Solo Healing TSO Instances

[Expired-Account]

I have a few questions...

What instances can you solo heal, in heal spec? in melee spec?

I have only tried Deep Forge, and Scion

Deep forge - A joke to heal except the last named. Every time I try (only about 4 times) I am the only one who gets ported into the lava, and by the time I get back (I use the fae +50% runspeed) to the tank hes gone from green to dead. When I solo heal I am the ONLY one who gets ported, and it happens every single time. When there are 2 healers neither of us get ported. How do you solo heal the last named in deep forge without getting ported, and if you DO get ported how do you get back in time to keep the tank up?

While solo healing Scion in melee spec I would prefer to use my 2hander for increased dps but have to use my epic just to keep mana up. What weapon do you use while in melee spec?

[Oakum]

When I solo healed forge, I was not ported. Just healed and backed up staying behind the tank as he moved the mob around the room.

I always use the epic weapon. I do a lot of ca's when I melee so power is more of a concern for any long fight so the heals having a chance to proc power is a good thing. We can chain our ca's so that most of the time we are casting ca's, not meleeing and if we cant cast a CA when its up, its cause we are healing and dont have time to worry about meleeing anyway.

[Nebbeny]

hm solo healed, Deep forge, hollow tower Scion Anathema Crucible in befallen i've solo healed the first one (caverns?) but not the other two because i dont go often (been to the second one once) Nu'roga And thats it for solo healing atm i think. When i'm solo healing, i tend to keep my myth equiped, i find that currently in my melee spec i lose power too fast because i dont have a whole lot of it. However, if i'm healing with another healer, i tend to put my melee gear on, and wack away, and if i need power in the middle of the fighter, hit my "heal" equip macro, which puts my mythic in my hand, and throw the group heals a few times (usually once or twice for each is enough) and bam, lots of power. Or wait till after the fight and use my heal equip macro and throw a group heal, then hit the melee gear macro again. On the forge thing, yeah i notice that, he really does like to port me when i'm the solo priest, i just hit sprint, run to where the tank is, and let them know i got ported, most tanks have an OS button they can hit to stop damage or heal themselves etc. so we survive. On that note, everytime i do codexicon and i'm preparing to TS, the little [I cannot control my vocabulary] disarms me every friggen time, i can see that he's picking 3 people, but that every time it comes to it, he's picking me. Disarm used to last less time than between it and the AE, but now it lasts just a bit longer so you can't get TS off.

[Emperors]

Nebbeny wrote:

hm solo healed, Deep forge, hollow tower Scion Anathema Crucible in befallen i've solo healed the first one (caverns?) but not the other two because i dont go often (been to the second one once) Nu'roga And thats it for solo healing atm i think. When i'm solo healing, i tend to keep my myth equiped, i find that currently in my melee spec i lose power too fast because i dont have a whole lot of it. However, if i'm healing with another healer, i tend to put my melee gear on, and wack away, and if i need power in the middle of the fighter, hit my "heal" equip macro, which puts my mythic in my hand, and throw the group heals a few times (usually once or twice for each is enough) and bam, lots of power. Or wait till after the fight and use my heal equip macro and throw a group heal, then hit the melee gear macro again. On the forge thing, yeah i notice that, he really does like to port me when i'm the solo priest, i just hit sprint, run to where the tank is, and let them know i got ported, most tanks have an OS button they can hit to stop damage or heal themselves etc. so we survive. On that note, everytime i do codexicon and i'm preparing to TS, the little [I cannot control my vocabulary] disarms me every friggen time, i can see that he's picking 3 people, but that every time it comes to it, he's picking me. Disarm used to last less time than between it and the AE, but now it lasts just a bit longer so you can't get TS off.

The way that I timed my TS was to do it about 2% before the aoe, that way I'd be TS'd before he tried to disarm me.

[Expired-Account]

I healed Forge today and sure enough I was the only one ported to the lava, as you stated I let the group know, and they held out until I showed up with heals.

Nebbeny you sure listed alot of zones! The only way I could possibly see me solo heal those with my gear and spells would be with a absolutely perfect group setup. With only 1 M1 (tide of healing) the rest AD3, only an epic, heal crit at 51% w/ no temps, and heal amt at 490 I don't think I can do much. What kinda group do you do these zones solo with? Does everyone have myths? I am on a pvp server so myths are much more rare.

[Nebbeny]

For the 2% before for AoE thing, aye, that works, i'm just trying to sqeeze every second out of TS that i can (i tell the group that as soon as TS is up, burn it to below 20%) and it used to be possible to do that, they changed it however, so now it's not possible at all if he disarms you, which appears to be every time. Yay.

When solo healing the more difficult zones, it tends to be a guild group, majority of whom have their myths and some of the best pre-contested/maestro/byzola/trak gear, well, half anyway.  Usually have an Guard (our MT) or an SK or a pally (someones alt), though i've only solo healed nuroga with the SK so far.  Typically have a bard or enchanter, rarely both.  Practically always an assassin, and i usually try to get a rogue as well, then a caster dps.

The caster is usually just a random guy from the guild or a pick up, usually the worst dps in the group except me

As far as i go, my gear isn't superb, i missed out on alot of raiding and as a result have 2 pieces of the VP set (though i ditched the gloves atm in favour of the dark mail) but self buffed in my heal gear, i have 83% heal crit i think and 710 heal amount (no temporary items, which could bump that up to 90%)  I dont have tide of healing master, wish i did  I do have the group regen master however, and i recently got photosynthesis master, but that was very recently and long after doing those zones, rest are adept3.

SoE hates me when it comes to masters, i have so far looted a single T8 master i can use, our DS, which when i looked on the broker, was about 15p.  A guild mate has so far looted every single T8 heal except for the two ST heals i believe.  And ofcourse, she scribed them instead of giving them to me *sigh* people these days?

Just to add, when doing the last named in deep forge, you are making certain that the group elemental ward is on as often as you can? I personally hold back with it till the named is close, and dont forget death saves, we have two and they are alot faster than a heal (if the person is worth keeping alive anyway, let the wizzie die i say )

[Emperors]

Nebbeny wrote:

For the 2% before for AoE thing, aye, that works, i'm just trying to sqeeze every second out of TS that i can (i tell the group that as soon as TS is up, burn it to below 20%) and it used to be possible to do that, they changed it however, so now it's not possible at all if he disarms you, which appears to be every time. Yay.

When solo healing the more difficult zones, it tends to be a guild group, majority of whom have their myths and some of the best pre-contested/maestro/byzola/trak gear, well, half anyway.  Usually have an Guard (our MT) or an SK or a pally (someones alt), though i've only solo healed nuroga with the SK so far.  Typically have a bard or enchanter, rarely both.  Practically always an assassin, and i usually try to get a rogue as well, then a caster dps.

The caster is usually just a random guy from the guild or a pick up, usually the worst dps in the group except me

As far as i go, my gear isn't superb, i missed out on alot of raiding and as a result have 2 pieces of the VP set (though i ditched the gloves atm in favour of the dark mail) but self buffed in my heal gear, i have 83% heal crit i think and 710 heal amount (no temporary items, which could bump that up to 90%)  I dont have tide of healing master, wish i did  I do have the group regen master however, and i recently got photosynthesis master, but that was very recently and long after doing those zones, rest are adept3.

SoE hates me when it comes to masters, i have so far looted a single T8 master i can use, our DS, which when i looked on the broker, was about 15p.  A guild mate has so far looted every single T8 heal except for the two ST heals i believe.  And ofcourse, she scribed them instead of giving them to me *sigh* people these days?

Just to add, when doing the last named in deep forge, you are making certain that the group elemental ward is on as often as you can? I personally hold back with it till the named is close, and dont forget death saves, we have two and they are alot faster than a heal (if the person is worth keeping alive anyway, let the wizzie die i say )

Just keep at those TSO instances.  One thing I've noticed is I believe they are on a level 80 smart-loot system.  I can't be lucky enough to be the only one to have looted 7 level 80 masters that were useable for either my guardian or warden since the expansion.  In fact, since the expansion I've only seen 2 out of like 18 masters that have dropped be non-useable by someone in the group and I'm pretty sure those two were not level 80.

[Nebbeny]

Heh, i have gathered over 130 or so shards dude, i was the first on the server to get a mount I've ran these instances to death, SoE just plain doesn't like me

[Arielle Nightshade]

Solo healed Korsha: Atrebe's Laboratory 

/FLEX

[Wclarry]

Ive solo healed every heroic instance in the game including the Varsoon encounter.

None of it is really that hard. It just requires a tight group.

[Avanya]

I've solo healed deep forge, hollow tower, scion, bleh bleh up to Necrotic Asylum....the thing is, it really depends on your tank and your group.  If your tank isn't geared well, it can be difficult or if you have dps that can't manage their aggro, etc. etc..  When I did Necrotic Asylum, it was with well geared, practiced players.  I doubt I could do it with a sub par group.

[Arielle Nightshade]

I've been solo healing a lot since my earlier post - did the Palace of Ferzhul up to the Library before we ran out of time, the other day,  but....Like Larry said, it's about your group setup, their gear and the tank.  Doesn't hurt to know your class :;grin:: but the rest of the group has to know theirs too.  

There are some instances only an exceptional PuG will be able to do - most of the harder encounters require that everyone be on their best behavior, and there is no room for mistakes in a lot of cases.   For now.  This will change as we all get geared up, and I'm sure some of the content will be nerfed.

[StaticLex]

NT

[Eugam]

Expired-Account wrote:

I have a few questions...

What instances can you solo heal, in heal spec? in melee spec?

I have only tried Deep Forge, and Scion

Deep forge - A joke to heal except the last named. Every time I try (only about 4 times) I am the only one who gets ported into the lava, and by the time I get back (I use the fae +50% runspeed) to the tank hes gone from green to dead. When I solo heal I am the ONLY one who gets ported, and it happens every single time. When there are 2 healers neither of us get ported. How do you solo heal the last named in deep forge without getting ported, and if you DO get ported how do you get back in time to keep the tank up?

While solo healing Scion in melee spec I would prefer to use my 2hander for increased dps but have to use my epic just to keep mana up. What weapon do you use while in melee spec?

We are talking about a warden with enough AA to reach the end abilities ?

As the others said. It depends so much on the group. Without peeling, unneccessary adds and a solid tank it is much more doable. I am forced to PUG a lot and wouldnt want to solo heal anything but Anathema. Once i was with a full fabled group of another guild who needed a heal early morning. They almost need no heals The difference is tremendous.

I only use the fabled. When doing hard grey group quests solo i use a katana from SoS with a power leech adornment. That way it has two power leech procs and is better for gaining power then the fabled. But thats very situational.

[Jaith]

OK glad to see this thread because I came to our forum today hoping for some input on just this topic.  Will say its rather intimidating to even ask for help/guidance here with all these replies and discussion of mythical and fabled and geared groups, etc.  But I will try.

Quick background - just 80 warden a few months ago - in a small, very casual, non-raiding guild, that is only now having more than a couple folks at lv80.  So no months of running Kunark dungeons for gear, we havent actually cleared MC yet but we go in for epic updates in all RoK dungeons as often as possible.   Personally - I have my fabled (cant afford heal crit adornment yet) weapon, some good base items from Chardok, VoES, CoA, etc, quest reward charm from Evernight, the shield quest reward from CoAfflicted, 3 pieces of T1 shard (helm, chest, shoulders).  Fabled quest jewelry reward from Fens.  Thats about it.  All Adept III's but no masters yet on heals.

I have healed exclusively in past games including heavy progression raiding.  So I am not a total stranger to scripts, boss fights, etc.

My challenge/problem/frustration is trying to help myself and my friends in even the easiest TSO instances.  We so far havent cleared Deep Forge with the instance set at lv80.  We have cleared Scion of Ice but only when our illusionist is on.  We have no bards at 80 yet, and no scouts except a ranger.  We have wizards, tanks (including a brawler or two), some healers and an enchanter.  We understand that we need better class mix but even with our best mix ever and what should have been enough dps to take out the forgemaster, I couldnt keep the group alive.  On Crum guy in center of Deep Forge, I couldnt keep the tank up. 

My question to you more experienced is, what should I be looking for, or what kind of spell rotation might help me keep everyone alive once the forge master starts that aoe elemental dot.  I have tried using my group cure but it doesnt seem to affect it.  Ive tried to keep heals rolling on the tank and throwing in my group hots regardless of damage to make sure they are ticking before he starts that huge aoe.  Ive tried timing to spam my elemental ward.  So far, Ive been unsuccessful   I know a bit of it is inexperience with the class still in these types of boss fights but I am just so frurstrated and I feel like Im letting my friends down.

We also try the Crum the Overseer guy in the center and with spores up, interventions, elemental wards, rolling my hots, fairies, trees, everything I can throw out there and still cant get past this guy either.  The tank is an SK with no masters but decent items from Kunark dungeons and 4 pieces of T1 shard.

I guess I'm just wondering what I am doing wrong.  For you all to just name off the list of dungeon after dungeon you solo heal with ease, I feel like its time to reroll

[WTFRU]

First of all let me say, I am Mythical'd but not fully fabled.

I have successfully solo healed everything in Befallen, Lava Storm, EverFrost, both OOA and AOB, and the first 2 guk zones. I have also solo healed the first 3 named in POF but we didn't get a chance to go any feather.

My groups are usually some fabled gear but rarely any avatar loot, if we have scouts in the group with an illy i get TC otherwise any mages they get it, I just got the healing stance and dps stance so i really haven't had a chance to test out what i can and can't solo heal with that.

In raids i heal through 2 jewel of amensity(i know that probably isn't spelled right) and 5 chokers including myself (the 2 with jewels also have chokers) and am still able to parse 3k+ on every fight. The most i've HPS i've done is 3.3k but i know i can easy do 4-5k with enough group damage.

any questions feel free to message me blackburrow.guna

[Melkor_S]

we've done all t8 heroic instance with one warden (incl. varsoon) without any probs.

our group (no avatar-loot, just vp, t8 heroic instance an some tso raidsetitems, 195 - 200 AA):

guardian

warden

coercer

illusionist

troubador

conjuror

[Oakum]

Arielle Nightshade wrote:

Solo healed Korsha: Atrebe's Laboratory 

/FLEX

Good job. I only got to the final named. Course it might have had something to do with the nonfabled gaurd/dps we had and running out of time for pulls on the final named.

[Oakum]

Silithe@Unrest wrote:

OK glad to see this thread because I came to our forum today hoping for some input on just this topic.  Will say its rather intimidating to even ask for help/guidance here with all these replies and discussion of mythical and fabled and geared groups, etc.  But I will try.

Quick background - just 80 warden a few months ago - in a small, very casual, non-raiding guild, that is only now having more than a couple folks at lv80.  So no months of running Kunark dungeons for gear, we havent actually cleared MC yet but we go in for epic updates in all RoK dungeons as often as possible.   Personally - I have my fabled (cant afford heal crit adornment yet) weapon, some good base items from Chardok, VoES, CoA, etc, quest reward charm from Evernight, the shield quest reward from CoAfflicted, 3 pieces of T1 shard (helm, chest, shoulders).  Fabled quest jewelry reward from Fens.  Thats about it.  All Adept III's but no masters yet on heals.

I have healed exclusively in past games including heavy progression raiding.  So I am not a total stranger to scripts, boss fights, etc.

My challenge/problem/frustration is trying to help myself and my friends in even the easiest TSO instances.  We so far havent cleared Deep Forge with the instance set at lv80.  We have cleared Scion of Ice but only when our illusionist is on.  We have no bards at 80 yet, and no scouts except a ranger.  We have wizards, tanks (including a brawler or two), some healers and an enchanter.  We understand that we need better class mix but even with our best mix ever and what should have been enough dps to take out the forgemaster, I couldnt keep the group alive.  On Crum guy in center of Deep Forge, I couldnt keep the tank up. 

My question to you more experienced is, what should I be looking for, or what kind of spell rotation might help me keep everyone alive once the forge master starts that aoe elemental dot.  I have tried using my group cure but it doesnt seem to affect it.  Ive tried to keep heals rolling on the tank and throwing in my group hots regardless of damage to make sure they are ticking before he starts that huge aoe.  Ive tried timing to spam my elemental ward.  So far, Ive been unsuccessful   I know a bit of it is inexperience with the class still in these types of boss fights but I am just so frurstrated and I feel like Im letting my friends down.

We also try the Crum the Overseer guy in the center and with spores up, interventions, elemental wards, rolling my hots, fairies, trees, everything I can throw out there and still cant get past this guy either.  The tank is an SK with no masters but decent items from Kunark dungeons and 4 pieces of T1 shard.

I guess I'm just wondering what I am doing wrong.  For you all to just name off the list of dungeon after dungeon you solo heal with ease, I feel like its time to reroll

Unfortuneately it it tough to solo heal as a warden when youa and the tank are still gearing up. We just don't have the group buffs that shaman and clerics have.

Instead of trying to solo heal use a second healer of the cleric or shaman pursasion until you and the tank build up your shard gear and aa's.

When it gets to the point where you dont have to back up heal for the other healer (assuming its a healer like yourself who is just starting) you can solo heal usually from that point on in a zone.

[ScubaEtte]

Heres a link to my guy   http://eq2players.station.sony.com/...terId=493502121 , as you see not too geared and i have 1-2 heal masters and about half my buffs m1.  But with that said i can heal a very nicely geared wizzy tanking all befallen(minus necrotic), all lava, all everfrost, ooA, anchor, and sunken .    ussual hps is 700-1200 for zone wides.  im starting to get the gear i want with only healer on during the day most of the time.  so soon it will be solo heal PoF and guk zones for me