Solo AA's

[slyfer]

I have a Illusionist to solo what are the best AA's to solo with and what should I put points in first since I only have 57.

[scl]

I solo a lot - solo and heroic mobs/quests/zones and the usual raid setup works just fine for me. Admittedly, I run in a static group where I'm the main DPS so I've kind of chosen AA's for that. Maybe I would go down WIS line instead of INT if I was only ever going to solo stuff. Also, in the EoF tree I might swap Savante (5) for Lockdown (5), since I don't tend to use Savante when soloing. It may also be worth you putting an extra point in Empty mind instead of Illusory arm. Don't forget you can use time compression on your pet. KoS: AGI: 4,8,8,3,2 INT: 6,4,4,8,2 EoF (in order I took them): Cure arcane (1) Epiphany (5) Synergism (5) Prismatic (5) Momentary Sentiment (5) Savante (5) Illusory Arm (1) Shimmering beam (5) Brainburst (5) Ultraviolet Storm (5) Solar Shower (5) Time Compression (1) Empty Mind (2)

[Ardnahoy]

<cite>slyfer wrote:</cite><blockquote>I have a Illusionist to solo what are the best AA's to solo with and what should I put points in first since I only have 57.</blockquote><p>You will definately want the AGI line no matter what you plan to do with your enchanter. The only real decision is between the WIS or INT line.</p><p>I've done both lines and can tell you that they definately make a difference in how you play. The INT line will double your DPS, especially in groups and raids, but your subjugation spells will be resisted a lot. The WIS line will make your subjugation spells almost irresistable, but your DPS takes a big hit.</p><p>Since you asked about soloing, there are two more factors to consider. If you plan to solo green heroics and below, you can probably afford to go with the INT line. If you plan on soloing blue, even, and/or yellow con heroics, you must have the WIS line - a resisted mez or stun versus a yellow heroic will get you killed. If you just want to solo the normal one arrow junk mobs that litter the world, then go with INT.</p><p>The WIS line is only to be used when you cannot afford to have a resisted subjugation spell. Only certain occasions call for such control, as explained in the previous paragraph.</p><p>In my case, I spend equal time soloing, grouped, and raiding, and I chose WIS because my guild raid leader asked me to. We do enough DPS and he'd rather have a pocket mezzer for the few occasions when perfect mezzing is required. In groups, I often parse in the top one or two slot even without the INT line. When soloing, I appreciate my decision to go WIS every playing minute of unresisted mezzes, stuns and roots.</p>

[BrotherRathgar]

Just go AGI and INT if ya ask me.  Between items common in Nizara and Unrest (and a few other select items) you should have np at all raising Subjugation as much as the WIS line will get you, with gear alone.  Granted you aren't lvl 70 yet, so maybe AGI and WIS will help you get there, but endgame I'd def switch from WIS to INT.  The items I'm referring to (there's a Hat, Sleeves, and 1H Staff at the minimum, but the names are escaping me ATM) aren't even going to replace much of your proc gear in the situations which require you to mez VERY reliably, and proc items are something which you also want in a bad way.

[scl]

<cite>Ardnahoy wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>slyfer wrote:</cite><blockquote>I have a Illusionist to solo what are the best AA's to solo with and what should I put points in first since I only have 57.</blockquote><p>If you plan on soloing blue, even, and/or yellow con heroics, you must have the WIS line - a resisted mez or stun versus a yellow heroic will get you killed. If you just want to solo the normal one arrow junk mobs that litter the world, then go with INT.</p></blockquote> Thats not strictly true. I solo yellow named heroics with the INT line. I also don't have any points in the left hand side of the EoF tree. Even though I primarily solo, I went with the usual DPS raid AA choices. However, I will agree it's a lot safer to go down the WIS line. I'm just saying it's not a must. While I'm here though, and you picked the WIS line can you tell me how well Daydream works?

[Ardnahoy]

Regalia@Guk wrote: <blockquote>Thats not strictly true. I solo yellow named heroics with the INT line. I also don't have any points in the left hand side of the EoF tree. Even though I primarily solo, I went with the usual DPS raid AA choices. However, I will agree it's a lot safer to go down the WIS line. I'm just saying it's not a must. While I'm here though, and you picked the WIS line can you tell me how well Daydream works? </blockquote><p>Regalia, how do you solo ^^^ yellow heroic named with no subjugation bonuses? The INT line, for me, doubled my solo DPS, but I never did more than about 1k solo. Even with the added damage, you still need to keep the mobs off you. A resisted root or stun = 1-hit death. Our pet at master level lasts maybe 10 seconds of non-stunned time. At some point, you will have to disable the mob's ability to hit you, and when I specced out of the WIS line, I got way too many resists versus yellow mobs to stay alive over the course of the encounter. I'd love to know how you do it so that I could add the tactic to my playbook.</p><p>To answer your question, I only have a fleeting suspicion about what Daydream does. The only time I saw it do anything was when I casted it on an add that was roaming near us while we were enganged in a fight. The add briefly went non-agro (the red border around its name went away). The spell only works while you are in combat, and doesn't have a very long casting range. I'll have to experiment further to get a better idea of what it does. </p>

[Gladalf]

Looking for more solo-setups pls post how u have spent your AA´s!!

[Controlor]

<cite>BrotherRathgar wrote:</cite><blockquote>Just go AGI and INT if ya ask me.  Between items common in Nizara and Unrest (and a few other select items) you should have np at all raising Subjugation as much as the WIS line will get you, with gear alone.  Granted you aren't lvl 70 yet, so maybe AGI and WIS will help you get there, but endgame I'd def switch from WIS to INT.  The items I'm referring to (there's a Hat, Sleeves, and 1H Staff at the minimum, but the names are escaping me ATM) aren't even going to replace much of your proc gear in the situations which require you to mez VERY reliably, and proc items are something which you also want in a bad way.</blockquote>Like i said in a previous thread going the wis line lets you trade out your gear to +disrup which helps prevent your colorshower / daze from being stunned which to me is an intergral part of my soloing. Slow but reliable combo i am using is: Stun - Chrono - Nuke - Brainburst - Solar Shower - Tumor - Nuke X3 - Devitalizing Stare - Nuke Mez (repeat when timers pop back up and proc gear a must) Against non-named heroic ^^^ it ranges from 50% hp to 30% (depending con 50% green 30% yellow) per combo. I dont have 100 aa yet and once i do i will add a few more spells to that combo. With 100 aa will hope to be Heroic opp - Stun - Nuke - Brainbust - Ultraviolet Storm - Solar Shower - Tumor - Heroic Opp - Nuke X4 (hope) - Devitalizing Stare - Nuke - Mez Currently my aa's are: Agi: 4-6-4-4 Wis 4-4-4-3 Time compression tree i went 5 into all but Aboish hope (as i dont use that while soloing but will use the other 4) Illusory arms: Cure 2, Insight 5, Synergism 5, Momentary sentiment 5, Savante 5 Remaining 8 pts went Empty mind 5, Lustrous Regalia 5