Best solo artist class after the big 3?

[Selene]

It's pretty much a foregone conclusion that the best solo artist classes are either enchanter or a torpor shaman. There also seems to be a consensus that necro, while a step below the other two, is the next best solo artist.

What class would people say is the 4th best? Is it druid? Bard? Or perhaps a well-geared monk?

I've seen quite a few cool videos of druids and monks doing well, though they obviously can't hold a candle to the other 3. But wanted to see what people thought, since I love soloing and find solo challenges to be the thing I look forward to the most at 60 (but I don't want to play any of the big 3 classes, ironically enough)

[Toxigen]

bard

[Jimjam]

Strings cleric with mallets BUT with the recharge changes it is a bit of a pie in the sky these days.

I’d like to see some top bard vids.

[enjchanter]

idk i think id probably put monk above bard

[Crede]

It’s probably a close call between sk if you have bead vs pally. Depends on situation needing fd vs lull. But if I had beads I’d probably make sk my melee solo artist.

[PatChapp]

I think monk
Monk can solo king tranix,emp,vessel. Lots of big stuff

[Toxigen]

yeah i guess monk if you're BiS with every toy available

[WarpathEQ]

Really depends on gear and type of engage but in general I would say either bard or monk.

On the lower end of the gear spectrum bard is amongst the best in game at soloing as their gear dependence is minimal. With a couple of vendor bought instruments you can accomplish 85-90% of what a BIS geared bard can. Similar to enchanter, when there are multiple mobs and charming or kiting is an available strategy bards can really shine and in some niche scenarios bards are the best class in the game for solo (think swarm kiting).

Monks are very gear dependent, an un-geared monk will struggle to solo anything, whereas a BIS geared monk seems unstoppable. In this regard I would consider monks the most scalable class in the game (and most expensive). Their FD ability allows them to split mobs and get in and out of tough to reach areas. They can be amongst the best in terms of melee DPS classes and their damage avoidance and mitigation makes them extremely tanky, especially against non-raid mobs. Monks are amongst the strongest solo class for 1v1 fights especially that require a melee engage such as summoning mobs.

[enjchanter]

The problem with bard is that you'll struggle vs stuff that summons even if charming
Anything that doesn't summon is pretty much just a blue con mob so idek if I'd consider it'd a challenge

[Jimjam]

Is ice burrower the only high level mob that doesn’t summon?