Moved stealth a to the top of c tier due to continuous user feedback on the placement of the ship. Your most unusually high picks.
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Ftl ship tier list reddit. An in depth guide to strategy and early game tactics for all ships in ftl with tips ranging from basic to extremely advanced. Now this list is split into two starting weapons and store weapons. Please use spoiler if relevant. Additionally when facing a ship with 3 shield bubble it is often hard to land much of the beam at all because the shields will come back online too quickly the beam speed increase is aimed to improve your outcome here a bit. Ship tier list spoilers all your guides strategy discussions request for help on how to play go here. When a ship has more stuff to sell.
A good question to ask yourself. It is currently mon may 04 2020 630 am. Im glad i was able to push out a second tier list thanks to plenty of reader feedback. Every ship in ftl can become strong eventually with the right weapons and upgrades just as every civilization can become powerful in the civ games and every champion can dominate in league of legends with enough gold. Starting weapons can only be found aboard the ship that has them i include crystal weapons because getting to the crystal sector to buy them is an extremely rare and difficult. Each player ship can carry a maximum of eight crew members of various races with an initial crew of between one and four members.
Each ship starts with varying systems weapons power levels. Welcome to v21 of the ftl ship tier list. 118 posts page 2 of 12. Engi bs downside is the entire ship not merely the crew which is worse than any other ship in the game. The universe of ftl is inhabited by friendly and enemy ships. My current tier list.
By mike hopley. Yes i know im years late but i only really got into ftl a year ago and i finally feel ive played it enough to create my own weapon tiers. The purpose of a tier list is not to discuss what could potentially happen but rather to evaluate relative strength in a vacuum. The primary reason is because it works slowly. An exception to the above is if the enemy is charging their ftl then attracting the pilot to another room in order to fight you will delay the ftl fighting in the cockpit doesnt delay the ftl if your boarders are getting overwhelmed have them run from one end of the enemy ship to the other while your teleporter recharges. B tier good ships once certain equipment and upgrades are acquiredcrystal a kestrel a lanius a.
Slug b mantis c stealth a. Lanius b crystal b zoltan b. Rock b zoltan c engi b. A tier already pretty great ships but need better equipment or upgrades to be amazing kestrel c stealth a fed a kestrel b slug c zoltan a mantis b rock b. All times are utc. If youre only in the market for top tier weapons its probably incorrect to delay shield upgrades.
S tier great ships right out of the hangar can get ludicrously op once more equipment and crew is acquired. The enemy ship has ample time to get off shots while youre slowly burning it up. These ships come in a variety of layouts and can be equipped with various systems and subsystems weapons drones and augmentations. Thanks to everyone who replied. Board index ftl general tips strategy guides.