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It's rare that you can solo a double up thats one or two levels below you, they usually have to be green before you can do that, but it depends on the mob either way. I've actualy had the best time soloing with my Monk and my Swashy.

The swashy takes a little bit of strategy to get the timing down right, but once you do you can have them stunned/immobilized a large part of the time. With the monk I pretty much just go all freaking out and he can sometimes solo easier blue heroics.

Ya, I had kind of figured that it was rare... ironically enough though I was just about to roll a Monk and try out Monk. I'm still messing around with chars seeing which I really like, although I do have a "main" i'm going to more actively level (that being m Wiz atm) so I guess I wont change that plan lol.

Edit: Just changed something minor lol

Edited, Tue Jun 6 17:50:02 2006 by Tomec

fronglo postulated:

Rangers can.

Arrows are free so the cost is not an issue, and taking a little extra time to bring down a group target doesn't seem like such an unfair exchange to me. And personally, I kite rather well... maybe you're just jealous...

Does ranger get a summon arrow ability? I know while I was playing around with new jobs I got a summon food/water ability on one... sucked compared to the bought stuff but in a pinch...

Edit: also, on the subject of soloing heroics...

So most classes can pretty much solo 1 or 2 GREEN heroics so long as they aren't too tough (read ^^ or ^^^) and such? Normally I was staying away from even green heroics (well before I decided to play around with my wizard tonight) since I figured heroic=death solo, unless you are like 10 levels above him.

Edited, Wed Jun 7 05:24:05 2006 by Tomec

I can solo very green ^^^ heroics but it takes a long time. I only do it for quests. They can't kill me as long as I have power but it takes me so long to get them down, running out of power is an issue. Blue ^^^ or higher are out of my league.

I don't see a lot of ^^ MoB's. They tend to come in groups, which are certain death.

I've been able to get yellow ^ if the come alone and they're undead or melee type MoB's.

If you're looking to solo heroics to get better experience gain I would consider the amount of time it takes to kill them and the number of deaths you have to endure. You'll probably get more experience in the same amount of time going after solo MoB's near your level.

Regardless of what we can accomplish now, they keep changing the game because SOE really doesn't want anyone soloing heroics anywhere near their level. Summoners are getting nerfed and everyone is getting nerfs to their crowd control abilities in the near future (someone mentioned stun locking, which will be a thing of the past). If you can ever solo these guys consider yourself lucky and look for it to change.

Monks are quite strong at soloing Heroics, but as noted it can still be pretty touch and go - especially given that, since Monks are avoidance-based, in a tough fight it can often come down to simple luck whether or not you scrape by or if the mob ends up killing you.

The two primary methods;

Versus Solo Heroics: Beat them down. Just go all out and pray, mostly. Unfortunately there's not really a lot you can do here to make a difference. I can sometimes solo blue Heroics that are close to green, but it's usually quite touch and go as to whether or not I finish the battle with any HP or not. Green heroic mobs are tough but usually quite beatable if you go in with full HP and power.

Versus Group Heroics: One of the more enjoyable parts of being a monk, I can actually solo Blue Heroic groups (and sometimes even White Heroic Groups, although this is very touchy), albeit often very, VERY slowly - and Monks are rather weak in the AE department. How? The patented "assassinate!" method.

Step 1) Target a mob (usually the weakest one, or a healer - something you can plow through and drop quick).
Step 2) Beat down the mob. Blow all your cooldowns if you have to - your job is to drop this sucker fast.
Step 3) Feign Death. Wait for your HP and Power to regenerate while the mobs stand around looking stupid, stand up and beat down another member of the group.
Step 4) Repeat until the group is dead.

This can be obviously modified - for really big groups, killing two or three before feigning - but it's very, very effective. Sometimes you'll run into a streak of Feign failures that may spell death, but in general it works out quite nicely. For smaller (say, three-mob) groups the incoming damage they do will drop noticeably after the first mob is dead, so after that it's not too difficult.

i would say paladin is the best job for soloing i mean you can heal/ do dmg / ward and all that junk. It also depends on what armor you are carrying and what tier spells like if you got top armor for level and master spells you should solo easy if you have a stratigic plan. Also no don;t buy masters till 40. Another job i would consider is a swashy or summoner they are another top soloers but they take alot of skill and alot of time to get down