Talk:Councilor Vay Hek/@comment-69.171.158.117-20151017034449

Here are my tips for soloing this douche bag boss:

1. Do not put on your best gear. If your conclave level is very high, his difficulty level will boost. I originally solo'ed him on my regular Mag, but when I went back later with my mag prime and better weapons, it was considerably harder. I ended up using my regular Mag and ditched my prime melee weapon to lower my conclave level. The fight was then noticeably easier.

2. Don't waste too much time fighting him in the various areas at the start of the fight. If you know the path to the final boss room, just head straight there.

3. When you get to the boss room, there is a semi-safe spot you can camp and snipe at. It's a tubular area above the small curved tunnel where most people take cover. If you go in the curved tunnel there is a square opening in the ceiling. Jump through it, and then you'll see the safe tubular area which slopes upwards. At the top of this tube is an opening where you can snipe from or walk out to an open platform for more sniping (albeit more exposed). Note that most of the Grineer mobs won't go into this safe area, but sometimes a few stray will find their way in.

4. If you're lucky, Vay Hek will land on the platform outside the top of the tubular safe area and won't move. If so, you can shoot him up close in the face to finish phase 1. Be sure to back up when he uses his abilities to drain your shields.

5. Once you lower his health and force him into his terra frame for phase 2, the fight is much easier. Shoot him from your safe area and be sure to kill and mobs that he lands near, otherwise he will drain them to restore his health.

6. You absolutely should bring a bunch of ammo restores with you, depending on your weapon load out. The tubular safe area provides a good spot to use your ammo restores safely.

The first phase is easily the worst part of the fight, so you will need to be patient. Bring a hard hitting primary with good range for Vay Hek and a decent secondary to deal with Grineer troops. Whilst he has a chance to drop neurodes, i would not recommend farming him for this purpose. In all my fights with him, he dropped neurodes just once.