Anti-Thargoid Krait build guide | Elite Dangerous

[@ConanTroutmann]

Thanks for a great vid. Been out in the Black for over a year and am only now starting to engage with Thargoids. I Have a Krait mk 2 and some Experimental weapons (missile, multi cannon and flak) plus the Xeno Scanner and Field Neutraliser, but have had my ass handed to me each time I've been attacked by Thargs so this will be a MASSIVE help 👍🏼

[@endoblader]

I wouldn't try the flowers with experimentals Craig, apparently it is WAY more effective with Guardian weapons. They're not THAT bad to unlock.... It just requires more grind than a pepper mill. 😆

[@modernepic86]

Good video dude, it is a bit of a meta interceptor build but a very efficient one, solo'd my first cyclops in a krait but used an fdl for the basilisk solo. Now using a cold running Challenger against Medusa. Shout out to the HAND. Bunch of legends.

[@ConanTroutmann]

Been asked and applied to join The HAND just today 🤘😎🤘

[@imushavem7504]

I suggest remembering that the AFMU will repair cracked canopy, even during the fight. Very handy to keep canopy form popping. (I've been caught in lightening too often) :) Fly Dangerous Commanders o7

[@TheLampMan-JaE]

You only actually need 1 flak gun, meaning you could also fit another gauss gun or something. :)

[@tomcoppersss]

Me right before update 13: Yeah im probs gonna use this build looks good Me after update 13 came out: Guess ill need another plan

[@SOU6900]

I see the Secret Lab ad. I also see my cats trashing one of their chairs if I had one.😣

[@imushavem7504]

I have a similar build, but I have a large shard to bring down shield quicker. I have 3 medium Guardian Gauss, 1 large Guardian Shard and 1 medium flak and love it. Let's me use one of the large spots with large Shard as Gauss are limited to small and medium. I also bring 2 heat sinks with extra capacity. Launch a heat sink and fire gauss until heart is gone. :)

[@KingApoc]

@Down to Earth Astronomy i want to build a ax ship. Is this outfitting guide still relevant / up do date with the recent update 14? (dec 2022)?

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

I should be a good starting point. I need to test if the guardian weapons are still useful. I'll be making a opdated guide if needed

[@KingApoc]

@@DowntoEarthAstronomythanks for your quick reply! That would be awesome I really look forward for a updated video. cheers!

[@falco566]

Ok, that is good starter kit. You will also consider - thermal vent beams, nice if long range, to survive and beat anything above cyclops. Stayng cool is key. - repair limpets and afmu You dont need 2 flaks. Use class three HP for TV beam laser.

[@ndoublec89]

beams on goids???? what?

[@anda6622]

@@ndoublec89 As he mentioned, it's for the Thermal Vent Experimental Effect, which will transfer your ship's heat to the target. If you stay below a certain amount and keep moving around, the interceptor will miss. You don't want to be shot at by a hydra.

[@ndoublec89]

@@anda6622 overheating is half the fun of goiding! :))))

[@danielstokker]

@@anda6622 you can evade shots from any thargoid with orbiting altho cold orbiting seems to be the way

[@svendtang5432]

Great guide but the Engineering boosts are to implicit we are not all Engineering experts

[@artificialbunny]

Perfect timing, I was just building one of these.

[@kovanova9409]

I have more time on the krait than any other ship and I have never had the canopy even crack. I prefer it at this point because I got tired of losing it and I noticed I hadn't lost my canopy on my krait.

[@davidgouyaie8027]

Was waiting for this one very great...huh too bad am from beaggle point to colonia atm...but. I will save it for later in the guide playlist to improved mine.

[@whittsroofing1867]

Alright. Looks like I'm not going to be able to go after any Thargoids anytime soon. I'd have to grind about 50 more hours to get everything I need. With my schedule that would take me a couple of months.

[@ntme9]

I'm new to the game, started playing about a week ago. The KMk2 was my third purchase after the Viper and a hauler. I haven't seen anybody out in the world though, hoping to find a group of people to play with soon!

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

Come by discord. Plenty of people over there

[@ntme9]

@@DowntoEarthAstronomy Alright will do!

[@whittsroofing1867]

You must do nothing but play Elite.

[@davidwhitlatch8221]

Hey dtea I love all the elite vids you post and always catch up on everything you post and it's nice you and the other content creators all have a little different way of uploading your vids and sharing information which is cool. I had a question also if it's possible for you to answer and that is I play elite on the xbox. Now I see in your vids as well as other content creators that when In the external camera there is a kind of heat mirage that emanates from the thrusters which is a really cool effect I have never seen replicated on my console version as well as disk kicking up when landing on planet surfaces. Is this because I play on console and you play on pc which can handle better graphics?

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

I must admit i don't own any consoles, so i can say. if you have turned all the graphic setting up and you still don't see it then i guess that is the case

[@davidwhitlatch8221]

@@DowntoEarthAstronomy ok yeah I figured as much but still thought I should give it a chance. Thank you very much for the reply and I look forward to all your upcoming content. fly safe.

[@cmdrdyland]

Thanks for the absolute lack of decontamination protection nearly just lost my rebuy thanks !!!!

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

Just over heat to 250% and burn it off. Then use a heatsink to cool down.

[@cmdrdyland]

@@DowntoEarthAstronomy Damn, alright never mind then I had no idea

[@danielstokker]

@@DowntoEarthAstronomy yeah that eats into your hull do that to often and youll have to run anyway im not convinced by this build doesnt have enough repair as back up and to much armor anything other then a cyclops is gonne be a problem and even if you make a mistake at a cyclops you can be very well done also no field neutrelizer ??? Come on this isnt a beginner build to me to much counculation and to little backup get hit once by the neutrelizing field and the goid will eat you in seconds

[@Sirindilable]

I believe, same applies to Python, since ships are nearly identical.

[@cmdrtoothy3347]

Just be aware with a Python that it is *very* slow compared to the krait mk II. While you can get some good hull and firepower out of it, you will probably find the python to be too slow and not nimble enough either.

[@gabo8954]

i though i was an advanced player but this is another level of complicated fornsomeone whomhasnt even attempted tharg hunt

[@joku8120]

Thanks for the video :)

[@malcolmhepburn999]

I use a ax fighter instead of sheild remforcement

[@SlainHope]

Fighter pilots take the lions share of your EXP along with their cut of the credit! If you going for the Dangerous rating for engineering your going to want to fire the pilot! I learned that one the hard way!

[@endoblader]

@@SlainHope yep, in typical fdev fashion they add a great feature then make it totally unusable. Not to mention that your pilot takes a cut of ANY earnings you make, whether they're on-board or not, so say goodbye to a cut of every painite run you do.

[@Teedeedubbelu]

what i was wondering. if you dont use the fighter bay of the krait mk2, why not use a phython?

[@Nocturnal85]

because phythons don't maneuver anywhere near as well as a Krait mk II which is important in a solo thargoid fight.

[@laserduck4238]

Krait 2 is quite a bit faster as well

[@notafrankstonlineuser]

I think I ill use A Type 10 defender

[@AC-gu9ks]

I recommend one hardpoint with beam leaders with g5 efficient and thermal vent .

[@laserduck4238]

G5 long range is better imo. I don't know how well it would work on the krait since its only got 5 hard points, but it's great on a chieftain.

[@AC-gu9ks]

@@laserduck4238 long range is better I tested it out

[@williamkane3022]

Decontamination limpets? If you don't want to run overheat to clear caustic damage to hull.

[@razaelll]

They would take up two slots in your optionals, not really worth it in this build. Since you run bi-weaves, you can just go silent running and charge fsd a couple times to overheat, pop a heatsink and barely get 1% of your hull down. Takes about 10s, can be done when you're out of range repairing stuff or just orbiting the bug. Or use the opportunity when you shields break, just enable silent running and open fire, but might be a bit overwhelming taking care of the caustics and the bug at the same time.

[@danielstokker]

@@razaelll thats the point he doesnt have anything for repairs on this build besides a class 1 afmu im using the xeno limpits now on my krait build gives you decontamination repair and research limpits in one unit with a corrosive resistant cargo rack in the time the goid is out of reach i can repair and synth anything i want with the build in this video if you take to much damage youll have to run doesnt allow much breathing space after a mistake either

[@razaelll]

@@danielstokker you do realise this build is for horizons? Xeno limpet controllers didn't exist back then. You would have to make compromises, either have Repair or Decon. Not both. Now you can just cram everything. I have a dbx that can basically do any rescue, that includes refuel, repair, collect etc. and still have space for a fuel scoop, shields, fsd booster, tiny cargo rack and an srv. A f***ing dbx that can jump 71ly. It was simply impossible before Odyssey.

[@wmgthilgen]

With the exception of engineering everything, I've rebuilt my Krait MkII exactly the same as you suggest. And after watching you very informative How to Kill Thargoids; I'm ready, will and able. Just got one question. how does one get an Krait MkII with the with a low jump range from Shinrarta (My Home Base) and Asterope; It's over 400ly's.

[@DowntoEarthAstronomy]

Ship transfer

[@wmgthilgen]

@@DowntoEarthAstronomy Duh, I forgot all about that process. Thanks!

[@tilemacro]

@@wmgthilgen For cheaper, you can equip a size 5 Frame shift booster. Unequip it when you reach your destination and pull the module you need with transfer.

[@cmdrmaskime]

Hi Astro ! Thanks for the video , I’m wondering why you are not fitting a shutdown field neutraliser ? (And also decontamination limpets ) Thanks o7

[@endoblader]

A lot of commanders don't use them, if you're quick enough you can boost away and turn FA off, this makes you float away at speed until your ship comes back online. As for the decon limpets, they overheat the ships and burn it off. With the extra hull reinforcements you can have more hull for potentially greater survivability.

[@endoblader]

People tend to fly without shutdown field neutraliser as you can boost away and turn FA off, this way, when you get shut down you're still floating away at speed. And you can add extra hull reinforcements if you don't have limpet controller and cargo bay (for better survivability). If you get splatted you can always overheat your ship to burn it off.

[@cmdrmaskime]

Thank you endoblader that makes sens, I also heard that if you are 6km away and cold when it shutdown you are safe. I thought SDF neutraliser would be more handy than xeno scan if you begin thargoid hunting. I mean both are usefull when you start :) Thanks for you answer CMDR !

[@endoblader]

@@cmdrmaskime you can ditch the xeno scanner too but it makes it a lot more difficult to target the hearts apparently. I'm talking like I know what the hell I'm talking about, I've only ever hunted scouts! 🤣 but I've researched a bit because I'm just building my flower hunting Krait to give flower bashing a go.

[@cmdrmaskime]

Haha at least you say things you know anyway. I only took down a cyclop in solo once, otherwise I do it in wing. Sure for the hull reinforcement also repair limpets give hull a longer life in the fight

[@julianvillarreal6947]

Keeping up with the videos and I’ll be better then you

[@PopcornH3]

who else is guilty of skipping the sponsor ad

[@Solexe]

Why not clean drive on thrusters? If heat is an issue..

[@Brandon-fp3nk]

Speed and maneuverability is a lot more important than the small heat benefit from clean drives

[@innocentiuslacrim2290]

Clean drives do not affect heat generation almost at all. It is a pretty terrible engineering option.

[@kyle8797]

is it a krait mk 2 or a krait phantom?

[@danielstokker]

Mk2

[@sparklyshellfish8035]

Why only class 2 gauss cannons?

[@danielstokker]

There are no class 3

[@charlesdaugherty321]

A railgun is a railgun is a railgun. Guardian railguns are replenished at the same stations as normal railguns. Guardian rails and normal rails have the same projectile speed (hit scan). Why can normal rails not kill thargoids?

[@SgtAwesome97]

Because then you wouldn't be forced to grind, and you'd actually have fun, and fdev don't want that.

[@NightOwlGames]

is it possible to solo with this? i have no friends.....

[@dark_ops1651]

most definitely! he even has a pretty good thargoid combat tutorial that i suggest you check out :)

[@razaelll]

With some skill, experience and luck, you can comfortably solo basilisks in this. Personally, I would get the vette out for a medusa and stay tf away from hydras. Although, some people can solo a hydra, but I don't think it's worth the effort (except for bragging rights). Look up threat levels to know what to expect.

[@terrytredinnick8631]

I would like to know where to find thargoids now, I have never fought one ???

[@modernepic86]

Hit up Celaeno, merope, Asterope...anywhere in the Pleiades, if you dont get hyperdicted going in there will be a tonne of non human signal sources all with thargoids in them

[@terrytredinnick8631]

@@modernepic86 thanks , gna go hop in my laser boat and go hunting

[@modernepic86]

@@terrytredinnick8631 you'll need guardian weapons if you're taking on interceptors my dude. Normal guns and multicannons and beam lasers work well for scouts but they do zero damage to interceptors

[@averageyoutuber_4872]

None of this is engineered....lists all core internals engineered

[@OfficialCYRO]

None of the weapons are engineered is what he meant. Not that they can be engineered, but that's what he meant.

[@MordiansBumole]

if you have a spare 6 months to build this ship......

[@HarrySpruce]

Stagger the gauss :c

[@Jonathan-fz8di]

Has anyone on ps4 and using ps4 controller ever bagged a basilisk or higher? Is it possible? Managed cyclops OK, but could never master cold orbiting and heart targeting, along with heat management, relative distance... and everything else you have to do!

[@darkerriddick4996]

I've done it in Vette Hull tank, but it was messy.. ramming a Goid helps bring down the shield plus the Vette can take the punishment. I'm Xbox so similar issues with cold orbiting. Shoot and run approach seems to work better in a Krait.

[@danielstokker]

Can do it with a krait mk2 but not with the build thats suggested here it lacks a field neutrelizer decontamination limpits and repait limpits and i went for 2 gaus and 2 shard cannons yes im left with only 1 shieldbooster and a tiny bit less armour but can synth anything i need on the spot do repairs and everything compared to the build that is shown here i can be far longer in a fight

[@janosahauermann3641]

Please speak slowly .