Viability of Shaman and Rogue Duo

[Barlu]

Thank everyone very much for the feedback. I think I am going to give this a shot it should be fun.

[Lhancelot]

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

It'll be fairly horrible. As in borderline retarded. Until really good gear, or topor.

I've done it lots. It's shit. Let rogue tank for 90% of time and step out of proximity to backstab, using lvl 9 root. Will still be slow, and shit.

This post is fairly horrible. As in borderline retarded.

[Vexenu]

Did this duo with both players modestly twinked at the Yeti caves in DL around level 40. Complete slaughter. Killed everything and had to wait on respawns.

Overall it's weaker than Monk/Shaman (due to no FD pulls and weaker tanking), but not by as much as you'd think. The extra Rogue DPS is quite noticeable, especially since the Rogue can unload fully from the start without worrying about agro.

With solid twinking and good players behind the toons, I'd even go as far to say that Rogue/Shaman might actually even level faster than Monk/Shaman. Rogue/Shaman would almost certainly do better 45-60 too once the Rogue got his epic. The Shaman can easily tank any XP mob at that point with 75% slow and the Ragebringer Rogue will significantly out-DPS most similarly geared Monks in that level-gear range. Very fast kills from the Rogue and excellent sustained tanking/buffing/slowing/healing from the Shaman.