Cyclone

Ship Database▸Standard Battlecruisers▸Cyclone

	Minmatar Republic
	Standard Battlecruisers
	Cyclone Class

Warfare Link Bonus

HIGHLIGHTS

High Amount of High Slots

HIGHLIGHTS

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The Cyclone was created in order to meet the increasing demand for a vessel capable of providing muscle for frigate detachments while remaining more mobile than a battleship. To this end, the Cyclone's seven high-power slots and powerful thrusters have proved ideal.

SHIP BONUSES

Traits:
Minmatar Battlecruiser skill bonus per level:
5% bonus to Heavy Missile and Heavy Assault Missile rate of fire
7.5% bonus to Shield Boost amount

Role Bonus:
Can fit Warfare Link modules

Required Skills

Minmatar Battlecruiser I50m
- Spaceship Command III3h 39m
- Minmatar Cruiser III22h 13m
  - Spaceship Command II38m
  - Minmatar Destroyer III8h 53m
    - Minmatar Frigate III8h 53m
      - Spaceship Command I8m

Training Time what's this?

1d 21h 14m

Estimated training time only for the listed skills based on zero implants and without neural remaps.

Grouping

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Ship Attributes

Fittings	Powergrid 1,100 MW CPU 525 tf Capacitor 2,850 GJ High 7 Launchers 5 Turrets 2 Medium 5 Low 5 Rig 3 ? Calibration 400

Navigation	Max Velocity 165 m/s Inertia Modifier 0.704 Warp Speed 3 AU/s Base Time to Warp 12.2 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 50 m³ Drone Bandwidth 50 Mbit/sec

Targeting	Max Tgt. Range 45 km Max Locked Targets 6 LADAR Sensor 17 points Sig. Radius 250 m Scan Res. 220 mm

Structure	Structure Hitpoints 3,750 HP Mass 12,500,000 kg Volume 216,000 m³ Cargo Capacity 450 m³

Armor	Armor Hitpoints 3,750 HP Armor Resistances EM 60 THR 35 KIN 25 EXP 10

Shields	Shield Capacity 5,000 HP Shield Resistances EM 0 THR 20 KIN 40 EXP 50

Summary

The Cyclone is a Minmatar Battlecruiser and, unlike its brother the Hurricane and most other Minmatar ships, the Cyclone is bonused towards missiles rather than projectile turrets. Unlike the Drake, which is designed to mount a large buffer tank and deal most of its damage with kinetic missiles, the Cyclone is bonused to take advantage of shield boosters to mount a massive active tank, albeit for a only limited period of time, while its rate of fire bonus allows the Cyclone greater flexibility in terms of the damage types it can use. The Cyclone also has a decent dronebay and bandwidth 50m³, allowing it to field a full flight of medium drones for extra DPS, or two flights of small drones instead.

Skills

Like many Minamatar ships, the Cyclone is very skill intensive. A player looking to fly a Cyclone should have strong missile skills. Energy neutralizers or vampires are often equiped in the extra high slots for PvP, although this is not a very long train. Cylones are shield tanked more often than not in order to take advantage of the ships bonuses, so good active shield tanking skills are also recommended.

Fitting

PvP Kiting

Cyclone: PvP Kiting

EFT

[Cyclone, PvP Kiting]
Medium Energy Neutralizer II
Medium Energy Neutralizer II
Heavy Missile Launcher II
Heavy Missile Launcher II
Heavy Missile Launcher II
Heavy Missile Launcher II
Heavy Missile Launcher II

Adaptive Invulnerability Field II
Warp Disruptor II
Experimental 10MN Microwarpdrive I
Large Shield Extender II
Large Shield Extender II

Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Ballistic Control System II
Capacitor Power Relay II
Damage Control II

Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I
Medium Core Defense Field Extender I

Hornet EC-300 x5
Warrior II x5

Caldari Navy Nova Heavy Missile x1000