Which Duo to Choose?

[Renault]

Shaman's strength is slows, buffs, debuffs. If you don't use all three of those, then you're not getting the most out of your duo.

Shaman's main weakness: only CC is roots.

If you are thinking endgame viable duo partners for raiding, then you have a lot of options:
(1) Monk - been discussed. There are a zillion monks on this server.Make leveling easy with good dps and, most important, ability to pull.
(2) Any other melee - SKs can also pull, Paladin can try to lull pull, Bard can lull and mez, Rogues can sneak pull, Halfling warriors can sneak pull.

You can also just choose areas to xp where you don't need to split many. Up until the 40s, shaman can just slow tank, so a rogue could backstab and take them down. Bard is a non-traditional choice but actually rounds out the shaman pretty well, are raid desired, and can tank fine through the 30s and probably 40s.

(3) Any caster but wizard, druid and cleric (unless you want to stick to undead)
Enchanter is the obvious one, with mana regen, charm, mez and lull. The winning duos for endgame are usually considered enchanter/cleric or monk/shaman, so you are just doing things a little differently.

Necro for reasons partly discussed - pulling, charmed pet, mana twitch, high damage dots, etc.

Mage - OP pet, can haste and stat buff, slow target, root adds, dot, etc.

[Issar]

Shaman/SK complement each other nicely. I don't think it's a popular duo here due to xp penalties and not as efficient dps. SK can split pull similar to a monk, but lacks the dps. However, they bring other utilities, such as snare, fear, ivu, aggro snap, and small self heals. Depending on your race, you and your ogre friend will have similar access to cities and merchants. Also, and this is just my opinion, they are not a boring class. I played both a monk and an SK on live and I became bored with the monk playstyle. My SK became the only toon that I played other than my shaman, late into Kunark and through Velious. That's just my opinion though.

[Jitsumo]

Originally Posted by Roguejm11 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I did a Mage/Druid a long time ago before Kunark was added, the exp seemed amazing. What I hated was both players sitting waiting on mana after a big pull.

Mage/Mage is hilariously fun.

I found Mage/Mage to be super easy, but also terribly bland and boring.

[gildor]

I recently fortuned into a duo that has been working great. Met up with an enchanter in oasis on my druid, we have been charm duoing and terrorizing the zone. Xp is flowing like candy, its fantastic.

[unleashedd]

me and my brother are going dru/enc - enc for charm dps obviously, and dru basically as 2nd pet [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[DevGrousis]

that'll be an interesting duo. Definitely will be a steep learning curve, but you'll both have lots of utility for grouping or soloing on your own too.

Have fun! Update here from time to time and tell us how its going. I'm interested to know your guys techniques.

Cheers,

[Zehrikrom]

If there's one thing I love more than anything, it's a bunch of casters melting faces. I'd suggest Wiz/Enc, Nec/Enc, Mag/Wiz... Enc/Enc would be hilarious and fun, walk into any number of enemies and slowly squash their skulls like grapes. Nec/Enc could work too, pets are neat.