So far Attendant/Alchemy is an incredible early game combo. Heal the meat shield then lay waste to small mobs with fire pot or nuke a boss with acid toss. Since bandage can also be bought with rep, an attendant meat shield just won't fall since he can heal himself twice in a single turn and bandage heal more than the healing spell at the start.
My main issue with this is speed. If the master is slow, you will be killed before being usefull...