Ranger Duo

[JustinYourHead]

<div>I was just wondering what class would best fit with a ranger in a duo situation. I was thinking possibly a guardian or zerker that could just hold the aggro and take the damage. Trying to think in the long run from low end to higher end, my friend is starting a ranger and I'd like to be able to level with him and not have too many problems along the way. Thanks.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>

[Miztery]

<div></div>Paladin....tis no contest really<img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Gnome mercy]

<div></div><p>out of all the duos ive had, and wow i have duo'd with alot of classes, in my opinion ranger and ranger duo is the best, but really it depends on what you are doing and how long, this is the reason i say this</p><p>Say im duoin with another ranger and i pull a stupid ^^^ rat in EL and just before he gets to me i throw on defense stance smack him with stun while the other ranger goes all out with his arrows, by the second ro third shot he already has aggro and switches from offense to defense and prepares ot tank while i go all out, and by then the rat is dead with only hitting me and the other guy 2 or 3 times, really good stuff to do and so far its worked on up to 1 or 2 level mobs higher than me, and im up to 39 now, anything other than ^^ or ^^^ mobs die within the first 2 or 3 combat abilities lol, just go out and try it its really fun</p>

[Beldin_]

<div></div><p>I was duoing with a Necro from time to time .. and really suprised how good his pet holds aggro, also Swashies can make good Tanks that also deal good damage, i was really surprised when we killed a Lvl 55 Epic*2 with a 60 Swashie, 57 Wizard, 57 Fury, 53 Warden, and 55 Ranger .. nearly noone of them had Fableds or Master spells <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Ok.. the last was no duo .. but i just wanted to say there are really a lot of class combinations that may work good <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[Dirtgirl]

<div></div><font color="#99ff99">I spent several levels duoed with a paly, it is a great combo since they can heal themselves. But I have also duoed with another ranger and occasionally an assassin.(duo kiting is alot of fun along with teh above mentioned aggro bouncing)But really, for a straight foward combo, a tank with some heals can't be beat.</font>

[inyart]

Hello All,I know that this is totally my opinion on who is the best class for a ranger to duo with... In my experience an illusionist is BY FAR the best class for a ranger to duo with... Now this is only my opinion and I only can attest to this duo to work at high lvls and I am talking from 50+... Let me explain why... I am a 60 ranger and I consistently play with my RL friend who is a 60 illusionist... He and I can duo Poets Palace on very difficult...Now again I am sure there are some who would believe that this could not be done but let me explain how it is done and why this combination compliments each other perfectly... First, Illusionists have stuns, second they have IA (Illusory Allies), lastly they have mez...  Here is how any named is killed (Again we can kill any named Heroic 5 lvls above us)... First, the illusionist stuns (lasts i think for 9 seconds) this is a time where I can completely go pure DPS, right before stun is done he casts IA (this makes illusions of every person in the group) this spell also takes instant aggro and last for 15 seconds...This means the mob is beating up on our illusions and never touches us for 15 seconds... That is again 15 pure seconds of DPS... Lastly, he casts group stun which i think lasts for 6 seconds... if the the named is not dead by this time then he can root, or his first stun has refreshed and can be cast again... This is our tactic of killing anything we come across... Again, i dont think that this could be possibly with a lower lvl illusionist because they would not have the spell Illusory Allies (which is key to have)... Anyhow, to make it simple we have about 30 seconds of constant DPS without worrying about aggro at all... And with the DPS of us Rangers we can kill anything in that time frame... Now again this is only my opinion but I know this works and will continue to work for us in the future...Hope this helps!!!Inyart Lvl 60 RangerGuk Server<div></div>

[King Leor]

<div>I agree inyart, alot of the lvling I did from lvl 55 and up was with a coercer, as he would root the ^^^ up mobs and I would stream of arrows them and do over and over. was awesome XP for me. So basically any enchanter type can really help out when duoing.</div><div> </div><div>Leoric</div><div>Level 60 ranger</div>

[Sirlutt]

Pally no doubt.  He can heal, ward and take damage. His amends means you can generally go all our and not get agro.  I duo with a pally all the time and he is the only one who can keep agro.<div></div>

[Graven55]

<div></div><p>I'd put my 2 cents in for Ranger/Pally.  I play these two classes as a 2 box and they complement each other really well.  Each classes' weakness is the other's strength.  The reason I'd take this over the Caster/Ranger Combo is flexibility.  The pally can tank, heal and, if the ranger takes and add and dies - res.  The Ranger, of course, just damages.  I only have to taunt once when I pull and Amends covers the rest of the aggro so I can leave the pally on autopilot and max damage with the Ranger.  This allows me to attempt some fun dungeon crawls and challenge myself rather than just farm the easiest place.</p><p>Just my experience but it seems to work pretty smoothly for me.</p>

[SmakenDah]

<font color="#33cc00" size="2" face="Century">I was duoing <font color="#ffff00">yellow ^^^ heroics</font> with my ranger buddy. Worked well enough with root and shoot, even when we got an add (or two hehe) since I could park them and heal up when needed.</font><div></div>

[Berek_IronAxe]

<div></div>I am torn, Pallie or another Ranger.  I have run with both but I favor the Pallie since the Heals, Hate transfer and they can take the punishment better.  But it is rather humorious to watch a Mob run back and forth between two rangers - at least for a little bit :smileywink:

[meest]

Duo'd Cyclops with a Warden in PoF last night for about 2 hours. Worked great. He rooted, i streamed. Got the mob almost all the way down. Then i'd just let the mod come up to me and the warden would keep me healed for the last few %'s of the cyclops Life while i melee'd it out with him.<div></div>

[Keredh]

<div></div><p>Have duoed many of the last 30 levels with a swashbuckler. Odd combination, perhaps, but we've had a blast. If you put your mind to it you can probably make most combinations work and develop strategies for quick takedowns.</p><p>Ker</p>