Ive started playing ftl again after a half year hiatus. If this tier list were based on my experiences the zoltan a would be lower than the slug b.
Tier Iii Nox Compliance Technologies And Ship Owners Perspective
Faster than light ship tier list. Crystal b belongs in a tier by itself. S tier crystal b. Mantis b has the best starting defenses of any ship and the insanely good 4 man teleporter. Each system occupies one room. Zoltan a is arguably better than zoltan b. Leto missile zoltan a.
Even my favorite ship is low tier. Each ship starts with varying systems weapons power levels. Systems are equipment that provides your ship with capabilities. They need reactor power to function. Also im ranking win ability not fun or personal preference. The one exception in amazing tier would be the pike beam and thats because its fairly easy to get something to break through shields and the trade off is immense.
Subsystems are the same as systems except they do not use power. Crystal burst mk i crystal a 2 shots with 1 shield pierce but long cooldown and can be stopped by defense drones. After seeing so many ftl tier lists floating around on the internet i decided that i might as well put one together myself and post it here on my website. The only ship ive piloted which more restarts let alone anywhere near as many is the dreadful engi b. Top tier broken crystal b carnelian. Only one ship starts without doors rock b and only one starts without a medical system slug b.
I may attempt to add the new ships to the tier list after some derusting and playing the new ships however i am currently in college nearing finals and am also invested competitively in other games so no promises. Jettison these are weapons that need to be replaced as soon as you find something from tier 0 1 or 2 on the store weapon list. Halberd beam and leto is an awful awful starting arsenal good for sector 1 2 if youre lucky. Each player ship can carry a maximum of eight crew members of various races with an initial crew of between one and four members. The universe of ftl is inhabited by friendly and enemy ships. Engi a is a very polarizing ship but i think it should be higher stealth b does not belong with the trifecta of rock a engi b and slug b heres my rankings.
Its only weakness is no way to get through zoltan shields with the starting equipment but the high value of that equipment more than compensates for the lost scrap. Lanius b is a candidate. Relative position within a tier doesnt matter each ship in a tier is about even with others in its tier and better than any in tiers below it. All player ships start with piloting engines oxygen and weapons control. Even a tier 3 might be a better choice depending on circumstance. Since ftl is a game of rng you want to minimize any variance as much as possible.
B tier kestrel a federation a kestrel c engi a. These ships come in a variety of layouts and can be equipped with various systems and subsystems weapons drones and augmentations. A tier kestrel b mantis b lanius b zoltan a. Ive divided the 28 ships into five main tiers based around different levels of overall strength. Too because its both a boarding ship and a gunship. The weapons at the top of the list are consistently effective in almost any ship set up.
Gallery of Faster Than Light Ship Tier List
