The shaman needs level 47 unbuffed and 54 buffed to cast a full combo.
And as Nutty said, while the warlock buff doesn't reduce the damage (or increase your HP, whichever way you look at it) it still makes your healing stronger. There are occations where more HP and a weaker healing (the shaman buff) will be more useful but there will also be times where slightly lower HP and a better healing (the warlock buff) will be better.

Thank u for comment, Socrase, but since i got contra arguments, i won't agree with you. For mages in zezenia the most important thing is to survive combo. Okay, you do not heal full hp, but u have a chance to heal after that combo, when warlock easily dies on it. + we all have double heal possibility (spell+health potion). And when u r fighting for example 1vs1 u will have time to heal even 2 or more times with the spell after opponent combo if its needed.

Would be cool if gm who is responsible for balances respond here...
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Some more info
50lvl pyro can block 495*2= 990dmg
50lvl warrior got 985hp

Shaman need 58 lvl to make full combo with buff and 46 to make without buff.



Ye. This is funny. Pyromancers are better tanks cuz they heal much more. Ye, warrior is good tank against warriors/rangers, but against mage his def means nothing, and pyromancers? hmm

Hmm, you're right it is 58, I divided by 13 insted of 12 :/
But 350+145+140+50= 685/15= 45,66+1= 46,66 still means you need 47 to cast it.

Why so? 350+145+145+25+5 is great combo since blast is now worst so with draining stalagmite damage is almost same.

Before reset, I played with shaman, I complained a lot that 10lvl lower warlocks can combo them down. All what I heard was change class. Well, you know what? It worked.

Hahahaha by chosen death xDDD

And Vand thod.
But, the fact is. You can keep crying and crying and wait untill someone do something about it. Or you can just do about it yourself.

Ye. I remember, you were more happy at Agni than at leader.