Unsurprisingly I'm with Tecmos and Eberron: Cleric is clearly the superior partner. It's not hard to understand why: Aegolism is +1100 HP while sta/focus is only +250, and stun on charm break is far more useful than Chloroblast which will barely cover a second or two of damage if the RNG is gracing you with loads of bashes and interrupts. Let's not forget the Sky neck bailing you out with instant CH on occasion. People underestimate clerics because the class is a magnet for bad players, but it's actually tremendous when played more actively e.g. Liia, Getsome, Motec and so on.
The only way the Shaman can begin to compensate is by tanking the NPC in question with torpor which makes charm breaks a bit less painful. But guess what: if the NPC can be torpor tanked with a shaman, it isn't doing very much damage on a charm break anyway! The Puppet camp is the one exception to this since a summon will take you into range of other puppets. And even there the Cleric can always use flash of light to build up hate and eat the summon anyway.
For leveling, I'd actually agree with Not Wu Tang and say Enchanter/Necromancer in an undead zone, but only if both players are pretty good. Cleric/Enchanter is easier.
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