Best solo melee class?

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Originally Posted by sammoHung [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have a question: if rangers do much better than monks why aren't there more rangers? Is feign death just that fun to use? (i mean it is, but)

I always thought relying on weapon procs was not a reliable metric for determining viability though. It's not like rangers get a spell slow, like a shaman for instance.

Best exp zones are often indoors and monks can split indoors allowing a lot more solo options. It also shines in smaller groups but loses value when splitting is not required. Their gameplay is also a lot more straightforward.

Rangers have a bigger kit but it is more fiddly and situational so very hit or miss. Sow, harmony, snare, track and the likes can be clutch or totally useless if you're doing a single undead camp indoors. Less good exp/money camps outdoors too.

In the end it kind of depends on which perks you want.

And yeah, earthcaller is nice but that epic has a big bottleneck, not sure how much you can consider it as part of the ranger toolkit. You can swarmcaller but it isn't a great weap so if it doesn't early proc you just gimped yourself. You can fix that with DEX but if you want ~180str and decent AC/hp it is hard to get high dex too if you're not BIS.