Drain soul is like the best spell for SK it does
damage and heals. I'm just goin at it from a solo challenge perspective, but race overall doesn't matter and str/sta is highly over-rated. INT is harder to max and the only way to get max mana before an engage is to carry extra gear>sit med to full>engage mob> blow mana> swap in real gear
Ppl shit on small races thinking their starting stats matter but once you get 60 or HoT gear it barely makes a difference in the grand scheme of things. A SK or Pally only need like 5K hp max for CH to land when tanking a ToV drake/wurm/HoT, anymore just makes it easier for the cleric to be AFK or start heals late. A warrior will always do it better because of defensive and OP taunt.
Here's proof on my stats with like only 3 or 4 end game loot when I solo'd King in 2020 before they nerfed the stay-off-rock. Only killed it once to prove that it was doable. It dropped a robe which was destroyed lol
https://imgur.com/4cfQMBg ..
185 int and 214 stamina self buffs(clarity is from spores I found) and 1 charge of cohesion(+25sta+25dex potion) 2724 mana max if you divide that by 225mana that's nearly 12 drain souls or 4056 damage / 4056 healed.
That's whopping 70 points of INT missing and if you added shaman sta +50 buff you'd be capped out. I put my starting points into str/sta I think. When you're raiding you'll ALWAYS have Focus/Stamina buff.
https://imgur.com/1YhzZDK
these were my stats fully buffed with focus/aego/sta vs Lodi on my first try ..again 196 int , 255 str, 241sta (didn't use cohesion pot) with potion you'd be max sta. 2920 max mana with 59 points missing to max int.. Nearly 13 drains souls could be casted.. Remember that's a Dark elf starting w/ int 109 in my case.. Erudites start with 117 and Human start at 85 assuming no points go into it
so clearly erudite is the best /facepalm.