How to Rat in a Myrmidon
With the VNI's loss of dominance in the area of ratting, the Myrmidon represents the Second Stepping Stone after the Vexor in the ratting ship chain. This ship offers significantly more tank than the Vexor, along with a decent increase in damage.
You can make between 9-13 million isk/tick (every 20 minutes) using this fit, assuming a 100% Bounty Risk Modifier.
Myrmidon
Gallente T1 Battlecruiser
The Ratting Progression Chain
The Vexor Newbro Edition
Gallente T1 Cruiser
Free From The Dojo! Low Skills
The Ratting Myrmidon
Gallente T1 Battlecruiser
~80 Million ISK Low Skills
The Ratting Gila
Guristas Faction Cruiser
~390 Million ISK Low Skills
The Isktar
Gallente Heavy Assault Cruiser
~225 Million ISK Medium Skills
Ratting Marauders
Caldari / Gallente Marauders
1 - 2 Billion ISK High Skills
Ratting Carriers
Minmatar Carrier
3 - 4 Billion ISK Capital Skills
Ratting Supers
Minmatar Supercarrier
38 - 42 Billion ISK Capital Skills
Fittings
The Myrmidon is viable in both Angel and Sansha Space, utilizing a passive shield and active armor fit for the respective regions. As with all ratting ships, if you have the ability to you should switch out the faction large drones for T2 ones. The default drone setup is 4 heavy drones, but if your medium drone skills are significantly better than your heavy drone skills, you might get more DPS using 2 mediums and 3 heavies instead.
Ratting Myrmidon - Angels
This Fit Requires Capacitor Stability Without the High-Slot Mods Running!
[Myrmidon, Ratting Myrmidon - Angels] Shield Power Relay II Shield Power Relay II Capacitor Power Relay II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II 10MN Monopropellant Enduring Afterburner Multispectrum Shield Hardener II Multispectrum Shield Hardener II Large Shield Extender II Large Shield Extender II Drone Link Augmentor II Drone Link Augmentor II Medium Energy Neutralizer II Medium Energy Neutralizer II Auto Targeting System I Medium Core Defense Field Purger I Medium Core Defense Field Purger I Medium Core Defense Field Purger I Valkyrie II x5 Hornet II x5 Hornet EC-300 x5 Republic Fleet Berserker x4
Ratting Myrmidon - Sanshas
This Fit Requires Capacitor Stability Without the High-Slot Mods Running!
[Myrmidon, Ratting Myrmidon - Sanshas] Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Drone Damage Amplifier II Medium Armor Repairer II Medium Armor Repairer II Reactive Armor Hardener 10MN Afterburner II Omnidirectional Tracking Link II Large Compact Pb-Acid Cap Battery Large Compact Pb-Acid Cap Battery Cap Recharger II Drone Link Augmentor II Drone Link Augmentor II Drone Link Augmentor II Medium Gremlin Compact Energy Neutralizer Auto Targeting System I Medium EM Armor Reinforcer I Medium Thermal Armor Reinforcer I Medium Capacitor Control Circuit I Acolyte II x5 Infiltrator II x5 Imperial Navy Praetor x4 Hornet EC-300 x5 Optimal Range Script x1 Tracking Speed Script x1
How to Run Sites
If You're New to Ratting
Give the Introduction to Ratting page a read to avoid common mistakes and get some background knowledge.
Running Each Site
Angel Space
Your Shield Hardeners and Afterburner should always be active while you're in a site.
Sansha Space
Your Armor Repairers, Afterburner, and Omnidirectional Tracking Link should always be active while you're in a site.
- Warp to the site at 0.
- Find an object around the center of where the rats are spawning, and orbit it at 15km.
- Wait for the rats to aggress you, then drop Praetors and aggress a rat.
- If your drones come under attack, recall them repeat the previous step.
Kill Order: Cruisers → Destroyers → Frigates → Battleships → Battlecruisers
Site-Specific Information
Some sites require special attention due to a particularly nasty wave or unusual mechanics.
TBA
Additional Information
Runnable Sites
The sites in this list have been tested and determined to be runnable using the above fit(s). It is not necessarily comprehensive, and some sites may require special attention which will be noted in the section above.
- Angel / Sansha Forsaken Hubs
- Angel / Sansha Hubs
- Angel / Sansha Forsaken Rally Points
- Angel / Sansha Rally Points
If You Get Tackled
For Light Resistance
Light Resistance for the Myrmidon is a single tackle ship.
- Align out to a citadel.
- Put your damage or EC-300s on the ship tackling you.
- If at any point the point drops, warp off.
For Heavy Resistance
Heavy Resistance is more than one tackle ship, or a hard tackle ship such as Dictor, Hictor, or Keres.
- Align out to a citadel
- Put www <system> in fleet chat and ask on comms for support.
- Pick a target and put some damage on.
- Heat your Armor Repairers to stay up for as long as possible.