Best Melee Solo Class?

[axius]

there are plenty of dungeons sk's can fear kite in, effectively. ive fear kited in city of mist at temple and the open courtyards. ive also fear kited the lguk lord dar hall. those are just a couple.

[arsenalpow]

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

monk are by far the best solo melee class and THIS is why i think so.
1) They tank well
2) They dps well
3) they can FD, which means ofc less death but also more exp because they can gamble more on if they need to lose agro or not.
4) they can mend and i think you can still zone to refresh mend
5) they can bandiad up to 75%
7) can interupt spells
8) become a highly needed part of raids and groups and high end
9) are badass
10) if you can afford a tranquill staff the DD/stun proc make it own
11) don't have the exp pen that say an SK or pal would

not that one

[Zapatos]

As an SK, you can fear kite in solb at the long hallway at the window room, effectively from level 40 basically to 50 if you want.

Still, you'll see monks kill stuff non stop like 3x as fast.

[Rikimeru]

RANGER!!!

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[Jjlent]

the only melee classes that can solo 55-60 efficiently are sk's. paladins can also do 55-60 solo. monks are probably the best from 1-45

[Naerron]

i soloed to 58 in solb on my monk, but that's when u could zone to refresh mend

[Zigfreed]

The lack of giant xp penalty makes monk the no brainer for me. Plus they are pretty fun to play, have a get out of jail card in the form of FD/Mend and being the puller is good times.

[Hamahakki]

Believe it or not, Rangers solo just fine past level 45. Archery+Tolan's Arms + Immolate will drop a mob decently fast and you can do it with no downtime other than summoning arrows. I solo in between groups, and exp with a crappy group is worse than just soloing.

Rangers definitely solo better than Paladins at higher levels, mobs are so strong you just don't want to be hit ever, even with DW Helm.

Shadowknights are also quite good solo just fear kiting, but I'm not sure if an equal level SK will actually kill more mobs per hour than I do since there is downtime for medding. Either way, it is close.

If you have very good gear, monks are by far the best at lower levels, especially since they have half the exp penalty.

[eqravenprince]

Level 31 Monk - non twinked soloed 99% of the way. I can't really speak for the other classes, but I can't imagine them soloing any faster. I'm assuming I do more damage, and it doesn't take too long to bind wound up to 50% after each fight.

[Raavak]

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

Level 31 Monk - non twinked

No haste item?

I've been thinking of making a melee alt. Have a wizard main and a low level mage I was leveling, but its too similar. Started a rogue but they are basically group dependent and I've been out of group-mode so long I don't even know where to go. I want to avoid hybrids, though ranger intruiges me a bit (just a bit). I did SK on live for 10 years and don't want to do that again... So I am thinking of making a monk myself...

Can I basically get a FBSS and go?