Solarii Fortress - Corridors Beyond the Throne Room - Part 1

After the battle, the door in the southern corner of the room opens. Go around the annoying spotlight in the doorway (or smash it with your axe if it's bothering you) and follow the hallway to the right. Continue to the end of the hall, turn left at the flaming debris, then left again.

Several enemies appear at the bottom of the flight of stairs ahead. Some are killed by an explosion, but 3 men survive and come up toward you. If you run move back into the hallway to the left of the stairs...

...you can stand facing the top of the stairs and blast the bad guys with your shotgun as they appear. Loot the bodies.

At the bottom of the stairs, more enemies approach from the right. Run across the hall and pick up the shotgun shells and rifle/SMG ammo.

Then use this corner for cover as you shoot the men running up the stairs toward you.

One is an armored soldier with a pole arm, one just has a rifle. As in the throne room combat, try to concentrate fire on one part of the armored guy. This will bring him down faster. Or you can wait for him to approach and use a melee attack.

Then shoot his friend with the rifle when he pauses to reload.

Continue down the stairs to the next landing. Here you'll find 2 bundles of arrows in the corner on the opposite side of the hall. You'll need to fight 4 more enemies: a sneaky guy with a shotgun, 2 men with rifles, and one with a metal shield. Again, move across the hall, grab the arrows if you need them.

Then use the corner and the table beyond it for cover as you shoot the approaching enemies.

You can probably take most of them out from this distance. Click through to Part 2 for tips on defeating the guy with the metal shield.