3rd Life Solo Viable Buuld Request

[Muddon]

Hey everyone!

I was hoping to get some ideas or recommendations for a build to run for my 3rd life on a character.

What I’m looking for:
Able to solo R1 Heroic Content (ideal but not necessary, I just don’t do parties often but I suppose I can work past that)
Translates well into epics (this will be the first time I’ll have taken any character into epic content and haven’t started any epic destinies yet)
Not too dependent on gear (I currently have 300k platinum, but don’t have any crafted gear or gear set aside for leveling)
I don’t have a preference regarding play style other than the fact that I’ve never played a ranged character (other than spell casters)

Information about my character
Will have 36 pt build
Has +4 supreme ability tome with +5 to dex
Has one pl in favored soul, will be finishing this life in Sorc before tring
I have access to all non-iconic classes.

Any advice/ tips would be appreciated!

[Lauf]

Hi,

For me, when I make a solo build I have 3 rules, in order of importance -

1. be able to heal
2. have evasion
3. be able to trap

if you have crazy high saves, you can get by without #3, but since you're soloing, you don't want one bad reflex roll on a trap to ruin your day. and of course, +30% xp is always nice.

with this in mind, on most builds at least 2 rogue levels is the splash of choice, because it covers #2 & #3. be advised though, you should try and get some trapping gear.


self healing will lead you to these obvious few options - fvs, cleric, druid, arti, or a warforged sorc/wiz.
since there isn't much synergy between sorcs and rogues, we can rule that one out.

without good gear, you'd likely want a high int based build, to help with trapping until you can get your gear sorted.

I'd also advise against melee, which of the 3 options (melee/ranged/casting) is the most gear dependent in my opinion, especially as you ramp up the difficulty.
(keep in mind that if you enjoy melee, it can be done, I'm just trying to figure out the optimal build for what you have)

the natural choice for a high int trapping self healing build with evasion seems to be an arti with a rogue splash, all you'll really need is a good crossbow, and it has a nice synergy with rogue enhancement trees.

having said that, there are a ton of viable soloing builds, this is just one idea