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If you are getting a lot of resists on a certain type of mob, make sure to use the appropriate debuff spell before attempting to dot. There is the malo line, and the other for poison, which both level certain resistances in order to land dots.

But you will always have to deal with resists.

You sir, are one lucky shammy - you've picked one of the few classes that can deal with mob resists directly. The malos line of spells is used to lower mob resists so that you can land those dots and slows. Later in the game, you even get unresistable malos spells for this purpose.

Many other classes don't get this boon (if you ever want to hear a wizard swear like a true blue sailor, ask him about resists) and will rely on you to open the way for their dps.

Just keep at it - you're at a level where the power of the class is just starting to show; you've just gotten your first cannib and your slows/debuffs are still fairly weak. It gets better - one day the monsters will shake at the very mention of your name, and rightly so, for a high level shammy can make them weak as kittens (comparitively) while still being able to deal a considerable amount of damage.

Also, a good portion of mob resist effectiveness is based on their level compared to yours. If you find yourself emptying your mana bar on a single mob, try moving to an area where the mobs are slightly lower - a red mob will tend to resist a lot more than a yellow or a white.

Ah yes - I'd forgotten the subject matter was Echo caverns - I believe Galthran is right; I don't remember ever being able to stick disease or poison to the rock monsters - not even sure I managed to land a slow on them - they were nasty ornery things. Just stick to heals when your group pulls them and hold your damage for the underbulks and the fungal fiends when you get to the south side of EC.

For your level, you are probably on the northern side of EC; try to get the needlite camp if you can - they're a lot easier to handle than the boglings for the same xp range.

Poison based are more powerful but short term dots 30-42 sec Disease base are weaker and use less mana but have a much longer duration. Also Disease resists seem to be a bit lower on mobs

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I'm just confusing myself now.

Edited, Wed Nov 16 17:46:15 2005 by Kakar

At 23 you should have Malaise and Insidious Fever.

Malaise lowers resistance of Fire, Cold, Poison and Magic. This will help with your Poison DoTs and your Cold DDs.

IF lowers Disease. This will help with your disease DoTs and your slow too iirc.

The other thing that factors into resists besides a mob's inherent resists is level difference. Mobs at your level or above will resist more than lower mobs. Some types of mobs plain resist one type of spell so you may need to switch to another. If mobs resist Malo+Poison, switch to IF+Disease. Or try your Cold nukes.