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Public => EVE World News => Thema gestartet von: Aura am März 28, 2014, 09:00:57 Nachmittag
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Fit of the Week: Hunter-killer Stratios
"Good artists copy, great artists steal" as the apocryphal quote goes. I've mentioned a time or two on this blog that if you're a PvP'er, you should definitely look through the loss-mails of pilots you admire for ships for which you want good fittings. I do this all the time and I'm gonna do it again this week.
Rote Kapelle isn't much of a black ops hot-dropping alliance -- we prefer fights -- but we do it from time to time. I usually fly a little max tackle Proteus I designed; it's intended to keep the victims from escaping. But the last couple of times we did it, I was really intrigued by a Stratios brought by my alliance-mate Ben Booley. It did monstrous damage, felt pretty tanky when it came under attack, and of course, it's currently the best-looking ship in the game. He shared the fit with me of course, but recently he shared the fit with everyone else, too...
I really like this fit! Couldn't have come up with much better myself.
[Stratios, Ben Booley]
Damage Control II
Imperial Navy Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Drone Damage Amplifier II
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
Republic Fleet Warp Disruptor
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II, Optimal Range Script
Omnidirectional Tracking Link II, Optimal Range Script
Small Capacitor Booster II, Navy Cap Booster 400
Covert Ops Cloaking Device II
Focused Medium Pulse Laser II, Conflagration M
Focused Medium Pulse Laser II, Conflagration M
Focused Medium Pulse Laser II, Conflagration M
Focused Medium Pulse Laser II, Conflagration M
Medium Anti-Explosive Pump II
Medium Trimark Armor Pump II
Medium Trimark Armor Pump II
Garde II x4
First, DPS is heavily weighted to the drone side and comes from Gardes, double DDAs, double tracking links, and the ship's own bonuses. So once you've landed on your target, get your drones out right away, either right before you start locking targets or right after. Fit this way and with the four guns overheated, your DPS is well over 700. That's freakin' monstrous for a cloaky ship, and unheard of for a cloaky cruiser. Prepare to be top damage dealer on most hot drops. Obviously, trade out the Conflag ammo for faction Multifrequency for sub-battleship targets, but...
...you have another option. The ship is somewhat slow for a cruiser at 1300m/s or so but you do have the option of swapping out to Scorch ammo and kiting at point range. This only reduces your DPS by 50 or so and does increase your survivability somewhat if the hot drop victims call in friends. If this happens and you want to bug out, don't worry about scooping your drones. Gardes are cheap compared to the ship itself and you can (and should) carry a backup set. That's why I'm only listing one-quarter of the capacity of the drone bay. You should probably carry a set of four Curators. You should probably carry a set of EC drones of your choice and a set of light drones of your choice. But it would also be a good idea to carry a spare set of Gardes. Those are your bread and butter attack drones.
You will want to use lasers mostly to keep your cargo bay free for lot, of which you will collect quite a lot. ;-)
A faction point is completely totally optional. I list it because Booley carries it and I want to stay true to his fit for the purpose of this blog post. But it's really not necessary at all. The main thing it buys you is the ability to overheat longer and to use Scorch to the limit of your point range and vice versa. I'd call the cap booster required, though. The Stratios is a cap-hungry ship.
Tank is provided by a plate, DC, rigs, and a faction EANM. That last really is non-optional and increases your survivability tremendously. So don't skimp! Ditto on the T2 rigs. They're remarkably cheap right now and you're only hurting yourself and your rather sizable investment in the hull by not protecting it adequately. With a squad booster, tank is around 56k EHP with quite good resists.
Recommended boosters for this ship are Quafe Zero (when you're hot dropping things, you want to lock them quickly, plus the speed boost really helps this ship) and Drop of your choice to help somewhat sub-par laser tracking. I don't usually recommend implants, but this is a ship that really benefits from both a 'Rogue' Navigation NN-6 series implant in slot six and a 'Squire' Energy Management EM-8 series implant in slot eight. Forgo the DPS implant for slot eight unless you use it for other ships. Your lasers aren't providing enough of the DPS for that implant to help too much.
And that's it! This is a pretty nasty little hunting ship and also works pretty well for cloaky roaming. It slots very nicely into the position previously occupied by the cloaky Vagabond and Cynabal fits that were popular for a long while: heavy DPS for behind-enemy-lines hunting gangs. It's expensive, yes, but it's capabilities and survivability warrant the expense. It's somewhat ironic that such a dedicated hunter-killer flies the Sisters of EVE logo but irony is what EVE is all about, you know?
My thanks to Ben Booley for the fine fit! Sorry for stealing it. ;-)
All Fits of the Week are intended as general guidelines only. You may not have the skills needed for this exact fit. If you do not, feel free to adjust the fit to suit to meet your skills, including using meta 3 guns and "best named" defenses and e-war. Ships can also be adjusted to use faction or dead-space modules depending on the budget of the pilot flying it. Each FOTW is intended as a general guide to introduce you to concepts that will help you fit and to fly that particular type of ship more aggressively and well.
Source: Fit of the Week: Hunter-killer Stratios (http://jestertrek.blogspot.com/2014/03/fit-of-week-hunter-killer-stratios.html)