Mage, Necro, and ???

[Troxx]

Shaman adds the most raw power I'd say. Shaman slows buffs regens and heals makes this trio viable with safety all the way to 60.

Other than shaman good choices are ench, second necro, second mage, cleric, bard, Druid. Best 3 options for 3rd wheel? Sham/ench with bard as either a distant 3rd or nowhere close depending on player skill. Cleric would be far preferable to an average or bad bard. Without a priest or bard you rely entirely on necro heals for players and pet chaining. Bard falls short here as well as bard can't heal pets. Without slows you'll stress out a cleric or Druid healer at the high end.

So really in the long run you'll want a healer. In the long run the potency of slow and castable buffs make shaman the clear winner.

[Lhancelot]

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

So really in the long run you'll want a healer. In the long run the potency of slow and castable buffs make OGRE shaman the clear winner.

I just added a small fix. Otherwise, I agree with this 100%! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[tobi]

Shaman, if only to avoid the third cloth class

[turbosilk]

With no ench in the group a troll or iksar is preferable to ogre for minimizing downtime for medding

[Lhancelot]

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

With no ench in the group a troll or iksar is preferable to ogre for minimizing downtime for medding

This is debateable. If your iksar/troll fails to get his spells off because he is interrupted and the group wipes/dies, then how much time is wasted due to loss of XP and CRing?

Ogre > all.

PRO TIP: OGRES HAVE HIDDEN STATS!

[gildor]

...FSI does not stop interrupts

[gkmarino]

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

...FSI does not stop interrupts

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[loramin]

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

...FSI does not stop interrupts

It stops the ones caused by stuns from mobs positioned in front of the character, no?

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

They have shaman for other races besides ogre? Sounds like a mistake to me

Hush.

[dafier]

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

Another mage would be fun. I have a fetish for full pet groups.

When I was a wee mage years ago some of the best fun I had was grouping with mostly mages but a few necros as well in DL. We would literally sit out in the middle of everything (on a small hill) and have our pets wrecking everything that came near our camp.

So much fun