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What is best counter against small gang with Curse in MidPlex?
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sytaqe violacea
Choir of morning
#1 - 2016-01-16 17:25:21 UTC  |  Edited by: sytaqe violacea
I tried a lot in order to get KM of Curses.

1. Nos
Single small nos is enough to run scram. Armor buffer + scram + AC is good counter when a Curse come into your plex.
But it is useless against hidden Curse in Midplex. Your cap will dry up before you catch them. No plop, you lose. Moreover it's completely useless when any other ship apart from Curse are in the plex. Your ship will be scrammed and melt rapidly under enemy DPS.

2. ECM
In most cases, ECM is useless. Curse has high sensor strength, and single cycle neut can stop your ECM so easily.

3. CapBooster
Medium CapBooster with 800 charges give 800GJ/20s
2x Medium Neut of Curse drain 720GJ/12s
It's only enough to run 50MN MWD, not enough to run active tank. It has same problem as Nos.

4. N+1 Curse
Not joking. Curse itself is really, really effective counter against Curse. Single Curse can screw up 1x Curse completely if operated correctly.

5. bait & blob
It's really difficult to tackle kiting Curse when other DPS tackles you. You can get KM of DPS ship but not a Curse's KM.
However, it's really effective against solo Curse or non-kiting Curse.

Does any other counter tactics exist?
Yang Aurilen
State War Academy
Caldari State
#2 - 2016-01-17 10:57:17 UTC
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Switch Savage
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#3 - 2016-01-18 13:26:34 UTC  |  Edited by: Switch Savage
Hard to give you specific answers to generic questions as engaging a group like that successfully solo requires knowledge of the ships supporting the curse.

The curse itself does terrible dps and can be driven off field very quickly by a high dps drone boat regardless of its range to you whilst you tank its damage. To ensure the kill you will need to bait tank to keep him on field and use smaller charges in whatever cap booster you are using (400s in Medium/200s in Small etc) to flick scram/disrupt on as his shields get low.

I use a relatively odd Ishtar fit that has XLASB/Cap booster/Scram/MWD that i would use for such a job but it entirely depends on what ships they have supporting the curse. Most XLASB/dual LASB ships with some capless damage projection will deal with a single curse with ease.

Looking at your killboard you seem to fly Rooks a fair bit. I will pm you a good main Rook fit and a modified one for curse specific situations.