Zealot

How to fly it?

• Pre-roll drugs. Exile eliminates the need for implants, and Asklepians aren't the cheapest ones. If you do not like rolling drugs - get anough implants to have enough Reps.

• You can generally leave everything on, as you should have over 25 GJ/s of cap excess with 27% Neut resistance. It is still good practice to switch off at least one Repairer when it's not needed.

  • You should reset RAH (switch it off then on) before you jump to new room - it ensures it will start with 15% bonus to resistances to each damage type, and adjust to incoming DPS

  • If you feel confident - you can decide if you want to reset RAH at the beginning of next room - because if the damage type is the same as your RAH has adjusted to, it's better to leave it running

• I didn't need to overheat much, and even if you'll have to - not for extremely long. do not hesitate though.

• Ammo: by default load Scorch for the range, but switch to Conflagration as soon as enemies are in your range

  • Remember what are your ranges - I frequently switch ships, and I always have to check what's my Optimal :D

  • It might be smart to take some Navy Multifrequency - but I never really used it, so I can't say it does or doesn't make a difference

• Drones - best used for killing cache and putting some extra DPS on enemies. Not required, so don't send them when there's big risk of losing them (Deviant Automata, Tesseras) and recall them when they get damaged

  • They are useful if there are webs on you that you have to lose quickly

• Heating your web increases it's range. Very useful for enemies which are just outside of web range - like Vedmaks

• General EWAR priority: Neuts -> Webs -> Tracking Disruption

• It can depend on the room, so pay attention

• You have turrets now, so most if the time you want to get close - because web does help

• You will often find yourself in position where you're not hitting stuff at all - your tracking is not enough. Pull range.

  • It may sound weird - as Maeden said: "Chris step 1, get close. Chris step 2, but not too close" - but you'll get a feeling when you're too close ;)

• Orange Cloud doesn't matter, Blue Cloud is generally beneficial to you (well, unless Karen), White Cloud should be avoided if you can - your tracking isn't great

Tessella

Threat Level: Low / Medium

Quick Tips:

• Annoying EWAR first

• Don't stay inside the swarm

• Blue Cloud is your friend

• If they are all the same flavour - it gets easier, your RAH will adjust

Notes: Generally easily tankable, but Tessellas are small and fast - you might have tracking issues. If you are not hitting them - web them, and start moving aways (towards Biocache is generally good direction). Too many webs will increase the time for this room, but I never had real timer issues - mostly it was annoyance that I can't track. Leave Logi till the end, their reps do not matter and when everything else is dead they stop moving - so you can one shot them, which is fun :D

Tessera

Threat Level: Medium

Quick Tips:

• Stay more than 15km away

• If they get closer - web them to slow them down

• You can tank 3 of them - but you shouldn't really try to ;)

Notes: Will hit you hard if you let them. Don't let them :) Remove all Snarecasters as soon as possible (if there are any), and keep in mind that they will absolutely mangle your drones, keep them in bay. Not a very dangerous wave, but requires a bit of caution.

Overmind

Threat Level: Low / Medium

Quick Tips:

• Try to grab Biocache on the way to Overmind

• Get close, web it, Conflag it

• In T5 it will get web - don't get surprised ;)

Notes: Not much to add - make sure to use T2 drones if there's no more risk to them. If Overmind will be far away (it tends to), you can focus on it as soon as it's in range, and leave whatever is left for the end - you will still travel to conduit, so you might use that time to shoot last Ephialtes

Kikimoras

Threat Level: Medium

Quick Tips:

• As in all Trig rooms, your RAH will help to offset spooling effect a bit

• Kinda hard room, but nothing scary if you get to removing them quickly

Notes: Most rooms/spawns can be solved with "Get close -> Web -> Conflag" - this is no exception. If you start missing - reposition, pull range, and maybe swap targets - but in general if you start removing Kikis, they will die quickly :)

Vedmaks

Threat Level: Medium

Quick Tips:

• Vedmaks can deal significant amount of damage

• They tend to stay just outside of your web range - either web one that's in range, or heat web for few cycles

Notes: Same advice as for Kikis, just more. Bigger ships, so you'll get more incoming DPS, but also better application. Starvings are priority, as they drain 18 GJ/s - that's scary if you have 5 of them on grid.

Vila

Threat Level: Low

Quick Tips:

• Generic room, but not many ships

• Keep drones in bay or pay attention, as swarmers may attack them

Notes: Get close -> Web -> Conflag :)

Leshaks

Threat Level: Low

Quick Tips:

• Scorch them from afar

• Renewing -> Starving -> Tangling

Notes: They come pre-damaged for our convenience :) Shoot them with Scorch while you approach them, swap to Conflag when you're close. It's not really necessary to focus on other stuff at first, unless these are webs that will slow you down

Lucid Sleepers

Threat Level: Low

Quick Tips:

• EWAR can get annoying, kill small stuff during approach

• Sentinels have tricky name, Webs are generally annoying

Notes: Overall easy room, I didn't had much issues. Maybe with bad EWAR combination it would get worse, if yes - let me know

Ephialtes Sleepers or Scylla Drifters

Threat Level: Low

Quick Tips:

• Not much dangerous EWAR, just a lot of EHP to kill

• If EWAR happens, remove in standard order

• Scyllas do have the same name, you need to watch "Type" column in your overview

Notes: Get close, web them, shoot them

Deepwatchers

Threat Level: Low

Quick Tips:

• They will stay close to conduit, orbit them and shoot

• Send T2 drones for faster kill

• Small stuff can be killed on approach, after they are dead remember to collect your drones

Notes: Should cause too much trouble

Karybdis Tyrannos

Threat Level: Medium

Quick Tips:

• Spiral in, don't hit wall, kill it with fire

• Don't approach straight, but collect biocache on the way

• Leave small stuff for the end

Notes: Karen, nothing to add.

Thunderchild

Threat Level: Medium

Quick Tips:

• Drones in, or they will pop

• Edencom will pop your cache for you, which is "Pro Move" - do it ;)

Notes: Not much more to add

Marshal

Threat Level: Medium / High

Quick Tips:

• As with anything that starts far away - Scorch while you approach

• Marshals use missiles - speed matters, but transversal does not. Approach them straight to close distance fast.

Notes: Marshals deal TH or EX - TH being lowest resist on Zealot. On top of that, they have quite big Alpha, and all shoot together. This means that your RAH will adjust slowly, which means you'll get hit a bit. Sit tight, heat Reppers if you have to,

Sansha

Threat Level: Medium

Quick Tips:

• Knight would be priority, unless there's too many Smiths or Heralds - take them first

Notes: I don't have this room recorded, and I don't really recall it - it probably means it wasn't bad :) Might be updated if I get more data.

Angels

Threat Level: Medium

Quick Tips:

• Fury on the approach, then Cynabal -> Elite Cynabal -> Dramiel -> Elite Dramiel

• Send faction drones, but keep in mind that Angels will eventually switch - that makes tanking a bit easier, but you have to recall drones immediately

Notes: Isn't as scary as in Hawks, but do not underestimate this room. Angels are faster than you, and they will control the range - good thing is they want to close it :)