Most solid duo for Kunark and Velious

[Kavanah]

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

Hands down Enchanter / Druid

This is by far the MOST EFFECIENT and EFFECTIVE when it comes to the right places. However those places aren't abundant.

I've put a lot of research and study into this topic, as well as using most of these combos at one point or another. So the info I give you, while generalized, is coming from a lot of background research. Since Alkabor has such a low population (live EQ MAC server) and frozen at PoP, a lot of people box on it and it was a common question... what is the best duo?

I personally did monk/shaman and I find it is a great combo. Just wait till those ikkys come out and it will be like woah! This is a heavy damage team with some utility, can group just about anywhere, and great travel!

Druid/Ench was popular on Alkabor for obvious reasons, especially when you could charm and snare! Great utility, great travel, and just a great all around caster team if thats your thing.

Shadowknight/shaman was probably what I would vote as being the "best" duo all around. If you want to go with the more tanky/healer approach this is the bread and butter of them all. You can do more, with great effeciency, than any other duo.

Warrior/Cleric a good all around duo, little low on the dps side, no slows unless you have some toys on your warrior. Trepids deeds anyone? With that in stock, this is a fairly good duo.

Ranger/Cleric when equipped with epic earthcaller, the ranger/cleric combo is pretty interesting. I know a guy on Alkabor who has GREAT success with this combo and is duo'ing mobs I didn't think were possible to duo during pre-PoP! Don't underestimate this awesome duo!

[Snigel]

I vouch for MAG/SHM, essentially raped entire sebilis w/ epic pet

[Wildas]

This thread is ridiculous.

In theory nothing can beat an enchanter/cleric for "hardest" mob - If the correct charmable mob is there. However, this scenario relies a lot on luck and is difficult to pull off.

Enc/Druid is certainly powerful, however relies a lot on charm. It benefits from snare/evac but is still reliant on charm for difficult mobs. Still it can pump out nice xp but requires a lot of focus. You can however duo nicely with enc illusion + slow and druid heals, but then it's not nearly the best.

For non-charm situations Shaman/sk or or monk is pretty much the best you're going to be able to do. Sham/sk having the edge for difficult mobs, and monks having the edge for kill speed. Shaman/mage is great when you don't need to chain pets or when you have epic. But you lose pulling ability, tanking (vocerates and g-vocerates absolutely suck vs level 60+ mobs, you'll need to chain and lose a lot of dps in the process, plus a chained pet will not have aggro.

A sk will beat a warrior for almost any hard mob due to the high health of difficult mobs. The sk wins for pulls, but assuming you get it solo - A sks taps on top of shaman heals will almost always prevail. War discs are nice, but if we're talking top end difficulty here, defensive won't last long enough to matter, or dps discs won't beat the self heals a sk can put out over the long term + HT (and don't discount 44 necro pet dps over the course of a fight).

Let's do a little math here - Cheal is 400 mana for full health. Torpor is 200 mana for 1200 healed. Slow reduces a mobs dps to 1/4. So it's equal to 200 mana for 4800 healed - much more than a tank can hit in Kunark. Let's assume you have to throw in Sup heals because the mob has such high dps. 540 for 250 = 2160 hp/250 mana spent if the cleric was casting it. That's much more mana efficient than nearly any CH, plus you have breathing room and more time to regen mana. There is simply no way a cleric can be better for hard mobs than a shaman in kunark - and due to mana regen, the same applies for velious.

The mana regen a shaman can get in Kurnark is unparalled by any class. Canni 3 + Regrowth/Fungal regrowth, VoB, and worn Fungal Regrowth (fungii tunic) is absurb mana regen throughout the course of a fight.

The idea of mage/monk or any other combo coming anywhere close is absolutely absurd.

[Wildas]

Also, a SK with pet will be very close to a monk at 60 for dps. Monk pulls ahead a bit as ToV weaponry comes into play.

[Blazed420]

Druid/Necro For open areas.

[Maurk]

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

I've seen this question before..

Enchanter / Druid

Reason: (I'm repeating myself)

Clarity, pet, charm, haste, slow, sow, teleports, evac, snare, dots, nukes, healing, mez, stuns, root, invis, invis versus undead, damage shields, regen, indoor and outdoor lull, alliance, enchant metals, see invis etc, etc, etc...

The only in game ability (besides locate/summon corpse) this combo does not have access to is resurection. Add a paladin as the third member when a tank is needed and you can do anything in the game...

There is no other combo in the game that can do what an enchanter / druid can do.

Straight up.

[audacity]

Friend and I had a monk/shm duo. It was pretty easy to level with that combo. Both were iksars w/ fungi tunics. Only bad thing is no JBB but everything else was solid...Had so much regen I could just nuke w/o fear of mana really.

[mimixownzall]

Chanter/Cleric. End of discussion.

Cleric: Great buffs, best heals and a decent nuke. Some CC with Root if need be. Crack means extra mana for some nukes.

Chanter: Charmed mob = best pet/tank ever and it does some crazy DPS. You have all the CC you need with a chanter and some help with a cleric. If you're feeling brave or you know you have a good cleric to save you, throw that pet some haste! You go through mobs like lol.

Oh and in b4 PORTS!! EVAC AND STUFF WHAT ABOUT THAT?!?!?!?!

Who cares... if you need that then you should just get a group. Add a mage or a necro to that duo and you have a stellar trio.

[azeth]

Necro / Druid.

[karsten]

paladin/paladin



pretty simple discussion really