Ships & Modules

only pvp use I see for Rokh is smartbomb gate.

I did sometime try to bring sniper rokh to gate camp for fun.

advantage I told that Rokh have over other hybrid BS is that it can use short range ammo in condition where other would have to use long range ammo and suffer low dps as result.

but sometime I feel that Naga perform better than Rokh in sniper role

Rokh can tank pretty well so rather than sniping it might be worth using the range bonus with a couple of tracking computers, blasters and null ammo as a kind of lite blaster kronos?

Never tried it myself but might be interesting if not optimal.

I have used the Rokh for both.
I really wanted to use guns in my early days of PvE. With a Caldari background and perfect shield skills, it was the natural choice.
Bottom line, it was S L O W ....... 350's actually improved the speed over 425's but still horribly slow.

PvP it had limited uses. The problem there was, 3rd tier battle ships are the most expensive. I could do more damage with a Raven for far less ISK. More damage with a Typhoon. More damage with a Megathron if I wanted Blasters.

One of the best LOOKING ships in the game. Sadly, there are better options for most applications.

In an earlier thread you mentioned doing level 4's, so in case you did get a "Dread Pirate Scarlet" I used to fly a Rokh for that one with rails and an mjd.
But to be honest I didn't like it very much. If you shoot antimatter of javelin for long duration you are getting low on cap and your semi-active tank won't like it either.

Then on top of it all the longer range ammo is just sad.

I also tried blasters but when you move a whale on an ice shelf you want to eat your pencil, then your desk - without mustard.

So even when your full rack of neutrons gets you 45km-ish you are still out of range on most things. An Apoc on the other hand will do just fine.

Or my very first love - the Raven.

i love Rokh.....but yeah i'll admit its not exactly....in a good spot in the game right now

after alot of experimentation this is the build i tend to come to
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shield tank wise its nice.
but its problem is its so slow. so while it can snipe, its to slow to keep distance. once they get close(ish) to you, your guns are useless. and drones are limited. (so you have to use MJD often)

and other than snipe, theres no other roles for it.


i can take Maelstrom and equip it to snipe, or throw on AC for brawling.

but Rokh, not so much. blasters are high dmg yes. but extremely short range.



in the end, i've found myself using 800mm autocannons on Rokh far more often than the 425mm rail guns, 350mm rail guns, or any of the blasters.

which is sad as rokh has no bonuses that encourage me to use railguns.
the optimal range bonus isn't enough for blasters (not with that speed), and isn't that valuable for already long range railguns.





for PvE, it can work...but its at best under average.
for PvP, it can snipe. but Maelstrom and Tempest are superior. as are gallente railgun platforms.

wish they'd give it the speed of the tempest to make the blaster fits more usable. (so 140m/s base speed. that alone would make it work)
or change the optimal range to a tracking bonus
or improve the capacitor recharge time.
or increase drone bay.

right now, i like it...but i can't see any reason to use it over a Maelstrom.

still beats Abaddon though (RIP abaddon's capacitor.)

With perfect shield skills I imagine it would be a beast of a tank. If the ships was used for gate/station brawling (solo stuff) how about using cruiser sized blasters for better tracking etc?

Thanks for the reply. I have used a Rokh in the past: Mining and lasers for scorch. The mining was hilarious as it offload directly into an Orca. The lasers was good but chewed through the cap so fast.

I'll play with the auto cannons. Interestingly it seems an almost cap immune tank fit might be possible.

Half the trouble is the weapons. Crucible did well to help Hybrids out a bit, but even back then people knew it wasn't enough in some areas. That and being the slowest Caldari BS doesn't really help its case when all it has to rely on for firepower is an optimal range buff and needs all eight highs for the guns with cap issues.

Like any case of judging a ship's worth or value in the field, the Rokh is not a bad ship, just doesn't compete well with others for the same job. It is sad that such a pretty ship (Abaddon too) suffers from being "the slow one" of the bunch, literally and figuratively.