
Probably the most overall "best" ship in the game.įederation A: Comes with a weapon that will destroy every ship in the game, eventually. The layout is nice and compact, and it comes with all the important bits like shields and a four person crew. Four basic lasers is surprisingly strong up through the first couple sectors and adapts alongside whatever weapons you pick up. Since it comes with an almost complete flagship killing kit, anyone decently knowledgeable should be able to win > 80% of the time. All you need is a single weapon to deal with zoltan (you can even disable autodrone weapon systems with crystal crew's suffocation resistance). Plus cloak and shields to give it plenty of survivability. Crystal borders are incredible, lockdown is nuts (it lets you ignore medbays, even on the flagship, and damage systems without interference) and you get the four-person teleporter. It comes with so many features, you don't really miss weapons. The Carnelian is so broken I'm convinced it was intentional, especially given how hard it is to get. Sorry!)Ĭrystal B: This ship is crazy, it's the bee's knees, it's red because it's got tiger blood. (If this bit's a tad long, just skip to the ships whose ratings you disagree with. Low Tier (Even skilled players require some luck to win with these ships)īottom Tier (Severely borked, even skilled players require extraordinary luck to win) Mid Tier (Skilled players will win most games with these ships, given average luck) High Tier (Skilled players will win a majority of games with these ships, unless specifically screwed by the RNG) Also, I'm ranking win-ability, not fun or personal preference. Relative position within a tier doesn't matter - each ship in a tier is about even with others in its tier and better than any in tiers below it. I'd love to update it based on all of your feedback! Rationale will follow. This is my list, compiled from my own opinions (about a hundred hours played) and from similar threads from around the internet.

Mostly because I'm a stickler for balance and I'm planning on patching some of the outliers (Rock A, Engi B, I'm looking at you.) I know player style is a big part of this, but there are definitely some ships that have higher odds - for a skilled player - of winning than others. So, FTL's been out for a while and I figure we've all had enough time to let our opinions of the different ships settle, and I thought it'd be fun to rank them. I haven't sunk my teeth into it, but AE discussion starts with Captain Teddy's tier list here. EDIT: Everything below is obsolete with AE.
