who is the beter soloerFollow

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Edited, Fri Jul 29 14:08:20 2005 by Frakkor

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ok but if it came right down to it and u wanted to solo more what would u chose a sham or bestlord

Shamans are the king IMHO

shaman is better at what they do best (slowing), but a bst has more dps so they could solo better. the bst has a little of everything and would probably be more fun to play if you are going to solo a lot.

Shaman gets more utility, great dps, crowd control, heals, buffs and most importantly the ability to fight in tight areas like soloing a dungeon.

A beastlord has no crowd control and cannot fight in tight areas and is limited to where he can fight.

Just for clarification, barring the beastlord's pet aa snare the beastlord is going to have a more difficult time soloing in close quarters because of the lack of cc. I'm not saying that it is impossible but you will have to rely on killing the runners before they aggro another mob. The pet snare aa helps a lot but at the sacrifice of dps.

Also, when playing my shaman I fight "in the face". The only time I ever root rot is when soloing pov golems. In that case it's more mana effiecent to root rot then to constantly keep a quiescense on me.

Again I have never had trouble soloing in dungeons even prior to having the pet snare. Whether it was in AC, GE, Akheva, Karnor's, Mistmore (prior to the revamp) whatever.

FYI the pet snare doesnt decrease DPS at all. It used to because it didnt stack with the reg pet proc buff but that was changed awhile ago.

Having only played a Shaman to 50 or so I cant speak to the higher end soloing Shaman but at lower lvls it seemed anyway much easier for my Bst to solo than the Shaman. (maybe it was just more fun)

***** it, tell him to start a bard. He'll be able to solo just as well as any other class, he'll constantly be badgered to join groups even when he's already in a group, and it's not nearly as boring as half of the other classes out there... of course, I'm a bit biased.

I solo every freaking toon I own, except when I am grouped...(and even then sometimes)

Alright here are my reasons why a shaman is the BEST soloer in the game hands down(and by best I mean a soloer who can handle anything....not just fast EXP and kiting(erm necros here) I mean a mixture of EXP, summoning mobs, random mobs that you don't know that they do, basicaly what I mean is the all around best....



Shaman can

Slow(best in the game)
Haste(second best in the game)
Heal(3 best patch best HoT.....best pet healer since HoTs are God like pet heals)
DPS(2nd best dots slighty behind necros and possibly beats necros with Proc spell)
Pet(not the best but hey it works)
AC You are a chain class sio you have more life and AC than a necro or bst......This matters because further on in the game you yourself will tank...not your pet.....
Buffs(best melee buffs in the game)
CC(shamans can root, tank one mob with pet, and one mob by them selves plus they have amazing slows so add offtank for that...maybe even two......)

Now you might say beastlords can slow and haste almost as well......and do better DPS but they don't have the healing that a shaman has(and that includes life per mana heals) and they lack the buffs and CC a shaman has



Now I know that if you had each class at lvl 1 and told them to race to lvl 70 a necro, wizazrd and bard would win but soloing is not about EXP it is about versitility and a shaman has it all..............If you sent a necro and a shaman against a random target a shaman would fair better.....might not be as fast but your chances of living are much higher.

Beasts have better defense and avoidance than shaman do. If you want to solo, and your father wants to play a beastlord, play a druid or necro, becuase they complement beasts the best. In a group or duo'd, Necro's and Druids bring a lot to the table.

Forgot to add, Shaman buffs and Beast buffs overlap quite a bit, same buffs, same stats. Try not to mix them in a group, too, too much.

Edited, Sat Jul 30 05:07:44 2005 by Wiestrum