Melee Soloing

[duneadx]

Hey all, just asking the best and the brightest what their opinion of the best melee soloing setup for a twink would be. What I really mean is what would be the ideal setup if one were to twink out a Warrior, Monk, or Ranger for soloing purposes. I've recently lost a lot of my available time to play and was considering setting up a new char that allowed me to pop on, do some killing as a melee with as little downtime as possible. I understand its a tall order on here for now, not asking to solo reds, just enough solo ability for it to be effective.

Any advice or thoughts are greatly appreciated!
Thanks

[Splorf22]

With a fungi tunic and some bandages you can solo any melee to 60 I would think except maybe a rogue. It slowed down for my warrior at 40 but was still quite reasonable.

[webrunner5]

Originally Posted by Splorf22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

With a fungi tunic and some bandages you can solo any melee to 60 I would think except maybe a rogue.

No Melee is going to take on reds or even yellow mobs very high up. Mobs just hit too hard without a slow on them. I know a Ranger has the Swarmcaller but they still get hit pretty hard.

You have to be a caster class that does not get hit to kill yellow mobs and reds. And it takes a lot of time to do that.

I would have to lean toward a Twinked as hell Monk if I had the make one. A Iksar at that. Great DPS, good at pulling and FD. But slow going high levels XP due to the 44% Iksar penality on them. But SK, Pally, and Ranger have 40% so not that much of a deal. Monk has the problem with the weight thing so you have to buy a shitpot of Weight Reduction bags for them. Not cheap.

[fischsemmel]

Monk will almost certainly be the most capable of the classes you listed, OP.

They take hits very well, though maybe not as well as a warrior. They do much more damage than anything but a rogue who is behind a target. They have awesome utility in mend and feign and sneak.

You mileage will vary based on how much platinum to have to put into a monk, but I think that at any level of twinkage the monk will still outshine a warrior or ranger for solo.


SK is probably going to be more viable than warrior or ranger too. Much less DPS than a monk, but you still get feign. Lifetaps between 2h swings, a pet for a bit of added damage, snare+fear, all help make up for the lower DPS. But you will have to deal with a nastier xp penalty.

[Scavrefamn]

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

But you will have to deal with a nastier xp penalty.

Actually I believe Iksar monks get the same exp penalty as non big-race Shadow Knights.

Very specific case, but just felt like being pedantic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Phased]

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

Actually I believe Iksar monks get the same exp penalty as non big-race Shadow Knights.

Very specific case, but just felt like being pedantic [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

SK 40%, iksar monk 44%

If you're going to make an attempt at being pedantic, be correct!

[Scavrefamn]

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

SK 40%, iksar monk 44%

If you're going to make an attempt at being pedantic, be correct!

Touché

[duneadx]

Thank you for the quick responses! I will definitely take into account everything mentioned above.

[Kevlar]

Your best bet is to make best friends with a shaman.

[SirAlvarex]

If the only reason you want a melee is to hit stuff with weapons, you can try a bard. Our only soloing option until 27 is swarm kiting, but past that we can fear kite.

And with a fungi, you might not even have to fear kite. You get your own slows and heals to boot.