Depends how you fight them. If they're mezzed, then they don't summon. If you kill them too fast, they don't summon.
Not sure on their summon though, I don't think it's interruptable...
My bets lie on them being killed too fast somehow. :3
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Well, I was on a scrapper.
Still, I remember them doing the summon pretty quick in the past.
*nod* If you're constantly knocking them down they don't summon as well. I had a tendency to lead in with Shield Charge just to keep them from summoning.
If I hit them while they are doing a "green cloud of magic smoke" animation, even from range, they tend to open with an attack rather than a summon, but any Death Shamans that are just walking / standing summon first chance.
Haven't checked this to see if it's 100% repeatable, and most times I hit them with a hold / stun / KB when I can.
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Just did a BP mission, and noticed that not one Death Shaman summoned a pair of zombies?
Was this changed, or just random chance?
Thanks!