Thread: Looking for a good class combo to go with Captain

My husband and I are going to try the game for a bit to give us something fun to do together. We've done a bit of reading and he's decided to try a Captain. (Darn him, I was going to do that one!) I'm stuck trying to decide what might be a fun, well-balanced companion with that class since we only know what we've read here. My thoughts were possibly Champion or Hunter? Thanks for any input.

Captain is generally a lower-DPS type, so you'll want a high one. Champ works really really well, and hunter will make your lives easy with run speed bonus and group ports. I suggest trying both to 10 or so, just to get a feel for them.

Champ / cappy was the most fun I have ever had leveling a character. Both have heavy armour to keep um safe and the cappy can heal with the champ going nuts on the aoe's. Plus the slayer deeds are a breeze when you are taking down 5+ mobs at a time.The cappy buffs make the champ one heck of a killin machine.

When i was bringing up my Champ, a kin mate was also bringing up a cappy. It made far a really nice pair.
We ran through everything on level to 4 over level with no problems. If you go this way i would suggest to
make one a metalsmith for armour and one a weaponsmith for your weapons.

While what the other posters have suggested is all true, the Captain is a support class and as such just about any other class will be better with a Captain in the group. As a support class, it is true that a Captains DPS is on the lower end, yet they have sufficient DPS to be a very effective solo class as well as a great support class
You really can't go wrong with whatever other class is teamed up with a Captain.

I would you suggest you play the class that appeals to you the most. It's all about having fun and playing the class YOU like will end up providing you the best game experience.

I personally have duoed my Captain with my wifes Hunter and as others have pointed out, it works quite well. If you are comfortable with the Hunter class it is a good choice to team up with a Captain.

I vote champion. I love pairing my champ with a captain more than any other class.

Hunter isn't the best pairing from my experience. As a captain I found myself trying to reposition my character every time the hunter would grab aggro. I felt like I had to constantly move to follow the target, was sort of a pain and a bit annoying. Beyond moving it was fine and the hunter would kill stuff very quickly especially when I threw some damage amplifiers on him.

CHAMP!


always nice seeing a girl play a champ as well. kick some butt.

Amazing! Thanks for being so nice and helpful all. And thank you for the additional crafting tips, were wondering about that as well, but we figured once we got into the game a little that would figure itself out.

As far as pulling agro off with a hunter, I sort of figured that as well and I know that would frustrate him so I think I've decided to go kick some monster butt with swords. It's not really my preferred class role (I'm a healer at heart), but it will be a nice change of pace and I'm pretty adaptable.

Thanks again for all your input. Looking forward to some good times!

Originally Posted by Skigorn

I vote champion. I love pairing my champ with a captain more than any other class.

Hunter isn't the best pairing from my experience. As a captain I found myself trying to reposition my character every time the hunter would grab aggro. I felt like I had to constantly move to follow the target, was sort of a pain and a bit annoying. Beyond moving it was fine and the hunter would kill stuff very quickly especially when I threw some damage amplifiers on him.

A possible alternative... position your Cap with the Hunter and pull with the Capt? I can't recall what the range of the Capt's longest dmg dealer is (mine's only L25 tho my hunter used to fellow with a cap quite a bit), but it should be a good alternative to a Hunter's 40.

One thing I preferred on the Hunter + Capt vs Champ + Cap was that the champ excelled "only" when there's a Lot of mobs and we almost had to Arrange the situation to fit that. More often than not, dealing with 2 - 4 mob with hunter's ranged AoEs (RoT RoA) meant a Lot of Morale gone before mobs got too near.

I think you made the right choice. When I duo with a Hunter, I spend a lot of time standing there waiting to get close enough for me to hit it, if it survives that long. Duoing with a Champ is more fun and I get to use more of my skills.

Originally Posted by Eriwyn

As far as pulling agro off with a hunter, I sort of figured that as well and I know that would frustrate him so I think I've decided to go kick some monster butt with swords. It's not really my preferred class role (I'm a healer at heart), but it will be a nice change of pace and I'm pretty adaptable.

If you are thinking this way, you COULD consider going Minstrel or RK. I have had a lot of fun duo-ing with a Minstrel, where the Minstrel goes Warspeech and does the majority of the DPS while I off-tank and heal the Minstrel. I haven't duo'd with an RK much but it might be much the same; the RK nukes while I keep her alive.

But you can't go wrong whatever you decide. Any class is a good duo with a Captain!

As you may know already, the captain is no excellent pvp player. It's role is to support and lead the fellowship, and thus works well in it. Since your two options are champion and hunter, i would recommend a hunter. This class specialises in taking out the monsters in the game quickly and at a distance. If you are an elf hunter, which is the best one, and get hit, the captain can help to restore your morale and thus a good balance is made. Moreover, since the captain is not very good in pvp, it helps to avoid face to face fights.

Capt. is a decient healer for small fellowship but cant heal self (without a defeat responce). 2 Capt can heal each other as well as pets so I would consider a pair. Low dps yes they are but not that much lower and very suravivable after lvl 20.

As a lore master I duo'd with a cappy and it was so fun. Between the 2 of us we had healing, buffs, debuffs, 2 pets, some Dps, thanking, ranged. Imo its the perfect combo.