Guild Wars 2

Hey there,
So, I’ve been playing for some time and pretty much running dungeons with a few guildies but I’m getting bored or the everyday dungeon tours.. And one of my guildies has been super annoying with the “go solo arah amg noob you are afraid” crap.. I didn’t want to feel forced into starting the solos because I’d just get kittened at my failures etc.. I wanted to start on my own, no pressure, with nobody to give me the “amg you died noob” treatment as I’m used to.. And well, I just went there last night.. I went on my thief, started on p2 and I got to lupi with no problems at all.. Died once on belka, bad positioning, but killed her next try, and killed abomination on the first try.. Died on lupi twice with that barrage he does on p2, probably dodging too late.. Whatever..

Anyway, I thought of coming here to ask those who have experience in Arah soloing to clear some of my doubts..

1- I got an Ele, Thief, Warrior, Mesmer and Engi.. I went there with thief and got to lupi but I always heard that one should start with warrior to solo since it’s the most forgiving class due to its survivability and damage.. Is this accurate? Forget the “go with what you want”.. Should I start soloing with warrior first?

2- Is p2 the best path to start learning? Or is there another Arah path that should be learned first due to being easier / faster?

3- I don’t really like those Experimental Rifle skips that some ppl do and post on youtube claiming its a legit solo.. That ruins the experience imo so other than the regular feathers / spykits / hylek poison bag, are there consumables that help the solos? I know of the ogre whistles and the elemental powders but I didn’t have those so I would just take the grub and Dagger Storm to get stability and killed it.. Are those worth taking?

I’m not really looking to solo these paths to sell them, I’m trying to start this to get some challenge if you know what I mean.. Maybe when I get all this down I can think about it but not yet.. So any advices you guys give me will be appreciated even if it makes the runs go slower than normal I don’t mind..

Thanks

Soloing Lupicus on warrior is more forgiving because you can take a few hits and still survive. The aoe in phase 2 for example you can get hit by 2 red circles and still stay alive, healing signet also helps a lot, its so much passive regeneration that its almost broken, and you also have blocks on warrior.

The difficult you may have by soloing with warrior is that you may run out of dodges if you dont manage well your evades and stuff, and on thief you basically never runs out of dodges, but it can be frustrating if you dont dodge at the right time you get hit by those aoe in phase 2.

But if you learn how to solo Lupicus on a thief you will be a better player imo than if you just use warrior, you need an almost flawless rotation to solo Lupicus on thief because of how punishing it is if you dodge on the wrong time and so on.

Yeah, warrior is the king of Arah solos. Just make sure that you bring energy sigils. You’ll like all those extra dodges. In terms of soloing, the honest answer is that path 1 is the easiest to solo on warrior. Alphard’s a pain in the rear w/o reflects in p2 (that I’ve found at least) and the magecrusher is a pain as well in p3. The only issue w/ p1 is that you have to get some people to help w/ tar, but if you’ve got bored guildees and aren’t trying to sell, you could get help pretty easily (and free).

As for consumables, you don’t need any to make the runs on warrior. Between berserker stance, endure pain, defiant stance, shake it off, signet of stamina, gs 3,5, sword 2 and fear me (really useful for p2 choke point before Brie), you’ll be almost untouchable. Elemental powders are useful to have for lupi, but aren’t really necessary if you’re not pushing for time. Just bring fury and dolyak signet w/ fgj on lupi. It’ pretty much easy mode.

It takes me collapsing from lack of sleep for you to finally want to experience arah solo eh? :P
Don’t worry my son, I shall take care of your needs unless the sudden feeling of learning arah properly has already vanished, in which case we’ll pick this topic up once again in another 2 months xD