Ship Archetypes

This is a collection of the many different ship types that are being used in competitive play.

Elimination ships

The most popular archetypes for Elimination.

Purgatory by Angel (Avoider)

Avoider

Avoiders are agile ships with well sustained shields and little firepower. Their strategy is to slowly chip away from the enemy ship and avoid any counterattacks.

Melty by Quiximo (Ion Cruiser)

Ion Cruiser

An Ion • Cruiser is a slow and heavy ship which uses good ion beam focus to deal a lot of damage even from a distance.

Crucible by Oneye (Rail Kite)

Rail kite

A fragile ship that leverages their rails superior range to snipe opponents from a distance.

Mamatus by Qawa

Tractor Beam Railgun Ship

This ship type is slow and heavily armored using its tractor beams to flip opponents and the rails to punish quickly.

Flare by Oneye

Missile Orbiter

Missile • Orbiters are designed to circle around the opponent and use he missiles to damage the vulnerable sides and backs.

Fion by Lunastro (Ion Rammer)

Ion Rammer

Ion • Rammers are built to be fast but still tanky enough to catch and kill the enemy with a high dps ion beam.

The Peter by Plaus (Deck Cannon Rammer)

Deck Cannon Rammer

Deck Cannon • Rammers similarly to ion rammers wants to overwhelm the enemy with equally strong defense and offense in a close range engagement.

Firebird by ShevvSan (Orbiter Wall)

Orbiter Wall

Orbiter Walls are fast and wide ships with strong shield defenses that often try to ram on the side of a ship or split to flank the enemy.

Chain Smoker by Plaus (Alpha Chaingun)

Alpha Chaingun Rammer

Alpha • Chaingun • Rammers want to quickly kill their opponent with an overwhelming amount of firepower and speed without any regard for sustainability.

UL Nuke Orbiter

Sleeping Terror by Slowking: The ship that popularized UL nukers in modern cosmoteer

A UL • Nuke • Orbiter is a fast archetype that wants to quickly strike with a vast amount of firepower.

Domination

The most popular archetypes for Domination.

2 deck cannon ship

1 deck cannon waste ship

Deck Cannon Ship

Deck Cannon ships are the anchors of your position. They are great at holding points and eliminating other slow targets.

Blaster kite

Blaster waste kite

Kite

Kites can deal damage without getting hurt themselves and accumulate value in doing so.

Fast Large Cannon Ship

Fast Large Cannon ships are flexible ships good at ambushing targets, quickly capturing points and taking out fast but fragile targets.

Large Cannon Waste

Large Cannon • Waste ships are designed to capture points and swarm higher value targets.