Blackbirds The Blackbird is the Caldari EWAR cruiser, and is bonused for ECM. A Blackbird fleet is almost the signature of Nide Henderson of .VPN. The blackbird has hull bonuses to jammer range as well as strength, allowing it to fight from much further out than a Griffin, which is great for an EWAR ship. Blackbirds also have the mid slots to support a rainbow fit of 4 racial jammers with 2 mids and 3 lows to spare, allowing the flexibility of a propulsion module and a shield or armor tank module. Range control This is one of the most important aspects, as Blackbirds utilize a range bonus to become similar to a sniper doctorine in the sense that they don't have enough tank and can't do much brawling without dying. Since most Battlecruiser short weapons have a max range of 20-25 km, simply being outside that range gives the ECM blackbird advantage. Without tacticals, you will find it difficult to impossible to control range against frigates, and it doesn't matter if you try to use a MWD either. Tacklers are faster and won't run out of cap using them for most tackler builds. Because people can warp to fleet mates, having enemies close to you is a sign somebody is going to come and kill you soon. Pay attention to the range of ship, aligment and velocity on the overview. General summary .VPN. Blackbirds are expected to die, but they used to be very good at killing any group smaller then themself. Tackle is super good to have with this fleet. Bookmarks are Life
When creating your own fits, jamming percent is important and optimal range on the jammers should more or less match the locking range of your Blackbird, with DPS being the last consideration. Autocannons are useful because they do a lot of damage against drones that orbit close, have naturally high tracking to compensate for lower skills of new pilots and don't use cap, but a pilot can use their own preferred weapon system if they can fit it. My fleet do missiles and drones
all of this is irrelevant after the ecm changes. All is CELESTIS now. The Celestis is somewhat of an easier ship to fly than the Blackbird. damps allways apply withing optimal range
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