The vengence - Pvp fits pt 2

The Vengence :

Ok second part of my series of PVP fit ships I like to fly, I will star by saying I love this ship!!

It screams pirate when you see it, everything form its jet black colour to its evil shape…and it is one of the best assault frigs in the game in my opinion able to work solo or in fleets as a heavy tackle.

The vengeance has 5% armour resists per level making the tank awesome for an assult frig, it also gets a rocket bonus..but I don’t like rockets so..sod em.
The fit I use is as follows:


High: 150mm ACII
High: 150mm ACII
High: 150mm ACII
High: small NOS II

Mid : scram T2
Mid : 1MN MWD II
Mid: x5 prototype web

Low: 200mm plate
Low: T2 small armour repper
Low: T2 adaptive nano plate
Low: T2 DC

Rig: Small Trimark plate
Rig: Small Trimark plate


This fit give you one mean little asshole that once it gets hold of you… it can close range very fast to most other frigs or cruisers, does excellent damage anywhere inside 5000km , can hold them in place with a scram to shut off their MWD and warp drive and a web to keep them in range.
It can also tank a lot of incoming fire, meaning it can act as tackle on ships much larger and hold them for a fleet, or out last most frigate’s or assault frigs in a dog fight (I proved this last night in a 1v1 with a wolf, at half amour he was going into structure and couldn’t break my tank despite more and bigger guns)
This ship is the answer to kiting ships that kill the punisher as well as if they get cockey and get in range of your web and scram they are shafted, and the mwd will normally get you in range fast enough, while the tank allows you to charge through their kill range with ease. Most savy arty pilots would call it a draw and withdraw.
If you come across T1 frigs they will go down very fast against this, T1 cruisers you need to be more careful a good fit and T2 drones will kill you solo (so bring a friend), noob fits will be no problem.

have fun 0/

PVP ships 101 - The Punisher

THE PUNISHER


The punisher is the first of a series o ships I intend to do a small section on explaining a decent pvp fit and how to use effectively.
The punisher is the top T1 frigate for the amaar faction, similar to the rifter, however it has several features that make it an excellent ship for PVP. Firstly it has a large capacitor, as do most amaar ships as the are designed to run lasors, it also has decent armour resists which improve by 5% each level making this ship excellent at tanking for a frigate, it is far less fragile than a rifter. You also get 10% less capacitor use on small energy turrets per level but that won’t be needed for this fit.

The fit I use for this little tiger is.

High slots –
3 x 150mm autocannons (t2 if you can fit them or scouts)
1 x T2 small NOS (or best named depending on skills)

Medium slots –
1 x catalysed cold arc jet (MWD)
1 x T2 Scram (or best named)

Low slots –

1 x 200 mm rolled tungsten plate
1 x T2 small armour repper (or best named)
1 x T2 adaptive nano plate (or best named)
1 x T2 Damage control (or best named)

3 x small trimark rigs

Now you may be thinking why auto cannons on a punisher, mainly because they have good tracking and it allows you to change your damage type at will instead of being stuck with EM/Therm, it also has 2 other benefits, 1 they do not use cap, meaning you can run the MWD and repper for a good long while before you drain the cap, also a lot of rifters use a AC set up and get a shock as they enter their optimal and find you are still doing massive damage lol.
Now the fit above is slightly altered by role, this is the fit I use for SOLO hunting, I find frigates or fail fit cruisers and use the MWD to get close, then lock in with the scram to hold them in system and disable their MWD while in a tight orbit with the MWD running and hit them with the Auto cannons, and the NOS. the NOS will keep you going with capacitor for a long time even with the damage control and the armour repper running it will also force them to drop point which means you can bug out if it get hairy. This fit will eat rifters alive normally..
The modifications you could make is if you are in a frig group and NOT the tackle ship switch the MWD for a afterburner, which keeps you fast even with a scram on you, or if you will be tackling larger ships for a fleet, swap the MWD for a X5 web, which will enable you to take down fast moving drones on the ships and hold larger pray in place until the fleet lands.
The opponent you need to be very careful of when flying punishers is long range kiting frigates like the arty fit rifter or jag, if they can keep pout of your point range they will pummel you before you can even hit them..however you should be able to warp out as you will be out of scram range.
In short the hevey tank and decent guns make this an ideal rifter killer or tackle ship as its good tank allows it to last a long time, its biggest drawback is the lack of a third mid slot for a scram, web, MWD combo and its speed, the base speed compared to other frigates is sluggish to reflect the armour it carries, this can be compensated for with good skills and flying it knowing its slow, who needs to run if your going to outlast the other guy?

Next article will be the punishers big brother..the vengeance, my favourite solo pvp ship.