Welcome, Admiral, aboard the Ankylon class titan! This formidable ship, a pinnacle of TEC Enclave engineering, is a moving fortress designed to hold the line against the enemies of humankind.
Constructing the Ankylon requires significant resources, including the rarest of exotics, making it a crucial investment. This guide will help you maximize its potential on the battlefield.
How To Master The Ankylon in Sins of a Solar Empire 2
Short Lore: The Symbol of TEC’s War Goals
After decades of relentless war, the TEC Enclave developed the Ankylon Titan to embody their commitment to defense and endurance.
With a crew of 5,000—twice the size of a Kol class battleship—the Ankylon is a fortress in motion, excelling in defensive capabilities and fleet support.
Ankylon Basics: Focus on Survivability and Support
The Ankylon Titan’s primary role is to bolster your fleet’s defenses and ensure its own survivability. While it does possess some firepower, its strength lies in its ability to outlast opponents rather than outgun them.
Firepower: Initially, the Ankylon’s firepower is comparable to that of a battle-focused capital ship like the Kol. However, this is just the beginning.
By adding extra weapon banks, you can increase its damage output more than tenfold, though this will consume two of your titan module slots. Despite these upgrades, the Ankylon should not be expected to solo an enemy armada.
Defensive Capabilities: The Ankylon will likely lose head-on fights against other titans. To compensate, focus on its fleet-wide support abilities and defensive prowess. This titan is designed to endure and support, not to lead the charge alone.
Abilities: Mastering the Ankylon’s Arsenal
The Ankylon’s abilities are most effective in a friendly gravity well—your own planets or those of allied players. In enemy or neutral gravity wells, their power diminishes, so always aim to engage defensively and push forward only after weakening your foes.
Disruption Matrix
Overview: This ability deals small AOE damage, insufficient to kill even corvettes in one cast. However, as a fleet support titan, the Ankylon’s Disruption Matrix significantly reduces enemy ship HP, making them easier targets for your fleet.
Furious Defense
Overview: Boosts your titan’s damage and provides a substantial heal, especially potent in a friendly gravity well. With a long duration, this ability can be active almost constantly at higher levels, healing 6,000 hull points per cast. It is the best healing ability in the game, allowing the Ankylon to survive where other titans would fall.
Shield Surge
Overview: An AOE heal for your ships, Shield Surge also grants a massive shield restore buff to the Ankylon itself. While its AOE capabilities are weaker than Disruption Matrix, it significantly enhances your titan’s survivability.
Invulnerability Field (Ultimate Ability)
Overview: Makes all ships in range invulnerable for 60 seconds in a friendly gravity well. This S-tier ability can turn the tide of battle, especially when used to protect your entire fleet from devastating enemy abilities. However, with a 4-minute cooldown, it must be used strategically.
Titan Modules: Customizing the Ankylon
Offensive Modules
Ankylon Beams & Missile Batteries: These should be your first choices, boosting your damage output significantly.
Rapid Autoloader & Missile Guidance Computer: These further enhance your offensive capabilities, with the latter providing an aura for other missile ships.
Auxiliary Hangar & High Yield Warheads: Consider these for specific needs, such as increasing strikecraft or planet damage.
Defensive Modules
Extra Armor Plating: Increases your titan’s toughness, with three levels available.
Combat Repair System & Reactive Armor: Useful in niche situations where opponents target your titan first.
Flak Burst: A good countermeasure against missile ships and strikecraft, especially since the Ankylon’s large size may place it out of range of other defensive abilities.
Ankylon Planetary Shield Array: Allows you to protect planets by jumping between them, preventing enemy captures as long as your titan remains alive.
Utility Modules
Volatile Accelerants: This module, often overlooked on capital ships due to their limited slots, can be more viable on the Ankylon, which has 8 slots and benefits from the speed boost.
Strategies: Leading the TEC Enclave to Victory
Building the Ankylon Titan requires significant investment in both the civic and military trees, including access to rare exotics like Quarnium. To accelerate its construction:
Quarnium Production: Manually queue Quarnium production to avoid delays.
Industrial Complex: Build this planetary module where you plan to construct your titan. It speeds up construction and reduces costs by 5%, making it a must-have.
Combat Tips:
Positioning: Place the Ankylon at the center of the battle. Its guns are evenly distributed, so it can engage enemies from all sides. Unlike other titans, the Ankylon can handle being in the midst of enemy forces.
Module Priority: Focus on weapon modules for maximum damage output. While the Ankylon excels at defense, its offensive potential should not be neglected.
Ability Usage: Furious Defense should be your go-to ability, with Disruption Matrix or Shield Surge as secondary, depending on your strategy. Use the Invulnerability Field to initiate charges or protect against devastating enemy abilities.
With this guide, you are prepared to harness the full power of the Ankylon titan and lead the TEC Enclave to victory in your galactic conquest. Good luck, Admiral!
Last Updated on August 17, 2024
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