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

Fion by Lunastro (Ion Rammer)

General setup:

• Thrust and shields on both sides
• A big ion core in the center. A "V" core is the most common ion prism arrangement.
• Armor in the front
• Disruptors to help against shields

Optional design choices

• Side Nukes
• Pretask of large shields using the ions and disruptors
• Ramming hooks
• Amiable ions have some more flexibility but cost more credits and the extra combinations lose DPS.
• UL makes the ship extremely fragile but faster.

Piloting

• Often you can simply try to straight up ram the opponent.
• Orbiting also is a strong tool to for example:
  • tank missiles which would otherwise hit the back
  • Lessen the effect of enemy tractor beams
  • Bait out mines
• In some cases, your armor only is a hindrance that slows you down (when facing tb rails for example). You use your own ions to cut the front armor off in such a scenario.