Cerberus

 

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Cerberus

Ship Database▸Heavy Assault Cruisers▸Cerberus

Caldari State Heavy Assault Cruisers Caracal Class RELATED UNI-WIKI REFERENCES EVE Online Ships Overview EXTERNAL LINKS Cerberus on zKillboard Cerberus on EVE Workbench Cerberus on Janice Cerberus on EVE Ref

The principles of rocket science are simple, the results are not. – Dr. Holene Vailakkel No cruiser currently in existence can match the superiority of the Cerberus's onboard missile system. With a well-trained pilot jacked in, this fanged horror is capable of unleashing a hail of missiles to send even the most seasoned armor tankers running for cover. Developer: Lai Dai Moving away from their traditionally balanced all-round designs, Lai Dai have created a very specialized - and dangerous - missile boat in the Cerberus. Many have speculated that due to recent friction between Caldari megacorporations, LD may be looking to beef up their own police force with these missile-spewing monstrosities. SHIP BONUSES Heavy Assault Cruisers bonuses (per skill level): 7.5% bonus to Shield Booster amount 5% bonus to Rapid Light Missile, Heavy Missile and Heavy Assault Missile Launcher Rate of Fire Caldari Cruiser bonuses (per skill level): 5% bonus to kinetic Light Missile, Heavy Missile and Heavy Assault Missile damage 20% bonus to Heavy Assault Missile max velocity Role Bonus: 50% reduction in Microwarpdrive signature radius penalty • Can fit Assault Damage Controls Required Skills Caldari Cruiser V29d 15h 6m Spaceship Command II47m Caldari Destroyer III8h 53m Caldari Frigate III8h 53m Spaceship Command I8m Heavy Assault Cruisers I50m Energy Grid Upgrades V11d 20h 26m Power Grid Management II47m Science I8m Weapon Upgrades V11d 20h 26m Gunnery II47m Spaceship Command V5d 22h 13m Capacitor Management IV3d 3h 25m Power Grid Management III4h 26m Training Time what's this? 63d 9h 37m 40s Estimated training time only for the listed skills based on zero implants and without neural remaps. Grouping ▪ Variations Caracal Caracal Standard Cruisers Caracal Class 5 (5/0) 5 4 630 MW 430 tf 230 m/sec 450 m³ , Caracal Navy Issue Caracal Navy Issue Faction Cruisers Caracal Class 6 (6/0) 6 3 900 MW 465 tf 210 m/sec 450 m³ Ship Attributes Fittings Powergrid 820 MW CPU 535 tf Capacitor 1,200 GJ High 6 Launchers 6 Turrets 0 Medium 5 Low 4 Rig 2   medium Calibration 400 Navigation Max Velocity 220 m/sec Inertia Modifier 0.463 Warp Speed 4.5 AU/s Base Time to Warp 8.16 s what's this? Base Time to Warp is essentially the time needed for this ship to align and accelerate until it reaches 75% of its top speed and goes to warp. The time displayed here is the base calculated time with no account for any warp related skills, modules or any other effects. Drones Drone Capacity 15 m³ Drone Bandwidth 15 Mbit/sec Targeting Max Tgt. Range 60 km Max Locked Targets 6 Gravimetric Sensor 24 points Sig. Radius 135 m Scan Res. 282 mm Structure Structure Hitpoints 1,400 HP Mass 12,720,000 kg Volume 92,000 m³ Cargo Capacity 650 m³ Armor Armor Hitpoints 1,200 HP Armor Resistances EM 50 THR 86.25 KIN 62.5 EXP 10 Shields Shield Capacity 2,000 HP Shield Resistances EM 0 THR 80 KIN 70 EXP 50

Summary

The Cerberus is a missile ship with extended range. This ship is definitively designed to use kinetic heavy assault missiles, with the Caldari Cruiser skill bonus doubling their range and increasing all kinetic missile damage by 20%. Heavy missile fits are also possible, but they do not benefit from the range bonus. Fit with Rapid light launchers, this monster becomes a definitive anti-tackle "flyswatter", especially paired with webs and/or target painter support.

The Cerberus can also be put to good use in PvE content, and can easily handle level 4 missions.

Skills

• Heavy Assault Cruisers to at least IV to take advantage of the DPS bonus and the shield boosting bonus that come with every extra level in the skill.
• Heavy Missiles V, Heavy Assault Missiles V, and Heavy Missile Specialization/Heavy Assault Missile Specialization to at least I to fit T2 Launchers, which do more damage and are substantially cheaper than meta 4 variants, along with the ability to use T2 ammo types.
• Missile Launcher Operation, Rapid Launch, Warhead Upgrades, skills which increase DPS and are thus vital to all missile-based damage dealing ships, should all be trained to at least IV.
• Along with the requisite Power Grid Management and CPU Management skills required for adequately fitting most ships. Weapon Upgrades and Advanced Weapon Upgrades should be trained to V and IV respectively to help alleviate fitting problems.
• Guided Missile Precision, Target Navigation Prediction and Target Painting to at least IV to combat smaller targets and gain access to the T2 Target Painter module.
• Missile Projection and Missile Bombardment to at least IV and ideally V to maximize the range at which all missiles travel.
• Shield Operation and Shield Management should be trained to at least IV to improve shield capacity and recharge rate. While Tactical Shield Manipulation should be trained to IV to allow the use of the T2 Shield Hardening modules as well as the T2 Multispectrum Shield Hardener.
• Shield Upgrades should be trained to IV to allow the use of T2 Shield Hardeners, Resistance Amplifiers, Shield Boosters, Shield Power Relays, Shield Extenders and Shield Rechargers.
• EM Shield Compensation, Thermal Shield Compensation, Kinetic Shield Compensation, and Explosive Shield Compensation should be trained to level IV if using the Shield Resistance Amplifiers.
• Finally, Hull Upgrades should be trained to level IV to allow use of the T2 Damage Control module.

Tactics

Prior to the 2022 HAC rebalancing, the Cerberus was an extremely popular vessel in nulsec bloc warfare as an extremely long ranged (due to its dual range bonuses) and reasonably tanky missile boat. But with the 2022 Uprising Patch, the Cerberus's role has been changed fundamentally by the replacing of one of the range bonuses for a shield boosting bonus and the changing of its remaining range bonus to only apply to HAMs. The Cerberus quickly fell out of favor for bloc warfare in favor of the revamped Muninn and now sees use as a PvE ship or as a small gang PvP ship.

Notes

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Patch History

A long, long time ago...

2024-11-26 Version 22.02 Release 2024-11-26.1 Patch Notes 50% reduction in Microwarpdrive signature radius penalty Role Bonus added back 2022-11-08 Version 20.10 Patch notes News: Uprising Expansion Heavy Assault Cruiser rebalance Reduce heavy HAC dominance in fleet combat which has persisted since their 2017 balance pass. Make room for other ship types to step into the spotlight, such as battleships. Not nerf HACs into oblivion - find and retain healthy use-cases. Maintain HAC identity as a high-damage / heavy tank ship option. 19.01 Release - 2020-2-23 - "Bastions of War" update (Patch Notes) MWD bloom bonus removed from heavy assault cruisers. October 2019 Release - 2019-10-15.1 Every Cruiser, Battlecruiser and Battleship now warps faster than before. Warp Speed increased from 3.3 AU/s to 4.5 AU/s (+1.2 AU/s)

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