group composition advice

[drialis]

I keep seeing that a Prot Pally and 4x shamans is able to do all the heroics, I'm wondering if a Prot Pally(my main 70 already), Priest, and 3x shamans would be just as effective? or would there be any major down side?

Thanks

[Dorffo]

You should do just fine, just won't have quite as much DPS as the 4 or 5x sham teams; but you have a solid healer/tank/3dps group with nice tools for lots of different scenarios.

edit: when i sub in guildies / friends i do just fine with 3sham + pal + [insert random guildmate] and if they are a tanky type that knows how to rolll without CC i just run my sham and drop the paladin.

[Marathon]

I think it is a great idea. I mean yeah your going to lose some DPS but I think the priest is the best damn healing class in the game. Plus priest give you nice Fort Buff