[Question] Could I solo a cube?

Hey there DO!

I was wondering today, from the various experiences scattered across the forums, as to whether my ship could solo a cube.

-Aegis (elite or no? I feel like the elite won't be much better with its decrease in everything but the healing pod)
-10 LF3 on ship, and 12 LF3 on lvl6 iris
-15 Shields Bo2 on ship and 4 on lvl6 iris
[both configs will be shield configs listed above]
-level 3 kamikaze
-pilot points with max shield engineering and shield mechanics, max ship hull, and 3/5 rocket fusion
-formations: diamond, heart, but no crab (is it worth it?)


I will of course sep shields but don't want to prom lasers if possible. Does this seem plausible to use ONLY cred ammo such as eco rockets, 2k dmg rockets and x1? Should I get the elite design as well? Should I change my configs at all?

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Have a good day!

-FIREFLY

 

You will need something else, sep on shields and guns and rockets is a must, and at least single boosters of hp damage and shield, prob a little sab ammo too.

I solo cubes with X1 on this double config : Goli, 10 drones lvl16, (8 shields on drones, so 4 drones per config with shield..only 3 if I'm double shield boosted) ), and 28 LF4 where I can fit em , also pet firing as well, but not premium so no kami.

 

• is there need for damage protocols on pet for u ?
• when u finish cubicon with ur goli how much hp and shield have left to ur goli ?
• do u have speeds or shields on ur goli (not on iris) ?

 

You will be able to solo a cube, even without boosters and with diamond, by simply moving out of range awhile to let cooldowns reset (don't let cube heal). However, using this method is slow and not much better than bking. To earn 10k uri/hour from cubes, you will need double cooldown boosters.

 

Pet just needs lasers that's it. On ship is all shields, no speed gens, on either config. With diamond and 650k shield , and you hitting 10k lasers on x1 should be fine.
* depending on if some kris are on me, I can finish with 1/4 shields on one config and 1/4 health on diamond config, whatever that is.
2 other good tricks:

1. stay at the very limit of your laser range, this lets you take as little as 7k damage a second instead of 15k-18k. The trade off is you will be out of your own missile range, lowering your own dps, but overall its worth the trade off.

2. You need heart and diamond for this one...

Start with heart formation, witch gives boost to shield and HP. After 60 k or so damage ( whatever the exact shield boost is for you with heart on), switch to second config, then after another 60k damage switch to diamond. The 120k or so damage to shields is erased, since that was the extra % you got from heart formation, also the hp boost from heart will make your hp reset to max diamond formation has, rather than starting at that point from the get go... basically this tactic gives you 10-15 seconds of "free" hits till you are at the starting point diamond gives, for hp and shield.

 

thank you so much for ur precious advices mate

 

your welcome, glad I could help : )

 

I would say you would be far better of with your spec finding a similar level player ( or any other player) and 2 man cubing. You will kill them much faster and both gain far more from it.