Talk:Hammer Shot/@comment-10148423-20130824161440/@comment-122.148.227.43-20130825103514

@R43n3f or anyone else who wants to solo mid-level Nightmare modes,

For all my mid-level solo Nightmare alerts, I personally avoid rolling squishy, high-shield Frames like Mag and roll a maxed high HP, moderate defence Sayrn frame fitted with a potato, once Forma'd. I have a Shade with Ghost mod equipped (although a Wyrm with Crowd Dispersion works just as well for when an Ancient knocks you down). For Nightmare modes, always run Saryn with near-maxed Vitality +  Quick Rest and a forma-corrected polarity aura slot for Energy Siphon. I tend to rely on my melee weapon and stamina as your slide attack does an amazing chunk of damage while offering high mobility. My preference is a potatoed Amphis which is ALWAYS fitted with Fury, Pressure Point, Molten Impact and Smite (Infected/Corpus/Grineer). I also have an Acrid equipped for a sticky situation, but you would only 'need' it for Disruptor and Toxic Ancients. If an Acrid isn't available, any pistol fitted with Heated Charge would be idea. Then again, I personally rely on my Stamina for Nightmare runs as it's much more reliable than gunfire and jump+slide is easily cancelled mid-air with a tap of the melee attack button (melee jump/airslam attack).

My conditions were 0 shield, Health Siphon/Vampire mode + zero gravity. With Quick Rest at max rank, I spammed slide attack the whole way up and only had to use my large health packs for when I had a lift up. If your mission has Ancients, stun them with weapons fitted with Fire Element mods: Heated Charge, Hellfire (Wildfire), Incendiary Coat(Blaze), Molten Impact. I personally like slidespamming past any mob two or three times to get rid of them- Armor Piercing elemental mods are amazing, too.

It's my opinion that skills in Nightmare mode are a luxury, so I honestly didn't care to use them when I could clear a wave just as easily by slidespamming past a mod with a correctly modded Amphis. Running Vitality+ Quick Rest is my favourite setup in Nightmare mode since it keeps me mobile and reassured. I'm usually untouchable when I slidespam. Dat positioning.

TL;DR One-man nightmare missions are possible/ Rely on Frames with naturally high health(Vitality) OR moderate health(Vitality) and high defence/ Avoid low health/high shield Frames (Mag) / Take advantage of your melee weapon and Stamina/ Bring health packs (2-4 Ciphers for Corpus/Grineer) for Vampire.

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