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Web on a long range Malediction is there for keeping the target away rather than catching it I guess. Overall this is not the best choice for an interceptor because the tackling role can be fulfilled by other ceptors just as good and the DPS with light missile launchers is anemic, I fought vs a Stiletto once and I couldnt do **** to him with this thing. Rockets are even more of a waste on this platform because the DPS is only marginally higher and you still lack survivability because you have to go into brawl range.

Basically you can keep the light missile launcher fit and whore on killmails if you want to tackle stuff but dont expect to add any meaningful DPS to the battle. Try the Crusader for a combat ceptor (excellent ship) or a Crow/Stiletto for a tackling ceptor maybe, I guess they perform better because you can fit a med shield extender to them while keeping the speed so they are a bit beefier than the Malediction while having the same bad DPS.

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[Crow, New Setup 1]
Ballistic Control System II
Internal Force Field Array I
Micro Auxiliary Power Core I

Faint Warp Disruptor I
Sensor Booster II, Scan Resolution Script
Medium F-S9 Regolith Shield Induction
1MN Microwarpdrive II

Light Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Light Missile
Light Missile Launcher II, Scourge Fury Light Missile

Small Ancillary Current Router I
Small Processor Overclocking Unit II

Try maybe this one, also 100 DPS but more tank.... other than that I dont know, tackler ceptors are not meant for DPS

Maledictions and Crows have a somewhat unique combination of strengths that make them a pain in the ass to deal with. In a Light Missile Fit, they can apply their damage while still making full use of their impressive MWD sig tanks and staying far enough away from a target to avoid getting hard tackled or neuted out, and (at least pre-Kronos) an Interceptor moving at MWD speeds would play havoc with drone behavior, such that even things that probably were meant to be able to deal with them like a flight of bonused Warriors ended up overshooting constantly and not actually applying any damage. Combined with their nullification, you end up with a skirmishing platform that is maddeningly difficult to catch in the best of circumstances.

Other Interceptors have to worry about outrunning their own tracking in long range fits or everything that normally kills the **** out of Frigates when they brave hard tackle range (and also lose the option of disengaging at will).


Of course, the downside is that their DPS on an individual is anemic. A fleet or small gang of Crows and Maledictions can threaten larger targets and even pick off stragglers from full-sized fleets while being generally able to avoid return fire and disengage from situations that start to get overwhelming, but there are very few things they can kill by themselves in a reasonable amount of time and they don't have the Talwar's ability to alpha things that have logistics support on the field.

As part of a mixed fleet they still make great skirmishers, but you're basically just another light tackle at that point.



You can probably make some alright close range fits with them (anything with missiles and four mids has at least some dueling potential), but you would be losing what makes them exceptional.

Nope! Light Missiles will apply damage quite well to damned near everything short of another MWD Interceptor.

It's just that 70-100 DPS means it takes you like 5 minutes to solo kill a T1 Cruiser, which is a very long time for something to prevent you from killing them (like them jumping through a gate or docking) and you probably won't be able to break anything with an active tank or shield regen fit.

I personaly used thr malediction as a rocket brawler simply because of high resists and speed. Also the ability to choose wich dps to use is nice.

Granted this was for solo pvp but it worked quite well.

This is, in fact, the new design I linked just a couple posts up. Although I went with 2x overdrive and 1x nano. Why do you recommend the nanofibers? Is the align time and agility really that necessary?

I'm aware of the how, what I don't understand is the why.

If I'm orbiting at 27-30km's, is the malediction really going to struggle with turning fast enough to maintain that orbit at 5km/s?

Depends who you're fighting. You just have to use your own discretion and act wisely.

Dont listen to these nubs. The Malediction is an awesome inty. Job is to tackle and it does it well. Kyte and speed fit for sure is the best fit.

3 x Light Missle Lanchers
1 x upgraded microwarpdrive
1 x Warp Disruptor II
1 x Warp Scrambler II

1 x Inertia Stabilisers II
1 x Nanofiber Internal Structure II
2 x Overdrive Injector system II

2 x Small Target System Subcontroller

drop some quafe, fleet booster! never get too close to target, stay out of web scram range.

I must say i hate nullified inties though, become the taxis!

Up close or far away?

That is a very good question!

One answer is, that all combat ships in EVE have to answer it. It really isn't any different on any other ship. You can fit combat ships in four ways,

- the buffer close range fit
- the buffer long range fit or kite fit
- the active tank close range fit and
- the active tank long range or kite fit

On some of the ships not all of the four ways are viable. For small missile boats both long range and short range missiles will work just fine.

Amarr ships flavor armor tanking over shield tanking and since the Malediction is a small craft that relys on speed and agility to survive, any kind of armor buffer fitting would decrease your ability to move around quickly, so those options are not viable.

The upside is, rockets and light missiles are almost okay and you need to find out, what you prefer to do, brawling or kiting.

Both ways are fine and kiting helps with keeping your boat from exploding if you feel that the fight isn't quite going your way, all the while with brawling you need to stay alive until your opponents boat explodes.

Do not get confused on some values on your fitting screen, especially for light missles.

Your fitting screen may show a low (considered) value as your missile dps but dps is the least amount of important for them. The value of your grouped missile launchers combined damage that is going to hurt your opponents boat is.

People are too obsessed with those dps values, which get younger folks and newer players only confused.