best for soloing ???

I would love to know what powersets are the best for solo play.
was thinking dark/dark dm/sr, km/sr,km/wp, but not sure if any of those would work out at high lvls say if i wanted to solo bosses,AV's. but in any case i'm looking for something that does good damage,survivability and all the ones i mentioned are just ideas myself but dunno how they would pan out at later lvl's. however i'm open to suggestions for anything not mentioned lol.

Of the ones you listed I'd say for decent sized groups, dark\dark because of it's decent resists, heal(s), and endurance recovery. For small groups and one-on-one, DM\SR is exceptionately powerful. Even in large groups DM\SR does well, but dark\dark kills faster between the two (and /dark has soul transfer..which i <3).

The standard run of the mill (FoTM I suppose) has always been Super Strength\Willpower for straight up 1-50 mayhem solo. It's a solid combo.

That being said there aren't many brute combos that can't solo well (actually none that I can think of)...just that some do better with large vs. small groups better.

ok so what would you suggest for something different that alot aren't doing just say if i wanted to try and be original that works.

I wouldn't recommend Dark Melee because it practically doesn't have AoE and there are sets that have both great AoE and ST damage. Thus, I'd recommend Claws, Dual Blades, Fiery Melee, Kinetic Melee (less AoE but stronger ST than average), Super Strength or War Mace. Of the secondaries, the only one I'd outright recommend against is Stone because it's either a complete and utter end hog, or you're slow like a thousand years old turtle. Energy Aura is interesting but a late bloomer and I wouldn't recommend it unless you plan to pimp your toon out with sets. Fiery Aura and Electric Armor will feel squishy from about 20 until you get Tough/Weave and Energize in the case of Electric.

The definition of "best" varies, and pretty much any combo of primary and secondary can be best if you build for its strengths and if you pick the right combo for your style of play. This last bit is actually the most important one.

ok so which ones can i get a good amount of self buffs for ?
i got a look at a sg member who had SR and handled groups pretty good.
but can't remember what the primary was lol.
ok so what is a "Early Bloomer" ?

Something different, good for soloing... hmm...

I'd go either Stone/Fire or Stone/Elec. I have a Stone/Elec that I love dearly, and especially so once I got Power Sink.

Honestly, with Stone Melee you kinda don't even need a secondary.

An "early bloomer" is a set that gets its great/iconic powers early on, like Stone Melee or Fire Blast. "Late bloomers" are sets that don't come together until near the end, such as Stone Armor or Super Reflexes.

Ah gotcha thanks for some ideas.

It depends what you want for soloing, some sets are better than others for different tasks. Claws is a pretty good early blooming set with good AoE and decent ST damage.

Just throught I'd throw a couple ides out there- for me soloing is about self-sustaining SMASH, being able to keep going fast, fast, fast.

That means healing yourself, recovering end quickly, and not being too squishy that you wind up dying in the next spawn because you took too much damage beating this one.

If you want to solo AVs, then you have to look at DPS too.

DM/Shield/Mu- ST damage, Heal, End Recovery, AoE damage, Capped Defense- absolute demon.

And the one that comes out of left field Stone/Dark/Energy. Mag 4 perma stun, awesome heal, damage aura, layered defense, AoE attacks, tons of KD, and slotted correctly recovering over 5 eps- late, late bloomer, but sooooo smashtastic.

I find SS/Elec a monster for soloing. But it is a late bloomer. Once you reach 35, and have both Foot Stomp and Power Sink, you become an offensive juggernaut and all you need is some defense from IO's.

I was soloing Arachnos x8 with bosses at 35.