Forgot Rath Castle times, kind of funny how so many of the Castle bossed had\have such exploitable weaknesses.
~35 min for Ghost of the Partholon HM, easy mode method for defeating Dullah no longer works anymore for me though. (Done in 16 min with a friend.)
~23 min for Other Alchemist HM, used two characters at once so not quite solo. (Did elite in this time with 2 others, spent 3 minutes in front of boss room explaining how to kill Basilisk without it aggroing for fighting back though.)
~45 min for Sulfur Spider HM, deceptively easier to solo than it seems. As this is one of a few missions where you can literally go through the entire mission without being aggro'd once.
58:45 for Sulfur Spider Elite (23:00 with party), never tried it solo again since the margin for error was so small. Damage is about 30% higher now though since then, so I could probably do better but it would be a waste of a pass now that people are willing to help.
From the forth room in of sulfur spider and onwards was really easy but the sheer hp the mobs had took a lot of time to work through. Flame burst and flame set make the place much much easier with the right technique, especially if you solo rooms. Technique and strategy I found more useful than pure dps so might be better to practice on a lower difficulty if you're unsure.
For Dullahan, I kill all the blinkers first behind barrier spikes then I just tank the Dullahan. I'll be at something like 10 hp behind a 500 mp mana shield so while he's not stupidly letting me shoot him until he dies he's not doing any real damage to me while I kill him. Probably can't get through him on elite in reasonable time anymore though.
I think the blinkers no longer shoot through barrier spikes randomly anymore, it's been a while since I've had it occur. So for killing them I just shoot all the blinkers I can reach once to get them all clustered up so I can crash shot them all together.
I can finish Their Method hardmode in 7 minutes, with no trans, a pair of broadsword with cheap enchants (topaz giant) and I do pick up drops.
Other missions, I never bothered to solo because there are tons of random parties around and I usually join them.
@Fabian: 7 minutes is only when I got lucky with critical hits though, average time is probably 8 minutes +/-
ran SCC Hm in 8 minutes today using infinite dk.
would've been around 7 but the doppel ended up spamming clones 3 times.
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