Best Solo Class for a Newbie?

gorrah · November 2016

Hi there ^^
I know this question has been asked millions of times but please bear with me.
Could someone tell me what is the best soloing class + the build/guide for that class? I heard something about GWF & GF but honestly no idea. I'm hoping for a class you can play basically braindead, like TERA's Brawler or Vindictus's Karok, and still achieve good results. I am not a smart man :P I just want one good class so I won't make alts and eventually get bored. Quality over quantity.

PS: How is the game doing? Community dying out or still standing strong?

silverkelt · November 2016

as a new player, you will barely know the issues in game.. you are 6 months to a year away or more away from ever actually seeing those issues. New players really dont need to be concerned, unless you are here for the long haul.

However they are there.. if you are here for like 3-4 years , you might want to research the latest grindfest they dropped on players..

If you are just wanting to tool around on one toon for a few hours a week.. totally different issue.

There are less players now then , well say 2 years ago, but there is enough to get content done. A few thousand total actives at lvl 70, with 2k or so online at any one point. There is actually alot more then that online.. but I dont count players sitting around in PE discussing fire brand topics for 6 hours a day..

I would suggest a GWF for solo play and/or a GF. Both can barely die, do loads of dps and can womp through all solo content with basically right or left clicking your mouse a bunch of times.

Of course to actually GET , you know loads of dps and such in group content, it would require some rotational and build knowledge, but if your just tooling around for fun.. they wont require much more then that.

You can actually do something similar on the paladin class.. you can just right click a button do one AOE over and over till things die. But they are not nearly as powerful dps wise as those two.

GWF more or less has been a good dps option for about 6 or 7 out of the 10 mods.
GF has been a more recent DPS option.. so like 4 out of 10 mods.

dupeks · November 2016

At the risk of deviating from the chorus here, I wouldn't recommend a straight-DPS character.

It's great for leveling, but at the end-game DPS becomes an e-peen contest and is heavily dependent on the most expensive gear elements (companions, bondings, maxing out your artis, etc.). You can be "pretty good" but soon you find that the path from "pretty good" to "great" is unbelievably long and expensive.

It's my personal biased opinion that support classes are much more versatile at the end-game (true end-game meta is 2dps/3support or even 1dps/4support), and much of their value comes from powers/interactions rather than stacking stats. This also means it's easier to get into groups when you're still relatively fresh lvl 70, which means it's easier to continue progressing as well.

My favorite is the DC, because of just how versatile it is. If you go pure righteous (the buff/debuff paragon) on your way up, you'll have no trouble doing enough damage to solo. You'll also have the distinct pleasure of jumping in to help struggling adventurers you meet along the way (you still have some weak heals, and they are more than enough). At level 70, you get to decide if you want to continue being buff/debuff (full righteous) or if you want to respec into more of a heal/buff build (there are a couple viable, AC/virt more focused on PvE and DO/faith more focused on PvP). The added bonus is that the DC sigil artifact is regarded as one of the best class sigils, and you'll have that unlocked for any future characters you make.

Just my (biased) 2 cents.

rjc9000 · November 2016

I would say Destroyer GWF.
It is very simple to play: you are a dude/gal with a BFS, go hit things. Your class mechanic is a super mode which makes you attack faster and are immune to CC.
You build up a lot of self damage bonuses which rip through soloing, your class mechanic partially heals you, and the GWF is faster than they look.

The Militia Barracks has the Lia/Lazalia builds, both of which are useable and can hold up to endgame, assuming you know what you're doing.

DPS GF (Conqueror GF) is somewhat similar, but requires a little more thought/investment if you want soloing to be a breeze. However, the DPS GF is much tankier than the GWF, but is much slower to compensate.

Trapper HR, from what I hear, is "QER Tab QER Tab" rinse and repeat, but they require some more finesse.

cscriv79 · November 2016

GWF following the Lia Knowles build should serve you well, easy to play, good damage and fun for a first character.

Build is pretty end game but you can adjust it to meet your limits in terms of AD/availability etc.

sockmunkey · November 2016

Any class can solo effectively. Just play what you want.

pitshade · November 2016

A word of caution about the GWF. don't judge the class until you have unlocked Unstoppable and Wicked/Weaponmaster Strike. Without those things, you are going to struggle some most likely. Put as little points into Reaping Strike as you can, preferably just the one that it starts with.

Once you've gotten them and gotten used to them, the class has always been pretty good for solo content, even in the Beta->Mod1 days when they weren't desired in groups at all.

lantern22 · November 2016

GWF is probably easiest if you are talking about balancing defence with DPS, great DPS and OK survivability. But like Dupeks said, at end game if you are soloing queuing with pugs it takes a lot longer to get in a queue with a DPS than it does with a tank or a DC. For that reason I have ditched my CW and GWF for an old DC that I was using for a leadership alt. I'm hoping that one day DC's will be needed for healing again

martolly · November 2016

I think actually the easiest is tank paladin, and most cost effective.
Once you do level, if you have zero assistance there are simply some of the quest bosses you can't solo on gwf.
after being geared up sure, they will smash the house apart.
Additionally...... if you play a tank paladin you pretty much cant die pre level 70, and you do not need health pots, and since you dont die you really dont need injury kits. ( on the paladin all the way to 70, and at 70, you can 1 pull entire dungeons, yes you literally walk from the beginning to the end dragging everything along the way and kill them and the boss no problem)

Also once you are 70, and you start gearing up, you will have to do a massive amount of dailies to progress, so you are rate limited to the point of being super obnoxiously annoying. That being said, when you try to do dungeons at the 1600 bracket for your seal of elements you will pretty much be a paper bag that gets one shot randomly all the time non stop. Which means you have to spam not only potions the entire time but also injury kits..once you get at the 2k dungeon ratings its even worse.
The only time you will "survive" as these people have tried to put it, is when you massively over-gear the dungeon you are attempting to do. Such as being 2.5-3k+ gear score, instead of the 2k the is required to do such dungeons.

Tanks get faster que times, and are more often looked for -starting out-, if you are a dps looking for a group you will often get passed over for some one in the 3k+ range, because just being honest they will do 400% more damage than you.

Anyways good luck on your adventure.

armadeonx · November 2016

Yeah for soloing I'd go with protection paladin - or as someone recently referred to them: the solo-din, due to the fact they can walk through all solo content with no worries but nobody wants them in groups

You just need to get the right amount of RI & don't ignore crit. My pally can be played blindfolded.

I do understand what the other guys mean by GWF but you will need to stack some lifesteal as well as defence. They are good if you follow the build and learn the rotation and they are hard to kill.

Personally, the easiest time I've had when levelling a character was the OP - The first time I died (since character creation) was when I wandered into one of the larger HE's in IWD by myself...

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