. ago. Decent - Autocannon: It's worth noting that this is the only really viable option for torpedo corvettes. If you can get Crystal Hull tech this can help you build ships more for less. 0) Number of years since game start is greater than 10 (×2. TechnologyJob List. Against shields only and armor only. 4:3:3 hull:shield:armor and 30% evade for cruiser-class ships, 3:1:1 and 20% for the mothership. Cheese method: Build naked corvettes, meaning the same Corvette that you start the game with and do not upgrade them at all, this is very important. ago. Essentially the PD destroyers swat away the fighters while the artillary does the damage, all of the PD's essentially just tangle up the fighter swarm and they never reach the destroyers in the back firing on the carriers. Small plasma cannon- 6. Nanite. You have the perfect start. Paragons are unique leaders with special backstories, portraits and predefined traits that can be obtained as part of certain events. Age of Wonders 4 Empire of Sin Cities: Skylines 2 Crusader Kings 3 Europa Universalis 4 Hearts of Iron 4 Hunter: The Reckoning Imperator: Rome Prison Architect Stellaris Surviving Mars Surviving the Aftermath Vampire: The Masquerade Victoria 3. Their. I almost always. Despite being an energy weapon, it does produce recoil. So the Cruisers could tank with small Plasma + Autocannon. Stellaris. 3 auto > railgun ~32. 00. A full fleet of just Corvettes (125 with Flak and double Autocannon and 125 with PD and double Autocannon) was 750,000 fleet power. 1 is my own interpretation of a military focused Halo mod for stellaris. Stellaris Tech Trees. Kinetic Artillery is the best Large kinetic weapon period. Legacy Wikis. Stellaris Wiki Active Wikis. In 3. the Autocannon will have more use again. Industry Technology. The Stellaris 3. If you are talking about the big flak components, these are indeed part of the autocannon tech tree. Having a single fighter that spawns there will be good for intercepting swarmers sooner, especially if you don't use swarms yourself. Autocannon VS Mass driver. And the look pretty cool pew pew) M: Plasma (The autocannons of corvettes and the KA ripped of the shields so the plasma can hit hard) L: 50/50 KA and Neutron Launchers. Stellaris Wiki Active Wikis. Related. Unique Council Roles: Specialized roles and benefits are included in Galactic Paragons to. Disruptors and the new L-size autocannon are a joke with 40 range on a battleship (shortest range ship computer only advances to 50 range). Stellaris. Recently heard about this trick about how weapon DPS makes a great contribution to fleet power and the autocannon just has a massive amount of DPS on paper. Company Discord:It Out!YouTube: 3. If your shields and armor can take it, good. Full Disruptor fleets can be a thing, but the issue is raw DPS. termiAurthur • 3 yr. 掠夺者帝国. 61. lasers are outgunned by plasmas. research_technology Command Help. 3. Age of Wonders 4 Empire of Sin Cities: Skylines 2 Crusader Kings 3 Europa Universalis 4 Hearts of Iron 4 Hunter: The Reckoning Imperator: Rome Prison Architect Stellaris Surviving Mars Surviving the Aftermath Vampire: The Masquerade Victoria 3. Legacy Wikis. For kinetic weapons, you want a scientist with Propulsion expertise. When shields are gone torpedoes should have finished armour too. Regardless of where it spawns, you will get the dialogue popup. Railgun is starter. -Covie Strikecraft will be added later on down the line, as i had a problem with creating custom graphics for them ===== HW:S v1. . May 15, 2016 9. The most correct answer in this thread. Well. An amazing starting area with great habitable planets, a perfect choke point, no nearby powerhouses to threaten you. Its short range is a problem since it doesn't have the evasion of. On the seventh anniversary of Stellaris, the Paradox team shares the release notes for the 3. Space warfare. Jul 7, 2021. Pairs quite nicely with the ascension perk!In other words, the ship charges to autocannon range, and then immediately attempts to fly away, but can't do that because it's a slow battleship and probably already died. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy game Stellaris by Paradox Development Studio. It can however be pretty challenging on to get right. In this case, each ship within the fleet has specific roles as well as specific positions within the line of. You will want to have a pretty substantial fleet in this system, and generally use it as your main anchor. Also, they have the shortest range weapons out of all the crises. that is a 325% difference in base DPS before adjusting for modifiers. 3. | VirgiliusM 于8个月前 修改了 此页面。. 2. Minimum range means, that ships cannot fire too close with certain weapons. The damage malus to armor seems pretty bad, and that's why you put the Plasma Cannons which have a 100% bonus to armor to counteract it. r/Stellaris. 7 Technology List – T to Z. While the Scavenger Bot can be defeated by any Fleet of 40k+ Power, a smaller Fleet will be able to beat it if players design their ships specifically. . My current endgame fleet looks like this (based on a Reddit thread, 130 size): 20x Dasher (3x Autocannon, Swarm-Computer, Full-Afterburner)Nanite Autocannon and Flak. It is developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive. They both can work on the hull. 4. Autocannon is better versus smaller ships, since it has higher accuracy, and higher tracking. Now you also get a small weapon slot along with your missile slot on missile Corvettes, but I personally feel the best design choice is just to leave it empty to reduce the cost of your Corvette. If M,. Once you start getting hostile with your neighbors, you'll want to do some custom designs. Stellaris 2. Edit: if you can enter the L gate and get to terminal egress, you will effectively hold the point needed to jump to any of the other L gates. That's until the enemy has PD in any decent number. but I hope to argue here why the current state of autocannon is influencing major aspects of the game negatively and need to be a priority. The damage malus to armor seems pretty bad, and that's why you put the Plasma Cannons which have a 100% bonus to armor to counteract it. Might have to rebuild them alot but could reduce the casualties to your artillery and dedicated carrier lines. Yea, that’s advantageous though as the AI will overestimate your fleet strength and change behavior and not attack as quickly. r/Stellaris. März 2018 um 15:23 It's not the accuracy thats the issue, it's the terrible damage small weapons in general output. In term of Range, Medium Disruptor's 40 > Medium Autocannon's 35. Members Online •. Marauders are always hostile, but will generally not attack empires unless they enter their systems, or they are in the process. Starbases lack PD weapons and Fighters only counter Fighters now. I have 3 Platform builds. Hello stellaris community, I recently started playing stellaris and got better and better over time. Overlord Expansion Features. SIGNED WALLPAPERPay your respects to the pioneers who ventured forth into the unknown with this desktop wallpaper signed by the Stellaris development. Autocannon VS Mass Driver, Plasma VS Laser As it says. As it says. If you are going to put something in the other slot, make it an Autocannon since that. Gauss Cannons have longer range and can be small, medium or large. That's until the enemy has PD in any decent number. The nanite fighters are shield penetration 100% & armor penetration 66%, but it's tracking is 0%. It is a no big deal but is this intended? Reply. The fleet will still be armor tank due to NL deal little damage to small targets and CQC using autocannon still gets hard countered by armor. 6 combat rebalance update. Guardians are extremely powerful Spaceborne aliens added in various DLCs. A tag already exists with the provided branch name. )”. The Disruptor and Autocannon do pair decently with the torp. I've got a smattering of point defense destroyers, but mostly split between kinetics/disruptors and all plasma. You can check out the full list of patch notes from Galactic Paragons and 3. To quickly find a tech in this list press ctrl + f and type in the techs name. It is our pleasure to release Solaris Skunk Werks 0. Shields- 1. Neutron launchers alone are mediocre but combined with autocannon brawlers, it shredds. Stellaris has released a new update, hotfix 3. Stellaris is a game with a lot of details to it, and can take a while to understand. This subject has been talked about since stellaris was released. Torpedoes deal with the armour and autocannon deals with shields. Here are the complete notes for Stellaris 3. Currently, if you want to change an existing defense platform's template, you need to destroy the existing defense platform and build a new one with the. Thread starter malakhglitch; Start date Dec 16, 2022; Jump to latest Follow Reply Menu We have updated our. The Target Uplink Computer building on starbases that increases the range by 50%, does not work. Conclusion. Most warfare is settled through space combat. In Stellaris, the economy is based on the production and consumption of resources and services either from a specific planet or throughout the empire. 17. Lets break down every change coming to Stellaris with Patch 3. - Elysium host worlds will now properly prefer farmers when set to refinery. In today’s latest entry - number 18 - Paradox focus on the good stuff: the shooty-bang-banging equipment you’ll be tacking onto your space. two solutions to this: autocannon corvets, autocannon and torpedo frigates. 外部链接. Stormfire Autocannon have 82% accuracy. By default, the game will generate the best possible version of the ship. Specifically I'm wondering if the picket computer results in the ship staying at a medium range and as such, the short range of the disruptor/autocannon will not engage? I'm throwing in all missiles destroyers on the back line with artillery computer - hopefully this will break down their armour enough for the autocannon/disruptor to do their. Stellaris: Every Weapon Ranked - In this video I review every weapon and rank them in the new 3. Stellaris Wiki Active Wikis. Kinetic weapons, including autocannons, are just bad compared to any other weapon. Recently heard about this trick about how weapon DPS makes a great contribution to fleet power and the autocannon just has a massive amount of DPS on paper. came up with to counter Whirlwind + Hangar Cruisers was outperformed by a 1:1 mixture of Torpedo Cruisers and Laser + Autocannon + Point-Defense Destroyers,. It was created by user Turanar, and is being kept up. Everything is glorious. Their main advantage is their extremely high damage output, but they are limited by high power usage, low range, and low damage against armor. ago. Industrial Base. Nanite Autocannon Technology;Physics research. Run Tachyon Lance, 3. ago. I'd personally consider it one of the best weapons for its slot, honestly. In this test we had 32 Destroyers going up against 64 Corvettes. This page was last edited on 15 June 2018, at 07:01. This page was last edited on 14 October 2017, at 10:52. Just don't build more than the amount of nanite deposits because those are all you get. The S slot on NL frigate also happens to be ideal for self. I was sad to hear during the stream today that Autocannons wont be changed in 3. 578 22. 6 Fleet Meta Prediction. Specifically I'm wondering if the picket computer results in the ship staying at a medium range and as such, the short range of the disruptor/autocannon will not engage? I'm throwing in all missiles destroyers on the back line with artillery computer - hopefully this will break down their armour enough for the autocannon/disruptor to do their. Fleets ranging to 30k where made 70, while the rest of my fleets where put too either just 5 or 7. 3. Consumes power. IE: a lot of armor and antiarmor weapons against shields and antiarmor, for instance. Probably has something to do with an L-Cluster outcome, and it's also. Early game you could try and roll for Autocannon weapons research which makes your corvettes better against other corvettes but real short range to fire. A place to share content, ask questions and/or talk about the 4X grand strategy game Stellaris by Paradox Development Studio. 0 open beta] [0193] Game Version 3. Autocannon vs Railgun is more up for debate for S and M. Large Matter Disintegrators have 75% accuracy. But they are more effective at that with the Torpedo config using the Torpedo Computer (because they can't have Picket, and Line only advances to medium range which is. Is it a per-auto cannon penalty or entire mech? ie Blackjack with twin AC/2's, fire left arm only turn 1, does right arm AC/2 get re-fire penalty in turn 2? I would assume that. At 40 repetitions you have increased the damage by 200%. 4. Use the "Table View" and "Card View" buttons to change the way the codes are displayed. Plasma Auto. Autocannon is better versus smaller ships, since it has higher accuracy, and higher tracking. for comparison Small stormfire autocannon- 19. If you tech up missiles, throw an autocannon with em. There are spectral wraith of 3 different colors and each is weaker in proximity of a certain kind of star: Red: M Class/Red Dwarfs; 450THz Yellow: G Class/Yellow Dwarfs; 520THz Blue: B Class/blue giants; 650THz. 8 “Gemini” here ! The galactic council is vast and full of personality! Galactic Paragons expands the Council mechanic, allows leaders you command to amplify your empire's vision, adds additional civics, and much more. You can up your tracking game with Auxiliary Targeting Computers and setting your ship's Combat Computer to "Picket" over computers. By all means if the system is a strong chokepoint or has a good planet, the interests of your empire trump all, blast away. By all means if the system is a strong chokepoint or has a good planet, the interests of your empire trump all, blast away. Energy weapons also have a "special" kinds of weapons (Disruptors and Arc Emitters) that ignore both shields and armor, all damage goes directly to the hull but the overall damage can be pretty low. Coil/Ripper or Lazer corvettes are more useful than Plasma/Missile/PD/Flak corvettes for general use. It has zero weight and nothing increases it. I have at least two battleships per fleet, one as a bomber carrier and one as a plasma artillery ship. Stellaris Wiki Active Wikis. Imo 1 fleet of missle / autocannon corvettes swarm with 2 of giga cannon / neutron bomb battleship artillery The battle ships usually end up with 2 Titans per fleet, the corvette fleets engage first and take most the damage. For example, normal missiles deal decent damage against hulls but are vulnerable to point-defense. 25 opinion per month to and from the target empire (up to +150) and removes the. Ultra-hightech energy weapons still have a place in stellaris as long as they can be fired. Stellaris: Every Weapon Ranked - In this video I review every weapon and rank them in the new 3. 3. An empire is only as strong as its weakest link. Kinetic weapons (Gauss Cannons) are good against. Here are the release notes for the update, which will be going live later today IS NOW LIVE. A searchable list of all technology codes from Stellaris. 6 and some little future nuggets. 9] With this mod there are seven basic types of strike craft (and three level of advancement per type), corresponding to the five types of basic kinetic and energy weapons and the two types of point-defense. Torpedoes deal with the armour and autocannon deals with shields. The Kinetic Weapons variants include mega cannon, mass driver, autocannon, and kinetic launcher. 6 Fleet Meta Prediction. Corvettes is a very solid unit with its high evasion. Another fleet composition that I think is better against the crisis is Neutron Launcher/Missile Line Cruisers paired with Artillery Battleships. MrMurLock. 1 the first in the 3. Stellaris offers players the opportunity to encounter various wonders of the galaxy, from anomalies to archaeological sites, while building their empires. ago. r/Stellaris. In a similar vein, I don't know how to get the nanite autocannon research either. Stellaris Wiki Active Wikis Age of Wonders 4 Empire of Sin Cities: Skylines 2 Crusader Kings 3 Europa Universalis 4 Hearts of Iron 4 Hunter: The Reckoning. Jul 17, 2021. 6 Technology List – Q to S. This is the same way several other techs that don't show up in normal research (eg, extradimensional weapons, mining. Currently 2 computers try to get inside the minimum range. It lacks the bonus to hull damage lasers have. The rest of the Stellaris combat ships, and their advantages and disadvantages, are at the Battleship, Destroyer, Titan,. You won’t find any hard science fiction answers for this (or for most things in Stellaris). . Starbases lack PD weapons and Fighters only counter Fighters now. Nanite Autocannon Technology;lasers are outgunned by plasmas. Jump to latest Follow Reply. 0) Number of years since game start is greater than 15 (×2. So if most of you're weapons on a ship are 95%, it's not worth putting 2 auxiliary fire control. So you get a bit of 'overall coverage' so at least nothing will just easily hard counter it. The point of having railgun equipped corvettes is so they compliment the autocannon equiped corvettes in damage projection. Huh, I thought xenophobes couldn’t slug up at all. 来自群星中文维基. Auto-design at the beginning when there aren't many options and you just need something to fight off random pirates. Adaptive helps you grow faster on colonies too. Let's play Stellaris, now w/ a Galactic Senate, Star Eaters, Radioactive Life, and. Stellaris Wiki Active Wikis. 极度先进的自动火炮，射出的弹药可以在接近目标时引爆成一片纳米机器人云，以此过载. 1. Thread starter Jernsaxe; Start date Jan 15, 2023;. Against shields only and armor only. Torpedo corvettes with autocannon. json. Below is a list of all the Engineering technologies available in Stellaris. AC have a max range of 30 and can only be small. They're strictly superior to railguns when used with torpedos. Its understandable since a single system craft is far far more than even ten of thousands titans. Build a citadel here and keep a large fleet of each type described above. It's been seven years since Stellaris released, and with this anniversary and three hundredth dev diary, I'm happy to bring you the Stellaris 3. Penetrated by guided weapons, strike craft, and some exotic energy weapons (Disruptors, Arc Emitters, and Cloud Lightning). Another way to get it is to crack open the L-cluster and find the Dessanu Consonance on the other side. Both have bonuses to hull, and your DPS is decent. Player is normally able to fit those only on Small slots. Rule Zero of Stellaris combat: autodesigned ships suck so much they have an event horizon. 3. research_technology <Tech ID> Copy. r/Stellaris • Stellaris Dev Diary #312 - 3. Unlocking each requires you to have the proper level of strike craft technology and a matching level in the corresponding. 0. Its one of the many reasons the combat in stellaris is the actual worst part of the game for me (Ever seen a CR90 swarm against an ISD? Yep ISD wins quiet easily by sheer number of guns alone. 500 alloys worth of Tachyon+Kinetic Artillery Battleships will have 68. The most basic use for them is the planetary building, the Nanite Transmuter. The system has two broken worlds that bring in a total 20 Minerals and 1 Nanites when mined – one of very few sources of Nanites outside the L-Cluster. Age of Wonders 4 Empire of Sin Cities: Skylines 2 Crusader Kings 3 Europa Universalis 4 Hearts of Iron 4 Hunter: The Reckoning. Alle Diskussionen Screenshots Artworks Übertragungen Videos Workshop Neuigkeiten Guides Rezensionen. Best. You definitely need something to tank, due to minimum range and firing arc. I place about 15-20 of each type in my mixed fleets (for a total of 30-40). Reply reply Home On top of with M and L slots dealing closer to 2x damage than their smaller slots (not 2. Autocannon fleets don't even make it to the enemy =/ Granted, when they do that's when they actually do put out the damage they say they do, but until then it's counting your ships exploding. Age of Wonders 4 Empire of Sin Cities: Skylines 2 Crusader Kings 3 Europa Universalis 4 Hearts of Iron 4 Hunter: The Reckoning Imperator: Rome Prison Architect Stellaris Surviving Mars Surviving the Aftermath Vampire: The Masquerade Victoria 3. Autocannon 'vettes have vastly overstates fleetpower and thus serve the purpose of appearing way scarier to the AI than you actually are. Total Military Power of Destroyer Fleet: 8800. 3. Each of these variants has some specific strong points, but all of these Kinetic Weapon types are good against armors. (You need Coilgun2 to research AC1, and the tech cost in line with Coilgun3). So AC1 is even in tech with Coilgun3, not Coilgun2. - Elysium host worlds will now properly prefer farmers when set to refinery. 24 , 24. 8. Scirocco16V. 0) Number of years since game start is greater. The damage malus to armor seems pretty bad, and that's why you put the Plasma Cannons which have a 100% bonus to armor to counteract it. Starfighters! [3. Autocannons are extremely short range. Devastator Torpedo / Autocannon Cruiser the short-range brawler cruiser has superb damage output and can absolutely tear through enemy fleets. It’s not so much fun, as it s easy to manage, letting you focus on other things. Oct 14, 2022 Jump to latest Follow Reply Description Large Autocannons and Kinetics Have No Minimum Range [3. Added Armor Hardening and Shield Hardening modifiers, which. I have at least two battleships per fleet, one as a bomber carrier and one as a plasma artillery ship. Unlocking each requires you to have the proper level of strike craft technology and a matching level in the corresponding. and this effected actual strength, fights that should of been done in seconds slugged on till the enemy where able to whittle down my fleets and destroy them. It also adds several new subtrees with technology based on crystals, psionics, gravity. S: Autocannon (There was a thread in the forums where a guy calculated that autocannons outperformed every other weapon in the S slot. Below is our complete list of the Technology IDs for Stellaris. Swarm missles are definetly an answer to PD. Autocannon [edit | edit source] Autocannons are a smaller, rapid-fire version of the Mass Driver that fires very small solid projectiles at a very rapid rate. Ultimately this means having a big fleet in the early-game will restrict your ability to have a bigger fleet later on. It improves the graphics of almost EVERY weapon in the game- adding lots of new custom effects (while staying. Railguns still are useful if you stick them on. So today we're going to take a look at a general overvie. What it does : V1. Mar 19, 2018. I am now able to withhold ai-empires, but struggle a lot with fallen once / awaken. Cruisers die way too easily to static defenses in order to justify their usage; their +hull upgrades are higher-tier than corvette / destroyer ones - so they cost more - and also come at a time where you don't really want to spend time on them. Legacy Wikis. GKPecap. Costs 900 Engineering, Requires Coilguns; Unlocks Railgun; Crystal Infused Plating. So today we're going to take a look at a general overvie. Subscribe to downloadExtra Ship Components 2. . edit: It does seem to have very rare weight according to "techweights phy" command once you have access to tier 2 tech. nekonight • 4 yr. g. If M, Autocannon. 1 titan - basically the same as battleship setup. My Battleship Fleets at 2430 have one Titan for the aura and 23 battleships with hangar bow carrier core and artillery stern, with a mix of PD and Flak and all weapon slots are fitted with gauss cannons. I'd personally consider it one of the best weapons for its slot, honestly. 16 comments. 1 How to use the Tech Id Cheat? 2 Stellaris Tech Id List – A-B. Now with 3. Just make sure you are not running into battle with the exact things that would make you weak. 3. It can however be pretty challenging on to get right. ago. Medium. I build my fleets to have roughly equal amounts of normal corvettes (Autocannon x3, torpedo corvettes (Energy Torp + Autocannon), destroyers (KA + Medium Gauss), Cruisers (Gauss in medium slots, KA in large, Autocannon in small) and BBs (carrier build with. The only approach that even gets close to military weight is a Megacorp spamming the Corporate Embassy building, where each one produces +10% diplomatic weight from economy. Bigger range is better so pick the appropriate computer slot upgrade so you can ping as many corvettes as possible before they close. Age of Wonders 4 Empire of Sin Cities: Skylines 2 Crusader Kings 3 Europa Universalis 4 Hearts of Iron 4 Hunter: The Reckoning Imperator: Rome Prison Architect Stellaris Surviving Mars Surviving the Aftermath Vampire: The Masquerade Victoria 3. Storm fire has really good tracking and dps for a small range, however the low damage per hit will give enemy fleets a lot of chances to escape the fight. Advances in mega-engineering make blur the lines between reality and the fantastical, enabling the construction of Colossus-class military vessels that carry weapons capable of obliterating - or fundamentally altering - entire worlds, with the push of a button. The tech system is random. Stellaris offers players the opportunity to encounter various wonders of the galaxy, from anomalies to archaeological sites, while building their empires. Keeping them in the same fleet is less effective because of the way targeting mechanics work. You could also use an artillery rear and put a large autocannon back there as backup, but let's face it: if your enemy gets that close to your carrier, it's probably too late anyway. When shields are gone torpedoes should have finished armour too. You mix in picket corvette or 2 depending on your OCD levels for jump speed bonus and couple Carrier Battleships with strike craft to screen enemy corvettes boom done. . In Stellaris there is only ship design and fleet management. Plus, it inflicts more damage beyond one‘s maximum range, wreak havoc, and retreat to minimum waste, to force the foes to retreat. Stellaris Wiki Active Wikis. Also you can get a damage boost against it from curator enclave. Go to Stellaris r/Stellaris. laser, where plasma, where rocket to adapt to. Efficiency. Their range ensures that they are constantly firing no matter how cluttered or bunched up the engagement is. Once you get to cruisers, fighters beat out autocannons for destroying small targets, and the max range of autocannons is pretty low. Nanite Autocannon Technology;Nup can still slug up - -40 stability on all planets for 10 years, only way I kept power was spamming precincts and strongholds, and supplementing my economy with alien slave labour. Compatible with Stellaris V2. For some reason, the. Though ground warfare is necessary to achieve ultimate victory, landing armies is safer once the fleet has eliminated the threat of enemy vessels intercepting and destroying vulnerable troop transports. Stellaris' recent 3. The Firerate increase is good especially for Fleets with many Autocannon Corvettes, since they have little CD, it gets even faster. Stellaris Real-time strategy Strategy video game Gaming comments sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A [deleted] • Additional comment actions. " In Stellaris there is only ship design and fleet management. Science Ship Automation. The range is just awesome. A fleet full of Battleships, equipped with Giga Cannons and loaded to the gills with Kinetic Artillery, with as many high-tier shields as you can put on them, with Artillery computers and - if you. - Updated various aspects of Elysium host world capitals to be more in line with newer versions of the game. The design of fleets is a strategy whereby ships with specific properties are combined to achieve a prescribed result. Space warfare. With corvette spam, the tactic is to set up enclaves with defense platforms to attrit the opponent, fortresses to slow the enemy, and a battlewagon fleet that can start taking them on head-on. Things You Need To Know Before Starting Stellaris. Only has G slot chassis. resource Command Help. · 5 yr. HFY Field Marshal. Autocannon rapid fire question. Autocannons work well in combination with Torpedoes in particular, no matter how the enemy ships are built. They have good tracking and the highest DPS of small slot weapons but low range. Stellaris Wiki Active Wikis. Spinal Mount weapons are amongst the most powerful in Stellaris, but which is the better weapon to place in our X slots? Should we use tachyon lances? how ab. Frigates are an advanced version. Armor- 12. Stellaris Mods Used: Extra Ship Components 3. Even then, there's still an element of randomness, so it might take a few tries to get the tech you want.