hey all. I have never boxed a character before so I would like to hear what others think on the subject. I'm thinking druid for the ports/healing but the other half of the duo gives me pause. my first instinct is to do a sk or pally but I don't know. Is one better then the other? What should be my deciding factors (never have leveled either an sk or pally so I don't know if one is better then the other for mostly solo boxing.) Is there another class that would work better? your thoughts are much appreciated. thanks.
Druid boxing advice (newbie)
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Boehm
Dalayan Elder
pally - easy aoe aggro and supplemental heals and + damage to undead. this will be great until you get to to t8. once beyond t8, you will need bags full of extremely rare and esoteric items to hold aggro off moths. because your aggro is terrible and doesn't scale.
sk - lol shit tons of single target aggro and the best aoe aggro in the game though versul is too fucking dumb to know how to use the spell.
monks - monks are pretty pro. mob splits, like sks, but more damage then sks. also have an aoe stance. can't carry a glass of water without being overweight. but the druid can carry it. if a monk has aggro on a mob you will never worry about it hitting your healer.
sk - lol shit tons of single target aggro and the best aoe aggro in the game though versul is too fucking dumb to know how to use the spell.
monks - monks are pretty pro. mob splits, like sks, but more damage then sks. also have an aoe stance. can't carry a glass of water without being overweight. but the druid can carry it. if a monk has aggro on a mob you will never worry about it hitting your healer.
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Otcho
Dalayan Pious Diety
Charisma>Agility.
Charisma affects resists of spells which are very vital to paladin aggro , shadowknights on the other hand need it to help land spears/lifetaps/debuffs.
Stamina is easy to max even slightly into the raid game you will be overflowing with it.
Pets do not soak up exp but at the same time shadowknight pets are basically a joke and never worth really summoning outside maybe at level 9.
darksabbath
Dalayan Master
Lol, so true. IMO and exp with both classes tagged with a druid healer (before raid game):
Pally: cast blind, cast aoe blind, throw out a stun, cycle through. Self heal, Cast group hot, cycle more blinds/stuns. Druid: throw out a couple dots, and a hot maybe. Later cast a heal if needed.. and maybe a nuke once mob health gets low. Use auto-attack allot. Due any debuffing, nuking, or big healing too soon, and expect to play scramble mode on the pally, trying to get aggro back.
SK: Cast terror, cast your other terror. If you acquire the sk starfall weapon, second terror isn't as important. Throw a dot if you feel like it. Ignore him and swap to druid, cast what ever you want, as much as you want.
Overall, I have found the sk to be a better duo partner with my druid than my pally.
Now, if you want to pull bigger groups of mobs, as long as your group can assist, the pally will have an easier time holding aggro on all, once he acquires his first ae blind. The SK will work far harder to tag all the mobs with terrors (until much later, and the aforementioned ae aggro spell). The sk pet is mostly useless, except for the tome that makes him explode. You can use him to aux tank for you, but turn his taunt off, and pray he does get low-level aggro on pulls.
And every class wanting to cast on mobs needs cha, I think the pally might need it more than the sk does, but both would do well to have as much as you can throw at it.
belladucte
Dalayan Beginner
what is this "best aoe aggro" SK spell of which you speak?
belladucte
Dalayan Beginner
is it runic: veil of kaezul? that looks nice...
narmarratuk
Dalayan Adventurer
personally I box my druid with a SK, or often times solo with my druid if I want more exp. I box my pally with my enchanter they seem to be a GREAT combo. don't pass beastlords/mages/necros for an option to box with your druid either and with a wizzy you can make multy mobs kiting go much faster(and you will master all the ports).... Druids are just a good class for all purposes as they will do fine just about anywhere you put them.
