Effective Stack

The effective stack is the number of ships that can participate in combat when one stack fires on another.

Effective Stack

Fleets are made of 9 stacks, with up to 3000 ships each. However, during combat, only a portion of each stack will fight. The ships fight as if they had only the effective stack number of ships engaged, with the exception that shield points and hull structure points of the rest of the stack are in the common pool. Any active module that uses He3 is affected by effective stacking.

The star ranking of your commander determines your maximum effective stack size. This is perhaps the biggest benefit of high star commanders- using more ships in a fight. This means more damage dealt and more damage mitigation from defenses.

Flagships

Standard Flagships such as theIndependence and Black Hole have an effective stack of one of the main ship types, plus the Flagship bonus (100). The Independence is a Cruiser with the Flagship bonus while the Black Hole is a Battleship with the Flagship bonus. All Humaroid Flagships are Battleship type hulls with the Flagship bonus. At the time of this writing, Liberty wings is the Frigate based Federation Flagship, however due to game enigine limitations it had to be given -100 instead of +100 or it would have exceeded the 3000 ship limit in some circumstances.

Flagships based on Battleship hulls, like the Black Hole or any Humaroid Flagship, are best commanded with high Battleship Skills. The Independence is currently the only Flagship based on a Cruiser and is better commanded with high skills in Cruisers, similarly for Frigate based flagships (Liberty Wings). If both ships are used in the same fleet then the best commander is one that is rated at least B in both Cruisers and Battleships.

The new Tesla Flagships follow the same rules (For more on this see: Flagships).

You can use an existing Commander that is normally deficient in such skill ratings by enhancing that commander with gems. Notably, Battleship, Cruiser, and Frigate Diamonds of level III or higher.

Common Commanders

	Bonus	Frigate	Cruiser	Battleship	Cruiser Flagship	Battleship Flagship
	0%	1100	1000	900	1100	1000

Skill Commanders

	Bonus	Frigate	Cruiser	Battleship	Cruiser Flagship	Battleship Flagship
	2.2%	1124	1022	920	1122	1020
	6.8%	1174	1068	961	1168	1061
	13.9%	1253	1139	1025	1239	1125
	24.0%	1364	1240	1116	1340	1216
	37.8%	1516	1378	1240	1478	1340
	56.2%	1718	1562	1405	1662	1505
	80.4%	1985	1804	1624	1904	1724
	112.5%	2338	2125	1913	2225	2013
	155.0%	2805	2550	2295	2650	2395

Super Commanders

	Bonus	Frigate	Cruiser	Battleship	Cruiser Flagship	Battleship Flagship
	2.3%	1126	1023	921	1123	1021
	7.1%	1178	1071	964	1171	1064
	14.6%	1260	1146	1031	1246	1131
	25.2%	1377	1252	1127	1352	1227
	39.8%	1538	1398	1258	1498	1358
	59.3%	1752	1593	1433	1693	1533
	85.2%	2037	1852	1667	1952	1767
	119.7%	2416	2197	1977	2297	2077
	165.6%	2922	2656	2391	2756	2491

Legendary Commanders

	Bonus	Frigate	Cruiser	Battleship	Cruiser Flagship	Battleship Flagship
	2.4%	1127	1024	922	1124	1022
	7.4%	1182	1074	967	1174	1067
	15.3%	1268	1153	1038	1253	1138
	26.5%	1392	1265	1139	1365	1239
	42.0%	1562	1420	1278	1520	1378
	62.8%	1790	1628	1465	1728	1565
	90.5%	2096	1905	1715	2005	1815
	127.7%	2505	2277	2049	2377	2149
	176.0%	3000	2777	2499	2877	2599

Divine Commanders

	Bonus	Frigate	Cruiser	Battleship	Cruiser Flagship	Battleship Flagship
	2.4%	1127	1024	922	1124	1022
	7.4%	1182	1074	967	1174	1067
	15.3%	1268	1153	1038	1253	1138
	26.5%	1392	1265	1139	1365	1239
	42.0%	1562	1420	1278	1520	1378
	62.8%	1790	1628	1465	1728	1565
	90.5%	2096	1905	1715	2005	1815
	127.7%	2505	2277	2049	2377	2149
	176.0%	3000	2777	2499	2877	2599