I made my mage team with a paladin and 4 mages since I prefer paladin healers anyway and I already have a priest on that account. I'll have to do some testing with this after I level a bit.

I use the paladin to "tank" (it's holy) and kite mobs around in 4 blizzards and basically take zero damage. I can see this being a useful tool for being able to maintain aggro between consecrates.