Best main in mage/lock dual box?

[Nicbennett]

The lock (I believe would make the best main) although I guess it kinda depends on your mages spec. There's a lot more micro management required with locks, this is just my opinion of course. Now that's not to say that mage's are one button mashers but playing on your lock would allow easier pet management although everything can be done through macros, among other things.

I'm curious, how much pet management do you really need? With the exception of things like seduce(easily macroed) and one time things like demonic empowerment, the only thing I've ever needed is /petattack, and I just tie that in to it's own macro so you can send the pet in first to tank. FWIW, I never pvped much on my locks, so it's possible that that changes things. For my locks, it was always as easy as /petattack, DoT, DoT, DoT, then drain soul/life or shadowbolt, depending on your needs/preference. Also, if you go affliction, which a lot of people swear by, it does require a little more management, as you have a couple more DoTs to worry about. And I'm sure Destro would require more yet, but that's really not all that common.

That said, I'm far from an expert. I've never played locks past the two I have sitting at 63 right now, and never played a mage post 60.