What are good spell/skill combinations for pally + mage?

[sofakng]

I'm going to dual-box a paladin and a mage and it's my first time doing this (aside from "manually" dual-boxing back in the EverQuest days) and I'm wondering what spells/skills go together well... (eg. if I press 1 on my keyboard what should the paladin do and what should the mage do?)

Thanks for any advice!

[algol]

Consecrate + Blizzard. One would think.

[elsegundo]

that may be great but blizzard is an AoE targetable spell, which is problematic for certain folks, while consecrate is an AoE with a center around the pally.

for now, i'd keep two sets of keys. one for the pally, and one for the mage. also, i dont know what kinda mage you're making so... that can be a problem with advice. early on, pallys have the same spells so there's no differentiation needed. what you can do is the following...

since you wont have consecrate for a few levels anyway... prep with blessing of might and devotion aura. run in and auto attack, judge light when its up. while you auto attack, have your mage ready to fireball/frostbolt/arcanemissiles. if mobs start to run, frost nova. if you get an unexpected add, sheep, or just have the pally pick up aggro. leave the mage behind to nuke while in battle. no need for it to keep running around following the pally. besides, a mage would pull aggro faster at melee range.

i'd have the first 5-7 buttons for the pally, the rest for the mage.

[daviddoran]

well if you dont wanna target for the mage's blizzard, you can spam arcane explosion, on the same key as paladins consecrate (its what I do) I just spam that button when i get a lot of easy to kill adds, or i dont feel like targeting.

I also made a macro on my paladin:

/targetenemy
/castrandom Avenger's shield, hammer of the righteous, consecrate

on the same key as my mage's

/castrandom [target=focustarget] [] Fireblast, Ice Lance, Arcane Barrage

I just spam that to finish stuff off, or whenever I am running, or repositioning for boss/tough mob fights. It's basically like tabbing around, but simultaneously, my mages attack. Then I find the weakest mob and finish him off, etc etc.