How do i solo a cube with X-1?

Im not a new player and dont spend real money on uri, but i do have premium, so...

Its taken me a while to get where i am, im a strong FE and here is my stats roughly:

8 iris all minimum lvl 7
26 pp's ( shield mechs, rocket fusion, basically all in favour of npc damage so no fats )
5 lf4 rest lf3
Aegis ( standard & elite )
No collective drone designs ( only 1 havoc )
Kami lvl 3

Cube configs 1. Battle (240+ unboosted sepped) 2. Tank (600k+ unboosted sepped)

So im quite embarrassed about this, ive played on and off since 2009, as i said earlier never been a big spender on uri, always grinding for it. But now my account is strong i feel im ready to solo cubes, but i just cant do it with X-1 ammo like you see people doing on youtube

Reason i say its embarrasing is that even before all these updates came out people were cubing solo, back in 2009 my ship would have been indestructable, so i feel there is no excuse for not being able to do this. I can pvp good, most people run away if its 1v1 (apart from ubers hitting 150K +)

Any advice from any ubers out there? Am i expecting too much in thinking i should be able to 1v1 a cube on X-1? To me i should be able to, really frustrating that i cant - i drain about half the cubes shields then i have to leave or pop.

Ive tried using my aegis abilities at different stages too, only thing i can think of is getting more pp's so that i can get full evasive manouvres and avoid damage.

If i dont hear from you sooner have a great christmas

 

You don't mention formations but diamond formation would help you out, as would cooldown boosters. Maybe more shields on your battle config too and possibly use some sab ammo while the cube has shields.

Edit - you can also use sar rockets while the cube has shields to help keep your shields being drained too fast.

Another tip I see some people doing is moving out of range of prots to buy a little time for the abilities to finish cooling down although this runs the risk of someone coming and shooting the cube then claiming that you leeched it.

 

I have heart and diamond formation, diamond is bad on cubes, really bad - especially if opportunist players are looking for easy kills. With heart my damage is reduced therefore prolonging my time on the cube.

I want to stay away from using special ammo and just use x1, my shields on battle are maxed out.

Thanks for the advice, maybe cooldown boosters are how people are doing this...

 

Well, tbh I don't x1 cubes, I don't even have aegis allocated to a hangar so perhaps those that do x1 cubes in aegis will give you some better advice. Flash sale on boosters today so extra 10% off. Good luck

 

I can solo cubes, Ive tried in an aegis and just could not do it. I can do it in a goliath however.

I 1fig cubes using a full power fig (i have 10 drones and full havocs), i can do it in either a 5% damage or a 10% shield design (a skill design at that matter only makes it easier). I sab/x3 or x2 them and finish them really quickly - do about 13k x1 on npcs (only sepped).

I have heard of aegis ships soloing cubes with only x1 also, I would imagine they are boosted, and at least cooldown boosted (possible 50%, meaning they have both boosters). In addition to the boosters I would think 500k shield configs, using diamond, and swapping figs ever so often to keep your hull from taking most of the damage is how they do it, once and if your hp does take too much of a dip an aegis can just use a hp pod and circle around that. And circling a cube does help, prots fly all over in a frenzy and all of them are not always in range so try to move towards the opposite direction you see the majority of them flying.

 

You really need at least the Apis drone, and Zeus would help even more.

Here are some pointers:
1. run double tank configs, with 3-4 drones with shields on each side( you want 600-700 k shields per side)..no need for speed, if an enemy comes oh well.
2. have diamond, it is THE most important thing for soloing cubes X1
3. havoks help. ( a rough minimum is 10k on laser damage)
4.you NEED at least the regular boosters from auction (hp, shield , damage), and double boosters are good too, but cost uri.
5. run with pet , kami / have it in guard mode, the 1-2 k damage it hits helps.
6. use 3030's or the strong PLT-2021's (from gate spins, don't buy with uri).
7. Stay as far away from cube as possible, you can reduce damage from 18k a second to as little as 7k damage a second...( the side affect is you can't reach with regular missiles, but the trade off in damage is well worth it)
8. have at least a little sab and X2 on hand in case some LBK's find you and add 4k damage a second to you, that adds up, and you might need to speed a cube up some.

9. EXTRA TIP: Start with heart formation for the xtra 10% shielding, let cube hit you for that 10%, be it 50 or 60 or 70k damage, then switch configs while still in heart. THEN after another 60k damage to the second config, switch to diamond, you now have full HP and shields again, since the 10% damage the cube did to you was negated by the 10% heart boost.....This lets you get 10 free seconds of volleys till you start with full hp and shield in diamond config.

EDIT: All this is for a Goli, but Ageis is about the same.....it seems the word around town is the goli is better for cubing. .. good luck.

 

Thx dudes, really helpful info here

 

If you want to solo cube x1 ammo you need

- Aegis
- Pet ( kami if you premium, if not just use it pet dmg help a lot )
- Diamond drone formation
- 400k/500k shield in both conf

Use always your shield rep
Use the hp rep when you half hp
Use your Pod when you 1/4 hp
Use dmg conf most than you can

Doing this i usually x1 cube without even changing configuration, Good luck