Good 5 man comps purely for pve / dungeon leveling

[JohnGabriel]

You mentioned dungeon grinding and not raiding. This might not be common thought but you need a hunter in the mix.

Hunters are top notch dps pre-raid, just fall behind when you start getting geared up.
An owl pet with level 4 schreech is amazing AOE threat. When you lose a mob it turns to the pet not the healer or mages. No chasing it.
Easier gearing as its the only mail wearer if no shaman, easier gearing your clothies as well.
Pair with engineering and feign death gives you one less chance to have to run back from the graveyard after a wipe.

[Purpleflavor]

These are time consuming to maintain but
5x druids 3feral-pummelers?
2x pally 3x mages?

2x druids 3x rogues?
1x shaman 4x hunters?

With pre raid i think all of these are top notch

[StingraY]

These are time consuming to maintain but
5x druids 3feral-pummelers?
2x pally 3x mages?

2x druids 3x rogues?
1x shaman 4x hunters?

With pre raid i think all of these are top notch

I'd go these:

What the botters/chinese go with: 1 tank druid, 3 mage, 1 priest
What the quick runners want: 4 mage, 1 priest
All AOEing with a tank: 1 prot pally, 3 mage, 1 priest

I've done a 4 warrior/1 paladin - not worth it IMO. Maybe shamans with the windfury makes up for it. I can vouch for the third and I'm working on the second group.

[zehedas]

You mentioned dungeon grinding and not raiding. This might not be common thought but you need a hunter in the mix.

Hunters are top notch dps pre-raid, just fall behind when you start getting geared up.
An owl pet with level 4 schreech is amazing AOE threat. When you lose a mob it turns to the pet not the healer or mages. No chasing it.
Easier gearing as its the only mail wearer if no shaman, easier gearing your clothies as well.
Pair with engineering and feign death gives you one less chance to have to run back from the graveyard after a wipe.

How do you deal with the dead zone when multiboxing hunters in a mixed melee-ranged group?

5 hunters or shamans (or shamans+hunters) sounds like it could be fun, too. Does anyone have experience with groups like that?

[JohnGabriel]

How do you deal with the dead zone when multiboxing hunters in a mixed melee-ranged group?

Its never been an issue. I stop follow then the tank runs in first, hunter stays with ranged. I have a PaDHMW team and its not a fast AOE mage farm team but its very well rounded and do anything. I only wish the druid healer was a priest or paladin.

[nodoze]

Its never been an issue. I stop follow then the tank runs in first, hunter stays with ranged. I have a PaDHMW team and its not a fast AOE mage farm team but its very well rounded and do anything. I only wish the druid healer was a priest or paladin.

Have you tried swapping your Paladin Tank to being Healer and your Druid Healer going Tank?

Do you think just 1 hunter is mandatory or do you think the more the merrier?

[JohnGabriel]

Do you think just 1 hunter is mandatory or do you think the more the merrier?

I would never want to give up the mage or warlock slot for a second hunter. Ones plenty. I do have a 5 hunter team around level 25ish, haven't attempted any dungeons.