Best solo melee class?

[Zuranthium]

SK is best because of the fear kiting + feign death package (Bards don't count as melee).

If you don't like chasing around the things you're fighting all day, then Monk.

Rangers are nice versatile option.

I wouldn't bother with Paladin, their kit is going to get nerfed any month now. The fabricated thing of "lulling your way through a dungeon solo" is not something that really works in Classic EQ. Need to rely on the root+camp method to get through groups of NPC's you don't want to fight, and that will also be less reliable than it currently is, since root is supposed to break more frequently.