Best Solo Melee class ?Follow

What would be a good solo Melee class ?
Was either thinking of a Ranger Shadowknight or Beastlord.

Beastlord: good slows, easy access to core spells to 60, good class to box in LDoN as can tank and slow can chew through mobs 12 to 15 levels lower than you the new light blue (where most all your xp solo comes from as a beasty)
Cons: leather class doesn't benefit as much from migation as a plate class, in the later game 65+ trying to tank in a group isnt going to be pretty or efficient. I know you said solo but very limited function in raids besides DPS.
Out of the 3 classes you listed beastlord is the easiest class to level up.

Ranger: Snare :) tracking chain armor better migation than leather class the class changes into archery in upper levels with powerful archery AAs

Shadowknight: plate armor best migation (great tank) snare hardest of the 3 to level up IMO (solo and nontwink) (a greater sense of accomplishment) pets are not too hot until higher in levels

Have fun

Largest problem I see with a warrior is a lack of utility. You are completely dependent upon weapon procs, clickies, expendables, etc for everything from snare to slow to SoW to heals to... well, anything. All you're innately equipped to do is take damage and, to a lesser extent, deal it out.

The new potions and all that help, but it's tough to solo as a one-trick pony.

Druids i see doing great at melee solo (yes they wear leather, but they also get a 400+ ds and healing).

My bard does ok solo if i charm good named pet, and have right level to get charm. Kills very fast, with charmed named mob does 500 damage proc, and my dot does 348 damage per tick, mobs go down fast. However bards cant heal, so if something goes wrong have to run, unlike druid. Note im lev.55 if you wondering.

Edited, Jan 24th 2007 3:37am by Direchaos

Warrior? My Cleric can out solo my Warrior.

Thats true, clerics make some very tough melee character. I find it funny how 9/10 people play them like a wizard though, i guess they dont understand they have Plate armor and the best hp/ac buffs in game. Also, if you wondering how a cleric can hold aggro like a warrior, its easy cast group heal lol or any heal, works better then taunt if anything.

I soloed 62 monk, 58 war, 56 rog.

With veteran reward AAs for steadfast servent healing, monk is easy, war needs many clicky devices to get to good solo spots and the rog is a pain still but can still be done. Monk has 60 AA war and rog much less.

Monk is most fun, war is mindless to play once you have a good spot and rog is the most exciting due to the fear of a miss pull and a death.

Do the Over There Hammer with puppet stings for non evils like monk, My war and rog are both dark aligned so quest for hammer is easy.

Byby (Prexus Trinity Rocks)

I personaly would go with Ranger. Why? Because they Can Kite if need be, or can melee; They have Heals, Damage Shield, attack buffs, HP buffs(Though these may be low amount hp buffs, they still work if you're to lazy to find a cleric)

Rangers melee is High DPS, they Have better Damage mitigation than a Beast and with the right AAs' can out DPS any beastlord & its' pet. Ranger 1.0 is easy enough to get for slows. At level 72 I can Chain pull Cubby in WoS and solo the mobs, and if I feel like ventureing into MPG the Dragorns don't summon so bow kiteing is easy. But if you want the Realy good exp from 65-70ish get AM3/EQ and go Kite spiders.

But yeah, Rangers are a very versital class; but very fun to play if you know how to, Its' very easy to play a ranger solo its' grouping and larning the styles of the people in the group that can be your downfall.

Good Luck.

Edited, Feb 8th 2007 12:16pm by Aanyankaa

(Edited for a spelling mistake)

Edited, Feb 8th 2007 12:16pm by Aanyankaa

Good post, and don't forget you can fear kite any animal upto lvl 55. I've never had any problems grouping with my ranger, If there is lots of melee classes in group I take a secondary control position snare/root dot bow whatever is necessary. Not enough melee I tank ( and yes RNG's can do that too ), not enough magic being thrown around I nuke and melee. It's all relative.

i only saw bard mentioned in here once...

in my opinion bards make great soloers, not from the get go mind you though. once you get your first charm though levels will start flying by. and since people haven't said anything yet... lol

Pros:
-can move while singing (casting)
-can kite or melee (yes i realize this is a melee solo thread)
-groups shouldnt be hard to find (again i realize this was a solo thread lol)
-VERY versatile, many many tools at your hand
-can single anything that isnt tied to another mob
-illusions ftw!
-you get to be totally rad

Cons:
-some people get depressed at how awesome you are lol

from a melee solo perspective, bards can solo just about anything we can mez. only get the mob to 80%? twist mez and regen song. even quicker with potions these days. rinse repeat.

although you cant do this immidiantly as a bard, as you level youll get many many tools that will help you, but most defiantely buy fading memories. cant beat instant loss of agro.

it definately takes some getting used to, but a good bard is the most useful person youll ever find. theyll get you outta any bind =0)

Yes, well, none of the classes mentioned by the OP are melee classes. They are all hybrids, with the possible classification of the Beastlord as a "pet class".

If the comparison is between the three mentioned, the Beastlord wins hands down.

Of the four real melee classes, Warrior, Rogue, Monk, Beserker, it seems that the Monks still have it all to themselves. all the improvesments that warriors get from the potions, disciplines etc work equally as well for the Monk, leaving them with the inate advantage of FD and mend.

Of the hybrids, putting Bards aside, who always seemed to be a unique class of their own to me, the Ranger has a distinct advantage that never diminishes, that is Track. Tracking combined with SoW, Snare, Invis and Fear give the ranger a small edge over the other hybrid combinations, although only in outdoor zones and with animals for fear kiting.

its true that a monk is the best melee class soloer, but i dont think thats what he was really asking =)

i think he was looking for a class that solos melee style well. judging by the list of classes he was looking at =)

as far as back to my bard comment, yes bards do require time invested, as i have stated, but not too much time.

i personally soloed in ssra with my 65 bard who at the time had no more then 80aas and 5k hp. i soloed the voice of the serpent guy as a matter of fact =) all i really had was low PoP/DoN crystal gear (mostly unauged).

again, it is true that bards take some molding, though you have tons of options to get you through sticky situations where most would faulter, including doing things that others cant do at a lower level/gear level. very few times will you come across something too hard to do and the only time i can thing of something like that was when i tryed to solo the bard proof "shissar assassin" (unslowable/unsnareable/unmazzable and summons). ate through my charmed pet, then ate through me, i faded and used a potion and regen before he could regen much himself, but still i wasnt enough juice to kill him , but i got him to 4% before he took me out, which is pretty good considering the level of my equipment at the time (same as earlier) and it was solo.

but yea, you wont really see a huge difference in how much damage you do until you do get decent gear and some AAs, but as a melee soloer you cant fail unless you take on something rediculously out of your league or aren't paying attention.

good luck! hope you pick sometime fun that youll enjoy playing!


Edited, Feb 15th 2007 11:26pm by XmoneenX

Because of that chromatic proc in DS it is a tough place to solo. Really dont think a proc that strong should be on mobs that level.