Since SoD release I've been using a healer merc. When not grouped, I had been root/rotting trash and popping the merc when a named spawns to keep me alive while I tank. However, by Tier 3 zones, I'm finding it to be increasingly more difficult to tank the nameds and do any reasonable dps on them. So, I've been contemplating switching to a tank merc. I'm currently VoidD and 2 tasks from ViodE (should get them done this weekend)... so I can grab a pretty decent Journeyman tank. Late last night, after we lost a couple of people from our group, we popped a tier 4 J Tank and a tier 4 J healer. The tank held aggro really well and even tanked a named and an add simultaneously... granted we had a cleric in group along with the merc healer. So, it really got me thinking about trying one out.
Anyway, I'm curious to know what other shaman are doing for mercs, and if anyone has duoed tier 3 nameds (and above) with a Journeyman 4 merc.