Velius Soloing - Best Classes

iruinedyourday · #1 05-28-2014, 02:32 AM

Hey guys, Im digging the solo challenge. Come Velius, who will be on top?

Shamen?

How does enchanter fair in Vel? I know in raids they don't do much at except buff, maybe rune in raids.

Necro?

I have been leveling an Enchnater, but wonder how they fair in Velius solo?

There are a few threads about this over the years, but most have dealt with raid info, im specifically talking Duo/Solo named.

Skittlez · #2 05-28-2014, 02:39 AM

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Hey guys, I'm digging the solo challenge. Come Velious, who will be on top?

Shaman?

How does enchanter fair in Vel? I know in raids they don't do much at except buff, maybe rune in raids.

Necro?

I have been leveling an Enchanter, but wonder how they fair in Velious solo?

There are a few threads about this over the years, but most have dealt with raid info, im specifically talking Duo/Solo named.

My nephew in 1st grade fixed this for you.

iruinedyourday · #3 05-28-2014, 03:25 AM

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Shinko · #4 05-28-2014, 03:39 AM

anything ogre

Swish · #5 05-28-2014, 04:34 AM

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iruinedyourday · #6 05-28-2014, 04:37 AM

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Ennewi · #7 05-28-2014, 05:01 AM

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

Hey guys, I'm digging the solo challenge. Come Velious, who will be on top?

Shaman?

How does enchanter fare in Vel? I know in raids they don't do much at except buff, maybe rune in raids.

Necro?

I have been leveling an Enchanter, but wonder how they fare in Velious solo?

There are a few threads about this over the years, but most have dealt with raid info, im specifically talking Duo/Solo named.

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My nephew in 1st grade fixed this for you.

ftfyour nephew.

Tecmos Deception · #8 05-28-2014, 06:52 AM

In Kunark, enchanters are head and shoulders above shamans when we're talking in an overall sense about soloing high-end nameds. The only edge a shaman really has is if he is using puppet strings (and maybe other high-end gear also). When it comes to moving through dungeons (including on CRs!), splitting nasty camps, doing anything meaningful pre-60... enchanter is king.

In Velious, I think shaman will probably be on top (or at least equal to enchanters)... but I also think that the demise of enchanter soloing is highly overstated among forum-goers here. They usually seem to be saying "OMG MAGIC RESISTS AND IMMUNITIES CHANTERS SUCK!!!!" in the context of raiding... as if enchanters are doing anything but buff botting with ocassional CC or eating a DT for boss kills in Kunark or something.

Pasi's post history is a gold mine of Velious enchanter talk. He feels enchanters will remain nearly as powerful for solo/duo in Velious as they are now, just that (as in Kunark) you will need to stick to the zones that are best suited to that kind of activity.

webrunner5 · #9 05-28-2014, 10:04 AM

I know a lot of people will laugh but a Ranger is no slouch in Velious soloing. With fear animal, which there is a TON of, and using snare to shoot arrows out the ass, and oh by the way he can track the stuff like a champ to even find it, they are damn good at killing. You just find a mob, snare it, IF you can, but most animals you can, and shoot arrows till it is like say 60% health, then go in Melee mode, and DoT, DD mode till like 20% health, then snare it again, and below 18% you don't even get hit. So you don't die that often on a Ranger IF you really know how to play one well. They are a Cat and Mouse class. And they get a LOT of tools to do it with spells and all. But you NEED the Tolan's Bracer to have all the shitty arrows you will need to do it.

Now we are not talking fast as hell killing, but the one I played in that original time frame was damn fun doing it.

But, nobody is going to kill mobs faster than Bards can do, lets not sugarcoat it. But there is not a LOT of people can play a Bard well with the twisting thingy, let alone stand to run around in a oval 8 hours a day. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But I would agree, toe to toe, a Ogre Shaman will be hard to beat.

Druids with charm animal if, and I mean, IF they have their epic are no slouch either. The epic DoT lasts forever.

Feign Death is a NICE thing to have in Velious unless some Jackass Caster Mob is not liking you too well. But a SK, Pally kill to slow to solo, and a Warrior is sort of out because their downtime without a Cleric would be maddening.

I never played a high end Necro or Mage in that era so I will not comment on them. I see no reason why they won't do well though.

A Monk is just about going to HAVE to be a Iksar to solo. No way a Human can do it unless you have real TV in your room to watch movies while he heals up. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The Enchanter route, which I played in the day, just died way to many times I remember to not get pissed off and quit. Too many resists, too many mobs that can not be rooted, charmed, etc etc, to make it worth it. I JUST F'ing HATE DYING. And they will. You had better have a GOOD friend that is a Cleric. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

iruinedyourday · #10 05-28-2014, 10:13 AM

I wonder how necro is? Necro + puppet strings compared to shamen with them for the solo challenge, is that a viable strat?

I honestly don't even know Vellious's high level group/named dungeons.. I'll have to do a ton of reading. What y'all think will be the perms camped/contested indoor spawns?