Monk or Ranger for soloing melee?

[Siege]

I would go Monk 10 times out of 10 because I prefer going to toe-to-toe with mobs to bow kiting and root rotting. Aside form swarm kiting, that has to be the most miserable way to play EverQuest. Plus you need to keep your weapon and defense skills maxed as a Ranger so you aren't a complete waste of a slot when you get into a group, so you'll be forced to go toe-to-toe with mobs even when you would be better off bow kiting/root rotting them. Never again. Yuck.