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Originally Posted by Treefall
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Wouldn't Necro work quite well with a Shaman? Regen heals for the Necro and Cannibalize for the Shaman mean nearly unlimited mana and no health issues for both. SoW, two pets attacking with nice buffs.
Stacking DOT's, of which the shamans packs more punch, snare from the necro and like I said SoW from the Shaman mean kiting is a breeze. The shaman has the debuff power to go toe to toe with most mobs, so there is an ability to tank and spank with kiting breaks if needed, possibly.
I would like to know why Shaman/Necro isn't an amazing combo.
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It would be alright, but it wouldn't really be an amazing duo. Most of what the shaman can do is wasted -- you won't need all those melee buffs, and most necro spells have resist modifiers so the malo line isn't a big deal. Regen would help the necro but wouldn't enable new strategies or anything, he'd just have to lifetap less often. They'd function together but there's almost no synergy, pairing them up doesn't combine into something greater than the sum of its parts like you'd get with shaman/monk or druid/enchanter.
The necro won't be able to use FD as a survival thing because he'll just train the shaman. Dots generally don't work too well in a duo but both classes are mainly dot-based. Strong solo classes usually don't make good duos because they're too self-sufficient to have synergy with others, the exception being shaman+melee. Necros just don't need anything from anybody and don't benefit much from anything that other classes bring. You might as well solo a necro and level faster, or duo shaman/shadowknight.