Solo Paladin build?

[kaev]

In general, for defensive gear AC is king, queen, rook, bishop, & knight. HP don't hurt, obviously, but AC is worth more on tank classes. AC is what you're good at, it's what you need, even solo.

For offensive gear, save up the 150-300pp it takes to get a Baton of Faith by L20 at the latest (it is so incredibly cheap on this server.) It'll cost you 10kpp or more for a 1h+shield combo that'll out-perform the Baton solo. It's just too good.

Under L9 you're a wimpy Warrior with a single nice insta-heal on a 72 minute cooldown.

Under L12 (when you get Meditate skill) your spells are pretty limited in use. A weak ac/hp buff that's worth casting anyway, and a puny little heal that has only its very short cast-time to give it some value. Minor Healing can be cast between swings of your weapon if you're paying attention to give you a few more HP without losing any of your puny damage output.

At L12 you get Meditate. Worth noting is that if you watch your HP (numbers not bar) while resting you'll quickly be able to learn to time your healing casts between meditate ticks.

At L15 you get Light Healing, 3x as big as Minor Healing and yet still quick enough to cast between slow weapon swings and Meditate ticks.

In your teens, Flash of Light can serve as a handy means of escape, blind the mob, back off until it runs, run in a different direction (to a ZL, obv.) I don't encourage this if soloing in a dungeon as other players don't usually love you much at all for making huge trains (and some of them will be very good at "innocently" getting you back, repeatedly, until you go away.)

Also in your teens, Oasis crocs & caimans are good because they are not social. If a fight's getting dicey hit 'em with Flash of Light and back off so that they run, but instead of running to the zone use the time until they return to get some healing done without being interrupted. This also can start some entertaining conversations in OOC.

Undead are not especially great targets solo for a Paladin, with the exception of Unrest in your 20s. Invis vs. Undead at L22 lets you move freely through most of the house and agro ranges of those mobs are fairly small compared to the spacing of many of them. Sadly, Unrest is often overrun by the damned PLers that plague this server. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also at L22 you get Root, which is an invaluable aid to solo, as trains = death. You can sometimes manage an add or two with root, depending on your mana situation.

In your 30s, the giant fort in Frontier Mountans can be done even in ghetto gear.

In upper 30s Firiona Vie has some spots you can make work.

Get a DW Helm by the time you hit L45. Just do it.

Unless outrageously over-geared, the key to successful xp gain while solo as a Paladin is that you must be able to get mobs single and you must be able to meditate safely after you've been properly thrashed for the insolence of soloing a melee class in EQ.

Any race works for a Paladin. Them dirty dorfs have an edge, but it's only an edge and far from decisive IMO, besides they're not only dirty but also ugly as sin. The Erudites get access to Shield of Stalwart Seas, but shield isn't a big deal for solo play unless you can afford a Rod of Faith for your mainhand, and if you can gear yourself that well the differences between the races will matter less. Choose Erudite only if you're willing to sacrifice dearly for the cool factor, apparently it's cool to be a weakling. Personally, I prefer Human and Half-Elf because that way you can do good and look good doing it. Get your STR to 90 (minimum) as you need to be able to wear plate and still carry home some loot. Get a Hero Bracers as soon as you can afford it (cheap +10 STR with plate AC is good.) Going overweight is a foolish and unnecessary handicap, it slows you and trashes your AGI which will in turn trash your tanking avoidance (if it drops below 75) which are not good for your survival odds.

Seriously though, Paladin can solo, and due to the huge preponderance of players here who love to fap to the movement of their xp bar you will be stuck solo at times, but tanks are meant to front a group. You're like a singer who can't play an instrument, it's hard not to get bored when there's no band to back you.

[webrunner5]

A Paladin can't solo on here. They are total crap. Do a /who all Paladin and you will poop your pants. And half of them are in the EC tunnel selling. Give it up Dawg. Save you lots of time and anguish.

[jijii]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

A Paladin can't solo on here. They are total crap. Do a /who all Paladin and you will poop your pants.

wow this guy wasn't kidding, i did a /who all paladin and i did, in fact, poop my pants [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]