Best solo'ing AT/powerset?

So, I have been having a teaming problem lately. I can get any toon I want to level 20ish with the sewer trial teams. Making teams for that is easy peasy, and its great xp. . .

But after that I have a hard time finding or creating teams on the virtue server. Now this may be primarily due to my time difference because I am currently in Germany (Army) and the virtue server is a US server, so I am 6-9 hours ahead of the server time. . . But my brother plays on virtue and we play together. I am also hoping to be back stationed stateside within the next 3-6 months (long story).

So my question is what is good solo class for leveling after level 20ish? Something who can kill stuff quickly, and yet hold their own when I start to get beat on.

Im kind of hoping for something that can take on like at least +0x3 at least, if it can take more, by all means, let me know.

Also I am a VIP subscriber.

Thanks in advance.

While leveling up, I'd say either a Scrapper or a Brute. Pretty much any primary/secondary combination will work, although I'd probably go with a primary that has AoE potential combined with either WP or Invuln.

Scrapper or Brute are the two fastest soloing AT's. That said any AT can solo even and Emp/* defender. And by solo I mean solo all the way to 50. The key is speed. The Scrapper/Brute are at the top of speed list while the Emp/* Defender is at the bottom of speed list.

After Scrappers/Brutes you have Mastermind and then it gets fuzzy and more about personal style than any specific AT being better than any other one.

so what about something like a StJ/stone armor brute? StJ/Inv scrapper/brute? Or. . . gimme some good powerset combo's lol

Street Justice/Willpower Brutes seem to be an awfully common combination right now. My new main that I'm leveling is one of these. It's great!

However, I'd love to hear why the powerset gurus out there feel Willpower is so great. It is working out pretty well on this new toon of mine, but it is like a multi-function printer. Being a mixture of Invuln, Super Reflexes, and Regen, it is supplying a little of each but is great at none of them. As such, the DEF, Res, and regen/recovery rates all look rather weak when compared to their dedicated counterparts (obviously). Is there a reason why having a little of all three is better than having a lot from just one (like Invulnerability)?

The 3 things back each other up. When a hit gets through the Defense, the resistance lowers the amount of damage taken, and the regen speeds up healing that damage. A straight Defense set like SR relies almost exclusively on not getting hit. If they do, they take almost all the damage and don't heal it very quickly. Regen takes the hit, but relies on healing it very quickly before taking too much, which can not work too well if they are hit by a really big alpha.

That is basically why Inv and WP are generally considered the top 2 tank sets after Stone. They both have layered defenses, just in different combinations.

Have you considered a temporary home on a former EU server? Roll up a new character or two on Defiant or Union, and get your teaming fix there when your brother isn't playing. If you end up really liking the character, you'll have a use for a VIP server transfer when you go home.

Mind/Psi Dominator. No Joke. You can solo every story arc on the hardest setting. Pretty much without taking damage if you realllly wanted to. No worries about boss-level alpha strikes, hold and sleep everyone kill them at your lesisure. Elite Boss? no problem.

I am going to suggest a Energy Melee/Shield Defense Brute. You don't see too many of them (at least, I don't) and they pack a really mean punch.

I'll echo the */* combo, though i do love my claws/elec brute, and I've falling in love with my stj/wp brute (for different reasons)

If you want a character that can solo pretty well, and still work decently on teams, make a */nin stalker. You'll have all the defense of SR, plus a nice heal on a quick recharge, and some nice toys to play with. My kin/nin is my goto character for when i just want to solo and pound things in the face.

While the melee types are certainly capable, I can't belive nobody has mentioned mastermind. You ARE the team.

With every one saying brute's and scrapper's I'm have to ask have you looked at MM's?

I have a Merc/Dark an he solos every thing, minion-AV/GM. An you do clip though missions faster than you would think.

Yeah I'll echo that, I have a necro/dark MM that is nearing 30 and has solo'ed the entire time, with a death count in the single digits still.

Of my 4 best soloers, 1 is a scrapper (DM/SR), 1 is a brute (DM/WP), and 2 are Masterminds (Thugs/Pain and Bots/Traps). All 4 perform about evenly. I've also had success with some stalkers after i got the hang of them. Your personal taste tends to make a difference as well. If you're having fun playing your character, they tend to perform better.

I'm wierd with my times, and I can be quiet when on - so sometimes I can go for weeks without teaming when it turns out that way.

First fifty was a scrapper (Dark/Dark, awesome fun, only real hole is KB), then I had a Mastermind, Tank, Blaster, Scrapper, Controller, Defender (D3).

After 20 Controllers start maturing, and non-mind controllers start rocking after 32 (especially ones with secondaries like Sonic or Rad which actively help you vs Force Field or Empathy, both of which are much more team oriented.)

Necro/Dark was a fun MM, although your zombies might feel a little squishy until 25+ (32 they get a self heal) - also having fun with a Necro/Traps, but the lack of an AoE heal was felt prior to 32.

I have solo'd every arc redside, multiple times. Always with a Brute. SS/Will, SS/Invul. I would not do Stone armor. It has the absolute worst brute armor values pre-tier 9. And IMO the tier 9 is very bad. (sooo many reasons, you get a generic look, rech pen, movement pen, etc....)

Scrapper is a very good choice. With a Brute you build up momentum and use it to crush peeps (the Fury Bar) and that can be a real trick soloing, cause you gotta get the right mix of enhancements/insp for survivability and speed. You cannot slow down. Why Willpower works great there, it can be very challenging with Invul. with a Scrapper you are doing very good damage stone cold, and can rest w/e.

I have solo'd all blueside arcs to 25 on a Blaster. It is challenging, but can be done. With that guy I even did the entire last mission of the old Posi alone (team abandoned, sigh) Took quite a while, but it was doable. The old Posi had an EB at the end, and he wont go down the vators near him.....I sniped a lot lol. I can solo some stuff with my 50 Blaster, but it is better if I set to easy mode. The theory is you Assassin an entire spawn before it can even hit you. My blaster is short on AoE. So I have to use a lot of strategy.

I am thinking of soloing the game again, wish I could do both sides w/o switching back and forth lol. But it is very interesting to see the stories develop. I am glad they are making it so choices made affect the world, very nice. I am considering using a grav/nrg dom. in many ways the worst dom, and the powers are difficult. Grav came from trollers and they didnt tailor it, they just grafted it on like a bad third limb. But I like the Dom system, and the concepts of grav/nrg power just works for a lot of my concepts. Good luck in your choices.