Best solo melee class?

[Snaggles]

IMHO, if you can cast snare and/or root, FD and DA…those are always on the bar.

Dying ironically is the most painful way to die.

[Cecily]

Yep. The casted versions are superior. The FD pants are a backup.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Yep. The casted versions are superior. The FD pants are a backup.

It's best to use pants whenever possible to save mana. Deaths peace is for emergencies. No reason to spend 120 on a basic mob split.

[Goregasmic]

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

Earring of woven bark is great! Got semi-decent stats too until you get to no-drop earrings.

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

After level 49, the earring is better because it allows better itemization. There's not a lot of great alternative earrings with better stats, but there are some great gloves like Crystal Chitin, Fiery Might, or even SCHW. I don't think there's going to be any earring/glove combo with Tolan's that beats a combo with Woven Bark until you get into no-drop stuff.

Yeah, my daily drivers are sarnak earring of station and sarnak pearly bauble. Figured I could switch the earring of station for a woven bark with imperceptible downsides. I also have a pair of HGLs but I'm not sure I'm cool with the -30ac, although I can see it working out in some situations. I'll swap one for earring of living thunder eventually but I just blew all my money on a fungi.

[Naethyn]

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

Sounds like the ball joint separator sitting in the bottom of my real-life toolbox out in the garage. It has its use (name kinda hints), I've used it before, might use it again sometime, but it's pretty dirty from neglect and basically just sits there taking up space.

You can see my ranger modeling it here. https://wiki.project1999.com/Ye_Auld_Ball_Peen_Hammer

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Yeah, my daily drivers are sarnak earring of station and sarnak pearly bauble. Figured I could switch the earring of station for a woven bark with imperceptible downsides. I also have a pair of HGLs but I'm not sure I'm cool with the -30ac, although I can see it working out in some situations. I'll swap one for earring of living thunder eventually but I just blew all my money on a fungi.

Swapping Earring of Station to woven bark would be a good move. You won't notice the 5 STR missing.

Grats on the Fungi! It's worth it.

[Penish]

amazing

[Renault]

Why are there 9 pages of discussion about Tolan's gloves for threat in xp groups in a thread about best SOLO melee class? Jesus let it go.

[Cecily]

It's the determining factor.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Why are there 9 pages of discussion about Tolan's gloves for threat in xp groups in a thread about best SOLO melee class? Jesus let it go.

Knowing how to save mana via clickies is relevant to soloing as well. If you are kiting with snare, using a snare clickie saves you mana. This means you can solo longer between med breaks.

Even if you get hit once or twice due to the cast time, you can just equip Fungi while running around. 15 HP/Tick is a much faster recovery rate than 1-2 Mana/Tick.

This is especially true when you are playing a class with spell Regen. A 60 Ranger is getting 29 HP/Tick with Fungi and Chloroplast while standing.

Knowing how to spend resources wisely (including HP) is how you optimize your solo kills per hour.