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Originally Posted by Crede
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To say this duo is like a shaman/rogue duo without lockpock/sneak is simply inaccurate.
A mage will bring similar dps but also coth, burst dps, damage shield, a beefy pet tank, and pet chaining to the duo which can be extremely powerful to assist the shaman. To be able to chain summon a pet with over 3k hp will take a lot of pressure off the shaman trying to stay alive healing if needed, whereas a rogue will only contribute dps with an occasional sneak/pick lock. It would also come in handy for certain mobs like phinny where torpor won’t be effective. I’d much rather have a mage over rogue for these reasons if forming a static duo, you can always easily level a rogue bot to 50 to log in to open doors if needed or to drag corpses.
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It's not.
1. You aren't going to be tanking with the pet, so "beefy pet" is irrelevant.
2. CoTH is going to be very niche in terms of actually using it in a duo. You are going to be hunting something very specific. Sneak + Lockpick is going to be more useful in general. Every duo is going to be missing something if you go down that road.
4. A Mage is only contributing DPS in a Mage/Shaman duo as well. Damage shields are DPS, backstab is burst DPS. Numbers-wise a rogue has higher average DPS than a Mage, and Mages can burst better when spending a lot of mana.