Most solid duo for Kunark and Velious

[Wildas]

This thread is ridiculous.

In theory nothing can beat an enchanter/cleric for "hardest" mob - If the correct charmable mob is there. However, this scenario relies a lot on luck and is difficult to pull off.

Enc/Druid is certainly powerful, however relies a lot on charm. It benefits from snare/evac but is still reliant on charm for difficult mobs. Still it can pump out nice xp but requires a lot of focus. You can however duo nicely with enc illusion + slow and druid heals, but then it's not nearly the best.

For non-charm situations Shaman/sk or or monk is pretty much the best you're going to be able to do. Sham/sk having the edge for difficult mobs, and monks having the edge for kill speed. Shaman/mage is great when you don't need to chain pets or when you have epic. But you lose pulling ability, tanking (vocerates and g-vocerates absolutely suck vs level 60+ mobs, you'll need to chain and lose a lot of dps in the process, plus a chained pet will not have aggro.

A sk will beat a warrior for almost any hard mob due to the high health of difficult mobs. The sk wins for pulls, but assuming you get it solo - A sks taps on top of shaman heals will almost always prevail. War discs are nice, but if we're talking top end difficulty here, defensive won't last long enough to matter, or dps discs won't beat the self heals a sk can put out over the long term + HT (and don't discount 44 necro pet dps over the course of a fight).

Let's do a little math here - Cheal is 400 mana for full health. Torpor is 200 mana for 1200 healed. Slow reduces a mobs dps to 1/4. So it's equal to 200 mana for 4800 healed - much more than a tank can hit in Kunark. Let's assume you have to throw in Sup heals because the mob has such high dps. 540 for 250 = 2160 hp/250 mana spent if the cleric was casting it. That's much more mana efficient than nearly any CH, plus you have breathing room and more time to regen mana. There is simply no way a cleric can be better for hard mobs than a shaman in kunark - and due to mana regen, the same applies for velious.

The mana regen a shaman can get in Kurnark is unparalled by any class. Canni 3 + Regrowth/Fungal regrowth, VoB, and worn Fungal Regrowth (fungii tunic) is absurb mana regen throughout the course of a fight.

The idea of mage/monk or any other combo coming anywhere close is absolutely absurd.