Anaconda - Surface Base Defender - AX Build - Elite Dangerous

Greetings Commanders,
Welcome to my AX Anaconda build video. This is the first ship I have built that can kill a Cyclops Interceptor in 5 seconds!
NOTE, THIS IS WITH THE USE OF JUST BASIC AMMO!!
This ship build has been made mainly for a Station/Surface Settlement defence role against the Thargoids.
Being able to use the Station for frequent repairs during the fight now means we do not need AFMU's, Repair Limpets Controllers and Cargo Racks, thus giving us freedom to use these slots for more Armour and/or Module Reinforcements. This now makes it much easier to take on tougher Interceptors. :)
To unlock the Long Range Guardian Shard Cannons, you will need a Mbooni Permit.
You need to get Allied with Azimuth Biotech, head to LHS 1163 and go to the Mega Ship 'Glorious Prospect' and keep taking missions until your allied with A.B.
As soon as you are allied the permit will be available.
Once you have it, go to the Guardian site SYNUEFE EU-Q C21-10 and collect the required materials. Then head to the Mbooni system, land at the Planetary Station called 'Prospects Deep' and unlock the weapon.
NOTE this will only unlock 1 weapon, if you require 4 then multiply the required materials below needed also by 4 etc.
Class 1 version
1 Guardian weapon blueprint fragment
3 Guardian power conduit
3 Guardian wreckage components
4 Guardian sentinel weapon parts
2 Germanium
Class 2 version
1 Guardian weapon blueprint fragment
5 Guardian technology component
5 Guardian wreckage components
4 Germanium
2 Power converter
To get the Pre Engineered Heat Sinks, go to the Leesti system and land on the Mega Ship 'Chariot of Rhea'.
You will then need the following materials to unlock.
NOTE this will only unlock 1 Heatsink, if you require 4 then multiply the required materials needed also by 4 etc.
8 Mechanical scrap
6 Niobium
6 Vanadium
5 mechanical components
You can purchase the Experimental Weapon Stabiliser and the Enhanced Xeno Scanner from any Rescue Ship.
Please enjoy the video.
O7 Commanders. :)
EDSY link to the build.
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[@cmdrxmikey7718]

I have the same build on mine, i am now able to take on a medusa, it take longueur but i succed in making it go boom.😁

[@eliteengineerdaz]

BOOM! 😎

[@eliteengineerdaz]

Apologies Commanders, for the type error on the Power Plant, I meant to write Thermal 'Spread' not 'Vent'. Sorry for any confusion, I was pulling all the stops out yesterday to bring this video out to you all asap and didn't see it. 😅🤦

[@seryvouk4966]

Wonderful! 👍 We actually built almost identical Anaconda builds.🤝 I'm finishing a flyby of engineers right now, the armor remains. The difference is only in the MRP set, but you can experiment with this. It's late here, so I won't be able to test my build until tomorrow. I note that I never put MRP in combat compartments, since combat compartments have the lowest damage priority. MRPs and shield boosters are preferable to be installed in regular slots.

[@andyc664]

Do you think this is a meta build mate?

[@eliteengineerdaz]

Six, medium long range shards, on an Anaconda is definately meta 😎

[@XhaleR]

Great vid, cmdr! Having the greatest time killing Cyclops interceptors in just seconds in both NHSS and surface settlements with my new "Shardconda".

[@vehicleboi5598]

point and click then get 6 million credits adventure

[@zridathtaslim3170]

o7 Cmdr Daz, awesome build you have here, imma have a go at it!

[@m.amadeo3434]

can I swap the guardian guns with gimballed axmcs?

[@eliteengineerdaz]

My builds are all guides, experiment them as you please 😎

[@foxival5150]

Amazing Job on This Build, like your Videos

[@eliteengineerdaz]

Many thanks Commander 😎

[@aaronmarshall3593]

Hoe can you have 6 guardian cannons😊

[@eliteengineerdaz]

You need to fit the 5F Experimental Weapon Stabiliser. You can buy them from any Rescue Ship when I last checked.

[@Jason-33W]

I have a similar build but in a Corvette that is shielded. Works almost too well.

[@QantusVitae]

Here I find myself watching another one of your videos man. I think you're just gonna be my main Elite channel to draw inspiration from during my return to the game. Now onto the build… Yesterday I spent an hour or so in Guardian space farming the materials for the size 2A ModShards. Then I came back to the bubble and worked on getting the permit for Mbooni so I could actually buy the Modified Shard cannons themselves. When all was said and done, I jumped my fleet carrier out near a High-Priority system where the AX community was battling Thargoids. My first mistake was putting this loadout on my AX cutter and using it for surface defense. Ramming Thargoids isn't meta anymore and probably hasn't been since the old days when they were only found in/around the Pleiades Nebula. There were tons of issues I was having right off the bat with my cutter, namely the drag and bad agility, and also the spread of the hardpoints. Using 6 ModShards is easier to do on an Anaconda since all of its weapon placements are close to each other. The cutter has those two ridiculous placements on its wings that, when firing shard cannons, spreads the shots further out away from the center. So now I sit here getting ready to engineer another Anaconda! Cheers.

[@eliteengineerdaz]

AX Anaconda all the way Commander, the grouping is 🔥

[@tonycrewdson-kennedy803]

I'm in the process of building this!!!

[@theplague4u]

Nice setup. I can’t wait until I’ve got engineering and guardian gear.

[@JExotic69]

The shard cannons you have - are they all the class 2 variant or the class 3 variant, from the tech broker?

[@eliteengineerdaz]

These long range type only come in Class 1 and 2. The original short range ones did a Class 3.

[@JExotic69]

​@eliteengineerdaz thank you!! And could this build still be viable without the use of long range?

[@eliteengineerdaz]

@@JExotic69 TBH I find the original short range type too difficult to use as they are only effective at point blank range and it would be almost impossible to keep an Anaconda within close enough distance for them. But that's me, I'm not the greatest of Pilots.

[@JExotic69]

​@eliteengineerdaz shoot! Neither am I 😂 was hoping to avoid having to become allied with yet another group of people. The grind is never ending with this game

[@eliteengineerdaz]

@@JExotic69 true it's all grind, however, these long range shards and even the long range plasmas are worth the time to unlock 👍

[@matthewlee3868]

So me and my friends play on Xbox and we're just starting to get into fighting against the aliens and just starting to build our ships for anti-xeno how do you get the experimental weapon stabilizers?

[@eliteengineerdaz]

Go to one of the many rescue ships, highlighted on the galaxy map by a green icon. When you land just buy them like anything else via outfitting.

[@blockyheadgaming]

Why not have a small shield generator? When fighting around scouts, they often do more damage than the interceptors themselves

[@eliteengineerdaz]

Good question, there are multiple reasons, easier pip management - having a shield generator is a constant drain on system pips and there is nothing worse than needing to activate your shutdown field neutraliser or heat sinks and having no system power. Another reason is phasing damage - attacks from Thargons in the swarm cause more damage when you have a shield than without . Lightning attacks from Interceptors - no matter how strong you make your shield, get caught in this and it's gone anyway. There are just a few reasons. If I was fighting just Scouts then yes I would run a shield but that is a rare situation. 😎

[@valemax2976]

Why 5E module reinforcement and not 5D? Too much power draw?

[@eliteengineerdaz]

The E rated provide much more integrity than their D equivalents, but have less module protection percentage. But if you mix them together you can achieve a much higher integrity strength while still having a very high module protection percentage. 😎

[@johoey4726]

Yep. 6 mod shard conda is great for 'defender of near large landing pads'. I could take out one remained Hydra alone with one death. It took about an hour.

[@eliteengineerdaz]

Well done Commander 😎

[@TheZ0MB13HUNT3R]

I like this build, going to try it out. However I wanted to point out that there is no need for the enhanced xeno scanner if you don't need to lock on to the hearts. It's more for gimbal weapons to target subsystems

[@eliteengineerdaz]

The Xeno Scanner is there mainly for engagements with Basilisk and higher, but your right it's wasted if you only intend on slaying Cyclops 😎

[@154fleetwood]

Dope build Cmdr o7 That’s a lot of grinding guarding sites to get my Conda like that

[@eliteengineerdaz]

That's what the game is though... 'Elite Grinding' 😅

[@Mimeniia]

The worst ship (Ox wagon Anaconda) in the game has the best weapon loadout for 6 AX enhanced experimental hardpoints. The Cutter can too but no man, these ships are too big and lethargic... Oh wait, never mind, type 10 is the worst...

[@cmdrshadowspawn2910]

Nonsense. I've soloed several cyclops in my type 10 with only 4 regular shard cannons.

[@Mimeniia]

@@cmdrshadowspawn2910 Sorry my man but that was your choice.

[@Icky_Nuggets]

"8A power plant engineered with grade 5 armored AND THERMAL VENT"? WHAT?

[@eliteengineerdaz]

It's all you need, I went G5 Armoured and Monstered at first but didn't need it. In the end settled for Thermal Spread to help with the insane heat generated by the Modified Shards 😎

[@eliteengineerdaz]

🤣🤣🤣 Just noticed that, meant to put Thermal Spread obviously 😩

[@Pavlo3110]

GangstaConda :)

[@a.p.2356]

Well THAT'S fucking insane.

[@eliteengineerdaz]

With just Basic Ammo too! 🤯😎

[@seryvouk4966]

It's bad that FDev doesn't allow limpets to be used for repairs. It is impossible for large ships to quickly fly away from Thargoid to avoid damage to the hull and modules, so the ability to repair the ship between attacks would be useful.

[@jasperlit1345]

You can repair your hull with repair limpet (you have to target nothing and then the repair limpet will repair your hull) and you can repair modules with AFMU 👍

[@seryvouk4966]

@@jasperlit1345 ok, I know about it. The problem is that the station that the Thargoids are attacking cannot load limpets. (

[@jasperlit1345]

@@seryvouk4966 ahh yeah I see now- o7

[@padlnjones]

a Cutter is fast enough to escape

[@kato2182]

Do i have to have all that engineer

[@eliteengineerdaz]

If you want the same performance then yes.

[@grardpa1766]

Nice video same conda as i m on the way to build. Standard ammo or premium

[@eliteengineerdaz]

Just Basic Ammo! 😎

[@grardpa1766]

@@eliteengineerdaz fine thanks

[@aleftan8144]

use premium munitions ?

[@eliteengineerdaz]

Just Basic Ammo! 😎

[@Dudenesschocobo]

Dude your videos are great. Made me wanna hive another try to fight tharhoids. Cuz i sucked big time whenever i tried before. Now built this exact ship with every engineering details. And nothing changed. Entering thargoid war system. A n interceptor or 2 stopping by and starting gang banging me right away. Can't even scan them without losing 10 percent hull!

[@Dudenesschocobo]

Please tell me how can i find a cyclops alone. How?!? Thats all o want.

[@eliteengineerdaz]

No need to scan an interceptor anyway if you know where the hearts are and as for Cyclops concerned just pull up and shoot with full magazines, pips to weapons and you will instant kill it. A lot of times you get interdicted by Cyclops if you want to practice one on one.😎

[@eliteengineerdaz]

@@Dudenesschocobo for scanning, with AX multi cannon builds you need to be cold to evade the incoming fire.

[@Dudenesschocobo]

@@eliteengineerdaz dude have 24 heatsinks and keep shooting one after another. Still getting huge damage. All I'm doing is running away after that. I need to find a cyclops to experience that fast kill but couldn't find any. And where are those planetary base defense locations? Every base i went was abondoned. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong.

[@Dudenesschocobo]

@@eliteengineerdaz can't find a cyclops lol thats the problem. Interceptor so hard gor me right now. Need a cyclops but can't find any. Before it was easy. You were searching for treat 5 and finding one. I even end up in a maelstorm to see what is that. Nope. Ran away barely.

[@valemax2976]

Wonderful video. Are those regular or modified (salvaton) shards? It seems to me they are regular ones.

[@jigendaisuke3804]

Modified, u can see the engineered icons on the shard cannon description