Best 4 person all caster/priest group

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At filling a strictly dps role in a group, mage is absolutely better at dishing out than shaman.

I know.
I have both.
At level 60.
Within full spell books.

Solo? In a small duo/trio with high hp mobs with wicked regen (Kael arena comes to mind). All is these things change the balance given the mechanics of shaman mana self-replenishment and the damage impact potential of more efficient dots if the mobs live long enough.

But again … apples to raw fish comparison. We’re talking a high dps fast paced group where dots won’t have time to do their things.

Mages are a raw dps class. Shamans are not. Shamans are undeniably more effective in most every area of this game but if all you want/need is another person to get things dead faster, the shaman isn’t going to fill that ticket as well as a lot of other classes.

Shamans got some meh nukes, some very powerful dots that won’t have time to reach their potential, and a crappy ass double attacking pet (from a dps perspective … it can tank just fine).

As for parses: I’m at work. Laptop is at home and I haven’t dusted off the mage since Covid hit in early 2020 and since then mage pets got tuned down.

I’ll get you some parses sometime this weekend if I don’t end up sitting lfg for 12 hours.