Phased Projectiles

Phased Projectiles

“	Phased Projectiles make Kinetic weapons more effective at bypassing shield defenses and dealing damage directly to armor.	”
	— In-Game Description

Stats[]

Phased Projectiles	I	II	III	IV	V
SPECIFICATIONS
Weapon Mass	5%	10%	15%	20%	25%
Shield Bypass	+10%	+20%	+30%	+40%	+50%
Hull XP	246 XP	455 XP	681 XP	928 XP	1,077 XP
Applies to	Kinetic
RESEARCH
Prerequisites	Previous level of Phased Projectiles
Tech Lab Required	IV	VI	VIII	X	X
Time	17m 00s	2h 47m	12h 53m	1d 11h 50m	2d 22h 30m
Helium-3	38,800	579,595	2,647,440	6,598,400	12,201,225
Antimatter	0	30,505	294,160	1,649,600	4,067,075
Module XP	123 XP	228 XP	341 XP	464 XP	539 XP
EQUIP
Time	3m 00s	10m 30s	35m 00s	1h 28m	2h 47m
Helium-3	7,850	116,100	529,758	1,319,992	2,440,613
Antimatter	0	6,111	58,862	329,998	813,538

General[]

Phased Projectiles boost Kinetic weapons by increasing their shield bypass, allowing them to ignore a certain percentage of enemy shield defense.

Strategy and Setup[]

Advantages[]

Phased Projectiles guarantee damage against shielded opponents even if you ultimately lose and fail to completely deplete the enemy's shields. They are particularly useful against regenerating shields such as the Repulsor Shield because enemies will take a huge chunk of health damage even if they get to fully recharge their shields.

In some extreme cases, you can destroy enemy targets before their shields go down, saving you the hassle of draining their shields. This usually happens against heavily-damaged ships or those that have regenerating shields.

Disadvantages[]

Phased Projectiles are next to useless against lightly-shielded but heavily-armored targets such as modules. This also applies to Xeno Division Hulls and above.

Iridium Magnets are a much common choice as they can effectively multiply actual damage output by improving the weapon's accuracy.