Mage Duo(Priest Class)

[Cacos]

Which priest class is the best duo partner for a mage? Mainly for harder content and dungeon crawling.

[Foxplay]

Shaman at endgame due to slow, torpor, and being able to make their own Mana

Cleric 1 to 59

[Pyrion]

I think another mage would be better than a priest. That way you always have 1 pet out to tank, and summoning new pets is less mana than healing one. Plus, you double your DPS.

[Foxplay]

I think another mage would be better than a priest. That way you always have 1 pet out to tank, and summoning new pets is less mana than healing one. Plus, you double your DPS.

for leveling up this is very true, 2 mages pretty good albeit extremely straight forward and lazy combo. However he specifically asked what priest class duo's well with mage , and further added for harder content and dungeon crawling

[Snaggles]

Duo with a priest leaves you without true CC. Cleric can lull, sham can slow/off-tank, druid can evac. Pick your poison.

I'd be tempted to pick another caster like a chanter or necro if you are into squishy dungeon crawling.

[Topgunben]

Which priest class is the best duo partner for a mage? Mainly for harder content and dungeon crawling.

given the 3 choices, shaman will be best in a dungeon crawling situation. Druid will be better in outdoor zones where charm is available. I don't think cleric is a very good option in a Mage duo.

Druid is a very close second IMO.

But the rulebreakingly obvious choice is enchanter. For 2 simple reasons,
Mana regen for both of you and Charm.

When it comes to Duos, enchanter is the choice of a caster class, and necromancer is the choice for melee class, excluding warrior. Warrior needs to be coupled with Druid or Shaman.

[Jimjam]

Duo with a priest leaves you without true CC. Cleric can lull, sham can slow/off-tank, druid can evac. Pick your poison.

I'd be tempted to pick another caster like a chanter or necro if you are into squishy dungeon crawling.

Cleric is rediculous cc with stuns, roots, fears, but most of all the soothe/atone combo. Send unwanted mobs back to their spawn or just keep them completely unaggroed rooted in camp.

As a Mage I'd want Druid 14-24, shaman 24-29, Druid 29-35, shaman 35-39, cleric 39-60. Fully geared/spelled I'd want shaman at 60.

[Crede]

When it comes to Duos, enchanter is the choice of a caster class, and necromancer is the choice for melee class, excluding warrior. Warrior needs to be coupled with Druid or Shaman.

How is necromancer the choice for a melee class in a duo? They're pretty much limited to fear kiting outdoor zones at higher levels, and if you've ever fear kited on a melee, it gets old real fast trying to stay in their hit box, even with snare.

A melee class is going to be infinitely better with a shaman than a necromancer. On my paladin I'd even consider taking an enchanter over shaman in a duo.

[Topgunben]

How is necromancer the choice for a melee class in a duo? They're pretty much limited to fear kiting outdoor zones at higher levels, and if you've ever fear kited on a melee, it gets old real fast trying to stay in their hit box, even with snare.

A melee class is going to be infinitely better with a shaman than a necromancer. On my paladin I'd even consider taking an enchanter over shaman in a duo.

Fear kite is tremendously powerful and eliminates the need for most heals. I have fear kited in many dungeon zones, including guk, high keep guards, and KC. The beauty of necro with melee is that the melee can be pulling another mob at 20% of the mobs life while the necro pet finishes it off.

The problem with priest classes is that they don't have the DPS that a necro has, which is vitally important. They also don't have mana recovery, except for shaman, but shaman will be healing instead of DPS. Yes shaman and druid have dots and nukes, but the dps from a skelly pet is outrageous and it's virtually mana free. On top of that, necro can heal, and they can lifetap. Yes a druid can charm, but it's limited to animals and plants and it breaks all the time. Yes a shaman can slow and haste, I'll give them that, but slow produces huge amounts of aggro. But you tell me which is better, a spell that cuts the attack rate of a mob, or a spell that stops the mob from attacking altogether?

So while a melee might do better damage with a shaman, exp and efficiently very much favors necro. The necro is happy to duo with the melee for 3 reasons, 1) melee can chain pull while necro meds, 2) Necro doesn't need to worry about pet doing 51% damage 3) necro enjoys the company of another warm blood

And please don't bring torpor into this. It's a level 60 spell that 90% of casuals can't afford.

[Crede]

Have you fear kited in Seb, in HS, in velks, in chardok, in KC basement? Any high level zone or area that's worth a damn?

I admire your creativity with the necro, but the fact is they aren't THE choice for a melee class are you stated in your previous post. A shamans slow is so powerful that they aren't gonna just be spamming heals nonstop as you seem to think. Their epic is nearly equivalent to necro's most powerful dot, and they also have other great dots and a pet.

As a melee I can tell you following a feared mob sucks, there's nothing remotely fun about constantly moving around and trying to keep up with the mob.

[Topgunben]

Have you fear kited in Seb, in HS, in velks, in chardok, in KC basement? Any high level zone or area that's worth a damn?

I admire your creativity with the necro, but the fact is they aren't THE choice for a melee class are you stated in your previous post. A shamans slow is so powerful that they aren't gonna just be spamming heals nonstop as you seem to think. Their epic is nearly equivalent to necro's most powerful dot, and they also have other great dots and a pet.

As a melee I can tell you following a feared mob sucks, there's nothing remotely fun about constantly moving around and trying to keep up with the mob.

Yes I have FK'd in HS. Needs to be broken before doing so but I've spent a lot of time there and in Chardok post AoE nerf.

I haven't spent as much time in Seb, only because i prefer HS for all the undead.

You need to look at this logically man. I can guarantee you my necro pet will out damage any gains that a Melee would get from haste during the journey to 60. On top of that the melee won't be getting hit, so absolutely no need for heals, and necro can spot heal if need be. At 44 with pact of shadow, healing is so efficient it's unbelievable. Necro can split with FD, and has a good/great charm of undead. Shaman is lacking in charm department

No I am not saying in literally every instance a necro is better than a shaman. But for the average melee, necro is going to get them from 1 to 50+ much faster.

[Jimjam]

Duoing necro with melee really deserves its own thread, this is about mage + priest, remember?

From 55 the necro becomes a very effective healer. I used to duo with a Necromancer on my ranger doing hands in KC. Not fear kiting; tank and spank.

There is a lot of synergy between a well geared ranger and a necro 55+.

[Topgunben]

Duoing necro with melee really deserves its own thread, this is about mage + priest, remember?

From 55 the necro becomes a very effective healer. I used to duo with a Necromancer on my ranger doing hands in KC. Not fear kiting; tank and spank.

There is a lot of synergy between a well geared ranger and a necro 55+.

yes i remember some of the best duoing i had was with a Ranger named Alanon, or something like that. KC entrance for hours with that guy.

but i digress

[Venjenz]

If I was picking a mage + ?priest duo for 1-60, then Shaman for sure.

The earth pet tricked out with mage summoned items + shaman buffs is a pretty stout tank, and every mob coming in will have the harshest debuffs in the game. None of the priests has true CC, but shaman are about as good at offtank CC as it gets. And at 60, the shaman is win.

And for min/max, make a troll shman of Innoruuk. Clickie snare to cover that deficiency, plus regen for Canni.

IMHO, YMMV.

[Zipity]

1-39 shaman for sure... send in fire pet + spam inner fire = easy mode