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Originally Posted by Baldwooky
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Its not ranger, wow.
Solo self found, eh, ever hear of tracking?
As someone that has mained all hybrids, I can tell you uniequivically that SK is far harder than ranger to solo up and way, way harder to self gear. In fact, rangers are one of the best at self gearing.
I love how FD is some OP tool to some of you. Its not, Harmony is a way better tool to a soloist. SK's have literally 1 way to effectively level, and they do it slowly. Rangers can do that same thing all the way to 60, plus about 10 other things.
But the answer is actually Cleric. And I've soloed one before when neccasary. Once you hit the 50s in kunark, mob HP spikes up, and you basically go OOM on a single blue.
No quadding, no mana regen, no nothing but an undead DD and retribution, which isn't mana efficient enough to even kill mid blues.
Paladin has free self healing at 45. They're out.
Its either Cleric or SK.
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FD is not the sole reason SKs are great at soloing.
For one, SK's get fear kiting. This means they can kill mobs while taking very little damage, constently. Meleeing does more damage than bow kiting, so SK's will be killing faster.
SKs have access to big races like trolls. More stats and extra HP regen right out of the gate.
They get a pet too. It isn't the greatest pet, but the extra damage is more significant when you don't have great weapons.
FD + Snare allows SKs to pull singles just like Harmony, but they can do it indoors as well.
Having both Invis spells (undead and regular) and FD means SK's can bypass more mobs in more areas, including dungeons.
FD is good at saving time, since you don't need to run to the zoneline when you get unintended agro, or lose a fight.
Just about the best weapon any hybrid can get for SSF is
https://wiki.project1999.com/Blacken..._Bastard_Sword , which is dropped in a dungeon. SK's are more effective in dungeons.
I agree Rangers can get some good gear at the very end. They can do Forager cycle in TT for Ceremonial Iksar Chestplate, and they can probably get Swarmcaller from Karnor.
But remember that a Troll/Iksar is already going to have +4 or +7 (depending on level) standing regeneration for free when a Ranger is in the level range to farm a Ceremonial Iksar Chestplate. Fear kiting is already filling the role of slow (Swarmcaller) in the sense of reducing melee damage. A SSF character isn't really in the position to do things like soloing a Cliff Golem, where slow would really be needed.