Sk/Def duo: AA advice requested

[skimpy82]

<span class="postbody">I'm trying out an SK/Def duo, and they seem to be fairly synergetic. They're only 10 right now, but I have gotten a few aa's on each of them now, wondering on the best way to achieve the following goals:Sk - to be able to taunt and life drain proficientlyDef - to be able to ward and debuff proficientlyWill the sk's dps be ok for things? or should I buff up the defilers dps as well? Any suggestions are welcome and appreciated. (Posted in Def forums as well for Def opinions, as well as here for SK opinions)</span>

[Menji]

<p>Can't comment on the shadow knight as mine hasn't broken into the teens yet.</p><p> The defiler, you can increase it's dps thru the INT line on shaman tree and on the defiler tree, pick and choose from the decaying line.</p><p>I would go down the wisdom line to the end abilty, which you then can cast on shadowknight and by 33% increases the speed of reuse, recovery and casting. That will increase his dps alot. There are other beneficial abilities in the wisdom line also.</p><p>Well, that's my 2 cents.</p>

[Beldin_]

<p>The normal AA tip is : 448 INT .. reaver .. after that it depends on your personal playstyle.</p><p>However .. if you play exclusively with the defiler you can maybe leave reaver out and go for the STR endskill after you have maxed you spellcrits with 448 INT.</p><p>However .. always 448 INT first <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[skimpy82]

Thanks much <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[YummiOger]

<p>I would suggest a Zerker and a Fury. </p><p>Zerker IS the most DPS oriented tank. and the #2 best tank in the fighter tree. Superior to the SK in just about every combat situation.</p><p>Furies  have the Druid Teleportation rings which is CRAZY good for traveling, plus +runspeed and Group Invisability. Click and ur half way around the world. Furies are the MOST DPS healing class with many melee/power buffs to augment a tank/melee class. You can spec them 50% Wizard/50% Druid.</p><p>The reason High Damage output is important is ,,, Getting the mob DEAD is the whole piont right??.. Kill it quick and u dont have to heal alot, right? </p><p>I had a SK /Defiler combo, and while the SK made moderate/good damage, the defiler had uber healage but NO DPS. Mobs would outlive me.</p>

[skimpy82]

ive done serk/fury before, looking for a change.

[Beldin_]

<p>Zerker damage grows much with buffs because he does most damage wieth auto-attack/procs. Solo or in a 2-3 person combo a zerker can hardly beat a good played SK .. i need at least an Inqui and Monk or whatever to bring my zerker to do the same damage my SK does.</p><p>AND.. zerker is boring. As SK i know how to use my spells to get the best damage. With the zerker 90% of the spells are just buttons you mash to do anything <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/2786c5c8e1a8be796fb2f726cca5a0fe.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>