I rolled my mage when my preist & locks were already lv 20 ish - best way to use them is to not group them up but have the preist following behind throwing renews on the group - to keep things ticking along when my mage went out of mana i would have him tap a mob with his wand then have them both wand it to death - 2 mobs killed this way would leave the mage outside 5 sec rule long enough to fill up his mana bar at low levels.