Combat and Battle Guide
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Fighters

Good Against: Bombers, Heavy Bombers, Ion Bombers, Destroyers

Bad Against: Heavy Cruisers, Battleships, Dreadnoughts, Titans, Leviathans, Death Stars

Why use them? Fighters are good meat shields, they keep other ships/defensive structures alive a little longer. They are vital when using big ships (Titans, Leviathans and Death Stars).



Bombers

Good Against: Cruisers, Ion Bombers, Ion Frigates

Bad Against: Fighters

Why use them? Many people like using Cruisers to attack, these are good for stopping cruisers.



Heavy Bombers

Good Against: Cruisers, Ion Bombers, Ion Frigates, Heavy Bombers

Bad Against: Fighters

Why use them? Also good against stopping cruisers.



Ion Bombers

Good Against: Titans, Leviathans, Death Stars

Bad Against: Pretty much everything else.

Why use them? Useful if a twit has occupied your Astro with a big ship and hasn't brought fighters with it.



Corvettes

Good Against: All Bombers, Recyclers, cruisers.

Bad Against: Battleships, Dreadnoughts, Titans, Leviathans, Death Stars.

Why use them? If there is a war going on near you and you bring recyclers hoping to nick some debris, Corvettes make the perfect escort. If someone is nicking your debris, kill the recyclers with corvettes.



Recyclers

Good Against: None.

Bad Against: EVERYTHING!

Why use them? Only use them when there is a Debris pile, otherwise don't get them.



Destroyers

Good Against: Cruisers, Heavy Cruisers, Recyclers, Ion Frigates, Ion Bombers.

Bad Against: Fighters, Battleships, Dreadnoughts, Titans, Leviathans, Death Stars.

Why use them? Like Bombers they are good against Cruiser attacks.



Frigates

Frigates are the most useful unit in the game for telling whether a player is a complete noob. If you see some in his fleet, it's a safe bet that you can probably rape him mercilessly with no fear of serious resistance. It is possible to use frigates effectively against Heavy Cruisers, but it is difficult and makes the usefulness limited, since frigates are unit of very limited effective use.

Good Against: Cruisers, Heavy Cruisers

Bad Against: Everything else.


Ion Frigates

Good Against: Titans, Leviathans, Death Stars.

Bad Against: Everything else.

Why use them? If someone is mad enough to attack one of your bases with just a Titan, Leviathan or Death Star possibly with a few fighters, destroy the fighters with more fighters and attack the bare ship with lots of Ion Frigates. You will lose far less than the enemy.



Scout ships

Good Against: Nothing.

Bad Against: Everything!

Why use them? Scouting around regions only. These things are the weakest units in the game, don't use them for defense/attacks.



Cruisers

Good Against: Heavy Cruisers, Battleships and Defensive Structures.

Bad Against: Heavy Bombers, Ion Bombers, Destroyers, Frigates, Ion Frigates, Leviathan, Titan, Death Stars.

Why use them? They are very good at attacking enemy bases. Don't use these things for defense though.



Carriers

Good Against: Nothing.

Bad Against: Everything!

Why use them? Use them to carry fighters, always send these things away before you have a battle otherwise they almost certainly will die. These things are very vulnerable against fighters, but are faster than their big brother, the Fleet Carrier.



Heavy Cruisers

Good Against: Fighters, Bombers, Battleship, Dreadnought, Titan, Leviathan (if you have lots of them).

Bad Against: Heavy Bombers, Ion Bombers, Destroyers, Frigates, Ion Frigates, Cruisers, Death Stars.

Why use them? Good for crushing fighters and taking down Planetary Shields if you've got bad Plasma tech. Also good for taking down big ships except for Death Stars.



Battleships


Good Against: Fighters, Corvettes, Titans, Leviathans, Death Stars.

Bad Against: Cruisers.

Why use them? They are good at destroying big ships and occupying bases that have only got fighter defenses.



Fleet Carrier

Good Against: Nothing.

Bad Against: Everything!

Why use them? Use them to carry fighters, always send these things away before you have a battle otherwise they will take damage and most of them will die. These things are not as vulnerable as Carriers, but they are slower.



Dreadnoughts

Good Against: Fighters, corvettes.

Bad Against: Cruisers, Heavy Cruisers

Why use them? Good at stopping fighter drops.



Titans

Good Against: Defensive Structures.

Bad Against: Battleships, Dreadnoughts, Ion Bombers, Leviathans, Death Stars.

Why use them? Use them in a group with some fighters escorting to occupy an astro. Don't leave these things alone in a fleet or someone will squash the titan like a grape for its debris. Get these in big packs (over 5) and they will excel at destroying



Leviathans

Good Against: Defensive Structures, fighters, corvettes, cruisers.

Bad Against: Battleships, Dreadnoughts, Ion Bombers, Death Stars

Why use them? With fighter escorts use them to occupy. They are also good at defense. Get these in packs and they will be perfect for destroying cruiser fleets.



Death Stars

Good Against: Defensive Structures, fighters, corvettes.

Bad Against: Battleships, Dreadnoughts, Ion Bombers

Why use them? They are very good at defense. They aren't very popular due to very slow speed and they can't use Jumpgates. They could be useful for attacking incoming cruiser fleets.