's your thing. They can function extra DoTs or a personal rune in groups.
|-
| 44
| [[Agility]]
| Primary
| Agility becomes much more worth the mana investment now. Keep it up on tanks and pullers, especially if you're stuck healing.
|-
| 44
| [[Alacrity]]
| Secondary
| Again, if you have a regular Enchanter in your groups, this isn't extremely necessary right away. Definitely buy this otherwise.
|-
| 44
| [[Blast of Poison]]
| Avoid
| This may be useful in Velious or Permafrost where mobs are more resistant to cold but generally our other DPS spells are better.
|-
| 44
| [[Blizzard Blast]]
| Primary
| Terrible name, but extremely useful when you are called upon for DPS. Can take City of Mist mobs down 25% health.
|-
| 44
| [[Guardian]]
| Secondary
| Another AC buff for the tank and yourself. Marginal upgrade from the last one, but still a necessity in many situations.
|-
| 44
| [[Guardian Spirit]]
| Secondary
| Dogs are still useful believe it or not at this level. But their usefulness will drop off soon despite receiving a pet buff at Lvl 50.
|-
| 44
| [[Incapacitate]]
| Secondary
| Another melee mob debuff. I did pick up this spell and found it to be more useable than previous version as mobs last longer.
|-
| 44
| [[Nullify Magic]]
| Delay (51-53)
| Annul Magic comes at 55. I didn't run into many instances where I needed Nullify before then, but may be needed in some raids.
|-
| 44
| [[Resist Magic]]
| Primary
| Indispensable MR buff. MR is needed in more instances than other Resists. You'll be called upon for it many times as the buffer./
|-
| 44
| [[Stamina]]
| Primary
| Stats are reaching their full potential now. Stamina can add much needed HP to Clerics, Enchanters, pullers and tanks.
|-
| 44
| [[Summon Companion]]
| Avoid
| Dogs are cool. But definitely not important enough to summon. Just take a med break and summon a new one.
|-
| 44
| [[Talisman of Altuna]]
| Primary
| Beefy hit point buffs for everyone!
|-
| 49
| [[Abolish Disease]]
| Primary
| We're picking up the best spells from the old world this level. They're still really good. You'll need all of them, including this one.
|-
| 49
| [[Charisma]]
| Primary
| +40 Charisma for your Enchanters. Makes your friends pretty!
|-
| 49
| [[Dexterity]]
| Primary
| +50 Dexterity for maximum procage. Also enhances your dancing skills!
|-
| 49
| [[Envenomed Bolt]]
| Primary
| Amazing damage from our poison based DoT
|-
| 49
| [[Frenzied Spirit]]
| Secondary
| Last line in our doggy pet spells! Heya Fido!
|-
| 49
| [[Malosi]]
| Primary
| The debuffage continues. Remains a staple in the Shaman lineup.
|-
| 49
| [[Plague]]
| Primary
| Stack this with E.Bolt and watch the life tick away from mobs. Soloing becomes much, much easier now.
|-
| 49
| [[Rage]]
| Situational
| Still really only need this spell if you're soloing. And meleeing is pretty rough at this level. Next and last Rage upgrade is Lvl 59.
|-
| 49
| [[Strength]]
| Primary
| +66 to +69 Strength is a very significant upgrade
|-
| 50+
| All Spells
| Primary
| Hunt for all the drops. Do all the quests. Buy all the spells. You will need them!
|}
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imported>Benanov at 17:33, 5 February 2024