Duo w/o Druid, Necro, Shammy, or SK

[Phobius]

Thanks for the replies. Both my friend and I don't want to do a bard so that is out. I like the idea of a cleric or paladin with something else. So far people have suggested chanter - so the idea would be to charm and buff a mob and send it on another mob? How does that work with camping named mobs? How often with the charm break?

If we don't go chanter, what else is good combo with a Paladin or Cleric?

[Snaggles]

Originally Posted by Phobius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thanks for the replies. Both my friend and I don't want to do a bard so that is out. I like the idea of a cleric or paladin with something else. So far people have suggested chanter - so the idea would be to charm and buff a mob and send it on another mob? How does that work with camping named mobs? How often with the charm break?

If we don't go chanter, what else is good combo with a Paladin or Cleric?

A Rogue/Monk and Pally is a fairly nice grind duo. The Pally can hold aggro and proactively root park. The DPS just speeds up the killing process if they can keep aggro controlled.

Is it as effective as a Chanter/Cleric? No way. But you both get to whack mobs with weapons. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Edit: A rogue can ghetto-slow with a Locustlure. Scales 23-35% (lvl 13-60) and procs at level 46. It's sure not a Truncheon of Doom/Swarmcaller but a Rogue/Pally is going to have other limitations anyways depending on your scope.

[vageta31]

Chanters are awesome by themselves, add in a healer and it gets ridiculous. Healer is meant to keep charmed pet alive just as if he was the MT of a trio as well as keeping enchanter alive during charm breaks.

Only problem is with the new pet exp nerf that combo will not be able to get the same exp as before patch. You can still do it if you just charm in pairs and then break charm and kill pet before you kill the other mob, but its not as efficient mana-wise nor is it as easy as just charming an uber pet and destroying everything in its path. It's unclear if pet exp nerf only applies to soloing or if it is the same in groups.

[Extunarian]

Originally Posted by vageta31 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Only problem is with the new pet exp nerf that combo will not be able to get the same exp as before patch. You can still do it if you just charm in pairs and then break charm and kill pet before you kill the other mob, but its not as efficient mana-wise nor is it as easy as just charming an uber pet and destroying everything in its path. It's unclear if pet exp nerf only applies to soloing or if it is the same in groups.

You shouldn't need to break charm AND kill the pet. Breaking charm should be enough to wipe the damage tally of the chanter's charmed pet, even if they recharm it. At least that is how I think it works....

[vageta31]

Possibly but it's still an expensive alternative to just keeping a pet charmed long term. At higher levels getting 8 mins or so out of a charm isn't unheard of.

[Autotune]

Bard/Bard

Just because it would be insanely awesome to see dual kites. One going clockwise and one counter clockwise or in a figure 8.

Enc/Cler

If you wan't to wtf-pwn shit.

Mag/Wiz

if you like taking long breaks.

Enc/Wiz

Just to be weird.

[pickled_heretic]

Originally Posted by Autotune [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Enc/Wiz

Just to be weird.

I was giving this some thought with the recent nerf to pet exp. I think this would be a good combo, honestly the most expensive part of charming now is spending mana to nuke and this is something that wizards do well. I don't know if it would be more effective than quad kiting but it might be worth a try.