Shaman

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Required Shaman AAs

This is a list of Alternate Abilities that all Member and Applying Shaman MUST have. Different guilds use Shaman in different roles; here, Shaman are primarily tasked with Slowing, Group Healing and Buffing on raids, with DPS filling a very important but secondary role. Therefore, this AA list focuses on making Shaman a well-rounded raid asset primarily suited to keeping their group alive during raids, while also allowing them sufficient survivability and the abilities to both avoid agro and debuff their target. After a Shaman earns the AAs listed below in their entirety, any line listed below should be taken to its maximum and DPS AAs should be trained, in the form of Damage over Time critical hit chance and strength.

Acute Focus of Arcanum 1/1 (Cost: 9)
Ancestral Aid 9/15 (Cost: 60; 5/5/5/5/5/7/9/12/7)
Call of the Wild 1/1 (Cost: 9)
Cannibalization 5/5 (Cost: 34; 5/5/8/8/8)
Combat Agility 10/10 (Cost: 42; 2/4/6/3/3/3/3/3/5/5/5)
Combat Stability 10/10 (Cost: 42; 2/4/6/3/3/3/3/3/5/5/5)
Earthen Sagacity 5/5 (Cost: 25; 5/5/5/5/5)
Focus of Arcanum 1/1 (Cost: 9)
Healing Adept 12/12 (Cost: 75; 2/4/6/2/4/6/3/6/9/10/11/12)
Healing Gift 21/21 (Cost: 149; 2/4/6/2/3/4/3/6/9/6/6/6/7/9/12/7/9/12/12/12/12)
Healing Boon 15/15 (Cost: 127; 3/6/9/6/6/6/7/9/12/7/9/12/12/12/12)
Inconspicuous Totem 1/1 (Cost: 12)
Innate Enlightenment 5/5 (Cost: 15 3/3/3/3/3)
Innate Run Speed 5/5 (Cost:13; 1/1/1/5/5)
Malosinete 1/1 (Cost: 6)
Mass Group Buff 1/1 (Cost: 9)
Mental Clarity 3/23 (Cost: 12; 2/4/6)
Pact of the Wolf 3/3 (Cost: 27; 9/9/9)
Planar Power 20/20 (Cost: 85; 2/2/2/2/2/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5)
Radiant Cure 9/9 (Cost: 48; 2/4/6/3/6/9/6/6/6)
Shield Block 6/9 (Cost: 46; 3/6/9/7/9/12)
Silent Presence 1/1 (Cost: 6)
Spell Casting Mastery 3/3 (Cost: 12; 2/4/6)
Spell Casting Reinforcement 3/3 (Cost: 12; 2/4/6)
Spell Casting Reinforcement Mastery 1/1 (Cost: 8)
Spell Casting Subtlety 12/12 (Cost: 86; 3/6/9/4/4/4/7/9/12/7/9/12)
Spiritual Channeling 1/1 (Cost: 12)
Turgur's Swarm 1/1 (Cost: 9)
Union of Spirits 1/6 (Cost: 5)
Virulent Paralysis 3/9 (Cost: 9; 3/3/3)
TOTAL: 1013 AAs

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Updated with current Alternate Abilities through Underfoot.

The following spells are also necessary for any Shaman:

Crippling Spasm; most up-to-date of the Cripple line.
Frost Gift Rk. 2; damages your target's target while giving you two Healing Twincasts.
Healing Counterbias Rk. 2; slows the target and heals the target's target.
Idol of Malos; drops a small Idol that Malo's any nearby mobs.
Putrid Decay; most up-to-date Poison/Disease resistance debuff.
Wind of Malis Rk. 2; free-targeted, non-resistable AE Malo.