Is Sham/Ranger a good duo class?

[Jeffari]

Yes it is a great combo. Rangers are a great duo partner, they are decent dps, they don't tank that well as others have mentioned, but that is fine if you have a shaman with you. I played a ranger on live back when velious was brand new and got it to level 55, and recently started a ranger here, only level 30, but I've been soloing the whole time, there have been a few instances where I'd duo up with another class, shadow knight once, wizard another time. Honestly soloing, rangers have no problem at all, of course you will need to bow kite a mob down to about 70-75% before you go in to fight, start off right away by making class 2 bone hooked arrows. They are really cheap and have an incredible amount of range, what you want to do is in between every arrow that you shoot, keep the mob flame licked always, but right after you shoot an arrow cast your dd, the refresh time for your bow is just long enough to get a dd off on your target. Flame lick also lowers the armor class of the target by a little bit so it will enable you to hit the target a little harder and flame lick and snare are only like 10 mana so there is no reason not to keep those two spells up on your target. Honestly I've soloed 90% of the way to 30 which I know isn't much of an accomplishment but I honestly will get invitations for groups quite a bit but soloing, as long as you have arrows and mana is actually really easy and fun. You should be able to kill 3-5 mobs easily no problem before you have to med. Now I know most of what I have said is in regards to soloing, but all of the above I've mentioned, now if you imagine a shaman in the mix, a melee class's best friend in terms of buffing and debuffing abilities. I guarantee you'll have such a fun and awesome not to mention easy time. Now of course you can roll with the traditional monk and shaman combo, which is an awesome combination as well. But if you really want to play a ranger, shaman and ranger honesty will be a great and awesome combo. Rangers can't tank very well but if you are rolling with a shaman, with his heals and slows, you'll be fine. The ranger is seriously one of the most fun classes to play, just not very needed in groups. Unless your looking for quillmane or brother qwinn. Or Hasten Bootstrudder, and Brother Zephyl, ha then you are everyone's best friend. =) Honestly you won't be disappointed with a ranger. Oh and another plus I forgot to mention. Beginner starting ranger gear is really inexpensive too, Silver Swiftblade, dragon horn ykesha, Swarmcaller, all really good decent weapons and not to expensive.