Stellaris Ship Tier List (2024)

FAQs

What is the best battleship configuration in Stellaris? ›

Similarly, the best design for Battleships right now is the 1xH, 4xM core, the 2xM stern, and whatever bow you want (there's some argument against spinal, actually, since you usually can't fire it while evading... but the alpha strike is undeniably nice).

Maximum Naval Capacity may never exceed 9999 but empires can still build over it as long as their economy supports the upkeep costs. Titans have a strict build limit, with a base of 1 allowed per empire; every 200 Naval Capacity increases an empire's Titan cap by 1, up to a maximum of 20 Titans at 3800 naval capacity.

If you are fighting a large empire, multiple fleets of gunboats and interceptor corvettes are ideal with large numbers and perhaps 1-2 cruisers in said fleet, with a battleship and its escorts being your head fleet to bombard worlds and escort transport fleets.

When you are federation president, you'll have the option to build ships at any of your bases based on federation blue prints. Those ships automatically create federation fleets. You can also combine them with existing federation fleets (if any).

Missile Cruiser the long-range missile cruiser is a very solid mid-game option. It has great range, and with 3 Afterburners can be reasonably quick. Artillery Computer will let it use that speed to keep its distance. Swarmer Missiles have good firepower, and can be backed up by a few regular missiles.

Every 800 Fleet capacity you can build one more Colossus until you have 5. Unfortunately this is a fixed limit because all large ships now have their own internal maximum fleet capacity.

I use roughly 20 science ships surveying by year 2230, on a huge galaxy. And 3 or 4 ships exploring/surveying as far as I can get in the galaxy before all the borders form. Once the surveyors can no longer reach anything new then I get rid of them, keeping 3 or 4 in the empire for debris.

In the contact page it will show your relative fleet strength compared to each empire, you want it to be green(equal) to all your neighbours if you can. You want it as big as you can get it. I'd say balance fleet bigening based on how powerful your neighbours are until all the territory is filled.

Direct involvement in ship design is optional. An alert icon will appear if a ship design is obsolete, and a toggle enables automatic upgrading of components for player convenience.

Having multiple shipyards on a starbase allows it to effectively act as a "fleet manufactory" by constructing several ships simultaneously in parallel.

What is the best picket ship in Stellaris? ›

The best way to use destroyers is as picket ships, designed to intercept enemy strike craft and missiles. This is a role they excel in because with the Picket Ship Bow and Stem equipped, destroyers offer three-point-defense slots, more than any other ship in the game.

To merge your fleets in Stellaris, start by selecting the main fleet that you want other fleets to merge into. Then, hold down the 'shift key' and 'left-click' any other fleets that you want to merge. Once you have your selection, click on the merge button.

The amount of piracy suppression per ship depends only on the ship's hull size, with corvettes being the best and titans being the worst. Any fleet can be given the patrol command in order to facilitate player's piracy suppression across their trade routes.