Ships & Modules

Legion is definitely what you want here.

You're going to need one faction mod, a B-type medium armor repper.

This is my fit: (All the faction stuff isn't needed, but the armor repairer really is)


[Legion, C3 solo]
Centum A-Type Medium Armor Repairer
Centum A-Type Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane
True Sansha Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane
True Sansha Armor Thermic Hardener
Armor EM Hardener II
True Sansha Heat Sink
True Sansha Heat Sink

10MN Afterburner II
True Sansha Stasis Webifier
Large Capacitor Battery II

Heavy Pulse Laser II, Imperial Navy Multifrequency M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Imperial Navy Multifrequency M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Imperial Navy Multifrequency M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Imperial Navy Multifrequency M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Imperial Navy Multifrequency M
Sisters Core Probe Launcher, Core Scanner Probe I

Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Medium Auxiliary Nano Pump I
Medium Nanobot Accelerator I

Legion Defensive - Nanobot Injector
Legion Electronics - Emergent Locus Analyzer
Legion Engineering - Capacitor Regeneration Matrix
Legion Offensive - Liquid Crystal Magnifiers
Legion Propulsion - Fuel Catalyst

The T3s are not good at passive tanking and passive tank is king for soloing wormhole sites because of energy neuts.
They are also expensive, try something like this instead =)

[Vagabond, passive]
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Shield Power Relay II
Gyrostabilizer II
Gyrostabilizer II

Y-S8 Hydrocarbon I Afterburners
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II
Shield Recharger II

425mm AutoCannon II, EMP M
425mm AutoCannon II, EMP M
425mm AutoCannon II, EMP M
425mm AutoCannon II, EMP M
425mm AutoCannon II, EMP M
Salvager I

Medium Core Defence Field Purger I
Medium Core Defence Field Purger I


Hobgoblin II x5

Works for c2 but i dont know if anything (maybe a tengu) can solo c3s anymore.

Anything other than a tengu is going to be pretty skill intensive for soloing WH's. However from my own experiences, I would say legion every time. I ran this one in a C2 for a bit, before trading it in for a slepnir. Tank is insufficient for a C3 though, and in a C2 you may want to consider swapping a tracking computer for a cap recharger (I was dualboxing two of these, so neuts did occasionally switch... not that C2 neuting is really that big a deal).

[Legion, C3 and below solo legion]
Corelum C-Type Medium Armor Repairer
Armor Thermic Hardener II
Armor EM Hardener II
Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane II
Heat Sink II
Heat Sink II

10MN Afterburner II
Tracking Computer II, Optimal Range
Tracking Computer II, Optimal Range
Cap Recharger II

Heavy Pulse Laser II, Conflagration M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Conflagration M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Conflagration M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Conflagration M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Conflagration M
Heavy Pulse Laser II, Conflagration M

Medium Energy Locus Coordinator II
Medium Anti-Kinetic Pump I
Medium Ancillary Current Router I

Legion Defensive - Nanobot Injector
Legion Electronics - Tactical Targeting Network
Legion Engineering - Augmented Capacitor Reservoir
Legion Offensive - Liquid Crystal Magnifiers
Legion Propulsion - Fuel Catalyst

Is it sufficient? Yes. However, compared to the tengu, it has some pretty significant problems. First off, a tengu can get a better tank (really, for WH's shield tanks are just plain better than armor tanks, at least when local tanking). Secondly, a tengu doesn't need cap to fire, though it does need lots of ammo, so you'll need to remember to grab it from the POS/can occasionally. Secondly, damage projection. With this fit, you are going to be using scorch about 95% of the time... everything likes to hover way the heck out. But you can't really switch to beams, due to both PG issues and because beams can't track the frigs when they get in close, while pulses can.

All this being said, I have yet to come up with a fit for a loki that could work effectively solo...

-Arazel

Hey dood, if you are dipping your toes into WHs, then it is best to start with BCs.

I found that Drakes are awesome at it, and Canes are great too. Both ships have 8 highs, so both can fit probes and the cane can fit a salvager too.

Both can shield tank fine ofc.

Harbies and Brutixs also work equally great, either as armour or shield (harby less so).

Dont start out with THE best ship to do them in, use cheap BCs and cheap fits to see how you go.

Above all, make sure your shild or armour resists are > 70% for each damage type

Well, not ENTIRELY true. You can fit 250mm rails on the Proteus now (haven't checked active tank fits but I know you can passive tank them with a 1600 plate) and they'll get 90km optimal with Spike, and do a respectable 450dps with it.

Still, a Tengu can do 600+ dps at ANY range.

Agreed, unless you are in a Wolf-Rayet hole (shield resist nerf = tank nerf = bad?)

@ the OP: Legion should be fine with pulses, Scorch should get you enough range to get the job done without too much pain and suffering involved. You probably want to prioritize neuting ships in a C3 though, to avoid capping out. Also, don't take this ship into a Pulsar or Cataclysmic Variable, or else the WH effects stand a good chance of making you a sad panda. W-R's are good though, so are Magnetars and Black Holes to some extent.

@ whoever suggested a passive Vaga: Need I say that Sleeper webs are 90%?

Actually, reintroducing sleeper neuting has caused a refocus on active tanking, in systems up to C4. It's now a question of dps and cap tanking. For soloing C3 anomalies, you need cap stability of around 55% (65% for mag/radar sites). This is easily achievable in all T3's except the Proteus blaster fit which needs MWD. I haven't tried the rail fit.

As to Legion/Tengu comparisons - well, in a C3 sleepers don't spawn more than 70km from the warpin, and usually a lot less than that. Plus they then starts motoring towards you, A twin TC'd Legion can hit with Scorch out to 44km optimal, and starts applying dps immediately. That plus being able to insta-switch to conflag for close-range 650dps, gives it the edge over the Tengu IMO.

The Tengu is the best all-round, tanking, one-click, n00b-friendly T3 for Class 3 wormholes, and you don't need to pimp it at all to do the job. But the Legion, once skilled up & properly fit, will complete anomalies faster than the Tengu.

You can still of course use a cheap passive-tanked Drake to run C3 anomalies. Solo, is doable but takes forever. A gang of 3 Drakes will earn very good isk from C3 anomalies.

Edit: @OP - I haven't in all honesty tried out the Loki yet. But I'm about ready to order one from my Alliance and test its effectiveness :)