Shadow Knight / Monk / Shaman — D4 Raid Soloer
Shadow Knight lifetaps, Monk melee, and Shaman slows and heals. Solos D4 raid bosses on light gear, including Cazic-Thule in under three minutes.
Shadow Knight
Monk
ShamanOverview
Pull in Over Channel and Defensive stance, land the slow, then Malo. If damage comes in early, get Slug's Healing up before anything else. Heal with lifetaps and Mend, use Harm Touch on cooldown, and keep Envenomed Bolt, Odium, and Plague running. If a boss is hitting hard with a weapon proc, disarm and feign death until the disarm lands.
Stances & Invocations
Stance
Defensive
Incoming physical damage −50%, magical −20%. Every point reduced consumes equal endurance, reduced by Strategy skill.
Warrior, Paladin, Shadow Knight
Invocation
OverChannel
Cast spells get a −150 resist adjust plus another −15 per non-hybrid caster class, at 10% of the spell's mana cost in endurance.
Cleric, Paladin, Ranger, Shadow Knight, Druid, Bard, Shaman, Necromancer, Wizard, Magician, Enchanter, Beastlord
Over Channel + Defensive stance on the pull, so slows and debuffs land and you take less damage.
Key Abilities
Shadow Knight
| # | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drain Spirit SPELL | Lifetap, your main heal |
| 2 | Harm Touch ABILITY | Use on cooldown |
| 3 | Feign Death ABILITY | Reset or break whenever you need |
Monk
| # | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mend ABILITY | Emergency heal |
| 2 | Melee ABILITY | Stay tight. Bosses can reach you from farther than you can reach them |
Shaman
| # | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turgur's Insects SPELL | Slow first, every fight |
| 2 | Malo SPELL | Lowers resists |
| 3 | Slug's Healing SPELL | Keep it up the whole fight |
| 4 | Spirit of the Puma SPELL | Pre-buff |
| 5 | Chloroplast SPELL | Endurance regen |
| 6 | Envenomed Bolt SPELL | Keep this DoT rolling with Odium and Plague |
| 7 | Odium SPELL | Keep this DoT rolling with Envenomed Bolt and Plague |
| 8 | Plague SPELL | Keep this DoT rolling with Envenomed Bolt and Odium |
| 9 | Cannibalize SPELL | Mana |
Targets
| Target | Zone | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Cazic-Thule | Under three minutes on light gear |
Gear Notes
| Item | Source | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Bloodmoon | Other | +10. Everything else is ordinary drops |
| Wu's Fist | Other | +10. Everything else is ordinary drops |
Pros & Cons
- No charm pet to babysit
- Feign death any time
- Clears every D4 dungeon and the planes once it has a little gear
- Cannibalize means you don't run out of mana
- Lots of DoTs and buffs to keep up
- Melee damage falls off fast if you drift out of range
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