I've been playing a ff/pp defender who's now lvl 43. He can solo pretty well although I wouldn't recommend it. Defenders are mostly team players and soloing one to 50 is gonna take a whole lot more time. But if you plan to do it anyway...
... A set of suggestion:
1)Pools: Leadership(buff),teleport(travel,run away),concealment(mostly for ghosting),fitness(usual reasons) - if u wanna change something get rid of tp and concealment and use superspeed and presence.
2)Try to snipe and pull as much as you can. Defenders are not meant to take big mobs alone. Whenever in such a situation, I use AoE powers, forcebolt and will domination totake away as much of the aggro as I can. Doesn't work everytime though and you have to pick the baddies to use them on. As a general rule try not to disturb lieuts and bosses before clearing the minions.
3)Slot your powers carefully (using the test server or a toon builder will help a lot).
4)Ghost missions as much as you can.
5)If u plan to get psychic wail find a way to overcome the endurance drain. I use an endurance inspiration and dark consumption but (as you probably know) you can't get that untill you reach lvl 41.Not to mention that you have to slot it to work properly!
6)Choose your enemies! Think of their powers.
7)Use the respecs wisely!
Well I could probably write suggestions all night, but I think you get the general idea.
If you want to rush in and exterminate the baddies, don't even try soloing a def! It takes a lot of time and thinking.
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I've been playing a ff/pp defender who's now lvl 43. He can solo pretty well although I wouldn't recommend it. Defenders are mostly team players and soloing one to 50 is gonna take a whole lot more time. But if you plan to do it anyway...
... A set of suggestion:
1)Pools: Leadership(buff),teleport(travel,run away),concealment(mostly for ghosting),fitness(usual reasons) - if u wanna change something get rid of tp and concealment and use superspeed and presence.
2)Try to snipe and pull as much as you can. Defenders are not meant to take big mobs alone. Whenever in such a situation, I use AoE powers, forcebolt and will domination totake away as much of the aggro as I can. Doesn't work everytime though and you have to pick the baddies to use them on. As a general rule try not to disturb lieuts and bosses before clearing the minions.
3)Slot your powers carefully (using the test server or a toon builder will help a lot).
4)Ghost missions as much as you can.
5)If u plan to get psychic wail find a way to overcome the endurance drain. I use an endurance inspiration and dark consumption but (as you probably know) you can't get that untill you reach lvl 41.Not to mention that you have to slot it to work properly!
6)Choose your enemies! Think of their powers.
7)Use the respecs wisely!
Well I could probably write suggestions all night, but I think you get the general idea.
If you want to rush in and exterminate the baddies, don't even try soloing a def! It takes a lot of time and thinking.
If you decide to do it though, I asure it's fun
Lol, think I'm gonna write a guide!!
Have fun!!!
BlueL