Warfare & Tactics

Ok so I've seen some funny results in solo videos by cloaking in a FW plex and waiting for some idiot to come along then messing them up with a rocket fit basically.

You could also go batshit crazy and fit up a 10mn manticore with OGB links.

However a standard, torp spewing manticore? It's got a very small engagement envelope when solo so yes you can do it but you'll have very few targets you can win against.

SB's don't solo all that well. Your best defense is attacking from outside targeting and weapons range, so fitting a point already has you really close. Torps move slowly, and most ships big enough to attack will tank enough volleys to return the favor in kind. Unlike tackling a big boat in a normal frig or AF, you have nothing to pop drones with, which will donkey-punch your SB in moments, and point range is well within drone range.

You can do it, but it's very slow and methodical, you need an ideal situation, then time to move into position, etc. It's a huge time investment for very little KM payoff.
But SB's multiply their power projection quickly, and just a couple SB's running in a wolf pack can really shine. Someone is still likely to die as there is no tank on SB's. But few sub caps can withstand several volleys of torps landing from every direction at once, and you can bring them down before they can sic the dogs on all of you.

SB's are meant to alpha things into powder before it has time to kiss it's own a$$ goodbye much less shoot back. But the downside of the face melting DPS of torps is that anything big enough to throw them at generally has a gigantic tank and can simply deal with a single SB's volleys long enough to react.

While I can't fly one myself yet, I've seen a few stealth bombers in action. I can't imagine they'd be very viable solo. They're pretty much the textbook definition of a glass cannon.

Anything can be done, but you're severely limiting your target selection.

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my prefered environment for them would be 0.0 or wh's, not low-sec.