Stalker will always get you in the worst of times...unless you get a beacon then you turn the tables on him.

Hope you're ready for the Shadow Stalker then. Enjoy.

PS - quick, medium-hitting weapons such as the Dragon Nikana or Dakra Prime are best for dealing with him, since most of the time his swings are faster than yours if you go for, say, a Galatine. Also, go for a build with different damage type for each weapons, or this will not be a pleasant experience.

Stalker always appears when I'm levelling low level stuff. The only time I had high level stuff, I wasn't the target T.T

i never honestly needed such effort to kill him.

Well it's nice to see fellow Tenno struggling with the stalker. But now I can solo fight him and win. Maybe you can too. Use your video game skills to beat his smokey ass back into the frying pan XD