Vanguard Devs List Changes Coming to Shaman Class [Vanguard Saga of Heroes]

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As we reported, the Vanguard development team recently listed a bunch of changes being made to the Disciple and Necromancer in order to help address some class balancing issues. Well, the Telonian Tribune just listed the Shaman changes that you'll currently find on the test server.

The list summarizes a whopping 41 changes being made to Shamans, including an increase in potency to the Lethargy line and the ability to have your "pet out when shape changing to the skin of their patron and vice versa." Check out the full list of changes after the jump.

• Lethargy line has had its potency increased.
• Ancestor's Infusion/Gift line can now crit.
• Shamans may now have their pet out when shape changing to the skin of their patron and vice versa.
• Avatar of the Spirit Warrior scroll has been added to Karax's loot table.
• Avatar of the Phoenix now has energy regeneration.
• Avatar of the Phoenix has had its refresh timer reduced to 10 minutes.
• Wings of Hayatet had its melee mitigation converted over to spell mitigation.
• Wings of Hayatet now has an additional non-fire spell damage buff. The 3rd level of this line also has a 1% spell critical chance.
• Attendant of Hayatet will no longer emit flame particles.
• A new detaunt spell has been added to the shaman trainer for Hayatet called Flutter.
• A new detaunt spell has been added to the shaman trainer for Tuurgin called Shake Off.
• Roar has had its refresh timer reduced to 10 seconds, from 2 minutes. Also fixed the description on the ability, it was saying it removed beneficial effects when it was actually removing enchantments.
• Avatar of the Great Bear now properly grants immunity to Cold.
• Avatar of the Great Beat has had its refresh timer reduced to 10 minutes, from 15 minutes.
• Skin of Rakurr, Skin of Tuurgin and Wings of Hayatet have had their endurance costs reduced.
• Shamans have been added to some caster classifications for items. Shamans may now equip some items that were normally for casters and/or bloodmages.
• Curse of Frailty is now a spiritual spell and no longer physical.
• Added some chat text to Purging Flames.
• Avatar of the Hunter has had its refresh timer reduced to 10 minutes, from 15 minutes.
• Increased the effectiveness of Snarl, Flutter and Shake Off.
• Rakurr's Gift of Speed line now adds accuracy & proc rate increase. Versions III & IV add critical damage.
• Rakurr's Grace IV and Rakurr's Gift of Grace now add to strikethrough damage.
• Acuity IV and Hayatet's Gift of Acuity now add to strikethrough chance.
• Burning Mantle line now has energy cost reduction and spell refresh haste.
• Mein of the Mystic now displays a message in the chat box when activated.
• Skin of Rakurr movement speed was increased to 90% and now has a 10% mount speed increase.
• Throat Rip now appears in the npc debuff window.
• Panacea line will now fail to cast if the targets 30 second immunity is still active without consuming energy and initiating the refresh timer.
• Intercession line will now fail to cast if the targets 2 minute immunity is still active without consuming energy and initiating the refresh timer.
• Fiery Shield has had its refresh timer reduced to 4 minutes and now has a 1 second cast time.
• Fiery Shield duration has been increased to 30 seconds.
• Fiery Shield cannot be cast on the same target more than once every 2 minutes.
• Shield of Mortality has had its potency reduced to 10%.
• Shield of Mortality has had its refresh timer increased to 4 minutes.
• Shield of Mortality duration has been increased to 30 seconds and now has a physical based damage shield.
• Shield of Mortality will now fail to cast if the targets 2 minute immunity is still active without consuming energy and initiating the refresh timer.
• Shield of Spirits has had its potency reduced to 10%.
• Shield of Spirits has had its refresh timer increased to 4 minutes.
• Shield of Spirits duration has been increased to 30 seconds and now has a spiritual based damage shield.
• Shield of Spirits will now fail to cast if the targets 2 minute immunity is still active without consuming energy and initiating the refresh timer.
• Skin of Rakurr now has endurance regen.

 

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