I think where they got monks wrong is giving them ridiculous dps. Take away that and their mitigation/pulling still make them a solid class just not completely broke. Also shoulda made their epic worn haste like Ranger/rogue.

pretty much

Tantor doest summon. A lot of stuff does 51+ except a bunch of exceptions in Chardok.

I haven't found summoning to be insurmountable on my bard. For example a cliff golem was one of the first solos I went into thinking it might not be doable, but it turned out to be a pretty routine kill after a little practice. I even solod captain/general/admiral from the outpost out of completionism, though the casting and smaller hitbox make the general/admiral significantly harder than the cliff golems.

Everything in seb short of emperor is very doable on a geared bard, and maybe emp too although that will be very impressive.

I haven't cracked the kennelmaster tier chardok mobs on my bard yet; that's one zone where I feel behind other second tier solo classes.

Generally all mobs 51 or up summon
56+ can't be stunned

Druids are pretty lit if there's animals to charm, which is a surprising number of places. So I'd say them.

A lot of the non-ench solo vids involve strings, which I don't think should count and aside from Mela (bard), I haven't seen a lot of decent solo vids without them. Someone post them.

As for the melee classes, I actually think Paladin is up there because they can heal forever, esp. with Soulfire. I know Opmeter has done some cool stuff without spamming generic clickies (ahem, like certain SKs and monks).

Definitely good for druids that chardok 2.0 and pom are both relevant zones. There are some cool videos on the following youtube channel including Pheidippedes druid soloing mobs from Korucust's room. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVSs1fy933Y

Paladin is up there, the issue is they need top end gear to do the more difficult fights without using soulfire clicks, or a willsapper.

Monk is top 4. There's 5 broken classes in eq, and their ranking is as such.

Enchanter
Shaman
Necro
Monk
Bard

You really think bard? Their final charm/mez songs are trash.