Now that I fly with Snuffed Out, Beam Legions are the rave over here. We still have a Rail Proteus Doctorine, but I have yet to fly it. Most of the time Protei are delegated into a tackle roll in a fleet and not a main DPS component. I set out to discover why this was. The following are the two base fits I used for comparison, fits are altered as stated from the base fit throughout the following text.
[Legion, Beam Legion (610 DPS/124k EHP)]
Damage Control II
Centii A-Type Adaptive Nano Plating
Centii A-Type Adaptive Nano Plating
1600mm Reinforced Steel Plates II
Heat Sink II
Heat Sink II
10MN Afterburner II
Warp Disruptor II
Tracking Computer II, Tracking Speed Script
Small Capacitor Booster II, Navy Cap Booster 400
Heavy Beam Laser II, Gleam M
Heavy Beam Laser II, Gleam M
Heavy Beam Laser II, Gleam M
Heavy Beam Laser II, Gleam M
Heavy Beam Laser II, Gleam M
Heavy Beam Laser II, Gleam M
Medium Anti-Thermic Pump II
Medium Trimark Armor Pump II
Medium Ancillary Current Router I
Legion Defensive - Augmented Plating
Legion Electronics - Dissolution Sequencer
Legion Engineering - Power Core Multiplier
Legion Offensive - Liquid Crystal Magnifiers
Legion Propulsion - Fuel Catalyst
[Proteus, 250 Rail Proteus (705 DPS/137k EHP)]
Damage Control II
Centii A-Type Adaptive Nano Plating
Centii A-Type Adaptive Nano Plating
1600mm Reinforced Steel Plates II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
10MN Afterburner II
Warp Disruptor II
Small Capacitor Booster II, Navy Cap Booster 400
250mm Railgun II, Javelin M
250mm Railgun II, Javelin M
250mm Railgun II, Javelin M
250mm Railgun II, Javelin M
250mm Railgun II, Javelin M
250mm Railgun II, Javelin M
Medium Anti-Explosive Pump II
Medium Trimark Armor Pump II
Medium Trimark Armor Pump II
Proteus Defensive - Augmented Plating
Proteus Electronics - Friction Extension Processor
Proteus Engineering - Power Core Multiplier
Proteus Offensive - Dissonic Encoding Platform
Proteus Propulsion - Localized Injectors
So lets get started with the comparison!
The most obvious difference was the change in damage type: Thermal and Kinetic to EM and Thermal. On the surface you might think that Legions just have a slight edge at cracking shield doctrines, and that is correct, but you have more advantages than just that. First, lets analyse whats the primary and secondary damage types to deal against targets.
VS Armor
- T1: Explosive then Kinetic
- T2
- Amarr: Thermal then EM
- Gallente: Explosive then EM
- Caldari: Explosive then EM
- Minmatar: Explosive then Kinetic
VS Shield
- T1: EM then Thermal
- T2
- Amarr: EM then Thermal
- Gallente: EM then Explosive
- Caldari: EM then Explosive
- Minmatar: Kinetic then Explosive
Damage Types Summary
- Primary
- 4 Explosive
- 1 Kinetic
- 1 Thermal
- 4 EM
- Secondary
- 3 Explosive
- 2 Kinetic
- 2 Thermal
- 3 EM
SUMMARY
- 7 Explosive
- 3 Kinetic
- 3 Thermal
- 7 EM
As you can see, resistance holes are most often either in one of the extremes. Even in armor tanks, EM is a secondary resist hole 3 out of 5 times, and since the primary hole is usually plugged (Amarr plugs their Thermal and Gallente plugs their Explosive), this leaves EM damage to be the best to deal actually against those ship types. So over all, Beam Legions have an advantage with damage types of EM and Thermal. On the downside of this, Rail Proteus over all do more paper DPS to make up for it.
The next obvious difference arose with damage projection and application. By far, the Legion out ranged the Proteus, before any module modifications it can touch 81km optimal and with two optimal enhanced Tracking Computers it can reach out to 105km optimal, far surpassing Railguns on the Proteus. Let us also note that in order to reach these ranges that the Proteus would need to fit a Dissolution Sequencer Subsystem (Electronic) in order to get the lock range plus two Tracking Computers and a Tracking Enhancer, and even then its only 91km optimal with 41km falloff. So by far the Legion out-projects the Proteus. How about application and tracking speed then? The majority of Rail Proteus fits use the Dissonic Encoding Platform (Offensive) for the tracking bonus. The occasional few use Hybrid Propulsion Armature (Offensive) for a drone bay and extra paper DPS, but most (including Snuffed Out's and Protean Concept's) don't use it because the lost DPS from the tracking nerf plus the fact that most drones get smartbombed by any competent fleet, makes the subsystem of little use. So now that we have our subsystem chosen, the tracking speeds that are spit back before tracking computers and enhancers are .0464 for the Legion and .0440 for the Proteus, a 5.3% difference favoring the Legion. Going off of the standardized fits above though, the Legion gets .0603 tracking pushing the difference to 31.2% in favor of the Legion.
At this point, we need to take a step back and ask why the Legion gets such better tracking. The answer lies in the two (arguably three) utility mid slots the Legion has. The Proteus has several options available to it to catch up in tracking. Probably the easiest is swap a Mag Stab to a Tracking Enhancer, you loose DPS for tracking and range. You still only acquire .0482 tracking, which is still unsatisfactory compared to a Legion. A more sacrificial solution is to unfit the Cap Booster and fit a Tracking Computer, but this is still less tracking than a single TC Legion and you sacrifice your cap booster opening you up to neut warfare. A similar solution involves fitting the Gravitational Propulsion (Propulsion) subsystem to gain a mid slot at the cost of a low slot. So you sacrifice raw DPS for more tracking. This final one still puts you at less tracking than a Legion, but you still retain the balance of having Cap Boosters.
Those utility mid slots that the Legion naturally has plus the already better base tracking speed allows it to get much better projection and application than the Rail Proteus without nearly any sacrifices. The utility mids add up to more than just projection and application though, they let utility EWar to be fitted at nearly no sacrifice. This ranges from Damps, Tracking Distruptors, Target Painters, Remote Sensor Boosters, and Remote ECCM. A Legion can easily fit a Cap Booster to protect itself from neuts plus two Damps to spread around on enemy ships, or two RECCMs to keep Logistics from getting jammed, or two ReSeBos to let Logistics lock and land reps quicker, possibilities are endless with utility mids and the Legion has that distinct advantage over the Proteus in that regard.
Now that we have the big heavy hitters out of the way, we can add up small differences they have.
- With the base fits above, the Beam Legion gets approximately double the Sensor Strength (The Proteus can exceed this but only if it sacrifices the point range bonus from its Electronic Subsystem)
- The Proteus has 13k more EHP (un-linked and un-implanted) but 110 less DPS Omni-Tank when being repaired by a Guardian
- Using the base fits above the Legion is 94m/sec faster
- Using the base fits above the Legion is 21m sig radius smaller
- Very minor point since markets are always in flux but currently the Legion is cheaper than the Proteus
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So what does this mean in conclusion?
- The Legion has a better Damage Profile
- The Legion has better Projection
- The Legion has better Application
- The Legion has more Utility Mid Slots
- The Legion has better Sensor Strength (with the exception listed above)
- The Proteus has more EHP
- The Legion has better Tank
- The Proteus has better Tackle Capabilities
- The Legion is Faster and Smaller
I sometimes don't know how to count, but I think that is more advantages to the Legion than the Proteus, placing it significantly higher on the list of being a better, what I like to call, Longbow. That is not to say the Rail Proteus is not good, but if someone asked me what to fly or train towards, a Beam Legion or Rail Proteus, I would choose a Beam Legion without hesitation.
Blöd
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