Shadowknight or Necro

[Phaseo]

<p>Hello all,</p><p>I posted this on the necro forums and wanted to ask it here as well. I'm a returning player having been away for a while. I have been hearing that there have been some changes to both the necro and shadowknight and was hoping to get some help with which class is best for me to play. I mostly solo but group a few times a few with a few old friends.</p><p>1. Which is better for taking out named ^^^ or soloing some dungeons?</p><p>2. Which is easier to attain decent non raid gear, such as the new armor from the shard quests?</p><p>3. Is the Necro pet weakened against the hard hitting mobs of the new expansion and is there a way to make them stronger?</p><p>4. Which class is more rewarding in the endgame once he has decent gear?</p><p>Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.</p>

[Sadaro]

<p>Advantages of SK's:</p><p>- I think SK's do better on ^^^ heroics</p><p>- Tanks are always required.  Necros don't bring much to a group other than DPS, and there are plenty of DPS classes, including several that do better than the necro.</p><p>- SK's do better on multi-mob encounters and multiple encounters.  I've managed to pull and kill 8 green/blue no-arrow mobs.</p><p>Disadvantages of SK's:</p><p>- SK's are much more dependent on gear.  SK gear on my server is expensive.  While levelling, I couldn't afford a full set of MC gear every 10 levels and adept III's for most spells-- I've had to pick and choose, and I never got a full set.</p><p>- SK's are likely to be nerfed in the near future.</p><p>- Because SK's mix spells and CA's, it's harder to max out the all the combat bonuses (+spell crit, +melee crit, +spell dmg, +melee dmg, +double attack, etc)</p><p>I play an Illusionist (partial pet class) as well, and I think the SK is a little more fun.</p><p>Sadari</p><p>80 Illusionist</p>

[psisto]

<p>I think what sadaro says pretty much sums up my own experience with my Sk so far. spells are beyond ridiculously expensive on my server, some dont exist at all for some reason. but what you can get will get you pretty far, and with some AAs, the SK really is a [Removed for Content] load of fun. I made myself a full MC set, level locked at 35, and with mostly adept spells/CAs, I managed to kill nameds up to lvl 32 ^^^ in ruins of varsoon, and will try to go further once I racked up more AAs, see if I cant clear varsoon fully</p>

[Chisa]

<p>No offense OP but you are comparing the most underpowerd class with the most OP one.  I know you probably didnt mean to, but SK ist he most overpowered class in the game atm.  Necro and Conjy are far behind it in utility just b/c SoE has forgotten all about us.  Mind you there are things a Conjy/Necro can do that an SK could never dream of doing.  But an SK can take on an encounter of ^^^'s as can a Conjy and Necro.  Only difference is the SK is a lot easier.  Let me clear things up for you.  Some of what that person posted was a little biased.</p><p><span><p>1. Which is better for taking out named ^^^ or soloing some dungeons?<strong><span style="color: #ffcc99;">Sk can do a lot as can a Necro.  Right now? I would say an SK is probably better just b/c of how OP it is compared to all the other classes.  But a Necro can certainly take on a lot harder mobs 1v1 than an SK could ever do.</span></strong></p><p>2. Which is easier to attain decent non raid gear, such as the new armor from the shard quests?<span style="color: #ffcc99;"><strong>TBH, I would have to say Necro.  My reason being is there are a million and a half SK's running around.  Far more than you would probably find on your server for Necros.  People say there are always tanks needed which is true.  But there certainly are enough of them to go around.  Unlike a Necro.</strong></span></p><p>3. Is the Necro pet weakened against the hard hitting mobs of the new expansion and is there a way to make them stronger?<span style="color: #ffcc99;"><strong>The necro Tank pet is a little bit weaker than the Conjy's.  But if you play your class right and put some AA into your Tank pet you will see a noticeable difference and be able to take on a lot of things you thought u couldnt or would not have done on any other class. </strong></span></p><p>4. Which class is more rewarding in the endgame once he has decent gear?<strong><span style="color: #ffcc99;">It really depends on what you consider rewarding.  The SK will be very powerful if you get it geared up.  But remember there are also 10000x more SK's out there who are equally as powerful.  You will probably not find a need as much with your SK as you would your Necro especially once the new Xpcak comes out.  Now if you got your necro geared out really nicely im sure raids would love to have you.  They can dish out a ton of dps (more than SK) and get Lifeburn.  </span></strong></p></span></p>