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Amarr are one of the four character races, and like the others, have a distinct line of ships with specific quirks and capabilities. Amarr ships use [[Armour tanking|armour tanking]] to protect themselves and primarily employ [[Turrets|turrets]], specifically Energy Turrets (lasers) to do damage. | Amarr are one of the four character races, and like the others, have a distinct line of ships with specific quirks and capabilities. Amarr ships use [[Armour tanking|armour tanking]] to protect themselves and primarily employ [[Turrets|turrets]], specifically Energy Turrets (lasers) to do damage. | ||
* Armour tanking is the most popular | * Armour tanking is the most popular tanking method for PvP, and is also the norm for Gallente and some Minmatar ships (making it the standard for [[Spider Tanking|Remote Repairing]]). Amarr ships have lots of base armour hp, and several ships have direct bonuses to armour resists (T1 examples: Punisher, Maller, Prophecy, and Abaddon). | ||
* Energy turrets are unique to Amarr vessels -- no other races' ships have bonuses for lasers. Lasers have the highest capacitor usage of any weapon system, and accordingly Amarr ships have very robust capacitors. Many Amarr ship bonuses mitigate this capacitor usage, and most Amarr skill plans prioritize skills to make capacitors bigger and quicker to recharge, and to reduce the capacitor requirements of lasers. | * Energy turrets are unique to Amarr vessels -- no other races' ships have bonuses for lasers. Lasers have the highest capacitor usage of any weapon system, and accordingly Amarr ships have very robust capacitors. Many Amarr ship bonuses mitigate this capacitor usage, and most Amarr skill plans prioritize skills to make capacitors bigger and quicker to recharge, and to reduce the capacitor requirements of lasers. | ||
* With some ships in the Amarr line-up second only to Gallente hulls for drone capacity, Amarr pilots can use [[Drones|drones]] to great effect. | * With some ships in the Amarr line-up second only to Gallente hulls for drone capacity, Amarr pilots can use [[Drones|drones]] to great effect. | ||