Help me pick a fun, relatively soloable Melee class

[Aaramis]

Yeah, Bards are great melee that can solo, but their ability to solo actually doesn't involve melee at all.....so I'm not sure if that works for you.

As a melee, I'd rate it Monk > Ranger > SK > Warrior > Rogue.
Heavy twinkage can bump you forward a category or 2.

I'd also argue that Rangers outdoors vs animals are potentially #1.

[Bergen]

I'll basically be completely untwinked (each toon has to earn its own keep).

I really want something where I'm banging on mobs. So i think ranger/paladin are pulling ahead for me. Thanks for all the suggestions!

[Rythiel]

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

I'll basically be completely untwinked (each toon has to earn its own keep).

I really want something where I'm banging on mobs. So i think ranger/paladin are pulling ahead for me. Thanks for all the suggestions!

Decent Ranger gear can be pretty cheap. You can grab a Silver Swiftblade for like 50p and it will carry you through the early levels. Then at 22 you can fear kite animials pretty easily. And of course you always have the option of grouping up as a DPS/Puller.

If you want to be tankier and stronger in a group, then Paladin is great. You'll just be sacrificing a lot of solo prowess.

[jolanar]

Monk is the best overall solo melee class. They are a dps, tank and pulling class rolled into one. There is a reason there are a billion monks running around. Warriors will have a similar playstyle, except no real pulling abilities unless you are a halfling with sneak and you'll do less damage but have more AC/HP and no weight penalty. Rogues are the opposite of warriors, they sacrifice tanking skill/ac/hp but gain back the dps.

Rangers and Shadowknights can both fear kite. Fear kiting is "easy" exp, but time consuming and not passive at all. Chasing mobs down to melee them is a horrible existence.

Paladins can pacify pull, CC with root, and take damage well. But they have horrible dps which makes soloing take forever. It's doable but very slow.

Bards won't be a melee class when soloing.

You can solo any class to 60 here if you are dedicated enough. None of the melee solo well past 50 though, except an epic monk with a fungi.