Shaman Build Question


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I'm building a shaman for PFS, and what I'm wondering is how I should distribute my stats. Ideally, I'm trying to make a shaman that is a debuffer and a battlefield controller.

What I was thinking of doing is taking Lore as a wandering spirit at level 4 to gain at least one sorcerer/wizard spell per day. From what I understand, if you do this, you can pick which spell(s) you want on a daily basis rather than permanently and changing them at level-up only.

Since most debuff hexes for shamans do not use charisma, I was thinking of distributing my stats like this:

7 STR
12 DEX
12 CON
13 INT
20 WIS
10 CHA

The reason for this is that even though I don't plan on being the party face, I have enough intelligence to cast up to third-level spells using the wandering spirit and can buy an ioun stone to get another +2 so I can cast up to fifth level (my target being magic jar).

However, I'm wondering if it wouldn't be better to dump charisma entirely and put a few extra points in dex/con. Which is the better option?

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