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Which smartbomb damage-type vs drones

which smartbomb damage-type is the "best" for killing enemy (light, medium and heavy) drones in PvP?

I believe most time you have to deal with Minmatar drones so the damage-type should be optimized to kill them...

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deantwo [ Editor ]

ok i added all the Combat Drones's HP and Resistances into a spreadsheet and did the math like Zaltora Trigamil did... here's what i found out:

  • all Amarr drones have Kinetic as it's lowest total
  • all Minmatar drones have Kinetic as it's lowest total
  • all Gallente drones have Kinetic as it's lowest total
  • all Caldari drones have Thermal as it's lowest total

this is true for all the sizes (Light, Medium, Heavy) of both Tech levels (T1, T2)

so the best Smartbomb to use would be a Kinetic one

you can see the full spreadsheet and math here: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AmOvLfZylaiVdGVlTFVmRElCOHBDd3dTMXhicWFyUHc&hl=en&authkey=CNv66-wI

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ankbar
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and Kin was an extremely close second in the Caldari case, so kinetic all-around sounds best.

deantwo
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yeah your right… i didn’t even look at that ^^;

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zaltora trigamil [ Editor ]

Evelopedia is your friend, or use the market, http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Item_Database In particular, for the minnie warrior II drone: http://wiki.eveonline.com/en/wiki/Warrior_II

You have to take into count the shield+shield res and armor+armor res. In the case of minnie drones they all look the same with less shield than armor. apply resistances ... choose the damage type for which the drone has less damage to take before dying. Formula to know to kill shield or armor factoring resistance: dmdToDo = base/(1-res) Lets use the war II here:

  • Damage to kill shield: Em=77, Explo=192.5, Kin=128.33, Therm=96.25
  • Damage to kill armor: Em=287.5, Explo=127.78, Kin=153.33, Therm=209.09
  • Total: Em=364.5, Explo=320.28, Kin=281.67, Therm=305.34

For hull, the res is the same for all (0) so it does not matter. Therefore you should do Kinetic against minnie's drone ... that is: Graviton Smartbomb

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count scary [ Editor ]

if minnie drones are what you care to smack, go for explosive damage.

I mean, just look at the resists for the armor on the drones.

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deantwo
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on my spreadsheet Minmatar drones have explosive as it’s second highest… so not recommended

count scary
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Fair enough……..wow a down tick because I was wrong? Interesting. Oh, well.

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