I Shaman Viable At Endgame?

I just started playing after only logging for like 3 hours back in 2014(level 37 shaman as of writing this). I have seen a few people say that shaman is bad for endgame and that it is much harder due to the cci stuff, but how bad is it? Is it just harder or nearly impossible? Also is shaman viable for pvp content? So far I haven't had a problem with the class.

 

CCI is only an issue for endgame bosses which you don't really run into until level 65+, in the early game shaman is actually really good.

The issue is what you want to do with shaman. Since its main strengths are crowd control and support, it's not really fair to compare it to pure DPS classes like assassin and archer since those classes are built around dealing as much damage as possible. That isn't to say it's impossible to deal a lot of damage with an endgame shaman, it's just much harder to build then the alternatives. Basically, if you want a class for grinding monsters in the open world, if you play with others or if you want to run raids with a balanced team, shaman is actually quite good, if you're looking to solo LI 64 times, shaman probably isn't the best bet.

 

thats it

thats the entire answer.

(yes, toxo can just 1 shot kill ppl through poison :/ )

 

From my experience, shaman isn't great in raids, which is the majority of endgame content after quests (unless you're a lootrunner). Mythic definitively give shaman an edge, especially toxo. With the right utilization, you can easily out dps most classes by hitting multiple targets. Overall, yes shaman is okay at endgame, but in my opinion probably the worst at raids without a great setup. From a fun factor perspective, shaman is quite enjoyable. With my toxo build I can wipe out fleets of mobs with over 50k posion ticks (granted I use courage), but if you don't grab any defensive perks or have near max defense, you're pretty much a glass cannon. With nol and tcc dealing high burst damage, agility really is terrible on shaman (for raids). If a boss gets a lucky hit, you're probably dead in 1-2 hits.

 

too lazy to edit my post, but I also forgot to speak about wars....

tldr: shaman in the new war system is awfull and ouclassed by every other classes, the 2 uses I could see is crowd control on the mobs and healing, but pretty much everyone is better at mob control and Mage will always be #1 healer