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==Summary==

~~''Note: All~~ Electronic Attack ~~Ships will be modified with Rubicon expansion~~. ~~The information below will no longer be valid after~~ the ~~release~~ of ~~Rubicon~~.''

The Hyena is the Minmatar Electronic Attack Frigate, and a T2 variant on the [[Vigil]]. It retains the Vigil's target painting bonuses, even slightly upgrading its effectiveness bonus. Most significantly it gets a large bonus to the range of stasis webs.

The Hyena is ~~something of an oddball, even among Electronic Attack Frigates. It shares the [[Vigil]]'s bonus to target painters and also gains a bonus to stasis webifier range, however it has only 4~~ mid slots, ~~making~~ it ~~quite difficult~~ to ~~take advantage of both of these bonuses at the same time. In reality the~~ target ~~painter bonus is often ignored (if you want that just bring a Vigil) in favour of dual~~ or ~~even triple webs and a tackle fit~~. As a ~~general tackler~~ the Hyena is a ~~bit hampered by~~ its ~~low speed and agility~~, but ~~if it can get its webs on~~ the ~~target that disadvantage disappears~~. The Hyena ~~has~~ a ~~particular niche in small gate camps~~, ~~where~~ it can ~~quickly lock up and put multiple~~ webs ~~on a target wherever~~ it ~~appears~~ to ~~stop~~ it ~~from reapproaching~~ the gate ~~and jumping~~.

The Hyena is short on mid slots, meaning it usually needs to choose between being a target painting platform and webbing platform or it will be sub-par at both. As a TP platform the Hyena has a minor advantage over the Vigil due to its slightly higher TP effectiveness bonus, but the difference is small and the Hyena is considerably more expensive for the benefit. The usual use for the Hyena is as a webbing platform. Prior to Rubicon the Hyena had a short effective range on its webs even with the bonus, making it very vulnerable to attack by any target it webbed. Post-Rubicon with reasonable skills the Hyena can overheat its webs to reach 33km, allowing it to tackle kiting cruisers without being insta-killed by them, and making it a valuable addition to any gate camp to quickly web ships that try to burn back to the gate.

==Skills==

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 ==Summary==
-''Note: All Electronic Attack Ships will be modified with Rubicon expansion. The information below will no longer be valid after the release of Rubicon.''
+The Hyena is the Minmatar Electronic Attack Frigate, and a T2 variant on the [[Vigil]]. It retains the Vigil's target painting bonuses, even slightly upgrading its effectiveness bonus. Most significantly it gets a large bonus to the range of stasis webs.
-The Hyena is something of an oddball, even among Electronic Attack Frigates. It shares the [[Vigil]]'s bonus to target painters and also gains a bonus to stasis webifier range, however it has only 4 mid slots, making it quite difficult to take advantage of both of these bonuses at the same time. In reality the target painter bonus is often ignored (if you want that just bring a Vigil) in favour of dual or even triple webs and a tackle fit. As a general tackler the Hyena is a bit hampered by its low speed and agility, but if it can get its webs on the target that disadvantage disappears. The Hyena has a particular niche in small gate camps, where it can quickly lock up and put multiple webs on a target wherever it appears to stop it from reapproaching the gate and jumping.
+The Hyena is short on mid slots, meaning it usually needs to choose between being a target painting platform and webbing platform or it will be sub-par at both. As a TP platform the Hyena has a minor advantage over the Vigil due to its slightly higher TP effectiveness bonus, but the difference is small and the Hyena is considerably more expensive for the benefit. The usual use for the Hyena is as a webbing platform. Prior to Rubicon the Hyena had a short effective range on its webs even with the bonus, making it very vulnerable to attack by any target it webbed. Post-Rubicon with reasonable skills the Hyena can overheat its webs to reach 33km, allowing it to tackle kiting cruisers without being insta-killed by them, and making it a valuable addition to any gate camp to quickly web ships that try to burn back to the gate.
 ==Skills==