Poison Dmg And Shaman Build

Hello everyone!

I wanted to start a new class after getting my full end-game gear on archer and I generally like very tanky builds but warrior is still extremely bad in comparison to other classes so I decided to play shaman (yes I am a madman that plays everything on tank even my archer is full tank heavy melee and can solo LI/Qira without pots :p). When i was wondering how to play a big dps class like shaman as tank I found a build with poison and was wondering:
1. Is poison still really bad?
2. I know poison stacks with strengh but do things like courage (fire element ability) and my totem affect it?
3. I do not mind if somebody has interest in improving the build I found (no mythics pls)(I already got the proposition to swap out Pass Band for Clockwork due to elemental resistances and health): https://wynndata.tk/s/m05h91

Thanks in advance!
-Nickmathes

 

1. Full poison builds are pretty bad on any class except shaman. Shaman poison is extremely overpowered (that’s what I use on my shaman) and it really excels at guild wars as it can easily solo pretty much any war in a short amount of time.

2. I’m not sure about powder abilities but it definitely stacks with the totem strength as well as the totem being able to effect the poison on enemies.

3. This is the build that I use (https://wynndata.tk/s/6nmyfj) which works well for me but you may find some aspects more annoying (eg mana steal instead of mana regen).

Just a side note, when using shaman poison builds there can be a number of drawbacks as they generally have low mana regen and health regen which, when paired with the shaman’s low base defence, can make it hard to play with (especially against boss fights) though there are definitely times when it is the most overpowered build type in the game.

 

Courage and curse affects poison damage