Karoo

I'm still failing to see how DPriest is a better partner for a lock than an SPriest. All the arguments you guys are making seem situational.

DPriest/Lock better vs. Double DPS? What do you see more of in 2's? Double DPS or Druids, Warriors and Rogues? Well I guess that's not really a fair question because if you're struggling through the 1600 bracket you'll see plenty of double dps teams.

Nice URL link by the way. Advising him to go SPriest is not bad advice. It's a strong comp and in my very stubborn opinion, is the better choice. Maybe I just say that because I am a druid and would laugh at DPriest/Warlock.

It does not take great coordination from a druid/warrior team to win against a lock/disc priest team. It takes not being retarded. A DPriest can't actually effectively keep burning mana DPSing a warrior after the initial "burn while the druid is still stealthed" phase. Warriors put out a lot of damage on fully sundered warlocks especially when the warlock doesn't have help peeling. LOSing fears is easy since any half decent warrior is going to pummel most of them, and then it's just a matter of staying away from mana burns. It's kill the warrior before his sunders are up or lose. A disc priest / warlock can put out ~1100 dps if left standing alone un-cc'd. Druids are pretty good at CC.

Both Rogues and Warriors are a nightmare for that team and they are far and away the most prevalent dps classes in 2's. It's almost always going to be "burn one down or we lose" and that is much easier with an SPriest.

It was a poor choice of words calling Dpriest/Lock a "gimp makeup" but I feel it's an uphill battle for that team vs most of the popular comps in 2's and teaming with an Spriest would alleviate it somewhat.

So to revise my advice. If you're into the druid heavy 1850+ brackets I'd advice sticking with an SPriest, it'll make life easier against more of your opponents, statistically.