Best char to solo elites?

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Thinking about making a character to farm elite dragons for scales in the
distant future. I went for a rogue, but you guys got a tip for a better
soloer? Don't say warlock, because that is my main, and he doesn't have
skinning. And I don't want to make the same char again.

Cheers,
Agin

 

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Well, even though you want to make a new character, Warlocks *DO* solo
Elites really well. That's just the truth.

But for farming Dragons, I'd consider a Druid. They have a spell that
works just like Banish but for Dragonkin instead of Demons. Plus
there's no substitute for Stealth and a nice travel form when it comes
to gather-toons. The only downside about the Druid is their DPS isn't
great.

Other than that, consider a Mage. Sure, it's alot like the Warlock, but
with far superior AoE damage you can farm huge numbers of grey mobs
*very* quickly.

And then there's Hunters. They make good solo'ers too. But against
Dragons they have nothing special that the Warlock doesn't as well (ie
Pet to tank).

 

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> Thinking about making a character to farm elite dragons for scales
> in the distant future.

Which dragons did you hav ein mind?

Druids can certainly do the job. I suspect Shaman and Paladins can too.
The real key is not DPS but being able to take a beating and self heal.


I can solo the Devilsaurs (which yeild the most profitable skinnging
drops in the game, I believe) in Un'goro Crater if I don't pick up
adds, which can be tough as they do fear you. Remember, not all elites
are created equal. I can solo the 59 elite boss Yeti in Winterspring
fairly easily, but the 58 elite Zombies in the town south of Stratholme
are completely out of reach.

Regards,
Noal

 

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> Paladin. I might not be as fast as some others, but the combination of
> plate-armor and self-heal makes me nearly impossible to kill. Rogue can
> probably farm lower-level elites, but anything reasonably close in level
> will live through the stunlock and then eat them alive.
>

Problem is tho, I play Horde
I was aiming for the red and blue dragonkin in Wetlands, Winterspring and
Aszhara. So I guess I continue with engineering/mining for my rogue. That
leaves me with 6 other characters. Got 1 of each, the warlock at 60, rest
from 7-21.

Agin

 

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Druid, hmm.... 2nd choice is .... Druid, and 3th is ...... Druid !!!

 

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well there's got to be a better class than Rogues to do it with, I can tell
you that. The elite Blue Dragonkin's in Azshara are tedious and painful
with a Rogue. Yes, I kill them, but I can only attack the melee ones
because the ranged ones don't care if I snare or slow their run speed with
poisons. And even the melee ones are dangerous because they have a lot of
hit points and rogues don't have heal spells.

Despite your reluctance, a Warlock or Hunter is the go-to class for Dragon
hunting. Kiting is basically the safest way to bring one down.

Xanex....UndeadRogueazon, miss your 5-point Kidney Shot with your rogue on
an elite dragonkin and it's time to hit the Vanish button.


"Aginrikr" <aginrikr@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thinking about making a character to farm elite dragons for scales in the
> distant future. I went for a rogue, but you guys got a tip for a better
> soloer? Don't say warlock, because that is my main, and he doesn't have
> skinning. And I don't want to make the same char again.
>
> Cheers,
> Agin
>

 

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"Mroczny Baranek" <mroczny@baranek.No_sPaM.eu.org> wrote:

> Druid, hmm.... 2nd choice is .... Druid, and 3th is ...... Druid !!!

Thanks god this came from someone else
However, soloing elites means to outlast them, which means some sort
of healing is at least very useful, if not even required. I guess a
shaman would do an even better job due to his better offensive
abilities. I would say shamen/palas or druids are the right classes
for this job.

Chris

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