Duoing with an SK

[SomberSunday]

My bro and I plan on grouping up when we both play and he's decided on an Ogre SK. My question for you crazy folks, is what would pair well with the SK?
I'm leaning towards a druid, but curious what peoples thoughts are on other classes.

[Iksar]

Druid paired with almost anything is good. Lots of utility. Enchanter or shaman are probably the more obvious choices.

[falkun]

SHM is about the best pairing with any melee there is. Cler will work well to get a larger group going, but only decent in duo. Basically, the SK is going to be tanking/DPS, he'll require support and heals. The sham brings both the best, the druid second, and cleric third. But if you branch out from the duo to a full group, one of the other 4 can bring the support and then cleric heals are unmatched.

[Raavak]

I agree, SK & Shaman rule.

[SomberSunday]

Sweet. I'll probably stick with the Druid then since ports/buffing will be nice no matter what we do.

[somnia]

Druids are less desired than Shaman in end-game and groups mid-game and up. Shaman buffs are, for the most part, better than druids across the board. Aside from DS and Port, Druids are a second rate Shaman and without a pet (until 55+ Velious).

Only go druid if ports are a necessity and you want a little more solo flexibility. Otherwise, if you are mostly duoing with an SK then I highly recommend Shaman as this class is the ultimate buffer and capable of providing decent haste and the best slows. Healing is on par with druids. In all honestly go Shaman unless you absolutely need ports in which case Druids are alright.

[theaetatus]

Go cleric. You'll have the start of a solid group already, and can duo undead stuff if you really need to duo. SK/Dru and SK/Shm get worse in later levels in comparison and you'd still need to find a cleric to get a group going most of the time.

[somnia]

Originally Posted by theaetatus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Go cleric. You'll have the start of a solid group already, and can duo undead stuff if you really need to duo. SK/Dru and SK/Shm get worse in later levels in comparison and you'd still need to find a cleric to get a group going most of the time.

Cleric is not a bad choice if you plan to start full groups often.

[webrunner5]

Yeah, Tank, Cleric, Enchanter, the holly grail of groups. Can pretty much do anything with those three. SK with FD really helps.

[Kevynne]

shm. recruit a friend a make me him roll enc would make it even better [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]