Well, I soloed my first AV...

Battle Maiden with my Fire/EM/Fire tank.

Here's what I learned.

1. The Cardiac (Radial? The one with DR) was sooooo worth it. There is no way I could have done it before the Alpha slot. I'm sure I would have run out End - with it, no end issues at all.

2. I might have been able to do it without the Envenomed dagger, but I'm thinking not. With no innate way to lower regen, I'm not sure if it would have happened.

What I already knew - Eye of the Magus is a great way to keep you alive while you take down the group spawned for 8 around Battle Maiden.

Oh, two more things I learned.

3. I will never, ever do this again. For me, it wasn't worth the effort.

4. I have gained a ton of respect for those of you who do this everyday. Wow. I consider myself a good player, but you folks are leagues past me if you can do this on a regular basis.

It's worth it for the bragging rights.

The AVs I've soloed were also under the influence of the Cardiac Uncommon. I love what it does for your endurance. I also tried soloing Silver Mantis in Ouro, which put me under the level for a lot of my set bonuses and the Alpha slot - I couldn't beat her, but that's because she uses a cheater version of Unstoppable that's on a short recharge and doesn't crash.

I couldn't say whether you could do it without the Envenomed Dagger, but I was able to solo Nightstar and Marauder without inspirations or temporary powers on my Inv/Fire.

I don't do it on a regular basis, but it is a nice way to really test out a build.

I really should try Battle Maiden sometime... but there are other AVs to test against, and I'm still working on my final build. Only 23 more hero merits to get that PvP IO for the rebuild. It wouldn't make a difference against Battle Maiden - the really really expensive IO build (as opposed to the really expensive one I run now) nets me a whole 2.5% recharge and softcaps to E/N as well as S/L.

Seriously, though, you soloed an AV on a tank. Je Saist said it couldn't be done and would be nerfed if it could. Walk with pride, and know you could do it again if you had to.

Big congrats Jetpack!

What was your attack chain? Barrage-Bone Smasher-Energy Transfer-Total Focus?

I don't have an attack chain per say, but yeah, those are the four main attacks for single target. Don't have energy punch.

And thanks, Gibson!

I know why people solo AVs, but... it never seems worth it to me. To much sitting and slowly whittling away at them. I know there is challenge there and some excitement, but I'd rather be moving on to other things sooner. Congrats, though. I know it's a challenge for any AT, and even harder for a Tank than some, as they don't have too many debuffs or as much damage to work with.

Grits! I have to agree with a lot that has been said, soloing AVs is more of bragging rights and time consuming, but you deserve the GRITS!