The Daily Fail: Novice Solo-ers Support Thread (Now with less fail!)

Haven't really tested it but I don't think one DS cast alone will take out a Banshee. The huntress is pretty far from the more powerful kits in the game, although powerful DS takes a long time to kill boss units on platinum and vs Atlas/Prime Shields it barelly does anything.

Even I am a platinum noob, I can assure you recharge is absolutely no issue. I run her with the might lord claymore and Heavy barrel and can still spam warp and DC.

I do not treat DC ( on gold) for boss killing but to stagger, set BEs, and for annoying glass cannon enemies like phantoms. Specially phantoms, DC them and concentrate on others with warp-gun. Bosses get DC-warp BE and the claymore to the face.

But I agree, it seems ultimately what kit you are comfortable with. I solo (gold) faster with her than justicar or anybody else. Turians? I am terrified of phantoms while playing them.

Suggestions on how to solo gold sub-30? And what kit/setup is best.

Even I am a platinum noob, I can assure you recharge is absolutely no issue.

I've never successfully solo'd Platinum. I am confident I could do it given enough time and concentration but like patrickbateman said, when it stops being fun you have to consider whether this is an arbitrary challenge that you care enough to do.

FWIW my most successful attempts were
White vs. Cerberus
Asari Justicar Adept with Venom (and Hurricane?)
Cyclonics, Warp Ammo, Shotgun Rail Amp, and Armored Compartments

Full credit to @thetechnoturian for the advice on this set-up. She also has a video on her YouTube channel that you can watch for tips.

The Armored Compartments are so you can nuke the double Atlases when it makes sense. Venom lets you trivialize Phantoms and Goons... not to mention you can repeatedly stagger them with Reave or blow them up when they step into your Biotic Sphere.

I also sometimes took the Hurricane because wearing down an Atlas or Prime with just the Venom is annoying to me. But, the Hurricane does slightly worsen your cooldown, so once you git gud you probably don't need it.

The best I've ever done with this setup is to get to Wave 10, but got Devices as the objective and just couldn't handle it. Very frustrating.

Anyway that's my advice for what it's worth.

I resemble this thread.

I am learning in this thread.

Thanks Shinobu, from one Plat Solo Scrub to another

MTFBWYA

Most of the high-level advice (i.e., white/giant and geth scanner) has already been given so here's some quick tip quickies for soloing and some advice that you may already know, but just in case (all the spoilers contain large gifs): 


+ For w10 targets versus reapers, would recommend not to nuke two banshees at once. Rather, kill one so that you don't get a double respawn somewhere else on the map. If banshees spawn somewhere on the map alone, with no other enemies around, they're much easier than if they are in close proximity to one another.  

+ Hack-glitching, for maximum "clever use of (broken) gameplay mechanics".  

+ Fat Turians should use the environment to dodge incoming projectiles by snapping in and out of hard cover. The results can be quite glorious.



+ The ramp closest to the LZ that leads down to the lower area of giant has glitched areas with no collision, i.e., missiles shot may end up going right through the map without exploding.



+ I think this is fairly well known in the community, but in case you aren't aware, 1 second ops packs immunity can save you from both Brutes and Phantom syncs. You also have a short window of immunity after you gel.

Brutes (this contains BOTH revive immunity and ops packs immunity. If link didn't work it's at the 24 minute mark.  clearly I was having brute problems that day)

Phantoms - ops pack immunity 



+ This is a thing that happens. 



+ and to close it out, sometimes doing this on Wave 1 is highly recommended in some instances, because it can be very cathartic:



Edit: 

+ Also, forgot to add one other thing that few people do; when you strip Atlas shields and they're down to armor, shoot them in the crotch. Once you deal enough damage the crotch plate breaks off and they stagger. 

I haven't played much the past year, and when I do and try to quick search, I normally land in games where I'm having serious latency issues.

This has driven me to soloing a few times in the past few weeks.

I completed my 5th & 6th Gold solos over the holidays Glacier / Collector on the first one (32 min), then Glacier Reaper on the second (25 min). Used the almighty GT / Reegar Incendiary ammo (Hey I'm not a pro like you dedicated soloers). Both of those matches had targets and devices, so I was quite satisfied to complete them.

I should have stopped there as I was 2 for 2 on attempts. But I was having more fun with it than I thought I would, so I tried for a Gold speedrun. Loaded up a PD Slayer and set Glacier / Cerberus. I was playing my best, on wave 3 I got a short escort, on wave 6 I rolled the basement hack, which I cheesed. I pulled off at least 6 quality missiles, got to 10, and promptly got devices, damn. I kited enemies from the first two, then disaster, the 3rd device was the one in the middle outside the closed off room. In my haste to try and get it (I was still trying to save a decent time) I got knocked off and synch killed. The time read 17:55, ouch! I like to think if I had gotten an escort I would have completed one of the fastest PSN gold solo times ..

I also took two shots at a Plat solo, wiped on wave 9, then wave 10. I never realized how much I hated Platinum Geth Hunters until after these attempts, they accounted for almost every med gel and ops pack I had to use (In multiple quantities at any time)

Challenge accepted.... I know I will regret this.

I will attempt my last near-success again - Kroguard Reapers. Had 7 waves survived, 5 gels and 6 rockets entering wave 10 devices.

I will be modding my objective waves this time, targets and devices have fucked me on 10 too many times.