Seeking advice for a mine layer build

djf021

Hello all,
I have no idea if the Black ops mine launcher we just got is any good, but it reminded me that a mine layer focused build is one of the few playstyles I haven't tried yet. I've got a new character slot ready to go. Can you give me your advice to get started?

What mine launchers are good?
What are the best ships for mine launcher builds?
Should I go all mine launchers on the back, or just one?
Aside from the mines should I still focus the rest of my weapons on energy damage?

Thanks!

borg0vermind

If you want a mine-layer build you definitely must have 3 mine layers for good spawn rate without loosing anything. I think if properly chosen you could even go for 4.

I'm currently using the Vorgon 3-5 ship as a mine layer tank. The setup ended up pretty well. I use 3 torps, 3 mine layers and 2 omni tetryon beams. I go in the middle of the enemies and start spawning mines using the 2 attack patters also. In maps like Swarm Adv. I can just stay mostly AKF or just move fw and back and my mines will keep a full line secure.

As for the sets, it depends on the play style, but in order to be able to be efficient on deployment, I use 3 different types, currently: bio-molecular due to DoT, black ops and plasma.

The rest of the weapons...it depends. Since I built a tank, I wanted not to invest skill points in energy, so I went 3 trops forward: plasma emission, photon for RoF and Breen Cluster, which I'm not sure if it does mine or torp damage but it's very good for such setup.

If you want a more attack ship than tank, then go tetryons forward as they help get rid of shields faster than others.

darkbladejk

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