Is it true that Mystics are the most effective class at soloing T7/T8 Heroic MOBs?

[ExtremeFaji]

I'm just determining what characters I am going to play on my account, and I want a good mix of group and solo capable options. Although I had not seen Mystic mentioned in the "what is the best solo class" threads, one veteral player mentioned that Mystics could solo T7/T8 Heroic MOBs easier than any other class and I thought that if that was true, why I hadn't seen Mystic mentioned before in these threads. Is this true but just something not that many players are aware of?

[Banditman]

We can solo some heroics, with the right gear, right AA's, right plan . . . and a bit of luck.  It's not something a Mystic would do "just because we can".Rangers can do it fairly well if they have some room to work with.  Summoners can do it.The bottom line however is that the person behind the keyboard is the most important component of any avatar.

[thedu]

There are a lot "if's" to soloing heroics as a Mystic.  Some of it is gear, spells, potions, and other misc items that you can use on a mob, i.e. Brock's Thermal Shocker.  So far with some of the soloing gear in T8 I have been able to take down ^ heroic 1 or 2 level's higher.  The only one that gave me problems was the named lion in JW -- took me three tries on that one.   However, I think these are somewhat watered down.   So far I haven't been able to take down ^^^ named mobs,  but before the expansion I was taking down 9 levels below ^^^ mobs in loping plains -- but that was still tricky.If you really want to beat ^^^ at near equal levels, imho, a mystic is not the way to go.  It takes a lot of gear, spells, and skill to do it just right.  Go with a necro or similar.

[Effi]

Just to clear some stuff up-In T7 mobs didn't as hard as they do in T8, and in T7 we definately had the ability to take on even con ^^^ mobs with a fairly good chance at winning. A ^^^ in RoK isn't really something to even mess around with nowadays but a ^ is totally managable as a Mystic. We have to go toe to toe with everything we fight so most heroic mobs can really trash us. We do have the survivability of wards/heals and debuffs to take on challenging content (yellow con ^ names and such) in melee that many other classes would have a harder time dealing with, but that doesn't mean its a cake walk and again I reiterate, heroic T8 really is heroic. Not to say I haven't managed a few kills here and there but it's well the exception than the rule.If all you want is to be able solo heroics, your only options are root/nukers or kiters- you might not have the best ability to take a hit but played right your target will die, any class that has to toe-to-toe a heroic mob in T8 will fail 9 times out of 10 (barring any exceptional abilities such as miracles, endgame gear etc)

[Gutwren]

Eh yea, classes that can avoid being hit are the only ones that can solo Heroic T8 right now it seems.

[Finora]

<p>Would depend on the mob in question as well. Not all ^^^ are created equal lol.</p><p>I solo'd a lvl 75^^^ caster type mob at 73 (that I wasn't supposed to =/ I broke a quest doing it ) with not much issue. Most other ^^^? No way. I think the one I killed was just a wimp.</p>

[Thunderthyze]

<cite>thedump wrote:</cite><blockquote>The only one that gave me problems was the named lion in JW -- took me three tries on that one.  </blockquote>Pardon? Are we talking Ironfang? I took him down at level 76 with no trouble whatsoever......may have even dragged a Cockatrice add. During beta he was unbeatable as he was immune to EVERY sort of damage. Not so now.....like all the yellow ^ nameds.....pretty easy. No speacial tactics needed at all.

[thedu]

<cite>Holymoly@Runnyeye wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>thedump wrote:</cite><blockquote>The only one that gave me problems was the named lion in JW -- took me three tries on that one.  </blockquote>Pardon? Are we talking Ironfang? I took him down at level 76 with no trouble whatsoever......may have even dragged a Cockatrice add. During beta he was unbeatable as he was immune to EVERY sort of damage. Not so now.....like all the yellow ^ nameds.....pretty easy. No speacial tactics needed at all.</blockquote>No. The other one for the Clan Stormshield quest. Start's with a P....

[Sandain666]

<cite>ExtremeFajita wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I'm just determining what characters I am going to play on my account, and I want a good mix of group and solo capable options. Although I had not seen Mystic mentioned in the "what is the best solo class" threads, one veteral player mentioned that Mystics could solo T7/T8 Heroic MOBs easier than any other class and <b>I thought that if that was true, why I hadn't seen Mystic mentioned before in these threads</b>. </p><p>Many of us ,including myself, fear the nerf bat. Participating in these "who is the best at ..." threads just draws jealousy from other classes who then in turn say things like " Mystics should not be able to (insert something mystics do marginaly well) more than my(insert class). Please increase my ability. Mystics should not be able to beat me in this regard" . Usually this kind of complaint ends up with mystics getting nerfed.</p><p><b>Is this true but just something not that many players are aware of?</b></p><p>It is true to a certain extent. There are way too many variables involved in gear and individual skill level to make a blanket statement like "Mystics could solo T7/T8 Heroic MOBs easier than any other class" true by any means.</p></blockquote>

[Banditman]

Pharnyx or something like that.  I didn't really have much trouble with him, nor the named Wurm (Grimebelly) at the very end of the Stormshield line.  They both hit pretty hard, but die fairly quickly.

[sprogn]

<p>A well played illusionist will probably be the games best heroic soloer (mez/root/nuke/rest/repeat), followed by summoners (Planarshifted tank pet still kicks [Removed for Content] even in RoK) and sorcerers (root/nuke).</p><p>Out of the priests, Mystic and Fury are pretty close imo, a well specced melee mystic with damage adorns, decent mit and a good shield will shred a lot of mobs, but we are let down by the cast times on the wards.  Furies can work the root/nuke tactic if they are skilled.  Melee wardens are probably up there with them too.</p><p>I cry when I see our guild templar soloing <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.</p><p>After that, high dps fighters and scouts.</p><p>Any very skilled player will turn all that upside down though.  I've seen troubadors take down yellow ^^^'s because they knew what they were doing...</p>