Solo Path of the Damned

[maverick]

I recently finished PoE solo paladin (hard difficulty). That was quite challenging And in my humbe opinion 3-6 lvl - most difficult part of the game.
Which classes is better for solo PoTD in your oppinion? Any simple advices?

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Well, Paladin is an obvious choice for Triple Crown Solo runs and for the more difficult achievements, too.

Someone has unlocked The Ultimate with a Monk - search this forum's archives. A few days ago someone has done it with a Rogue and published a 9 hours long video about that - I've forwarded the post to this forum as a new topic. And I think it has been done with a Chanter already, too. The idea of "spamming summons" sounds nice and all, but you need to survive long enough and with the help of the summoning figurines, not sure how well that works in all the battles.

Frozen Crown Solo is the most I've managed so far. As I don't want to kite around dragons and Llengrath for an hour, shooting them with a bow and trying to survive the occasional hit, I haven't done further Solo PotD practice runs to test potential tactics and to take notes of which enemies chase you endlessly and which ones give up after some time. The biggest problem as I see it is that edited videos don't show any failed attempts at winning some fights, such as due to landing occasional crits, and they don't show all the extra testing player has had to do in PotD mode either to figure out the path through the game. Also, movement in some fights is erratic. Finding ways to win a fight reproducibly and safely is the hard part.

If you only want to unlock Triple Crown Solo, I would say stick to your Paladin and look for ways how to improve your equipment and how to level up more easily/safely. If you enjoy kiting, maybe even go for The Ultimate. I don't think the other classes need to do less kiting.

[maverick]

Thanks for detailed answer. I do not really like the chanter, so I'll try paladin. "Sacred Immolation" looks like weapon of mass destruction. Dunno how it will work in PoTD.

[Khyron]

How much cheese tactic must you use to pull this off? I play on normal difficulty and have enough trouble as it is in some fights.. :/

[maverick]

Originally posted by Khyron:

How much cheese tactic must you use to pull this off? I play on normal difficulty and have enough trouble as it is in some fights.. :/

I thought the same way when I played the game for the first time :D

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Originally posted by Khyron:

How much cheese tactic must you use to pull this off?

Not so much.

Most importantly, one may quit the game during combat and then restart from the last savegame, which usually is the only autosave made upon entering an area map, since one cannot quicksave and can only save manually if deleting the only existing file first.

A second technique that cannot be avoided is to split pull enemies. It is not specific to PoE. Instead of jumping into the fray and engaging an entire mob, you flee far enough until only 1-2 enemies still follow you. The others stop chasing you after some distance. Mostly. In some special cases they seem to not stop chasing.

Originally posted by oh noes:

"Sacred Immolation" looks like weapon of mass destruction. Dunno how it will work in PoTD.

Everything that helps. I've used it, too, but it's not a solution for all problems.

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Originally posted by oh noes:

I do not really like the chanter

My solo Chanter has arrived at Defiance Bay! Still can't believe it as it's the second try. First try has been unsuccessful. Sorta got stuck and ran out of ideas and had not enough gold left either to retrain skills.

[maverick]

Solo Priest has arrived at Defiance Bay. Angry but satisfied. Sometimes i think to abandon this game. That was harder than i thought. :D All spirits (phantoms, shades and etc) are imbalanced and cheat!!
P.S. I also found that medium and large shields affect accuracy of spells.

[D'amarr from Darshiva]

Chanter can laugh about those spirits meanwhile. Twin Elms has been reached. Stalwart has been saved. Even helped Cwineth at Northweald - combat against the Spotted Stelgaer group lasts until the last Stelgaer is slain.. No food used so far. And only a few potions of minor regeneration.