Good Solo tips?

IMO White is the best map for a solo just big enough for us scrubs to kite, but small enough to control spawns and have quick objectives. I'd go against Cerberus and use this beauty Hold the corner of win and annihilate anything that gets in the way, she is a true harbinger of death and a joy to play. Cerberus is quick because of all the high value enemies, especially Phantoms and Goons. Guardians aren't a big deal because you can shoot at their feet or a tick behind them to kill them. Honestly, Trolls wouldn't be a bad choice for her too and in that case you can always go with Warp IV if you're lactose intolerant. If you want any other kit recommendations let me know.

PPR is just plain silly on him too. Probably don't need to spec into Overload with that build, but I like it for stuns and Phantom stripping

Although I had a hard time replicating it, my most successful gold solos by far were with the KroLord, Electric Hammer Build.

I had tried with a lot of kits (even managed my first with a Shadow.) I found them all very difficult for me.

But the KroLord vs Geth on FB White was very manageable.

The build is 100% melee focused and with 0 investment in Biotic Hammer (I won't bother to explain this unless you ask me to, because most of the conventional wisdom about Electrical vs Biotic Hammer is very wrong, and based on highly flawed theoretical math.)

Draw Geth around corners, and stay in melee animation as much as possible.

- Melee animation for KroLord offers huge damage reduction. This includes the Heavy Melee and the 3-melee combo. I believe the DR is 50% during these animations, but haven't recently checked any numbers.

- Electrical Hammer hits for big damage up to 4 targets in a decent radius. This is huge during a solo.

- Biotic Hammer hits 2 targets maximum, but only if both are in .5 meters of the initial point of impact. This isn't all that useful in a solo (or ever, really.)

- Incendiary Ammo or (if you plan against Geth which you should) Disruptor Ammo will work very well.

- You can detonate your own ammo-primed targets.

- Use the Heavy Melee against most mooks. Use the 3-hit combo against Geth Primes.

- Avoid crossfire situations. Back up until enemies must move around a corner to hit you. Then unload with melee, but back up again if several enemies round the corner.

I do have a couple of videos for this, and although they are examples of an amateur achieving Gold solo, I think that works quite well as a sample since most players struggle with solo achievements.


Unsuccessful first attempt due to disconnect.


Successful second attempt.

In both builds, a few points are left over for you to choose whether you want a stagger effect on your Hex Shield (Can be very nice, works well with Lancer Jugg build for combining Tech Bursts and Fire Explosions into the same Platform), or Turret improvements (Turret can heal, although the amount is not very significant to the Juggernaut, it can also be used as a distraction, to take fire off you for a second or force enemies to reposition, lastly, for more of a team-oriented play when not soloing, firing the Turret in the direction of an enemy can trigger evasive actions, including dodges for mooks, and stance changes for bosses due to being classified as a power).

Lancer Jugg

Best VS Reapers, the Lancer Jugg is an excellent Platform for soloing Gold. Prime with Incendiary Ammo, explode with Siege Pulses. Heavy Melee is a tool for causing Stagger (Pick that Phantom bitch up and shoot her in the face, punish that Marauder for elbowing you, etc), and can help stave off death, but don't rely on it for either damage or healing, as dead enemies don't hurt (the best defense is a good offense), and walls block stuff (movement is key to survival), and triggers Juggernaut's special 5A, which when stacked with Adrenaline Module, makes the big "slow" Juggernaut surprisingly agile, and can help you reposition. Incendiary Ammo can be substituted with Disruptor Ammo if facing non-Reapers, both have pros and cons, so use whichever you like or have most of. If you have no Lancer, other weapons can be substituted, but this Jugg should focus on priming+detonating, so keeping Siege Pulse Cooldown under 10seconds is advisable (Anything under 12 is playable for detonating, imho, but over that, it's usually better to use just it for DR).

PPR Jugg

The PPR Jugg is a Weapons Platform variant that focuses on burning down enemies with the PPR, and freedom from Ammo crates. Not much to say about this guy but keep Siege Pulses on for DR, and prioritize enemies based on threat (Bosses don't threaten the Jugg, but Marauder or Pyro Packs can actually hurt you). Spitfire can be substituted for Lore reasons, in which case, I recommend Geth or Cerberus as the enemy faction (Spitfire does very good anti-shield/barrier damage). Typhoon also works, but ammo dependancy can be quite high for the Juggernaut's lack of mobility.


My personal preference is White vs Reapers. The only Reaper unit to pose ANY sort of threat to the Juggernaut is the Marauder, and even then, only en masse, but killing them is also quick enough that this threat basically never manifests. Worthy of mention is the Juggernaut's complete and utter grab immunity, not even husks can grab him, the ONLY way that Reapers can stops him disabling a device is to stagger him, and basically only the Brute can manage that, as they should not be able to kill him before he can finish the device, especially if a turret and/or shield is placed prior to attempting it. Regardless of what so-called experts promoting various Krogan might say, the Juggernaut is the most survivable, easiest solo to achieve, ALL Krogan are vulnerable to grabs, which immediately changes the threat level of bosses, and the difficulty of devices, Juggernauts may not be the fastest solos, but they ARE the easiest. Some may find this a boring way to solo, personally, I find the KroGuard a lot more boring. Juggernaut solos vs Reapers Gold on White usually take me about 30-35mins, so bank on anything under an hour if you are not experienced with him, I can't see any way that it would take over an hour, as even a pure Siege Pulse spam build, with no appreciable weapon output, relying entirely on Siege Pulses should take less than 45mins.

Krogan Vanguard with Reegar and TGI Harrier (AP ammo) against Geth/Giant are the easiest ways to solo Gold.

Warlord vs Geth = brain not required.

I've tried a Gold Cerberus Jade solo once with the Jugg. Only to realize in the end, that slow ass moron won't make it to the landing zone in time 

Even though I didn't mean to, I guess I kind of ended up explaining the main differences anyway.

It's mostly "on paper math" versus "in game math." I did do a thread on BSN v2 about it, but I doubt I'd be able to find any of the numbers anymore (they weren't from any testing I did, I cribbed them from other test threads.)

The original comparison on which the "BH is objectively better" theory was based directly compared the highest single-target damage of both powers. It didn't take into account factors like the fact that most of BH's damage is lost against non-boss targets, or the fact that EH can hit multiple targets. I'll list what I can remember from it:

- BH has a .5 meter diameter (incorrectly listed as radius.) EH has a 4 meter diameter. BH's max targets is 2, but it rarely hits more than one. EH's maximum targets is 4, and it easily hits multiple targets.

- BH is objectively superiour against boss enemies. The more health the boss has, the bigger the TTK difference between the two powers.

- EH is objectively superiour against mooks (especially Geth mooks, which can be killed outright by EH alone up to Gold - I doubt it's still true on Platinum, but I'm not really sure.)

- Both powers can detonate ammo only, if solo. EH can prime, but can't self detonate. In team situations, the ability to prime several nearby targets can add a lot of "hidden" damage to the total.

My experience has always been that in Gold, EH will consistently outperform BH because of the relative number of enemy types. In Platinum, I believe the original comparison holds up a lot more, because of the increased number of armoured and boss enemies. But I don't play Platinum - I like my sanity!

Solo?Never done it.

I should mention that it's the DoT that kills them, not the upfront damage. I habitually use a Cyclonic and am typically in constant "sprint mode," so it's easy to leave them behind until they get finished off by the flame ticks.

Nice work OP, you are on the right path.

As stated by some posters above, the easiest Gold solo's are the TGI / Harrier combo (use grenade capacity) and the Kroguard / Reegar combo vs Geth. Or you ca use a Geth Trroper with a cyclonic and acolyte vs Reapers, this is also very effective.

Giant is the easiest map to do your first solo on. Once you get a little more experience with solos then White may be easier, or as easy.

The only way to complete your first Gold solo is to keep trying until successful. There is no magic trick. Remember to play defensive.

krogan warlord VS geth

tactic required? RUSH B CYKA BLYAT! + press F to crush ennemies