Best Soloing Hero/Villain?

I'm curious as to what everyone thinks is THE best soloing combo of AT and powerset in the game. By best I mean:

<ul type="square">Good from level 1 onwards.

Well balanced - so none that are, say, very survivable but not very hard hitting until late on (Bots/FF I'm looking at you when I say that...)

Not dependant on an IO build - good with only TOs/DOs and eventually SOs.[/list]So, what do you think?

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SS/WP Brute.

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I'm curious as to what everyone thinks is THE best soloing combo of AT and powerset in the game. By best I mean:

<ul type="square">Good from level 1 onwards.

Well balanced - so none that are, say, very survivable but not very hard hitting until late on (Bots/FF I'm looking at you when I say that...)

Not dependant on an IO build - good with only TOs/DOs and eventually SOs.[/list]So, what do you think?

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Most scrapper /brutes

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Pinnacle
Langar Thurs-Katana/SR 50; Hejtmane-DM/DA 50
Rogue Spear-Spines/DA 50; Hypnosis-Ill/Rad 50
Sir Thomas Theroux-DM/SR 50; Melted Copper-Fire/Shield 50
Byzantine Warrior-DB/ELA 50;Blade Tempo-50 DB/EA

Claws/Regen scrapper. Think I died twice solo in 50 levels. Teams could get me killed now and then if they were trying hard enough.

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I'd have to go with a Bots / Traps Mastermind. There are other combos that solo faster in low levels, and like most MMs the low 20s are a pain, but even in those situations you solo decently well. Bots / Traps can solo their way to 32 without too much trouble and after they get there they become absolutely incredible... the big deciding factor to me is the fact that at higher levels they can solo a fair number of AVs without IOs or temp powers, and can even solo a few giant monsters without a billion-inf super-build.

Just be sure to take a couple of personal attacks at low levels and get Acid Mortar as soon as you can... you'll solo significantly faster than Bots/FF. You can always respec out of the personal attacks later on (I'd do it at 24 or 26).

If you have no interest in soloing AVs, Katana/Regen or Katana/WP Scrappers are really good right out of the box. For redside, you can't go wrong with a good old fashioned SS/WP Brute. Really, almost any Scrapper or Brute is a solo beast, it's just that they need expensive builds to take on AVs and Bots/Traps MMs don't.

(Though after the Dominator changes, a Mind/Energy Dom is looking like an absolute beast...)

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Cascade, level 50 Blaster (NRG/NRG since before it was cool)
Mechmeister, level 50 Bots / Traps MM
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SS/WP Brute.

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Yup.

My recommendations hero side:

Kat/Regen scrapper - QR at level 4 / Divine Avalanche at 8
Ill/Rad troller - AM at 4 / Deceive at level 6

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Haaaate SS for brutes, I just don't see the appeal in flooring your own damage every few minutes. Stone Melee's where it's at.

That said, a Fire/Fire scrapper is definitely a contender. Powerful self heal, and if you can get your hands on a knockback protection IO (to slip into either one of your shields, or into combat jumping) then you're golden.

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I'm curious as to what everyone thinks is THE best soloing combo of AT and powerset in the game. By best I mean:

<ul type="square">Good from level 1 onwards.

Well balanced - so none that are, say, very survivable but not very hard hitting until late on (Bots/FF I'm looking at you when I say that...)

Not dependant on an IO build - good with only TOs/DOs and eventually SOs.[/list]So, what do you think?

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it varies on what you're fighting.

for red side due to the mag 4 hold, stone melee is a superior boss hunter. it's also an end hog of a primary and i've found i had end problems with all brute secondaries except willpower when paired with stone melee before io's - quick recovery AND stamina of course. fault is also a fantastic control to give wp's regen time to work when overwhelmed (except when in cimerora and they dont wanna go down!)

redside also thugs/traps or bots/traps are good. thugs is a little easier than bots due to having high dmg, fast recharging aoe's starting at level 12 and unlike bots, thugs/traps can softcap all of their pets defensively post io's - bots probots will never be softcapped unless you also dip into the leadership pool.

blueside it's mostly scrappers who shine 1-50. controllers can do it, but it's quite slow before you get your pets and your secondary is fleshed out. plants seeds of confusion is INSANELY powerful though once you have it and have slots in it. pop that bad boy and go to town with the aoe's.


if you want to also be able to solo av's, redside the best at to do it without temp powers or io's are thugs or bots/traps mm's. there are other mm's that can of course solo av's, but tehre will be some av's that just munch them. thugs or bots with traps is a better overall combination for every av/hero you have to deal with redside - and they are harder redside than blue

blue pre io's you're again looking at scrappers and controllers. i only have a fire/kin and ill/rad controllers at 50 blue side. the ill rad is an av machine the fire/kin not so much but it depends on the av in question. my dm/regen scrapper never really had any issue with any av's blue side. my dm/invuln had issues with some heavy psi using av's. i've never tried to solo an av with my old tankers - no fear of dying just took too damned long.

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