Duo?

Tegellan · Post by **Tegellan** » November 30, 2004, 7:53 am

I am starting the Euro beta soonish and was wondering what kind of duo me and my cousin should choose? Do we need to choose something specific or are there several different options for it? Just thought i would ask the people who have been playing a lot longer than me.

Also, does anyone know how difficult mit will be to sneak on the american servers? Or is it all just hearsay still?

Got my beat kit sitting right in front of me on the table and I am itching to try it out hehe.

Morgrym · Post by **Morgrym** » November 30, 2004, 9:42 am

My wife plays a Pally and I play a Mage. That duo seems to work out rather well. I would imagine just about any Tank class combined with a DPS class or Healer class would do just fine.

No clue about the server jump.

Canoe · Post by **Canoe** » November 30, 2004, 10:03 am

What morg said - the great thing about WoW is you can "pretty much" solo with any class. Just need some help with elite quests and instances. I'd suggest a healer/dps + a tank, however that combination can be avoided by using a dps class that comes with it's own tank (hunter/warlock/mage).. and then you can switch it around a bit.

Tegellan · Post by **Tegellan** » November 30, 2004, 10:23 am

So something like a Pally/rogue or a hunter instead of the rogue would work well?

Will have a month of beta to test all this out, but I am just trying to do a little reading in advance to get a general idea of what I would like to play.

Also, what are some good resource/debate sites for wow? I am having a little trouble locating anything besides the blizzard boards.

Morgrym · Post by **Morgrym** » November 30, 2004, 11:05 am

You may want a healer in that mix. I have found that some of the Elite type regular non quest mobs have quite a few hps and will require a heal or two before they die. Potions have a cool down on them meaning that you have to wait a little bit before you can drink another one and you can't eat or drink while engaged in combat. A Pally is a good mix of tank and healer and would go well with any other DPS class. Using a Warlock after they get their level 10 Voidwalker is another option to use as your DPS class since that pet is a pretty good tank.

As far as web pages go, I am still looking for something other than the official boards that is updated as well. I have found http://www.thottbot.com to be a good source of other information.

Lisandre · Post by **Lisandre** » November 30, 2004, 8:34 pm

I play a shaman, and I duo'd some of Wailing Caves with a warlock the other night. I think the combo works decently well. The warlock pets are good enough to tank, the shaman can do buffs/debuffs/heals/DPS. Also, the warlock has this spell which allows the target to res himself. So, with that on the shaman, the risk of wiping is minimized. And at level 30, the shaman gets a self-res spell, so you can risk wiping even more. Hehe.

Post by **Sylvus** » December 1, 2004, 11:54 am

In closed beta I duoed almost exclusively as part of a Paladin/Mage team, and we pretty easily made it to the mid-40s before closed beta ended.

Now I'm playing a shaman and have little difficulty duoing any level appropriate, non-elite quests. Have duo'ed with a warrior or a priest (probably more) and always do quests that are a couple levels above us.

Kaelina · Post by **Kaelina** » December 1, 2004, 3:14 pm

If you play horde, shaman/warrior team can take on most anything. Aside from the fact shamans themselves can take on most anything, it's a really good duo for instances and the like. Add a rogue or hunter and you're pretty much unstoppable unless there's like a million mobs. =P

Acies · Post by **Acies** » December 3, 2004, 12:36 am

I have been duoing recently with another rogue. I start of the fight with cheap shot, stunning it. About five seconds later, he jumps in with his cheap shot. By the time the mob recovers, it is dead. What healing we need is easily covered by bandages and the occassional potion when we get adds.

Estrosiath · Post by **Estrosiath** » December 3, 2004, 3:09 am

Any duo is good. Mage + warlock is deadly. I did a lot of elite quests with only the two of us, and my pet to tank... And I don't mean low-level elite quests either.

Markulas · Post by **Markulas** » December 5, 2004, 5:03 pm

Surprisingly even at the level of high 20's, one of my favorite duos with my priest is with my friend who's a mage. Add control is a major thing to think about when you want to duo.

Ravvenn · Post by **Ravvenn** » December 5, 2004, 5:29 pm

I play a Druid and my boyfriend plays a Hunter, that duo seems to work out pretty well for both of us. I'm still able to play well when I am solo or in groups, and the same for his class. We have been able to duo every elite quest we have tried up to ~5 levels above us. If it is outdoor or beasts/dragonkin are involved it's easy for me to handle crowd control with Root and/or Hibernate. I normally don't worry about it since his pet can handle 4-5 adds (non-elite) of the same level or lower.

Having the buffs, debuffs, direct damage, dots, crowd control and heals with the Druid, DPS from Hunter, plus a tankish type from his pet makes for a decent duo to kill things fairly fast and have little to no downtime.

Animale · Post by **Animale** » December 5, 2004, 7:20 pm

A couple friends of mine play shaman/priest. Lotsa healing and those two can form the basis for every instance out there. Add me (mage) and its time for super AE goodness.

Animale

Taly · Post by **Taly** » December 7, 2004, 2:52 pm

Husband plays a 41 mage and I play a 37 warlock. Pretty deadly team with us. Don't run into to much we can't handle.
My opindion this is good team. Can also try priest and rogue maybe. We played those in beta. was decent.

Sylvos · Post by **Sylvos** » December 7, 2004, 4:12 pm

I play a Hunter, girlfriend plays a Priest. I have to pull a good 4 or 5 when she is OOM before we have an issue. If given the room I need, mobs drop hard and fast.