Wormholes

Hey,

Looking for advice on a new Tengu fit, I normally fly in small gangs (2-4) and ambush in WH space.

I'm fairly new to PvP and my Corp has been helping me get to grips with it. I'm now feeling like I can now go solo.

I have been exploring fits for Tengu pvp but they seem outdated.

I'm fairly skilled in hams

I want a sustainable active tank as lacking links. And solo fights might progress with others landing on grid and I want to be able to last and hopefully gtfo or smash them off the field. Also happy to take advice on tactics. I am humble enough to say I still have a lot to learn

Any advice would be welcome

Don't start your solo career with a ~400M-ish ship which drains your skillpoints when you die, and is not particularly amazing flown without any kind of force multipliers.

That being said, if you really insist on trying your luck, you can try this close range active brawler (since you said you are skilled in HAMs):



You can't really "ambush" stuff with that, a cloaky version could, but you will be limited to a tiny selection of targets (things that don't tank nor shoot back a lot).

[Tengu, Super Tengu]
Damage Control II
Missile Guidance Enhancer II
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System
Caldari Navy Ballistic Control System

Large Ancillary Shield Booster, Navy Cap Booster 200
Large Ancillary Shield Booster, Navy Cap Booster 200
5MN Y-T8 Compact Microwarpdrive
Gistum C-Type EM Ward Amplifier
Warp Scrambler II
Shield Boost Amplifier II

Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Assault Missile
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Caldari Navy Scourge Heavy Assault Missile
Sisters Expanded Probe Launcher, Sisters Combat Scanner Probe
Heavy Assault Missile Launcher II, Guristas Scourge Heavy Assault Missile

Medium Anti-EM Screen Reinforcer II
Medium Core Defense Operational Solidifier II
Medium Anti-Explosive Screen Reinforcer II

Tengu Electronics - Emergent Locus Analyzer
Tengu Propulsion - Intercalated Nanofibers
Tengu Engineering - Capacitor Regeneration Matrix
Tengu Defensive - Adaptive Shielding
Tengu Offensive - Accelerated Ejection Bay

I'd say this will 1v2 most other ships out there, and could 1v3 potentially, if flown properly.

Pretty straightforward, load the right missiles, hit approach / orbit / keep at range (<9km) depending on your target, overload if needed, and cross fingers. Carry synth crash and up to improved blue pill boosters.

Be really careful in your target selection, avoid energy neutralizing ships, and try to keep a gtfo option (stay near a gate or a wh if you're not shooting a lone pve ship).

Neuts do almost nothing against the Super Tengu. By the time they neut you, you are in range and shooting. Your tank doesn't rely on cap at all, just cap boosters.
Pulse your MWD, then leave it off.
Try not to run both shield boosters at the same time. If you find you need to, you're in over your head and need to GTFO.

Way off topic but throwing it out there in case you can fly it. The Proteus seems to be the T3 of Choice of Ganking in WH's.

Tengus are pretty awful solo PVP ships IMO. Certainly for someone just starting to solo.
Thing is, it's extremely rare to find actual 1v1 PVP fights in wspace. It's almost always going to be a 1v1 gank of a PVE ship, or a small gang fight between 2 gangs so there's no real point in flying a ship designed for 1v1 PVP.

Hunting solo is fine, but you're going to be looking at PVE targets the vast amount of the time and you should have backup for getting into gang PVP fights.
For solo hunting, the stratios is superb and I wouldnt fly anything else. It's better than any cloaky T3 for killing PVE ships and is much cheaper and safer to lose. I highly recommend it.

This is my go to fit:

If you do insist on flying a solo tengu, I have had a lot of fun in the past with 100mn AB fits but they're pretty obsolete these days since everything else has been buffed up around them.

PS: That 'Super Tengu' fit needs a lot of work. For starters, it has the wrong prop and defense subsystems on it. It also has a small MWD on it (im assuming a typo) and doesnt remotely fit on CPU when you make all the relevant corrections.

I guess if you fix it up to look like this it's actually ok:

Basically it's a more expensive, slower sleipnir with less tank, less DPS and no neuts so if that's your thing, go for it.

no not really, since the claymore is not remotely fittable as a dual asb ship.

I mean... it BARELY shoots missiles...
DPS is so bad that I assume the pilot just kinda throws them out the window world war 1 style.