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  | shipimg=Stabber.jpg

  | shipname=Stabber

  | class=Cruiser

  | grouping=Standard Cruisers

  | hulltype=Stabber Class

  | variations={{Ship|Vagabond}},{{Ship|Stabber Fleet Issue}}

  | powergrid=715 MW

  | cpu=340 tf

  | lows=4

  | mass=11,400,000 kg

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  | bandwidth=25 Mbit/sec

  | info=The Stabber is the mainstay of the Minmatar fleet. It is light and extremely fast, yet surprisingly powerful, with a wide variety of weapons. It is one of few Minmatar vessels that have reached popularity outside Minmatar space.

  | bonuses=<b>Minmatar Cruiser bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>7.5% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret rate of fire<br>10% bonus to Medium Projectile Turret falloff<br>

  | scanres=320 mm

  | reqskills=*{{RequiredSkill|Minmatar Cruiser|I}}

  | totaltraintime=19h 15m 30s

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The Stabber is the fastest T1 cruiser, with a bonus that significantly boosts the range of projectile weapons. This is a good ship for pilots interested in "speed tanking" and/or in kiting tactics.

A competently-piloted Stabber can cope with light PvE, such as Level 2 combat missions, but the [[Rupture]] is more durable and is likely to be a more optimal and forgiving choice for PvE.

When flown in PvP fitted for its archetypal kiting role, though, some skills will synergize particularly well with the ship:

'''Navigation skills''' help the Stabber dictate range on its opponents:

Most [[Skills:Gunnery|gunnery skills]] help the Stabber, but two things are especially relevant:

* The necessary skills to fit '''T2 medium autocannon'''. Only T2 autocannon can load the Barrage M ammunition which adds even more falloff. T2 autocannon are not necessary to begin flying the Stabber, but they are a good medium-term goal for a pilot flying it in PvP, and they will be useful on many other Minmatar ships.

T1 cruisers are also the point at which most growing pilots begin to fly ships which can launch a full flight of five drones; the Stabber is one such ship, and pilots beginning to fly cruisers will want to get to {{sk|Drones}} IV or (better) V fairly quickly. Five light drones add extra mobile and precise DPS to the ship and are useful for dealing with frigates and enemy drones.

Compared to its sibling the [[Rupture]], the Stabber trades out some durability and one projectile DPS bonus in return for a higher base speed and an unusual bonus to projectile turret [[Turret mechanics#range|falloff]]. The falloff bonus pushes the falloff range on 425mm autocannon out to about 26km with close-range ammo when a pilot has Minmatar Cruiser V. T2 425mm autocannon loaded with the special T2 ammo Barrage can achieve a falloff of about ''40km''; with short-range ammo loaded, they can reach out to the edge of warp disruption range. The practical upshot of this combination of range and speed is that an autocannon-fit Stabber can kite effectively at the edge of warp disruptor range (24km); it doesn't have the highest on-paper DPS, but—especially with Barrage—it can apply meaningful DPS at a range where other ships with medium-sized close-range weapons will struggle. Since it has autocannon, the kiting Stabber can easily switch to short-range, high-damage ammo to close in on frigates and destroyers, or to fly in "under the guns" of larger opponents with larger, slow-tracking weapons.

The Stabber also sees niche use, fitted with an oversized afterburner, as an ideal cheap, fast ship for stealing from [[Encounter Surveillance System|ESS banks]] in sovereign nullsec.

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'''October 2019 Release - 2019-10-15.1'''

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