Eh, from experience, Shaman and Cleric can both get the job done. While yes, Shaman are very lacking without Complete Heal, some of the Heals they get in Kunark make up for it when combined with Slow. I would imagine if we took the current state of the server and paired classes up, Clerics would naturally come out miles ahead of Shaman for mobs like that.
In the seven years I played my cleric on live, I often duo'd with a mage, so I will say that Mitic has a point on how well they work together. But even so, I'd say about 75% of the time playing my other classes (As far as duoing goes) I'd rather have a Shaman with me. For the farming of high end stuff Mitic, the Shaman would naturally have Torpor, along with Chloroblast is more then enough to make up for complete heal so long as the mob is slowable. And if it's not slowable, chances are it's of a ranking that even your Mage/Cleric combo wouldn't be duoing to farm.
And if you're going to be spending most of your time with just the two of you (IE, the TC and his Girlfriend) Shaman also bring SoW etc. Cleric does not.
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