The one exception in amazing tier would be the pike beam and thats because its fairly easy to get something to break through shields and the trade off is immense. I know certain weapons are stronger against certain enemies im asking because people say certain weapons are bad and im tired of having to keep pausing the game quitting it and coming onto reddit to ask questions.

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Ftl tier list weapons. Every ship in ftl can become strong eventually with the right weapons and upgrades just as every civilization can become powerful in the civ games and every champion can dominate in league of legends with enough gold. Ion weapons temporarily disable systems without causing hull or system damage. Each flak debris takes down 1 shield and deals 1 damage to the hull. Can anyone give me a tier list of the weapons in ftla more general one. They can only be shot down by mark ii defense drones. Ftl weapon tier list.
The weapons at the top of the list are consistently effective in almost any ship set up. Created out of general boredom. The purpose of a tier list is not to discuss what could potentially happen but rather to evaluate relative strength in a vacuum. Once all shields are down lasers can hit rooms and deal system hull and crew damage. Each laser shot temporarily removes a shield layer. Lasers are general purpose energy weapons.
Since ftl is a game of rng you want to minimize any variance as much as possible. While this ship still struggles with environmental beacons and ships that can get through the zoltan shields quickly such as ion weapons or anti ship drones its worth noting that the two ion weapons can keep 2 systems disabled. All crew bonuses for the system are lost for the duration of the ion damage. Each category is ranked from top best to bottom worst. They are good at taking down shields but they can completely miss if fired in a small room regardless of evasion. Yes i know im years late but i only really got into ftl a year ago and i finally feel ive played it enough to create my own weapon tiers.
Systems hit with an ion weapon are shown in a light blue colour with a countdown until the impairment expires. Noether zoltan b 2 the noether had a slight increase in the tier list. Starting weapons can only be found aboard the ship that has them i include crystal weapons because getting to the crystal sector to buy them is an extremely rare and difficult. Now this list is split into two starting weapons and store weapons. These are personal rankings based on what i know about each weapon and the way ftl works as a game. Flaks are a weapon which fires debris in a circular area showed in red.
For each ion damage a weapon causes the cooldown increases by five seconds. Like any projectile lasers can miss. Faster than light on the pc a gamefaqs message board topic titled weapon tier list page 3. A efficient supplemental capable of taking down a weapon or two.