Best solo melee class?

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

I found the opposite to be true. My SK could go hours killing with no breaks if you knew where to fear kite in tight quarters. The hole and HS specifically, whereas my monk had to still constantly take breaks to bandage and struggled with casters, both equally twinked. I suppose it all depends on where you hunt though. I feel like an SK in this state of Velious is more of a pure solo class than a monk is, but I'm not denying that monks are an overall superior class. Also if you get lucky with a POTG or have someone to log in your druid bot that solves most of the SK mana problem.

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

Most recently, crystal caverns, spiders or geos. Found my monk cleared everything significantly faster with IFS + 36% haste + fungi than my SK could accomplish fear kiting in similar gear with the 40/40 2h reaver.

Both of you are correct from my experience.

At higher levels (level 55+), SKs are very efficient via fear kiting with flowing thought items and clickies. Mobs start hitting a lot harder, so face tanking becomes a more costly affair. At higher levels HP Regen from Fungi and Racial Regen doesn't soak damage as well as it did in the lower levels. You also have a larger HP pool, so recovering takes longer. This is where fear kiting really shines, as you don't take a lot of damage, and flowing thought + clickies keep your mana up.

From levels 1-50 my twinked monk was really fast at leveling, probably faster than an SK. I was getting like 1 level an hour in Crystal Caverns. I didn't have much downtime between kills, if any. This was with Fungi, Seahorse Belt, and IFS.

[Cecily]

You kids with your new fangled abacuses need to learn how to do mental math or god forbid paper and pencil. There's 84,600 seconds in a day, you start there and work your backwards from there until the mob spawns, note that number, and keep counting down and repeat the process until you have a set of data where there should be an obvious pattern unless it's a random spawn.

[loramin]

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

You kids with your new fangled abacuses need to learn how to do mental math or god forbid paper and pencil

I get the joke, but it actually turns out that using an abacus is a great way to learn to do mental math faster: https://github.com/whacked/cow/blob/...0an%20adult.md

[Cecily]

Omg yeah I'm sure. Particularly if you can visualize it.

[sammoHung]

Have been slowly soloing to 60 on a Warrior with all the (droppable) weapons I could fit in one bag including Truncheon, Herb Spade, Blood Points.

The biggest issue is when Evasive is on cooldown - the fights get dicey, and without a Mend or Heals, it's quite a bit of downtime between fights.

I actually had an easier time soloing at 59 on my Rogue in the Qeynos bank. Sidestabs + Spine Break poison is amazing, and the 6s cast on the Mrylokar BP cuts down on the down-time.

[PatChapp]

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

Have been slowly soloing to 60 on a Warrior with all the (droppable) weapons I could fit in one bag including Truncheon, Herb Spade, Blood Points.

The biggest issue is when Evasive is on cooldown - the fights get dicey, and without a Mend or Heals, it's quite a bit of downtime between fights.

I actually had an easier time soloing at 59 on my Rogue in the Qeynos bank. Sidestabs + Spine Break poison is amazing, and the 6s cast on the Mrylokar BP cuts down on the down-time.

I did the qeynos bank on my warrior,great spot for 56-60 on a solo melee. Would be a pain to faction an evil toon though.
Super convenient,bandage merchant even right there

[Snaggles]

I wish I did WE fearing on my ranger 57+. People talked up the stuff had having too many hps. I’ve nearly killed a mammoth with an OT mallet on my pally.

[Crede]

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

I wish I did WE fearing on my ranger 57+. People talked up the stuff had having too many hps. I’ve nearly killed a mammoth with an OT mallet on my pally.

Yea I did ww a bit, overrated. Mobs have too much hp.

Kc basement was way better and perfect for rangers because harmo. I just chilled at turnkey camp 57-60.

[Cecily]

That zone is like negative exp. Absolute worst solo hunting in game.

[Snaggles]

Really? Nevermind then. Also meant “WW” but looks like you got it.