Best solo melee class?

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Many of the worst spells in the game are MR based. It doesn’t happen often but when it does, you die.

Snare, root, fear, blind, slow.

Sure, maybe 255mr won’t resist that dragon fear either…but the question will keep you awake at night.

I’ve never cared at all about AC. That only matters if you take physical damage. And as we have figured out with rangers, it doesn’t really matter then either.

Yeah MR is very useful. Some mobs charm too. Getting dragged back to the middle of multiple mobs that recover back to full HP and Mana can be a problem hehe.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Yeah I'd definitely give the woven bark a spin over the earring of station. Statwise it's probably close to a wash depending on other gear, but the clicky is convenient. Living thunder certainly looks nice, but the see invis part is kinda a waste until you outgrow helm of the tracker. Speaking of which, if you don't have one and want one I can hook you up with a MQ for that.

This whole discussion actually has me considering whether I've outgrown my earring of woven bark. It was a hand-me-down from my druid, where I got it while leveling in chardok as a tip from befriending and buffing a necro farmer with regrowth over a couple weeks. It's been great to have, but the mana savings aren't significant and the clicky cast time is annoying. I'm curious what you or any of the other rangers in this thread would suggest for a replacement. I'll trade you the woven bark for that bauble straight up [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The thing about earrings is they are generally low stat anyway, until you get raid items. They are also often swapped for a resist piece. Earring of Essence and Blue Diamond Earrings will have your MR covered.

Hammered Golden Loop would give you like 74 more max HP over Woven Bark if you aren't STA capped, but the mana savings from the clickie are going to help you more than 74 max HP.

If you are in the position where 74 HP was the difference between life and death, you messed up somehow. Most of the time you will be using the mana savings over the max HP, unless you are raiding. Hammered Golden Loops would be good for raiding to help you stay alive from AoEs.

[Ephirith]

p.s. monk is the superior overall soloist whether you're twinked or not.

[sammoHung]

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

p.s. monk is the superior overall soloist whether you're twinked or not.

[Snaggles]

I might have missed the nuance of the debate so my apologies in advance.

With a SK, the case for mana comes down to stunt/named kills that summon and can’t be feared. At this point you are likely proccing Avatar off an eye so STR and Dex are capped. Roughly every 18 INT is another drain soul, to a point.

For this rather narrow definition of “solo”, a 338 DD and heal is pretty solid stat optimization even if you don’t have Avatar. You could instead have about 18 attack, or 93 hps. It’s really one of the few situations where an erudite or DE might be matched to an ogre or troll. In the extreme situation, an erudite loses Slam, regen, and strength but picks up nearly 700 mana. That’s three extra Drain Souls as a reward for struggling to carry fine steel for 59 levels.

Still, most people are going to loot and equip gear that has a variety of stats and there are only so many pieces of gear with preset stats. I wish we could mess with stat sliders…I’d trade agility for damn near anything [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] .

[Duik]

...watching porn between pulls...

Hehe

[Naethyn]

Lotta things cast on me with MR in KC.

[sammoHung]

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

Lotta things cast on me with MR in KC.

There's like 4 mobs total in KC that cast, the rest are melee

[Naethyn]

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

There's like 4 mobs total in KC that cast, the rest are melee

I camp entrance with my paladin solo who I went max MR on and I see casts on myself all the time that are resisted. All the spirits and some of the skeletons. I have an undead weapon so I go for them over dogs.

[Goregasmic]

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

Lotta things cast on me with MR in KC.

Ghosts and scryer IIRC. Figured with sow, snare and how twisty KC is you can LOS all the way back to camp most of the time, if we're talking pulling. IIRC some of the ghosts are clerics so you get more mileage out of MR by resisting nukes too. Blind and slow also sucks on shamans.

Plenty of good reasons for MR but nothing make or break in an exp group I feel, especially if not tanking. Solo is different since you have the mob's attention for the entire fight.