Good Duo with a Ranger

[icemanfity6]

Hello all,

I'm coming back again, and introducing a friend to the game for the first time. He's going with a Ranger, and I'm wondering what some good ideas are to duo with him for low level stuff. I usually play a wizard myself, but I'm wondering if a Paladin or Shaman might be a good choice. Thanks much!

[Faulken]

Go with shaman if he wants to just face tank stuff.

Wizard/ranger can be surprisingly effective since he can snare and keep aggro on things with flame lick(best snap aggro in the game) while you nuke them down. It works but its a bit of a boring strategy for him.

[Bondrake]

Enchanter hands down

[icemanfity6]

We will have to try that ranger wizard combo when he catches up to my wizard. Enchanter you say?

[kjs86z]

shaman, bard, druid, or enchanter

[Lartanin63]

Anything with fear works well. Cleric is even a good one.

[Crede]

Enchanter is a good duo. Pretty annoying tho unless the ranger is stupidly twinked. Prefer pally/enchanter for that kind of unique duo. Even with slow rangers still take a ton of damage and their heals blow until lvl 57.

Id go ranger/shaman in your scenario.

[Jimjam]

55+ for churning content with a pretty well geared ranger I most enjoyed necromancer. There is a suprising amount of synergy and bases covered there

If we are talking about lower end, on my live shaman i enjoyed duoing with rangers.

[icemanfity6]

Yea I'm not sure we will be able to make it to really high levels, but we will see how things go. Really appreciate the advice everyone, I'll probably go shaman for now, and try my 30 druid or enchanter or wizard when he gets that high

[Swish]

Make sure he knows that rangers can be awesome pullers with harmony and things like that... and for that reason I'd try to stick to outdoor zones which is where you'll get the most out of his skill set. <3

[Gozuk]

Ranger/Ranger duo for awesome RP potential..

Like Jimjam said, Ranger/Necro is pretty cool too if you want to try something a little different.

[icemanfity6]

I've been explaining aggro and harmony to him, aye

[Legidias]

Am sad to see no cleric partner to rez ranger replies D=

[YendorLootmonkey]

Ranger jokes not classic until Kunark

[Morningbreath]

On Green? Duo xp is a bit tricky due to the lack of hunting spots. If on Blue? Necro would be the fastest xp you can probably get in a duo. Enchanters have the best fear spell and of course haste so that's another strong option.

[kjs86z]

Necro actually sounds pretty cool here.

[YendorLootmonkey]

I would go with necro or enchanter as well. Ranger snares and acts as a glorified necro or enchanter pet for fear kiting. Enchanter is using up mana to keep a pet charmed, but can haste for quicker kills. Maybe less downtime with a necro, though.

[stebbins99]

I enjoyed partnering up with a Ranger when playing my Necro. Here are some thoughts:

It is possible to "tank and spank" lower-blue mobs if the ranger doesn't feel like fear kiting. The necro can keep a steady flow of HP going back to the ranger; also, if you are 53+, the ranger can tank while the rogue pet backstabs. This is not as viable the closer you get to white-con mobs

Fear-kiting is the most mana-efficient, though can be annoying for the Ranger. Using the most-powerful snare, while unnecessary in terms of mana used, can make life a lot easier (less-annoying) for the ranger chasing things around with the pet skelly. A more-powerful snare means that the mob is running away a bit slower

Rangers have harmony and sow, two clutch spells missing from the necro's (otherwise robust) toolbelt. Though rangers are preferable pullers in this duo, the necro can also take turns pulling and splitting if need be. An example I had with this was duo'ing with my ranger buddy at the Giant "Fort" in Wakening Lands

Finally, if you're hunting near "good-aligned" vendors, the ranger can loot and sell; conversely, if you're hunting near the swamps or evil vendors, the necro may be able to loot/sell (with skelly illusion especially)

[Bardp1999]

Necro/Ranger will be fun in Kunark, in classic it will not be that great....shaman is hard to beat as a partner for any melee.

[Videri]

Go with shaman if he wants to just face tank stuff.

Wizard/ranger can be surprisingly effective since he can snare and keep aggro on things with flame lick(best snap aggro in the game) while you nuke them down. It works but its a bit of a boring strategy for him.

+1 to this whole comment.

Another nice thing about wiz+ranger is, once the mob is at low-hp fleeing status, the ranger can finish it off with melee, saving the wizard's mana.

Ranger+Cleric would be a good combo, but I think you'd wish for the str/sta/agi/dex and haste of the shaman.

One combo people often neglect to consider is ranger+druid, which I think can also work well - especially outdoors, of course. People say they don't like it because of the overlap, but it's not a worse duo just because both partners have snare, root, and flame lick.

For dungeon-diving, shaman may be the best. Plus, you could add almost any class to ranger+shaman and have an awesome trio.

[greenspectre]

Ranger jokes not classic until Kunark

*snicker*

[icemanfity6]

This is some really great advice everyone, thanks very much. I'll be sure to try out each combination and see what we like

[Argh]

Ranger & Rogue is a good duo for outdoor kiting.