Selected builds for solo in the open world

How we choose

We start from our own list of weapons that usually work well solo (our own judgement, not something the data measures). Only the ones that win close to what is expected in solo fights make it (50% is expected for the gear level; the minimum is 49%), with at least 1000 solo fights, sorted by solo win rate. The win rate shown is the solo one, not the weapon's overall. Our data is open world and does not separate zones like the Ancient Lands.

We use a sample of kills and battles between players, collected several times a day. Each kill is worth one win, split among the builds that took part according to each one's damage and healing (so healers count too), and one loss for the build that died. The average across all builds is therefore 50%. Rankings use a smoothed win rate: builds with few fights are pulled towards 50% so they do not top the list by luck. We correct for gear level: players with better gear win more fights whatever the weapon. So each weapon, build and piece is compared with the others that had gear of the same level, and the win rate shown tells how much it wins above or below what is expected for that level (50% = as expected). We never use or store player or guild names, and kills are discarded once counted.