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Originally Posted by Keebz
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Well with 2 ench, you have slow covered and you don't strictly need it because, you have 2 charmed pets doing the tanking. Consequently, the buffs don't matter because the pets are tanking. You'd literally be there to Malo and back up heal.
Meanwhile, with 2 charmed pets, you need a way to handle breaks. A beefy mage pet handily takes care of that. A shaman can, uh, root if you have room. Your wolf pet is not tanking a mob and a hasted pet for very long. Not a great value add. Mage/Ench/Cleric has been the meta for some time now because of this.
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The main thing it comes down to is mana usage. Shamans self recover mana much faster, so the Enchanters and Cleric only need to do what is required. A Shaman slowing would be better because then Enchanters don't have to cast it at all. Same with healing, you only need to CH in some cases. Otherwise Torpor works fine. This saves a ton of mana if you are constantly killing. This is because a Torpor Shaman will recover that mana much faster than an Enchanter or Cleric, even with Clarity. As I showed in the video, the wolf pet is very capable of tanking. It has 2000hp. You can also Torpor it, which helps make up for it's lower HP than an Earth pet. Shaman can give the pet FoS too, which would be an extra 400 HP.
The question OP hasn't answered is what level range. I agree Mage/Ench/Cleric is better at lower levels, because a Shaman wouldn't have Torpor. But at 60 Mage loses the edge, unless you need CoTH.