This was from a short while ago, but I wanted to post it anyways. After successfully soloing most of the 35 NMs in Arrapago Remnants, I decided to try solo elsewhere. The most recent zone I've been doing is Silver Sea Remants, with great success.

To begin with, soloing in Silver Seas is very different than soloing in Arrapago. You don't have the luxury of always being able to skip past floors or to try any NM you want. All of the NMs require a number of mobs to be killed before they appear. In order to burn through all of this, you'll need to be meleeing. You would likely time out if you tried kiting.

On my first attempt, I went as RDM/NIN dual wielding a dagger and Joyeuse. Farming for cells isn't difficult at all. It's possible to clear each room of 4x Ashu Talif Crew with suprising speed. Protect IV and Phalanx can reduce nearly all of the hits you take to zero, even if you're completely naked. Unlocking gear only adds to this. It's a good idea to go for the RDM first, Dispel/Bio/etc. can be annoying(pull it with Silence). Blaze Spikes and Enfire will double the speed at which you go through these rooms, so make sure to keep them up. I chose to simply run in and aggro all four fomor at once, they do a good job at killing themselves on your spikes.

The only trouble you might run in to is Aegis Schism. It greatly reduces your defense. Vicar's drink can erase this though. You can usually find one in a chest, make sure to grab it before engaging.



The next step is successfully popping Hammerblow. The six fomor you need to kill are much stronger than the others on this floor. Even if you are fully geared, they will overwhelm you if you try fighting all six at the same time. You can seperate them by casting Gravity and Bind on some of them, and then running away until they lose aggro. It's time consuming but it works.



After you've cleared all of the fomor, it's time for Hammerblow. It's actually somewhat difficult as RDM/NIN. If he gets you with Aegis Schism, you can kite with w legs until it wears off. If you don't have w legs you should probably bring a stack of remedies, although it could be possible to kite him around terrain obstacles without enhanced movement speed. I had about 15 minutes remaining when I killed him.





An alternative and much better approach to this solo is RDM/BLU. Protect IV, Cocoon, and Phalanx offer enough defense and damage reduction on a fully geared RDM/BLU to simply zerg the six fomor that pop Hammerblow. It's a huge time saver and much less annoying. You will need to keep Stoneskin up or Cocoon can easily get interrupted. Try and refresh them before they wear off. Again, make sure to take out the RDM first.



Hammerblow will also die much faster. You won't need to spend so much time casting Utsusemi, and you'll get a significant more damage out of Blaze Spikes. You can recast Stoneskin between his attack rounds if you have Slow II.



I'm pretty lucky to have gotten the drop second try. I'm not sure how long it will be until I do this zone again solo. I'm confident a good RDM/NIN could do Deadpan Devilet and Dekka, although you'd have to skip past Hammerblow and bring some echo drops. I can't even equip Marduk so I probably won't be trying. Powderkeg could also be possible. RDM/BLU or RDM/NIN can both handle the fomor on 2F but it takes some time to go through them(3-5 mins each). My bet is on RDM/BLU. It's more time efficient and it seems to be mostly a race against the clock. I may try it eventually.