Builds By Eph289

Welcome to my builds page! I have a wide variety of ships and build types to peruse that are all Elite-capable and well-vetted in their respective roles. You won't find pure meta builds here, as those are even more expensive and heavily-specialized for specific teams and maps. I have my own set of build guidelines that I personally follow instead:

1) Each build should be independently capable on a variety of Elite maps. There's more than the parsing ones so include survivability and utility alongside DPS

2) Pick ships you want to fly and build to their strengths

3) Do your own math, bring the receipts

4) Use a mixture of energy weapons and torpedoes. This is a concession to immersion and is probably not optimal on all ships, but also not a major impact

5) Keep the cost reasonable 

a) no more than 3 Promo or Lockbox purchases

b) no more than 500 Lobi worth of items

c) Under 1000 EZRA (estimated zen replication amount) for the overall build


U.S.S. Roosevelt - Fleet Avenger (Arbiter) Battlecruiser

My first T6 build, it remains a relatively affordable sturdy DPS platform that can tank on Advanced while using canon-friendly weapons for Elite-caliber damage.


I.G.S. Jhamel - Andorian Chimesh Pilot Escort

Leaning heavier on cannon damage, this sleek escort focuses extensively on AOE energy weapon damage through Scatter Volley and Pilot abilities


U.S.S. Triton - Atlantis Temporal Destroyer

Leaning heavier on cannon damage, this sleek destroyer nevertheless gains powerful damage amplification from science abilities like Gravity Well and Recursive Shearing


Stormbreaker -  Chronos Temporal Dreadnought Cruiser

A heavy tank that can draw fire for the entire team even on the most punishing TFOs. Featuring plasma beams and Temporal Operative abilities.

C.U.V. Lang - Cardassian Damar Intel Science Dreadnought

Leaning heavier on its exotic-amplified torpedoes and hangar, this massive intel science ship remains capable of inflicting over half a million DPS.

U.S.S. Mitscher - Constitution Miracle Worker Flight Deck Carrier

A new take on a classic design, featuring two hangar bays of fighters, Superior Area Denial, and a whole lot of cannons for maximum pew-pew.

U.S.S. Perses - Deimos Pilot Destroyer

An agile Jem'Hadar Attack Craft leveraging the latest updates to Pilot abilities, including Reroute Reserves to Weapons, to devastating effect.

L.S.S. Pioneer -  Lukari Dranuur Scout Ship

The premier science ship in my fleet, this agile scout wields maximum science and anomalies to devastating effect

U.S.S. Aquila - Terran Eagle Pilot Raider

On the cutting edge of the torpedo meta comes a unique Pilot-based torpedo boat taking full advantage of its Covert Warhead Module to push the DPS ceiling ever higher. This ship was the first STOBETTER build to crack 1M DPS

U.S.S. Doolittle -  Earhart (Fleet Engle) Strike Wing Escort 

While most popular torpboats mix their types of weapons, this ship uses quantum torpedoes and mines to considerable effect.

U.S.S. Aegis - Eternal Multi-Mission Temporal Science Vessel

This ship mixes science and phaser cannons in an almost even split of damage.

U.S.S. Perihelion - Equinox (Fleet Nova) Pilot Scout Ship

This ship combines pilot abilities and PBAOE effects with solid exotic fundamentals for a close-range exotic build 


U.S.S. Aldrin -  Gagarin (Fleet Shepard) Miracle Worker Battlecruiser

An experiment on the merits of Exceed Rated Limits, this ship mixes three wildly different firing modes in an unorthodox yet effective blend

U.S.S. Shepard - Gagarin (Fleet Shepard) Miracle Worker Battlecruiser

This ship showcases the evolution of a beam build into the first few C-store purchases and Mk XV gear from a F2P build, with the according growth in DPS potential unlocked at greater investment. That ship is quite capable on any difficulty level in the game. 

U.S.S. Yi Sun-sin - Legendary Inquiry Battlecruiser

A premier updating of the Arbiter build, this sturdy battlecruiser serves as a survivable DPS platform using Fire at Will for area defense

A.R.W. Javelin - Legendary Scimitar Intel Dreadnought Warbird

A support build geared towards assisting energy builds achieve new records while still providing Elite-capable DPS.

R.R.W. Xiphos - Legendary Scimitar Intel Dreadnought Warbird

If you like weapons of mass destruction and questionable legality, including tricobalt torpedoes, subspace weapons, bio-molecular warheads, drone swarms, and neutronic radiation on the Scimitar platform, this is the ship for you. It serves as a midrange entrant into the kinetic build space, providing top-tier DPS with moderate investment. 

A.R.W. Harpe - Legendary Scimitar Intel Dreadnought Warbird

A third build on this platform using Surgical Strikes with the unorthodox choice of plasma weapons for very high DPS.

I.S.S. Taggart  - Terran Lexington Dreadnought Cruiser

This build started as a joke but then did surprisingly well even before upgrades.  For this popular ship, virtually all conventional wisdom on how to optimally build it, or how to optimally make a projectile build in general is discarded in favor of making a dedicated minelayer.


U.S.S. Capitoline Palatine Multi-Mission Reconnaissance Explorer

This relatively affordable exotic build outpunches its price tag to deliver Elite-capable DPS using transferrable build concepts and exotic staples

U.S.S. Alamo - Presidio Tactical Command Battlecruiser

A debuff-oriented and supportive tank that can still withstand tremendous punishment thanks to Suppression Barrage.

Over Achiever - Ferengi Quark Marauder

Tetryon Dual Beam Banks combined with other shield-weakening mechanics and Beam Overload for a very high single-target DPS for a Ferengi captain flying the premier Ferengi ship.

U.S.S. Ascendant - T5 Sovereign Assault Cruiser

A basic build for beginning or pure F2P players on a barebones budget, this ship shows that you don't need to pay out to cash in. It's survivable and effective up through Advanced difficulty while skirting the edges of Elite-capable damage.

I.S.S. Phlegethon - Styx Terran Dreadnought Cruiser

This tank leans considerably into debuff and supportive capability for teamwide amplification that can still withstand tremendous punishment thanks to Suppression Barrage.

U.S.S. Navigator - Terran Trailblazer Science Warship

This hybrid build combines concepts from both kinetic torpedo builds and exotic builds in a sleek, deadly package on the Trailblazer, leaning into the best of both worlds. 

U.S.S. Bjerknes - Fleet Norway (Valdres) Command Strike Wing Escort

A self-sufficient support build geared towards supporting projectile or exotic builds while maintaining Elite-capable DPS

U.S.S. Vishnu - World Razer Temporal Ops Juggernaut

This massive warship built from specifications from an alternate timeline shows that Temporal Operative and Command seating can be just as valuable for a single-target energy build as the more prominent Miracle Worker, Pilot, and Intel seating.