Strategy:Phobos Base Entry

0.9.9.7

Ultra-Violence

The layout of the first level can still be luck-based, with some layouts offering you no time at all before the Formers start finding you, where they're able to shoot you more accurately than you can shoot them unless you went Eagle Eye first, but sometimes they wander inside to grab the med-packs instead, where their AI can be more easily exploited. You can either restart repeatedly until you get the one you want or roll with it.

Unfortunately, no matter what, you'd have to have RNGsus' most sacred blessing for the two small med-packs and armor to not be taken right away. That means your first order of business is to try to rescue them from the hands of the enemy. This can be done, but only if you get to cover that breaks Line of Sight! Whatever you do, don't stand out in the open against multiple enemies, you'll lose about half your health before they start to die.

First thing's first, you'll need to lure enemies in close to you WITHOUT damaging them or sticking your head out and getting shot. Damaging them makes them likely to USE those med-packs before they walk over to you, and getting shot at is likely to make you need to use one of yours. You need to conserve med-packs as much as possible right now. Luckily, the solution to this involves an alternate use of a med-pack! Giftdropping! Find some cover and drop a small med-pack near an opening. Back up two spaces away so you can still see it, and run > wait (comma > period) until you see a guy show up. If none of them shows up, lucky you! They're inside. Go knock on the front door and do this again, but be sure the door is closed while you're setting it there. If a guy does show up, run into melee range with him immediately. He will resort to weakly punching you over all else rather than pick up your med-pack or shooting you, and you'll be close enough to hit him with your pistol reliably without needing to aim. If you get REALLY lucky, the first guy you lure in will be a shotgun guy.

If all goes well, you should be able to kill at least one guy before he has a chance to use a med-pack, especially if you took Son of a Gun at first level. If you didn't, you'll have to hope to pull a Shotgun Guy who doesn't have a med-pack, kill him, and take his shotgun and ammo. Now you can reliably kill all the next enemies you lure in one shot except the one wearing the armor. Don't poke your head out yet, go back to waiting two spaces away from your med-pack and wait until they get close so you guarantee a one-shot kill.

It's entirely possible to lure all the enemies to your one med-pack in quick succession and kill them all before you go inside, while also liberating both med-packs from them. Unfortunately, it's also very possible that the turn you walk up to the guy you lured in, two shotgun guys spot you and blast you before you have a chance. This can be good for you, however, if it kills someone right beside you holding a medpack or a shotgun. Saves you the RNG.