Heavy Cruiser

Heavy Cruiser
Product Information
Credits	500 credits
Technical Specifications
Drive	Warp
Armament
Power	48
Armor	248
Shield	4
Speed	3
Hangar	8
Shipyard	12
Research Required

Good Against: Fighters, Bombers, Battleship, Dreadnought, Titan, Leviathan (if you have lots of them).

Bad Against: Heavy Bombers, Ion Bombers, Destroyers, Frigates, Ion Frigates, Cruisers, Death Stars.

Why use them? Good for crushing fighters and taking down Planetary Shields if you've got good Plasma tech. Also good for taking down big ships except for Death Stars.

Advanced tactics Heavy cruisers are perhaps the third most valuable unit in the game (behind fighters and cruisers). They are the all-purpose attacking ship, since they are the cheapest unit that can damage every unit in the game (besides death stars). They are not as efficient as cruisers and frigates when attacking bases or enemy mobile fleets, but their versatility in taking out super-capitals makes up for this drawback.

Most players have at least some heavy cruisers in their fleet since they're just so useful. Heavy cruisers also have the distinction of being the cheapest unit that can always rape fighters (except over command centers). If your enemy has a bunch of naked fighters, than heavy cruisers are usually the way to go - unless the enemy fleet is more than 20 times as big as yours. So in most circumstances you will rape enemy fighters for a super ratio and loads of profit. Enemy recyclers have the same power/armour as fighters, so the same lesson applies to them, only there will be more profit on your part.

In some cases, it is even profitable to rape enemy fighters over command centers. This will depend on your shielding level and opponent's laser technology/command center levels. It is best to use a battle calculator in these circumstances rather than guessing.

Heavy cruisers in large numbers are generally good at killing leviathans. However, depending on your plasma level and the opponent's shielding level, heavy cruisers may be shield-raped by leviathans. Be very careful if you have few heavy cruisers (below 2000 or so) and your opponent has a significant number of leviathans (above 50 or so). Also, do not ever attack death stars with heavy cruisers as your largest unit. Aside from ion units, battleships are the cheapest unit you should use to attack a death star. You can use heavy cruisers in a mixed fleet with battleships to bring down death stars, but this is not recommended since cruisers/frigates are more effective at absorbing damage.

It takes about 50 - 60 HEavy Cruiser to take down a dreadnaught based on base stats, just having bare minimal requirements..

What to use

How to counter: Heavy Bombers, Cruisers, Death Stars.