Techniques For Handling The Stalker...

[Just3ven]

OK, let me just say that I absolutely love the Stalker and while I enjoy the challenge now and then lately its just been showing up when I am leveling up a new frame or weapons...  I know it is coincidence, but still... :(

 

Anyhow, since I don't always enjoy running and leaving loot behind I swear the darn thing knows when I'm doing a solo and he just shows up when I am at my lowest.  Needless to say, the balance of the encounters have not been in my favor except for the small number of times that I jumped to a place he could not reach me, or the other times I nailed him with fully modded shotgun to the face.  I don't think I ever managed to outright kill the guy since he just curls up and disappears.

 

A few times he came after me while in in a match with a full team and that is always easier and fun because I let everyone know he was after me and everyone took a few pot shots at him. Hilarious.

 

Anyway, does anyone have any good tricks or techniques to share on how to handle him in a "private" solo game while sporting lower level frames and/or equipment.  Lately, this skeaky dude has been sucking a few revives out of me and I would like to slow this kind of bleeding a bit instead of just dropping after a few shots of his.  :D

 

 

Thanks

Edited May 8, 2013 by Just3ven

[Ryoken]

I use Frost for my solo runs and that seems to help. The last two times I faced him were at lvl 18 and 30, so it seems pretty reliable. I wait for his speech then I snow globe. This will slow his slash dash down and make it an easy dodge. After that, I back up to the far end of globe, wait for him to exit and freeze him. Then I shoot a lot. When he unfreezes, he seems to want to stay in place and shoot back. Globe protects you and then he sits down and calls it a day.

[Archistopheles]

If you have a shade, get close to an enemy so that Ghost activates, and then wait.

 

I actually had an Ancient Healer pummel the stalker down to 1/2 health before I even started attacking him.

[MotherCorpus]

I just kept running. lol He usually stays in the area he appears. Or let the enemies take care of him or plop myself on top of an area where his bullets can't reach and troll him.

[Rawmelon789]

I always use my loki's invisibility and hit him as when i'm invisible I do more damage and he also does not notice me and using invisibility also gives me time to reload some of my weapons :D

[PeterKha]

I use Rhino and mock him with iron skin and then I kill him in like 2 - 3 shots from my strun. Goodbye Stalker.

[Phoenix86]

Looks like my strategy:

 

- Unload your primary weapon on him

- Pop Iron Skin

- Chop him with ur meele weapon

- ... ??

- Profit

[Just3ven]

Thanks for the feedback folks.  As I expected many of the suggestions contain references to skills and powers that are specific to a given kit and that's all good stuff.

 

While on this note about kit specific skills:

Something impressive happened yesterday while in a defense mission (Xini).  I had my low level Nyx fully specced for her fourth power (Maxed out absorb, maxed streamline, focus, glass cannon) and the stalker appeared again.  This time I just triggered Absorb and in a matter of seconds after the blast the stalker just gave up and left.  That was the fastest stalker exit I had ever seen.  :D

[Tulzscha]

He did kill my Excal twice before, but never had issues with him using Ash or Loki. Just use Smoke Screen/Invisibility and unload full auto in his face.

[raigu]

He did kill my Excal twice before, but never had issues with him using Ash or Loki. Just use Smoke Screen/Invisibility and unload full auto in his face.

with excalibur and enough energy you can oneshot the stalker with your ult... i got the prime (a potato was built in), so i got all skills maxed, maxed energy, cost reduction and damage. With that i use to have always enough energy to use the ult 1-2 times, thats about 2600 Damage while invulnerable. I think he got something like 1000 HP on lvl 70.

 

A question from me: is the stalker-level bound on the mastery-rank? he is never lower than that for me, doesnt matter if i'm on mars or pluto

[Alazais]

Use a Shade sentinel, certain frames have ways to help, Loki/Ash have invisibility, Frost/Rhino have snowglobe/ironskin, Trinity has life link. 

 

The rest of ya are just out of luck for easy ways to deal with him, I'd say let shade stealth you and get a good solid clip of headshots in before he has time to react.

[Enomilli]

Shade 

 

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[KrAyZy]

I always wait for him and try to stand on top of something so when he charges he stops at my feet. Then I proceed to RAIN BULLETS UPON THE GROUND! 

[Arcalane]

I usually try and dupe enemies into fighting him for me if I don't have my usual gear (i.e. fully-modded maxrank 'frame + Hek/etc.), if I can find any. Banshee's Sonar power can make a nice weakspot on him for you to light up as well - I managed to send him home in a R8 Banshee with an unmodded R3 Boltor on the Corpus Outpost set. Whilst under the effect of the ice/cryo half-total-shields envirohazard.

 

Still pretty close though.

Edited May 10, 2013 by Arcalane