Returning to EQ2 with friend

[Kermithy]

We've done pretty much every MMO (and every class in them) and we're coming back to EQ2 (played at release).He wants to be a shadowknight because, well who doesn't? And I want to play a healer...but with some variety.The question is age old, we're looking to make a hybrid tank and hybrid healer duo, would the SK and Def work well?  Is there a better class combination?  If the moon was made of cheese, would we visit it more often?  I think so.

[EQ_Irving]

From everything I've read from other players, the best complement for an SK appears to be a Necro.  I don't play Necros because they're too ubiquitous and I think they're overpowered.  That said, a Defiler would be a perfectly good companion to an SK.  You ward, you debuff, and you aren't a pincushion.  You also have good utility for larger groups and excellent utility in raids.

[Kermithy]

I've heard that Inquisitors have better dps and debuffs than Defiler, is this true?  And if so would an inquisitor compliment a duo better?

[Greggthegrmreapr]

Inquisitors add some of the best DPS buffs, but if you are talking Debuffs, nothing beats a shaman.

[Ultharandor]

I have a Defiler at Level 66 and an Inquisitor at Level 25But I think that is a very hard question.If you choose Defiler your debuffs are superior but it could be that your damage is somewhat laking for a two toon setup.As Inquisitors have the Battlepriest EOF AA line they are able to dash out a whole lot of melee DPS and that is more thanthe damage of a DefilerWith an Inquisitor you will be standing next to your friend in frontline mowing through your enemies, but there is one problemAs the Inquisitor is a Plate Healer you will gamble for the gear everytime. heheFor this special setup I would go Inquisitor but from the healing point of view the defiler is still superior due to the effectivenessof  your wards

[Tchoupinette]

I don't know if the defiler is the 'best' complement for a SK.But I have leveled from 5 to 38 alsmost exclusively with a friend playing a SK and I can tell you that it works very well.We've found that both being on the disease/poison business, our debuffs help each others (def dots/debuff lowering disease resist add to the ones from the SK and we both benefit from them).Against a full debuffed mob, the SK needs no heal just a ward from time to time), so I concentrated on debuffs and dots and we had very little downtimes and deaths (well apart from the deaths when we decided to try stupid things for fun ^^ )