[silverdragon72]

19. combat tests of different builds (solo)

Originally Posted by silverdragon72

tested the "assassin", the "kensai", cleric & sorc build(all described in the FAQ) in all of the major battles (including IUZ) stand-alone - with the following results:

assassin:
+ absolutely no problems in all major temple battles
+ can sneak next to the main threat
+ with a sneak first strike (full attack) he kills casters in one round and and most others in two
+ "normal" enemies will only hit him with a natural 20
+ has extremly good saves

kensai:
+ there are only very few enemies who could hit her with less then 20
+ very good against larger enemy groups
+ and doesn't need to care about saves at all (very important when soloing)
- but needs longer to kill some of the big bosses with very high AC

cleric:
+ does a good job soloing
- but is far behind the other two (problems against high AC - not the best AC
+ some good self-buffing spells

sorc:
- really hard against enemies SR and good saves - when she has to rely on melee
+ but some defensive spells and with lots of potions not completely impossible


biggest problem when soloing:
- it's not that easy to reach level 4 or 5
- you will get in real trouble with a solo level 2 or 3 PC in the moathouse !
- trying to get EXP via resting will need a reload in most cases after a date with 2 or 3 trolls !


solo-fun:

soloing with the Alu-demon (you need to keep on PC in the background)

.