Favorite Duo PartnerFollow

My wife and I are planning on duoing together and she rolled a hunter. Now I have to find a class to go with her. I read through 25 pages of the hunter forums and all I could gather is that I should be ahealing class. I'm not sure about priest. I know I can do good damage in the shadow tree but am nt sure about situations where we have adds. I also know that druids, paladins and even shaman can do a decent job off tanking but am not sure which would work best with a hunter so I'm asking for advice. I'm even open to the possibility that none of the classes I listed are the best. So what do you guys think?

any 2 classes will work good together.
so pick whatever you want to play, that will make the game more fun for both.


you might want to keep in mind that shamans and up to lvl 40 also druids and rogues use the same type of gear.

My vote goes to a pally. You can help your wife's pet melee and provide heals. In PVP, it's hell to fight against a hunter and pally.

Just me but i like the hunter and worlock combo but if your looking for healing just do priest with shadow tree!!!
Should work out nice then never have to worry about having healing.

I have a pair of married friends who did this with a Hunter and a Warlock. They started this way since they planned to duo almost exclusively and by playing two Pet classes this gave them a foursome. Seems to have worked well for them.

My husband and I have a pair of level 63 priest and warrior. From our experience, you rarely need healing when you are not in instances. If one person is healing, you are gimping your damage output, killing things slower. So when we are questing, the priest stays in shadow and nuke. A good offense is a good defense.

Thus when we decided to start a new pair, we picked a hunter and a warlock. We want two dps instead of one dps and one healer. Both classes have great survivability with pets. We are now level 19 (and will stay there for pvp fun until we get the battleground gear). So far, I think we are stronger than our priest and warrior ever was at the same level. We managed to finish quests that we couldn't have with warrior/priest. We can take orange group quests with no trouble at all. I especially remembered the ogre quest in loch modan. We also made the run from ironforge to menethil harbour (to train jewelcrafting) at level 10 with no deaths. The trick is that when you are in trouble, ditch the pets and run. And if you run away far enough, the pets get dismissed, and you don't even waste a soul shard or pet food.

Just my 2c.

At first I was going to say Pally but , Lock seems like it would be pretty mean with a Hunter . I think Lock with the extra pet would be a really nice addition and ( as stated before ) , you would never really have to debate on who gets the drops being that the 2 of you would use totally different gear .

I don't think healing would be your biggest priority really . Hunters can pretty much take care of themselves in a pinch . Feighning death or droping freeze traps can get them out of sticky situations if the pet dies and is getting banged on to much .

With 2 pets holding the aggro , even if it's only fer a few seconds , you guys can pretty much sit back and blast mobs way before they get to you .

No one has said druid. Are they terrible partners? I figured with bear form to tank in a pinch, moonkin and cat form to do damage, and healing when you need it a druid would be a good partner. I have a level 18 pld that I have been frustrated playing but I have enjoyed playing druid to 10. I guess I never really thought about having two pet classes together.

Generally every class can solo something 1-2 levels above. A hunter can usually handle 2-3 mobs at a time, in bad cases...2 on the pet, and 1 frozen. In these cases, a heal on the pet or hunter would help. If you’re mostly planning to quest on normal level mobs, then you have even less to worry about.

So your choice of duoing class isn’t as vital as you may think.

However, to reduce downtime, a healer type would be useful. A paladin or shaman can melee pretty well against another 2-3 mobs. A priest can fear things long enough to take out some mobs, but may not last long. However, the priest’s shield is very useful for the pet, as well as Fortitude. A druid’s thorns helps in the overall effect of taking out mobs, and also can use bear or cat to help out as necessary. Rooting a mob is also helpful.

Melee types like rogue and warrior also do great damage so that not having a healer isn’t as bad as one might think. Bandages and food take care of healing back up. A hunter with BM spec/spirit bond also doesn’t need to heal up too often.

I agree with the others about warlocks and hunters. Having a 4-some really can help out when fighting larger numbers, and both classes have pets designed to create aggro and keep it.