Natural Resists

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Different classes and races of ships have different natural (ie unfitted) resists. T1 ships all follow a similar pattern. T2 resists are based on the "main" damage type of the ship's race's enemy. Note that main damage type does not have any in game impact except that they generally lines up with weapon systems.

Race	Enemy	Main Damage Type	Weapon System	Damage Type Rational
Amarr	Minmatar	EM	Lasers	All laser ammo deals more EM than thermal (and no other damage type)
Minmatar	Amarr	Explosive	Projectiles	Projectiles can deal any damage however 4 of the 6 ammos deal some explosive damage
Caldari	Gallente	Kinetic	Missiles	Many Caldari ships get a bonus to kinetic damage (missiles can deal any damage type)
Gallente	Caldari	Thermal	Hybrids	Hybrids deal more kinetic than thermal, however they are largely equal and Caldari have kinetic as preferred damage type

Tech 1 Ships

Generally all Tech 1 ships (and faction ship) follow a general pattern when it comes to resists. For a given race, all tech 1 ships and faction ships have the same resists, be it a tech 1 frigate or a titan. A Punisher has the same exact resistance attributes as an Avatar.

Class	Tech 1 Standard	Tech 1 Armor Modified	Tech 1 Shield Modified
Defence Type	Shield Armor	Shield Armor	Shield Armor
Amarr     EM EXP KIN THM	0 50 50 20 40 25 20 35	0 62.5 50 40 40 43.8 20 51.3	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Minmatar EM EXP KIN THM	0 60 50 10 40 25 20 30	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Gallente EM EXP KIN THM	0 50 50 10 40 35 20 35	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caldari EM EXP KIN THM	0 50 50 10 40 25 20 45	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	25 50 62.5 10 55 25 40 45

All tech 1 ships have an EM shield hole and an explosive armor hole.

All tech 1 ships and faction ships have the same shield resist. However, armor resists between different races vary slightly, mainly to compensate for the dominating enemy race damage type.

Some ships offer bonusus to resistance based on the prerequsite skill to fly them. In the table above, you will find the resistance profiles based on having the respective ship skill at level 5, and denoted by Tech 1 Armor Modified and Tech 1 Shield Modified. Amarr have the armor bonus and Caldari have the shield bonus.. However, this does not affect the ships natural resistance, but the remaining amount. For example, the Punisher has an 20% armor explosive resistance, but the 25% armor resistance bonus works on the incoming 80% damage. This means that out of the 80% incoming explosive damage, 25% is resisted, which is 20% of total incoming damage and results in a total of 40% explosive armor resistance.

• Tech 1 Armor Modified Ships
  • Punisher, Maller, Prophecy, Abaddon, Archon, Aeon

• Tech 1 Shield Modified Ships
  • Merlin, Moa, Drake, Rokh, Chimera, Wyvern

Lets take a look at the different tech 1 ship resists by comparing them to their natural enemies.

Amarr VS Minmatar

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As you can see, the Minmatar tech 1 ships have a slightly higher EM armor resist to compensate for the dominant Amarr damage type. Likewise, the Amarr tech 1 ships have a slightly increased explosive resist to compensate for the dominant Minmatar damage type.

Gallente VS Caldari

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The Caldari tech 1 ships have a slightly higher thermal armor resist, again to compensate for the dominant Gallente damage type. The Gallente however opted for a balanced kinetic/thermal resistance attribute.

Tech 2 Ships

Tech 2 ships have different resist types than their tech 1 variants.

Tech 2 resists can be split into 6 diffrent profiles. Lets examine these profiles using a table.

Class	Type 1	Type 2	Type 3	Type 4	Type 5	Type 6
Defence Type	Shield Armor	Shield Armor	Shield Armor	Shield Armor	Shield Armor	Shield Armor
Amarr     EM EXP KIN THM	0 50 87.5 80 70 62.5 20 35	0  50 81.25 70 62.5 53.125 20 35	0   50 75 60 55 43.75 20 35	0 50 62.5 40 47.5 34.375 20 35	0 50 60 30 40 25 20 35	0 50 55 28 43 28.75 20 35
Minmatar EM EXP KIN THM	75 90 50 10 40 25 60 67.5	62.5 85 50 10 40 25 50 59.375	50 80 50 10 40 25 40 51.25	25 70 50 10 40 25 30 43.125	10 70 50 10 40 25 20 35	10 64 50 10 40 25 24 38.25
Gallente EM EXP KIN THM	0 50 50 10 85 83.75 60 67.5	0 50 50 10 77.5 75.625 50 59.375	0 50 50 10 70 67.5 40 51.25	0 50 50 10 55 51.25 30 43.125	0 50 50 10 50 45 20 35	0 50 50 10 50 45 20 35
Caldari EM EXP KIN THM	0 50 50 10 70 62.5 80 86.25	0 50 50 10 62.5 53.125 70 79.375	0 50 50 10 55 43.75 60 72.5	0 50 50 10 47.5 34.375 40 58.75	0 50 50 10 40 25 30 55	0 50 50 10 40 25 30 55

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• Type 1
  • Assault Ships
    • Retribution, Jaguar, Wolf, Ishkur, Harpy, Hawk
  • Heavy Assault Ships
    • Zealot, Muninn, Vagabond, Ishtar, Deimos, Cerberus
  • Logistics
    • Guardian, Scimitar, Oneiros, Basilisk
  • Fleet Command Ships
    • Claymore, Eos
  • Deep Space Haulers
    • Impel, Mastodon, Occator, Bustard

• Type 2
  • Combat Recon Ships
    • Curse, Huginn, Lachesis, Rook
  • Field Command Ships
    • Sleipnir, Astarte

• Type 3
  • Electronic Attack Frigates
    • Sentinel, Hyena, Keres, Kitsune
  • Force Recon Ships
    • Pilgrim, Rapier, Arazu, Falcon
  • Blockade Runner
    • Prorator, Crane, Viator, Prowler

• Type 4
  • Stealth Bombers
    • Purifier, Hound, Nemesis, Manticore
  • Marauders
    • Paladin, Vargur, Kronos, Golem

• Type 5
  • Interceptors
    • Crusader, Malediction, Claw, Stiletto, Taranis, Ares, Crow, Raptor
  • Covert-ops
    • Anathema, Cheetah, Helios, Buzzard
  • Interdictors
    • Heretic, Sabre, Eris, Flycatcher

• Type 6
  • Black Ops
    • Redeemer, Panther, Sin, Widow

Some ships offer bonusus to resistance based on the prerequsite skill to fly them. In the next table, you will find the resistance profiles based on having the respective ship skill at level 5. However, this does not affect the ships natural resistance, but the remaining amount. For example, the Vengeance has an 80% armor explosive resistance, but the 25% armor resistance bonus works on the incoming 20% damage. This means that out of the 20% incoming explosive damage, 25% is resisted, which is 5% of total incoming damage and results in a total of 85% explosive armor resistance.

Class	Type 1 Armor Modified	Type 1 Shield Modified	Type 2 Armor Modified	Type 2 Shield Modified
Defence Type	Shield Armor	Shield Armor	Shield Armor	Shield Armor
Amarr    EM EXP THM KIN	0 62.5 87.5 85 20 51.3 70 71.9		0 62.5 81.3 77.5 20 51.3 62.5 64.8
Minmatar EM EXP THM KIN		81.3 90 62.5 10 70 67.5 55 25
Gallente EM EXP THM KIN	0 62.5 50 32.5 60 75.6 85 87.8
Caldari EM EXP THM KIN		25 50 62.5 10 85 86.3 77.5 62.5		25 188.75 62.5 166.25 77.5 78.75 71.9 76.25

• Type 1 Modified Armor
  • Assault Frigates
    • Vengeance
  • HACs
    • Sacrilege
  • Heavy Interdictors
    • Devoter, Phobos

• Type 1 Modified Shield
  • HACs
    • Eagle
  • Heavy Interdictors
    • Broadsword, Onyx

• Type 2 Modified Armor
  • Absolution
• Type 2 Modified Shield
  • Nighthawk

Amarr vs Minmatar

It is clear that the tech 2 Amarr ships have an increased explosive resist to make up for the Minmatar explosive damage. On the other hand, we have the Minmatar Ships with a high EM resist to make up for the Amarr dominant EM damage type. We see a similar pattern with armor as well.

Gallente vs Caldari

Again, here we see the Gallente ships have an ever so slightly higher kinetic shield resists, while the Caldari have a slightly higher thermal shield resists. Again, Same goes for armor.

Noticeable findings

Both the Gallente are Caldari are striving for high thermal and kinetic resists, while ignoring the EM and explosive resists. The Amarr Ships covers most resistances in its armor, while the Minmatar covers its resistances in its shields.

Amarr generally are better off armor tanked, while Minmatar are better off shield tanked. Gallente and Caldari have a good balance between shield and armor, with the Gallente leaning a little towards armor and Caldari leaning towards shield.

• Each faction has a combination of two resistances that are constant regardless of which resist profile it falls in.
  • The Amarr have EM and Thermal constant in all types.
  • The Minmatar have Explosive and Kinetic constant in all types.
  • The Gallente have EM and Explosive constant in all types.
  • The Caldari have EM and Explosive constant in all types.

The rate at which each faction covers its defenses versus their enemies damage type changes with each class. It is highest with the Type 1 ships and lowest with the Type 6 Ships.

Common tendancies

• Minmatar
  • In general advanced Minmatar ships favor a kiting approach and view their tank as just a hit point buffer so more often than not the holes are not patched. If they are though it is usually done by adding a kinetic and explosive resistance rig.

• Amarr
  • Cruiser-sized and above ships are very likely to patch their biggest resist hole and with a single thermic hardener.

• Gallente
  • A lot of ships like Ishkurs and Deimoses will plug the basic hole using an explosive hardener or an explosive rig.

• Caldari
  • Because of the sheer size of the EM hole it is a very good bet that there is at least a resistance rig or two if not an active hardener covering that hole.