Topic for general discussion so tl;dr.

At the start I want to mention that I'm one of those guys who prefer solo climbing to group climb because I can do it whenever I want (mostly at work ) and without the necessity of sitting for at least 1h+ clicking

So I was just wondering how do you play when soloing, what abilities for each class do you think are the most effective, what kind of gear do you prefer (maybe full stats or high EE def armor), do you use regen gear or just heal yourself?

dunno, maybe there's something that can be improved on my side, let's find out

For me the best and fastest way to solo MQ is with EE def armor, healing gear for swap. I have just finished my first MQ using powerstrike/retribution combination on pala (usually did powerstrike and some healing) and I gotta say this is amazing, especially when using axes - consistent dmg and 1 shotting 2 out of 3 mobs when they spawn with those abilities just kept me going without shrining even after lvl 71. Timer on the tooltip said 26 min from lvl 68-75 which is not bad
At lvl 30ish I set /whistle 1 and just explore, so that I can always whistle lvl 1 mobs and heal myself. At higher lvls I equip int gear that I keep for swap to increase my healing (I guess budget option for this would be int/heal mastery mix) and I feel this is much faster than regening life/mana with regen gear. I usually do 2-3 full heals between levels and very rarely need to use any shrinables so it just keeps me going without wasting time. In an extreme situations that I am low life/mana I just mute 1-2 items and get back to catas.
After lvl 71 I still keep #whistle to lvl 1 and I just run over explored tiles so that I won't get 3 EPs spawn on me (unless I'm warlock who can handle that easily).

So far the easiest class to solo for me is monk (besides warlock of course, I don't offcast) the best combination of abilities, 20 int which gives enough mana to keep on healing myself is perfect even for robe wearing class (I also use EE robe)

so how do you solo climb?

explore maze then 1-45 whistle
Explore to 75
whistle whatever is left

I explore maze.
Whistle till 6-7 to unlock quests
Explore climb hybrid healer mainly.
With cast gear avail to grind sneaky.

Generally 69 vita
60-69 int


Salvation Powerstrike and whatever class ability I want

Even monk I will have EE robe or dex robe avail. But same build

This post was edited by Outraged on Jul 21 2022 06:29am

Full explore always. Whistling solo kind of defeats the purpose IMO. Rarely do easy mode unless on higher levels of robe wearers.

Always run double strike or two hit back with salvation depending on my class.

Muting in between when regen is needed, which isn't often.

All lvls explore some times I take some tds

unfriendly solo game.... search 5 guys thats the way

This. Same abilities, always explore.
Except I just afk on mobile while I regen at high levels so I can get other things done.

You regen in town even if your phone screen is off

I used to be part of the full explore club but feel that spending 1hr going 1-45 whistling compared to 2-3hrs exploring made more sense because who really needs more low level gear? Rush to the potentially really nice loot and skip the trash unless I need a well desperately enough.

Explore maze and whistle to lvl 10.

I then start a random lvl 10 map to get hack the horde out of the way asap. It will spawn at lvl 13-14. I will then abandon the map and continue whistling to lvl 25.

At lvl 25 I will start a lvl 5-10(preferably) map with 6+ eps to bang out treasure pest. You need to activate easy mode a little bit after you have explored half of the map to get it.

I then fill my vault with cast gear for sneaky to have it ready for when he spawns. The remaining objectives will spawn automatically if you get hack the horde and treasure pest out of the way(it can at times take forever to get them to spawn so I prefer to force spawn them early on)

Explore from level 30+. What I do from that point on very much depends on the current event.

Abilities:
Lvl 1-15 twohitback or double strike. (All points in one, not both)
Lvl 20 start adding points in salvation until it hits 51% then back to dmg dealing abilities (twohitback and double strike)

Stats:
I usually start off with getting 80 vita followed by 30 int then dex. I might raise my vita to 85-90 towards the end(this is excluding the vita you gain from sneaky).

I usually go for stat gear at 55+, it’s kind of easier to do that when you have very good gear. Not sure how well it works with average gear embrace the fine art of taking damage and your solo climbs will become much easier

Oh and I start using regen gear at around lvl 70. Only need it during 3 x eps waves to drain their heals.

poorly, since I refuse to spend 15,000 fg on items