Solo Ability

Reading someone else's post about solo story content got me thinking. Whats the best or the better job to solo with. I don't just mean things like fates, I mean as a whole in general?

Personally I think there can be only 1 clear choice. WAR. It has the HP pool, the defence, the attack and thr ability to self heal.

I really loved playing BST in XI. Is WAR my best chance to recreate that?

SCH. I used to solo a few dungeons back in 2.xx as SCH to spice up my relic. SCH is a naturally safer job to solo content with since it's a healing job and won't lack in that department. If you're not dead you can keep fighting. I imagine WAR getting to a point where it can not restore any more HP, especially if it's alot single target damage. Remember, Healers can actually solo Turn 5, I don't think a warrior can.
SCH also can easily equip VIT accessories if it needs more HP. The fairy is also an extreme plus as it can keep you going while you can just DPS. The damage also is very good since most of it is dot damage. Apply dot, heal, apply dot, heal. Not to mention the resources aren't heavy on SCH either.

WAR, extremely close to SCH, I think SCH still wins. It's alot safer than WAR.

SMN. You have a pet to tank damage and heals in a pinch.

SMN is great to solo.

PLD is awesome at later levels, but kind of eh early on.

DRG handles well with a chocobo healer (good for open world, duties can sometimes be hairy, but cross class skills help a lot.) Never underestimate the healing potency of AoE attacks under the influence of Bloodbath.

WHM with regen can take a beating and pump out damage.

I agree with SCH. I don't think anything can match its survivability.

Scholar and Warrior to be honest as much as I hate to admit it.

SMN more so due to Titan-egi its mini-tank & that fact its origin class was a healer role, next would be any of the 3 Tank classes due to high def with self-heals (Stoneskin+bloodbath for PLD till Clemency) after that any Healer cause self-heals for the win (thou some might be easyer than a tank to survive with on a playstyle-playstyle basis) for all the above thou its more on a "how fast can u kill u'r enemy before they kill u" thing being a healer lets u "stem the tide" were with Tanks its a "War of attrition" (low def on healer & high def on Tanks makes it about even)

this becomes a joke in open-world thou with Chocobo companions (SMN wins hands down then with SCH/WAR/PLD/DRK battling it out for 2nd & WHM/AST in 3rd... I say this cause as WHM I failed in a solo-Hakkure HM run were my PLD rocked it with no trouble, both were 190ish at the time)

SMN is faster , War middle ground and SCH safest

WAR and SCH if played well

Summoner. If you play it well, this thing is a beast!

WAR and SCH are S tier in this game.

I had no idea SCH was that powerful. I assume it's mainly due to the fairy though? I was thinking WAR just because of the amount of videos of there being when the last one standing.

Somehow I had completely forgotten about SMN.

How resistant is Titan as a tank pet?

Whenever I've done stuff as healer it feels like I'm going to get one shotted at any point. Is it just a case of keeping SS up and barrier spell heals?

SMN. Or War or SCH. But really any tank is fun to solo stuff with.

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Originally Posted by addz3

I had no idea SCH was that powerful. I assume it's mainly due to the fairy though? I was thinking WAR just because of the amount of videos of there being when the last one standing.

Somehow I had completely forgotten about SMN.

How resistant is Titan as a tank pet?

Whenever I've done stuff as healer it feels like I'm going to get one shotted at any point. Is it just a case of keeping SS up and barrier spell heals?

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It depends a little on which level you are.. but yes, for Scholar it's mainly due to the fairy. You can use Cleric Stance to gain almost as much magic attack power as a Summoner -- sure, you don't have the pet damage output bonus, and fewer attack spells, but on the other hand you have a healbot that lets you attack for longer before needing to drop out of CS to heal yourself. Basically a Regen spell you don't have to recast all the time. And of course, you have the benefit of your damage spells mainly being dots, meaning that the mobs will continue to take damage while you heal yourself -- and you have a few instant heals that mean you don't have to worry about getting interrupted.

Warrior benefits greatly from having greater damage than Paladins (since DRK doesn't exist until you reach HW content), while still having a tank's survivability. Sure, the "top DPS" is lower now (with the stat adjustment) than it used to be, but it's still good. And unlike SCH or SMN, your attacks can't be interrupted since none of them have cast times.

And for Summoner you have a potential tankbot, though unfortunately Potato-kun's usefulness decreases the higher in level and ilvl you get (since your Physick and Sustain starts to lag behind the damage he takes). You get good damage output, but lower survivability. But again, since you depend more on dots and have more instant-casts, you can kite non-ranged mobs around and use potions etc to get some life back.


Aaanyway, ramble over. Hopefully I don't sound too confused ^_~