The Trio!

[webrunner5]

To the OP. Well it does look like most people are recomending a Shaman so you have one class covered lol.

[Etris]

Lol!

Thanks again everyone for some amazing feedback.

I'm almost afraid to post - but our shaman friends is going back to his monk once we hit 40s.

So our new Trio of Destruction will be Necromancer / Monk / Druid.

Ports, Speed, Insane Kiting, Tank / Heal for close quarters.

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

Lol!

Thanks again everyone for some amazing feedback.

I'm almost afraid to post - but our shaman friends is going back to his monk once we hit 40s.

So our new Trio of Destruction will be Necromancer / Monk / Druid.

Ports, Speed, Insane Kiting, Tank / Heal for close quarters.

I'd highly suggest dropping that druid for a shaman. The difference in power at max is huge and will completely negate the ports/evac.

Spend the 100p for ports, a druid in a trio is only going to hinder you the higher lvl you get and the less effective his heals are without someone to slow.

[Galelor]

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

It's true - Monks get some insanely high-ac items in velious and start tanking excessively well.

Oh and to all the magician/magician/enchanter proponents...You have to think with a longer time horizon than mid-kunark (Even though that combo really already had its apex in vanilla).

You need CC aside from the puller being competent (And root doesn't always cut it). But you'll also *need* a healer and slower - the chanter can handle the slows, so chanter/cleric/tank works - but on balance, monk/shaman/chanter is simply hugely dominant. It's pretty much the three classes with the most force multipliers among a trio...one you go to 4, 5, or 6 people, the force multiplier situation changes a little, but duo = monk/shaman, trio = monk/shaman/chanter

You might argue there are heavy overlaps between shaman and chanter, which is somewhat true - but shaman have better slows than chanters, and chanters have better haste than shaman. That handles basically all of the relevant overlap.

And monks are the best all-around combination of DPS/mitigation/avoidance. Plus a charmed pet...It's difficult to see how a better combo could exist for general dungeon crawling or grinding (i'm thinkin stuff like velks).

This is exactly what I believe. I think the monk tanking nerf happened after
Velious, so this is 100% valid. Spend all the PP to gear the monk first, then the enchanter. Then save for torpor and then malo.

I can't think of 1 non-raid camp in Kunark that this trio can't handle. Same goes for Velious.

[fadetree]

I agree, I like druids but in that group you are WAY better off with a shaman.

[SamwiseBanned]

3 mages

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6 rangers