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Protecting our citizens is often at odds with sharing all records.
- – Isilionen Huomaila, CEO of House of Records
Black Ops battleships are designed for infiltration and espionage behind enemy lines. With the use of a short-range jump drive and a portal generator, they are capable of making a special type of jump portal usable only by covert ops vessels. This enables them to stealthily plant reconnaissance and espionage forces in enemy territory. For the final word in clandestine maneuvers, look no further.
Developer: Kaalakiota As befits one of the largest weapons manufacturers in the known world, Kaalakiota's ships are very combat focused. Favoring the traditional Caldari combat strategy, they are designed around a substantial number of weapons systems, especially missile launchers. However, they have rather weak armor and structure, relying more on shields for protection.
SHIP BONUSES
Caldari Battleship bonuses (per skill level):
7.5% bonus to Rapid Heavy Missile, Cruise Missile and Torpedo Launcher rate of fire
10% bonus to Cruise Missile and Torpedo max velocity
Black Ops bonuses (per skill level):
40% bonus to ECM Target Jammer and ECM Burst Jammer strength
4% bonus to all shield resistances
Role Bonus:
• Can fit Covert Cynosural Field Generator and Covert Jump Portal Generator
• No targeting delay after Cloaking Device deactivation
• Cloak reactivation delay reduced to 5 seconds
75% reduction to effective distance traveled for jump fatigue
50% reduction in Cynosural Field Generator duration
650% bonus to ship max velocity when using Cloaking Devices
100% bonus to Shield Extender hitpoints
50% bonus to Armor Plate hitpoints
5% Additional bonus to Reinforced Bulkhead hitpoints
Required Skills
Training Time what's this?120d 8h 6m 0s
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Grouping
▪ Variations Scorpion
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9,500 MW 750 tf
94 m/sec
690 m³
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Scorpion Navy Issue
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11,000 MW 780 tf
103 m/sec
815 m³
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Rattlesnake
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10,000 MW 710 tf
94 m/sec
815 m³
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Ship Attributes
Fittings |
High 7
Launchers 5
Turrets 0
Rig
2
large
Calibration 400
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Base Time to Warp 14.24 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.
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Drones |
Drone Bandwidth 75 Mbit/sec
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Targeting |
Gravimetric Sensor 24 points
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Structure |
Structure Hitpoints 4,375 HP
Frigate Escape Bay 1 Frigate
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Armor |
Armor Hitpoints 4,375 HP
Armor Resistances
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Shields |
Shield Capacity 5,312 HP
Shield Resistances
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Summary
The Widow is the Caldari Black Ops. As a Caldari ship the bonuses for missiles and shield resists are not surprising. The bonus to ECM is unusual for a Black Ops though but in line with the Scorpion's design. It's noteworthy that it also applies to burst jammers because those can be very helpful to shake off tackle if you ever get caught.
The Widow can fit an impressive shield tank due to its resist bonus and eight mid slots. If shield tanked and fitted with torpedoes, its DPS is high and comparable with the Redeemer.
An armor buffer tank used to be a popular choice to open up the mids for a lot jamming modules. While this approach is still sometimes used, it got much less popular because the jammed ship can still target the jamming ship nowadays.
Notably, the Widow has the lowest scan resolution and the highest targeting range of the Black Ops.
Skills
Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Widow for a specific or its common role(s) can be written here.
Tactics
No sub-article about Widow roles or piloting tactics. You can write them here.
Notes
You can write additional notes for Widow here.
Patch History
While all Black Ops saw extensive changes from 2019 to 2022 (see Black Ops#History), the Widow had significant changes (both explicit and implicit): In October 2018 the ECM changes affected it a lot. In November 2020 torpedoes got buffed which increased the Widow's damage potential. Combined with the rework in Enter the Portal (Juni 2021), the Widow changed its focus from an ECM support ship which is usually armor tanked to a shield tanked damage dealer.
A long, long time ago...
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20.03 Release - Build: 2013787 - 2022-03-08 - "Road to Fanfest" Update (Patch Notes)
Brand new Role bonuses have been added to all battleships (excluding the Praxis).
- 50% bonus to HP from all Armor Plates
- 100% bonus to HP from all Shield Extenders
- 5% additive bonus to all Reinforced Bulkhead modules
Version 19.05 - Build: 1913030 - 2021-06-22.1 - Enter the Portal (Patch Notes)
- Increased the cargo capacity by 100m3.
- Increased maximum target range by 30%.
- New Role Bonus: 50% reduction in Covert Cynosural Generator duration
- New Role Bonus: 650% bonus to ships maximum velocity when using a Cloaking Device (this was previously a Black Ops ship bonus and has been moved into a role bonus).
- Increased role bonus to 75% for reduction to effective distance traveled for jump fatigue.
- Updated Caldari Battleship bonuses (per skill level):
- Increased the bonus to Rapid Heavy Missile, Cruise Missile and Torpedo Launcher rate of fire from 5% to 7.5%.
- Updated Black Ops bonuses (per skill level):
- Increased the bonus to ECM Target Jammer strength from 30% to 40%.
- Added: 4% bonus to shield resistances
- Removed: 125% bonus to ship max velocity when using cloaking devices
18.11 Release - 2020-11-24.1 - "Explosive Velocity" Update
(Patch Notes)
Significant buffs to torpedoes and their launchers mean a buff to torpedo fit Widows.
18.09 Release - Build: 1810288 - 2020-09-22 - "Rolling Thunder" Update (Patch Notes)
Furthermore, all Black Ops ships are finally getting a Fuel Bay upgrade and there will be improved resistance profiles for Black Ops Battleships. - CCP Dopamine, Rolling Thunder News Post
- Fuel bay capacity increased from 1,250 m3 to 2,150 m3 (+900 m3, +72%)
- Resistances increased:
- Shield Resistances
- Therm - From 30% to 50%
- Kin - From 40% to 51%
- Armor Resistances
- Therm - From 55% to 67%
- Kin - From 25% to 39%
(stats correspond to a T2 hull resist bonus increase from +12.5/+18% shield/armor thermal resist to +37.5%/+18.33% th/kin for shield, +40.0%/+18.67% for armor.)
18.04 Release - Build: 1706308 - 2020-04-15 - "Surgical Strike" Update (Patch Notes)
- Increased Scan Resolution by 30% for Marauders and Black Ops
October 2019 Release - 2019-10-15.1
Every Cruiser, Battlecruiser and Battleship now warps faster than before.
- Warp Speed increased from 2.2 AU/s to 3.5 AU/s (+1.3 AU/s)
October 2018 Release - 2018-10-9 (Patch Notes)
Jammed targets may lock the source of the jam at all times
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