Soloing 2+ content

[Cruoris]

What spec and companion do you use? Also is it really as easy as the haters claim?

[Smagu]

It depends more on the heroic in question and on your gear. You'll want to use a tank pet (Khem early on, Xalek once you have gear), and then it's just a matter of keeping something cc'd and dpsing/healing as needed.

 

I can easily solo the heroic 2 on Ilum, for example.

 

And it's not limited to sorcs, really. I was able to solo all the same content with my operative--and actually do a ton of heroic 4/4+, as long as they involved simply clicking on things, since you can stealth past it all. (You can do this with any class, but it involves dying a lot.)

 

Basically any class with healing and a good CC should be able to easily solo most heroic 2/2+ quests.

[Varus_Praetor]

I use Ashara for everything. I do solo most Heroic 2+ with her if I feel like avoiding the gen chat spam that is the "LFG tool" in this game.

 

Most heroic 2+ won't throw more than a single elite and some strongs at you. At most you might see a double elite pull. As sorc WW is a life saver. Turn off any AOE your comp may have and have at it. For final bosses, I like to kite the melee since that gives Ashara time to beat on them. For ranged, I will play aggro hot potato with Ashara until it's dead.

 

Granted I'm usually about 2 levels above the content I'm soloing due to PvP exp.

 

EDIT: I'm mostly done with the 13/28 hybrid spec. Right now I'm 13/22.

Edited January 29, 2012 by Varus_Praetor

[Iwipe]

I can solo all the heroic 4+/2+ dailies on Ilum/Belsavis pretty easily with my sorc.

 

In most cases it is just a clever use to game mechanics (i.e. strip naked so you don't take a durability hit, skipping trash you may not able solo to the boss you might be able to solo).

 

For one of the heroic 4+ on Belsavis (old enemies) and the heroic 2+ on Ilum, having a decently geared Xalek + corruption sorc really do helps.

 

I posted a guide on how to solo dailies, maybe someone will find it helpful

 

http://dulfyforce.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/how-to-soloing-heroic-dailies-empire/

Edited January 29, 2012 by Iwipe

[Iselin]

I can solo all the heroic 4+/2+ dailies on Ilum/Belsavis pretty easily with my sorc.

 

With all due respect, having done all of those myself, whenever part of the strategy for soloing an instance is dying twice or 3 times, there should be a flashing neon sign as the first sentence saying that

 

I think when most people are thinking of soloing 2+ content they are thinking of doing it without dying. There are at least 3 of the dailies where only stealthers could pull that off and only because the quest requirement is to kill one guy.

 

And btw, I can usually do Light's Out with just 1 death not 2:

 

1. Send bubbled tank companion at the ones on the left stair, run up and toggle that one. If your tank is well geared (I actually think Khem does better here), he'll still be alive when you run down past the same mobs.

 

2. Just keep running down the wall toward the middle stairs and bubble yourself and hit force speed just before you draw aggro from the middle mobs. You should be able to do the middle one before you die.

 

3. You should be able to find a no-aggro spot between the middle and right stairs to unstealth after reviving. You do the right one just how you did the first one except this time you save force speed until you're running toward the entrance hugging the wall. Bubble yourself when things start hitting you and you may need to use a medpac or instant heals if you're corruption. I always make it out before dying.

 

Not trying to give you a hard time. It's just that I think the OP was asking about 2+ Heroics without dying. And those, get tougher and tougher to do at higher levels--especially the instanced ones.

[DrekorSilverfang]

For Heroic 2's I just use Andy... only need Khem/Xalek for 4's

[paul_preib]

What spec and companion do you use? Also is it really as easy as the haters claim?

 

I would say I've done 9 out of 10 heroic 2's solo. Most of my time leveling was spent lightning specced (though at present I'm specced lightning/madness hybrid with a lightning emphasis).

 

That said, I also went fairly counter-intuitive, going for a glass-cannon vibe by using Andronikus most of the time-- good use of the dump your aggro/dump someone else's aggro abilties and pre-bubbling were both very handy options.

 

Only once on a particularly tough elite on Voss (and is was actually not a heroic 2+ either) did I end up shelving Andro to temporarily use Talos Drelik as I found in survivability situations his healing me as I dpsed outweighed trying to keep khem alive and take down a mob at the same time, against elites the extra short stun of talos was something of the kicker.

[Iwipe]

With all due respect, having done all of those myself, whenever part of the strategy for soloing an instance is dying twice or 3 times, there should be a flashing neon sign as the first sentence saying that

 

I think when most people are thinking of soloing 2+ content they are thinking of doing it without dying. There are at least 3 of the dailies where only stealthers could pull that off and only because the quest requirement is to kill one guy.

 

And btw, I can usually do Light's Out with just 1 death not 2:

 

1. Send bubbled tank companion at the ones on the left stair, run up and toggle that one. If your tank is well geared (I actually think Khem does better here), he'll still be alive when you run down past the same mobs.

 

2. Just keep running down the wall toward the middle stairs and bubble yourself and hit force speed just before you draw aggro from the middle mobs. You should be able to do the middle one before you die.

 

3. You should be able to find a no-aggro spot between the middle and right stairs to unstealth after reviving. You do the right one just how you did the first one except this time you save force speed until you're running toward the entrance hugging the wall. Bubble yourself when things start hitting you and you may need to use a medpac or instant heals if you're corruption. I always make it out before dying.

 

Not trying to give you a hard time. It's just that I think the OP was asking about 2+ Heroics without dying. And those, get tougher and tougher to do at higher levels--especially the instanced ones.

 

Dying has 0 penalties when you take off armor. No repair bill, just a small wait time between the revive timer.. so rather than fighting though packs of mob, why not just run through them and die and save yourself the time.

 

Also, no part of soloing specify no deaths. If you can get the quest done in a short amount of time that is called soloing. I can solo the heroic 2+ on Ilum without dying if that counts.

Edited January 31, 2012 by Iwipe

[alanisUDL]

For Heroic 2's I just use Andy... only need Khem/Xalek for 4's

 

This, just use Andy. Turn off his AoE. Shield you both, CC the hardest mob and just bbq down the others. Our PvE dps is just laughable that you don't need to worry about using a tank. Strongs will be dead before your shield wears off.

[_Darkstar]

I haven't done any on Ilum yet but I found I can solo anything 2+ without a Champion mob in it if I use Talos as my backup.

 

I haven't really tried any 4+'s but I am sure many of them would be doable, as long as they don't contain a champion.

[TheVoidStalker]

Most heroic 2+ won't throw more than a single elite and some strongs at you.

 

Both 2+ Ilum/Belsavis dailies have pulls of at least 4 strongs. Ilum has 4 strongs+elite, Belsavis has 5 strongs.

[Thegriss]

Both 2+ Ilum/Belsavis dailies have pulls of at least 4 strongs. Ilum has 4 strongs+elite, Belsavis has 5 strongs.

 

Ilum is 3 strongs + elite

[Macheath]

While dying in an instance doesn't mean you "couldn't solo it," NEEDING TO DIE as a requirement to completing the content definitely means you weren't successful. Because, well, you were unable to overcome what the developers designed as a road block. You completed the quest, but you weren't successful at handling the content that was thrown at you.

 

Anyone can corpse run through any zone, as a level 1 character. That does not mean the player is of the appropriate level, or has the appropriate skills, to be in that zone. The same applies to a heroic quest or flashpoint. If you HAD to die to complete the content, you lacked the skill, gear, or proper level to complete it successfully, despite what your quest log says.

 

The real shame here is that BioWare created content where the trash is harder than the boss fights, which are mostly just tedious.

 

-Macheath.

[botak]

I can solo all the heroic 4+/2+ dailies on Ilum/Belsavis pretty easily with my sorc.

 

In most cases it is just a clever use to game mechanics (i.e. strip naked so you don't take a durability hit, skipping trash you may not able solo to the boss you might be able to solo).

 

For one of the heroic 4+ on Belsavis (old enemies) and the heroic 2+ on Ilum, having a decently geared Xalek + corruption sorc really do helps.

 

I posted a guide on how to solo dailies, maybe someone will find it helpful

 

http://dulfyforce.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/how-to-soloing-heroic-dailies-empire/

 

Thanks for the link!