Soloing Overview Guide - an introduction for all classes

By Durendillehunt Updated: 2018/11/15

solo a 40-man raid bossSoloing as a conceptWhat is Soloing?Casual soloing

there is little preparation needed and few adaptations to talents or gear

the chance of dying or failure is low

the soloer is really overgeared

the number of tries required is small - it shouldn't take more than a few hours

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The challenge. People climb mountains because they are there, and players solo because it's challenging content. If you think you're bored with your character, then soloing can present a new challenges by adding a new dimension to the game, like PvP or pet battles.

Better understanding of your class. Once you can't blame the healer or the rest of the party, you will learn the limits and mechanics of your class as never before, by using different sets of talents and gear as you focus on both defence and offence.

Better understanding of game mechanics. How are the abilities coded, and what changes when only one player is present? Having to deal with every ability helps you to learn how to survive or avoid them. It also helps to explore general principles - how the game defines a tank, or when and how abilities choose a target.

Quality of life outside soloing. If his party is wiping on a dungeon boss, a soloer can equip his soloing gear and solo the last 20% of a boss once the rest of the party is dead. I'll always remember 2-manning Harbaron +15 Tyrannical because all the others kept dying to the scythes.

Recognition and community interaction. If you solo a new boss or dungeon for your class, don't hesitate to record and publish it. And even if it's nothing impressive, let's say an old raid transmogrification run, but there is no guide, why not share with the community? It will be appreciated.

Where is Soloing?MMO-championreddit Wowhead

I was able to solo this as <class> with <ilvl> gear on <patch number>. Here is how I did it: <description>

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Soloing easy dungeons or raids for profit is fun, extreme soloing is even more fun!

The soloing community is spread out, but you can still contribute.

When soloing, analyzing the mechanics is key. Timings, combos and trigger conditions are usually more complex then they seem at first glance.

Soloing is a mix of survival and damage.

Different specs have different soloing potential. But they all have many tools at their disposal.

Making use of every tool you have including talents, gear, consumables, legendaries and more is the key to getting a new kill.

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Tags: PvE

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Comment by Bluegem

I have been soloing since Vanilla because I didn't know anyone. I really like it.

Comment by Koshiqt

I'm all for bringing the soloing community closer together. The majority of the MMOC stickied solo class threads were closed (and those that aren't are still basically dead) so another place for that kind of discussion is something I'll always welcome. I recall the idea of a discord server being tossed around but I do not believe it gained much traction. Anyway, my content is Rogue and it will always be uploaded on this channel

Soloing Overview Guide - an introduction for all classes

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