Blademaster Soloing

zaesdro

Hey all still downloading the game but just wondering if its possible to solo through mose of the game as a blademaster. seems like a fun class but i dont want to be always grouped.

according to the Class guide venomancer is the best for solo but i prefer a melee high damage charector (Like the rogue in WoW) would i be making a good choice with blademaster or what would you guys suggest?

Also im realy into PvP. and not so much into tanking although i would if needed

Kniraven - Lost City

You can solo pretty much everything but bosses from my experience. It will sometimes take a lot of pots when fighting groups though.

LordChronis - Dreamweaver

if you wanna be like a Rouge Roll a Fist BM

They do awesome DPS and can solo 1v1 like a veno only wish they could or Roll a AXE BM and aoe mob like a veno only wish they could b:laugh

zaesdro

i have been debating between veno and bm. how do they do in pvp? solo lvling/dps/pvp are my main things. i prefer melee class but i played hunter in wow also (ranged and pet in wow)

Gabriil - Lost City

I'd go with BM, if I had to re-roll and it would be something else but Barbarian. I think it's a fun class to play, especially because they have some really nice damage and some kick-**** skills, plus they are very versatile, being the only class able to go with four mastery paths - fist, sword, spear or axe. That makes for a whole lot of variety in one class.

Sevas - Heavens Tear

LordChronis - Dreamweaver wrote: »

They do awesome DPS and can solo 1v1 like a veno only wish they could or Roll a AXE BM and aoe mob like a veno only wish they could b:laugh

Why do I need to be "wishing?" I have very good 1v1 damage and I can probably solo more things than you can. AoE mobs? Ha! I can do that just as well as you can. Best thing is, I don't have to repair my armor at the same cost, nor will I have to replace a charm during or after AoE grinding. Before you start bashing a class, you better know what you're setting yourself up for.

Cernunnosx - Heavens Tear

Sevas - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Why do I need to be "wishing?" I have very good 1v1 damage and MY PET can probably solo more things than you can. AoE mobs? Ha! MY PET can do that just as well as you can. .

Fixed that for you b:victory

zaesdro

Well i think ima pick a Blademaster as from what i am reading on here they are more aimed for pvp then veno.

LloydAsplund - Sanctuary

Cernunnosx - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Fixed that for you b:victory

That logic is flawed. Without the owner, the pet dies without heals. The venomancer class is BUILT around pets. Of course we are weaker without pets. Its like saying, "I woulda kicked that barb's **** if he didnt have so much hp" or "Omg, wizzies are rigged at 9x, their nukes own me."

_DarkSeph_ - Sanctuary

Cernunnosx - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Fixed that for you b:victory

And? Pets are part of the class. If that makes them solo better, then it makes the class good.

I admit, for solo play you can't beat a venomancer. If the OP wants the best solo class in the game, then a veno is what they're looking for. The reason I prefer a bm myself is sheer versatility.

To answer the OP's question, I've pretty much solo'd my way to where I am, with the exception of bosses, and I'm 82. Never use charms and extremely rare I use pots. Of course, thanks to dailies soloing is easy for any class.

Well i think ima pick a Blademaster as from what i am reading on here they are more aimed for pvp then veno.

HA nix veno with refined HP sharded armour can literally shred pretty much anything in pvp to bits if piloted by a skilled, competent player. Question is, are you willing to put in a great deal of time, leveling and money.

Cernunnosx - Heavens Tear

LloydAsplund - Sanctuary wrote: »

That logic is flawed. Without the owner, the pet dies without heals. The venomancer class is BUILT around pets. Of course we are weaker without pets. Its like saying, "I woulda kicked that barb's **** if he didnt have so much hp" or "Omg, wizzies are rigged at 9x, their nukes own me."

The logic isnt flawed it was just correcting the statement.. "I" designates the person not the class.
Yes Veno's are a class built around pets, so give the pets the credit for doing most of the work and not " I ", since if we really wanted to be technical is should be " We " , since a Veno + Pet is two not one

LloydAsplund - Sanctuary

Cernunnosx - Heavens Tear wrote: »

The logic isnt flawed it was just correcting the statement.. "I" designates the person not the class.
Yes Veno's are a class built around pets, so give the pets the credit for doing most of the work and not " I ", since if we really wanted to be technical is should be " We " , since a Veno + Pet is two not one

"I' refers to the player and whatever he is in control of (his/her nix). When you're playing lets say Final Fantasy 7/suikoden for example. You have a squad of players, and YOU, the player is controlling the group. You would say something like this "I beat the game", not "We beat the game." Same thing applies for the phoenix. Same thing goes for genies, if you use one, you dont say "We beat the barb", you say "I beat the barb".

Cernunnosx - Heavens Tear

LloydAsplund - Sanctuary wrote: »

". Same thing goes for genies.

Actually I do.. If my genie skill ends the fight, it really hurts their pride to tell them a genie PKed them b:laugh which is normally followed by a few choice words in pm or local lol

Hippie - Harshlands

LordChronis - Dreamweaver wrote: »

if you wanna be like a Rouge Roll a Fist BM

They do awesome DPS and can solo 1v1 like a veno only wish they could or Roll a AXE BM and aoe mob like a veno only wish they could b:laugh

unless its a lvl95+ +12 deicite BM i am doubt any fist bm could roll me, and even than i have my chances

Sevas - Heavens Tear

I don't know Cern, I kinda agree with the rest of them. My herc may be tanking EA in Brim, but he certainly isn't keeping himself alive. I do that. I DD on EA. The veno is only as good as the person using it and I would hope I'm pretty damn pro at this point. The pet is for being used, it's doing nothing other than tanking. In cases, I tank. On me, not my herc. I out survived everyone in a Brim squad when the cleric died with the exception of a barb because he did a very good job too.

Arroweye - Heavens Tear

Sevas - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Why do I need to be "wishing?" I have very good 1v1 damage and I can probably solo more things than you can. AoE mobs? Ha! I can do that just as well as you can. Best thing is, I don't have to repair my armor at the same cost, nor will I have to replace a charm during or after AoE grinding. Before you start bashing a class, you better know what you're setting yourself up for.

Well sure you could solo more things than he can. I have a 94 Veno and I'll bash you all I want(: You have low phys def, if your PVP then you should have light armor, if you do your still pretty ****kin weak to a person your lvl. Archer your lvl? Could probably 3 hit you. at lvl 63 on my archer I can three hit lvl 80+ Wizzy's and Clerics. BM you would stand no chance against. BM is way more PVP based than a Veno sorry to break it to you.

*EDIT* A fist BM could probably never take you down tho >.<

Sevas - Heavens Tear

b:chuckle Um no. I fight with my friends all the time in sheer boredom if we're waiting on someone. I win the majority of my duels with them. I win the majority of my duels with my ingame hubby who is a barb two levels above me with 27k HP when he uses ToP. There is a BM I like to fight with all the time because he is my level and we've been bashing on each other since we first met. I beat him up with Hood because he sometimes forgets and if he gets stun on me, there is still my pet to contend with. (No, I do not always use my nix.) I rarely get the chance to duel with archers, but they squish pretty damn fast against me too.

I'm vit/mag build and if I can out survive some of the classes that are supposed to have the best "soloing/survivability" rates in the game they either did something really wrong or I'm really good. Brim mobs, namely the Proles, are ranged "archer" type mobs. They hit me for 600-1.1k damage, depending. It's less with Hood and pots. I was tanking 2-3 (and yes, my herc had it's own to tank too). It ticked my charm for more than I cared for, but at least the barb and I survived that disaster.

b:victory So any time you want to look me up and try beating me duel, let me know.

Filet - Heavens Tear

Sevas - Heavens Tear wrote: »

b:chuckle Um no. I fight with my friends all the time in sheer boredom if we're waiting on someone. I win the majority of my duels with them. I win the majority of my duels with my ingame hubby who is a barb two levels above me with 27k HP when he uses ToP. There is a BM I like to fight with all the time because he is my level and we've been bashing on each other since we first met. I beat him up with Hood because he sometimes forgets and if he gets stun on me, there is still my pet to contend with. (No, I do not always use my nix.) I rarely get the chance to duel with archers, but they squish pretty damn fast against me too.

I'm vit/mag build and if I can out survive some of the classes that are supposed to have the best "soloing/survivability" rates in the game they either did something really wrong or I'm really good. Brim mobs, namely the Proles, are ranged "archer" type mobs. They hit me for 600-1.1k damage, depending. It's less with Hood and pots. I was tanking 2-3 (and yes, my herc had it's own to tank too). It ticked my charm for more than I cared for, but at least the barb and I survived that disaster.

b:victory So any time you want to look me up and try beating me duel, let me know.

Note how that's a duel, where deflect and hood (2 really cheap skills against melee actually work).

Sevas - Heavens Tear

I don't use it for the deflect, I use it for the damage reduction. Not my fault if you gut yourself on it.

Filet - Heavens Tear

Sevas - Heavens Tear wrote: »

I don't use it for the deflect, I use it for the damage reduction. Not my fault if you gut yourself on it.

Yeah I'm not commenting on what your purpose is, I'm just saying that venos have a pretty big advantage in duels.

Sevas - Heavens Tear

That all depends on how good the BM is. b:victory My favorite BM has beaten me a few times in duel.

Filet - Heavens Tear

Yeah it depends on equips+skill, but if a veno and a bm both have comparable gear and skills, the veno should win simply because of how effective deflect and bramble hood are.

Sevas - Heavens Tear

I've had BMs stun me to death until it's gone.

Filet - Heavens Tear

lol i really don't get why we're still on this topic? All I said was that if a bm and a veno have comparable gear and skill, then the veno should win because of how good hood and deflect are.
Are you disagreeing and saying that the bm should win? or that hood and deflect aren't good? I kind of don't understand what your point is. In duels against venos, if they have a decent amount of hp, deflect will take away 1/3 of my hp while i stunlock without them even touching me. Yeah you can stun through bramble, but considering BM only has 1 stun that does no damage (roar), for the rest of the duration of hood the veno is pretty much untouchable.

Zaesdro - Lost City

This whole topic went way the other way lol. i chose bm and someday if i get this one good enough ill start an archer but not for a long time. Thx for all your help guys