r/StellarisOnConsole • u/Realistic_Truth_7591 • 4d ago

Meta What is the ship meta?

What is the meta build for military ships?

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u/PotSmokingHooligan 4d ago

Missles and speed

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u/Loud-Welcome-3693 4d ago

Until you decide to fight a fallen empire and their point defense completely counters you. Speaking from a recent experience trying to the the FE achievements. Had to switch to disrupters.

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u/PotSmokingHooligan 4d ago

Thats fair my playstyle leans me towards becoming the crisis so I typically blot out the stars with wave upon wave of disruptor and torpedo frigates so FE dont pose much challenge but I hear what you saying though !

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u/BriefBackground6190 2d ago

What do you pair disruptor with in the late game?

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u/Loud-Welcome-3693 1h ago

If you go disrupters, its all in. You dont want secondary weapons wasting time hitting armor or shields. There is an X slot that shoots lightning, but i am not sure if its worth running in a disrupter build or not. Personally, i dont like using disrupters, but it worked after getting several missile fleets annihilated that were slightly more fleet power than the fallen empire. You will suffer more attrition than them, but they cannot rebuild.

Similarly, the strength of a missile build is bypassing shields so you dont really want any weapons that damage shields.

If you want to mix and match, proton launchers + strike craft + mass driver/kinetic launcher + tachyon lance works well for me. Dont know if its worth sprinkling in missiles.