Offence And Defence Best Practice

Combat Guide Combat in Imperium Galactic War is mostly about having you ships equipped for the right job and then properly implementing the right tactics to take advantage of your enemy's weaknesses during combat. Below is a list of tactical maneuvers and when they should be used: Offensive Tactic - Kiting:Kiting is a basic offensive strategy that involves forcing the enemy to follow you, while you blast away at them from a distance. Kiting work best with Fighters or Heavy Fighters, due to their high speed in combat. The best builds for kiting would include beam weapons such as Pulse Lasers, which have a long range and can't be dodged. You should also include modifications like Mass Lightening to increase your speed, Particle Lens to increase range, Backscatter Refractor to increase beam damage, and Cooling Coils to increase rate of fire. This tactic works well against many computer controlled fighters, especially if they have short range weapons. As soon as the battle begins, rapidly assign your ships to move backwards, and as enemy fighters approach they will be fired upon. Continue to have your fighters move away from the enemy until they are destroyed. Offensive Tactic - Blitz Attack:Blitzing involve rapidly moving inside of a ships minimum weapon range, thus rendering their weapons useless. This is an excellent tactic to use against lone capital ships that are only equipped with long-range weapons like Strike Cannons. Be careful if you notice your enemy starting to fan out, they may be trying to counter. Offensive Tactic - Web Attack:The web attack works best when implemented using a fleet of larger ships, all equipped with long-range weapons, such as Pulse Lasers, Strike Cannons, and Rail Guns or explosives such as graviton bombs and Anti-matter Torpedoes. If you notice that your enemies are groups together, assign your ships to fan out in a circular grid around them. This will allow you to focus your fire on the group and amplify the splash damage from your Graviton Bombs and Anti-matter Torpedoes.  Defensive Maneuver - Circle Strafe:This defensive maneuver work best against large enemy ships that are equipped with projectile weapons. Basically, order your Fighters/Corvettes to move in a circle, clockwise or counter-clockwise,  around the enemy while they fire. You will effectively dodge most projectile attacks this way. Try to keep your ships in a circle close to their maximum weapon range to aid projectile evasion. Using this, small fighters can easily take down a large capital ship.