Enchanter/Shaman or Enchanter/Enchanter?

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

Why shaman over a druid or cleric out of curiosity? I guess I could buy the SoW argument, but a druid can provide that, plus ports and better nuking.

The malo* spell line is the big reason to go Shaman, I think. You can get by fine without it, but it's nice to have. As for SoW, meh. It's nice at low levels, sure, but by the mid levels you've probably got Jboots, and from then on you should be doing all your grinding in dungeons anyway.

Shaman might be more efficient DPS but it's also DoT based which prevents you from any mez/nuke type strats. Not to say druids don't use a lot of DoTs as well, but they are definitely more nuke friendly.

I rarely bother to cast any dots when I duo with an enchanter (or in most exp groups for that matter). I mean, sure I'll send my pet and maybe I'll click my epic if I didn't have anything more important to do, but it's not like I'm there to contribute DPS. That's not what an Enchanter needs in a duo partner, IMHO.

Actually, I just remembered the most important reason to duo with a Shaman - so you can be a shrunk Troll. Hell yeah!