These ships come in a variety of layouts and can be equipped with various systems and subsystems weapons drones and augmentations. If this tier list were based on my experiences the zoltan a would be lower than the slug b.
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Ftl faster than light ship tier list. Crystal b belongs in a tier by itself. Engi a is a very polarizing ship but i think it should be higher stealth b does not belong with the trifecta of rock a engi b and slug b heres my rankings. S tier crystal b. Im glad i was able to push out a second tier list thanks to plenty of reader feedback. Thanks to everyone who replied. Since ftl is a game of rng you want to minimize any variance as much as possible.
Moved stealth a to the top of c tier due to continuous user feedback on the placement of the ship. The universe of ftl is inhabited by friendly and enemy ships. Every ship in ftl can become strong eventually with the right weapons and upgrades just as every civilization can become powerful in the civ games and every champion can dominate in league of legends with enough gold. Each player ship can carry a maximum of eight crew members of various races with an initial crew of between one and four members. The purpose of a tier list is not to discuss what could potentially happen but rather to evaluate relative strength in a vacuum. Each ship starts with varying systems weapons power levels.
B tier kestrel a federation a kestrel c engi a. The one exception in amazing tier would be the pike beam and thats because its fairly easy to get something to break through shields and the trade off is immense. The only ship ive piloted which more restarts let alone anywhere near as many is the dreadful engi b. The weapons at the top of the list are consistently effective in almost any ship set up. A tier kestrel b mantis b lanius b zoltan a. Halberd beam and leto is an awful awful starting arsenal good for sector 1 2 if youre lucky.
Welcome to v21 of the ftl ship tier list. Zoltan a is arguably better than zoltan b.