Psionic Is The Meta - Stellaris Every Click Guide

Stellaris Psionic Ascension is now the most powerful ascension path. We are going to abuse 'Cheaters' of the Shroud to achieve a power greater than any other ascension path.
Only through psionic ascension can you save your empire from certain death...
Lets make 600 alloys per month after just 50 years and use that to conquer the galaxy!
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Chapters:
0:00 What's The Plan?
0:45 The Build
6:36 Opening Moves - Your First Year
12:38 Your First Decade
19:38 Gearing Up For War
32:50 Your First Conquest
35:38 600 Alloys Per Month
Stellaris Version 3.11
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[@Ivar2x4]

korriban, ocean world, 100% lore accurate

[@knuckleheadwestwind3585]

He should’ve called it Zakuul and made the eternal empire.

[@murfmur]

I would've gone with Dromund Kaas personally

[@hexazalea1793]

@@murfmurDromund Kaas implies saying the word Jawa leads to chaos and pain. Rakatan Lehon is a wet world too and they are the psionic rush empire.

[@henryk5pio]

This material reeks of Jedi lies....

[@user-zx6fg9lv4d]

Moreover, 'Sith Empire' is an egalitarian parliamentary REPUBLIC🤢

[@keyboardtaskforcephi-3689]

Rogue Servitor Machines: look what they need to mimic a friction of my power

[@MontuPlays]

You can get up to 37 ISH alloys per pop on an ecumenopolis with this build. That's much higher pop efficiency than RS!

[@justarandompersonininterne6583]

you can buy a shitton of bio trophies from slave market and get way more than that in a size 25 forge ecumenopolis@@MontuPlays

[@PigPissBeUponThem]

We don’t allow them. Now what 😂

[@FuelDropforthewin]

@@MontuPlays High pop efficiency is okay, but more pops will do just as well if not better.

[@aecides3203]

I remember a multiplayer competition you did where a group all picked teachers of the shroud, used the shroud tunnel to link up their empires almost immediately, and then picked everyone else off. I think that strategy just became even more powerful.

[@robguy8501]

I learned a convenient hotkey for turning on crystal sensors. The "." key will advance the game by a single day.

[@Byssbod]

Well that's neat to know, hitting space twice typically does more or less the same though : /

[@Resetium]

@@Byssbod not as consistent

[@Byssbod]

@@Resetium even if you miss by a day that's only gonna matter in one out of 30 instances

[@TheMorninGlory23]

It's funny, before I joined your discord and learnt I know nothing about the game despite 2000 hours played I LOVED psionics, was all I played. But in trying to get good enough to play with you guys I learnt Hive Mind build and now bio feels so weird I can't go back xD

[@MontuPlays]

This may be the cure to your hive addiction!

[@jameshildebrand907]

I recently tried out an old hive build again. Early/mid went great. Was able to deal with a neighboring fanpur, dealt with marauders early. However, late game I really felt a hard ceiling and started falling behind.

[@fuchsmichael93]

@@jameshildebrand907 Empire Size comes mostly from Pops, so it can be a bit punishing for Hives in the Lategame. You might want to try out Catalytic Prozessors, its SSS Tier on Hives where you most likely go Genetics. If you turn a conquered Empire into nervestabled tasty Lifestock, you can easily fund a dozen Forgeworlds.

[@limmbow]

korriban being a ocean world has to be the most illegal thing i’ve ever seen

[@MontuPlays]

I will make it legal Which would definitely be a very Sith thing to do ... Right?

[@user-zx6fg9lv4d]

Not mentioning turning Sith Empire into Republic

[@Spartan878455]

Always has been. Deeds endure beyond metal after all.

[@SkyForceOne2]

WE AINT GONNA BECOME FILTHY TOASTERS!!!

[@RKGrizz]

Seeing Montu embrace Anglers as good warms my Aquatic heart.

[@jeffreyculbert2093]

Remember a couple years back when Montu hadn’t yet realized pre need Aquatic trait was giga busted and had it like in B tier or something? He really has come quite far.

[@Hearstbane]

I was watching your stream from last week trying to figure out how you pulled this off. Exellent timing Montu! Thanks!

[@MontuPlays]

Glad to help!

[@xColdstormx]

I really value this type of video! It gives me a helping hand getting a great start and then I can play out a very enjoyable game.

[@CMAzeriah]

{mid-game power house build} Paradox: WHO SAID THAT!? WHOSE HAVING FUN!? (Hefts nerf cudgle). I warning you!

[@johnquach8821]

Big fan of the Psionic path! Thank you for this one!

[@matthewm4026]

This is one of your better videos. I like that you made it a bit longer, but not too long, to explain the methodology and micro. I have a few friends I want to get playing, but the game is hard for them and I have trouble explaining species build -> execution. A video like this really helps teach that.

[@nukembdo]

thanks for explain every early instance or more detailed guide

[@ObiwanNekody]

Thank you for posting this.

[@OneBiasedOpinion]

I’ve been eyeing the Catalytic civic for a while now. Good to see an example of how to use it effectively.

[@Zefn4r]

Such a piece of art !

[@fastjimmy6167]

@montuplays saying that taking Mind Over Matter is a no-brainer is an under appreciated pun

[@silverthorngoodtree5533]

This is my Go to space elves build. Have been using this for half a year+. Although sometimes I go with Catalytic first.

[@MontuPlays]

Switching from parliamentary to catalytic lets you get the best of both worlds really! Unless you plan on going straight for alloys year 1

[@chooselee1]

I am returning to Stellaris since like 2018 and all I needed is a dumbproof guide for a fun build! Thanks!

[@MontuPlays]

Glad I could help!

[@hyfoxus8625]

I just "recently" (just 100 hours) started playing Stellaris and loved Psionics from day1, tho I always preferred to go covenant-less, because of both lore and feeling that something is up and it would hurt my Empire in the long run. Very interesting to see how much covenant really helps on both Entropy stream and in this video! Thanks for the guide!

[@jeffreyculbert2093]

Honestly, watching how much your skill at this game has improved over the last 3 years and is pretty sweet. A lot of questionable assertions back then, but these days your optimization and theory crafting is top notch. Quite the amazing video here, liked it very much.

[@Sanvone]

Rlly? It took KomradTruck to convince him and explain why Masterful Crafters was broken, he also slept on Catalytic Processing for years until it was boosted in stratosphere with Galactic Paragons, not mentioning even in this video he is still comparing Pearl Divers to CG producers instead of Technicians. He missed Ascensionist build alltogether and doesn't seem like he was on latest trend of heavy unity builds, that were started on PDX forum. For me as theory crafter he seems to only touch the bare basics of optimization. Definetely would say he stopped improving same time ago in comparison to how much SP "meta" still evolves on PDX forum/reddit.

[@jeffreyculbert2093]

Sure, but look at the growth from some of those older videos to this one today. That’s impressive, the improvement is real in his analysis and gameplay. When first came across his channel like 4 years ago or so all the vids were highly questionable. But this one is an excellent vid that showcases his improvements as a player, as a theory crafter, as a presenter of information, etc. This kind of growth should be applauded, I think this might be his best video yet and given the trend I expect em to keep getting better, more focused, and even more on point.

[@bigchungus120]

finally a montu meta build vedio good ol times

[@Draconisrex1]

Those SWTOR trailers were better than game!!! I was early-access. What a nightmare. My guild had 300 members in it. By the end of January there just 12 active accounts left and almost everyone had abandoned the game. I left the last because, well, I'd paid for it. Anyway, I went back a few years later and the game had gone from nearly 100 US over-loaded servers in December to 2 fairly empty servers a couple of years later. I played another month and have never been back.

[@LVRugger]

I haven't played Stellaris in a few years, soooo many changes. I'm gonna go back and watch a few videos then dive back in.

[@nobody2906]

sometimes charisma on your ruler doesn't work as in the cost of unity still is applied even tho it doesn't go over cap.

[@MontuPlays]

I haven't noticed that bug! That would suck

[@lingoringo2328]

damn I just started using it in my latest playthrough nice

[@Teyloune]

That's pretty awesome!

[@davidahrens7794]

love to see paradoxes balance finally working

[@Skylivedk]

Thank you for a great and detailed play through. Can you include a list of necessary dlcs when you do these kinds of videos? It makes it easier for us new to the game to know if it's a viable strategy

[@Ancient_Hoplite]

Been enjoying a clone army origin psionic ascension playthrough. Took meritocracy/parliamentary system with spiritualist, egalitarian, militarist. You can blitz through the traditions and get mind over matter and get the psionic tech from the agenda fairly quickly. Combined with clone ascendant it's pretty insane.

[@romanmorozov6974]

I feel like having tech and tradition costs be at 0.75x is kinda cheating when you are trying to achieve a specific goal by specific date. Cuz you naturally have to do less work to get there

[@SkyForceOne2]

yeah i found that weird too. (I mean, I get its for MP) I often play with larger tech costs, it makes the game COMPLETELY different in terms of decisions, especially perks etc

[@robguy8501]

.75x has long been the default that many multiplayer games use. Whether that's good or not it has become the default setting for many content creators(and I imagine the same for many other players) since they often participate in those events.

[@jeffreyculbert2093]

What robguy said. .75 is the standard for competitive multiplayer so that people can finish a whole play through in a reasonable amount of time. It’s the go to standard for most experienced players at this point. Playing on 1.0 settings is really just for RP single player when one doesn’t mind the run taking a whole week.

[@romanmorozov6974]

​@@robguy8501 ah gotcha, did not know that since i rarely play MP

[@romanmorozov6974]

@@jeffreyculbert2093 ah gotcha, did not know that since i rarely play MP and i usually play RP because i got majority of the achievements (except the ones that I do not find too fun)

[@michaelkornhoff6865]

You should do a terravore devouring swarm crisis build. Could probably end up being cheesy asf if you eat all low habitabllity worlds for menace.

[@mannosan]

Great Video. Thanks! I'm struggling a bit to follow a lot of this, as I'm quite knew, and not all that bright. Can you recommend a written guide on this somewhere? Or even a general guide thats easy to digest?

[@boomsticks2401]

Was following along with this guide and when I got to the civic change I realized I didn’t have the DLC for Catalytic Processing. Whoops

[@JohndrewtheSylveonking]

Psionic was always good, but now it’s just even better.

[@kingvinoda3896]

Awesome. Its basically how I play my eternal empire

[@chattychatotchannel]

I love playing pscionic spiritualists builds for the flavour when interacting with the shroud. I hope they do a dlc that expands upon each of the ascension paths or maybe a fallen empire dlc that heavily involves the shroud with the spiritualist fallen empire?

[@shroomer3867]

Now I realize why I keep losing and or not being able to play tall. It's just the fact that I don't understand how migration and the planet system work and I basicaly just brute-force it by mass spaming colonies and hoping it balances out by the end of it.

[@BARBARBINKLE]

Man I love playing enter the shroud and not being able to roll the colonial centralization tech until like year 60. I got cruisers and dyson swarms before that lol.

[@gigaus0]

Psi has been meta since the psi and leader rework. The only down side to it is a bit of randomness, but once you get going, you just go.

[@scottdesemberer8751]

Best timing, considering that we have mech dlc on the run)

[@randymotter51]

The most impressive thing in this video is honestly the number of habitable worlds considering the galaxy size of 400 and habitable worlds at x1 on your game settings. I don't think I have seen that many spawn so close together in a long time. On the other hand, I do seem to get ruined dyson spheres near my capitol fairly often so I guess everyones rng is different.

[@Desm0708]

Oh hell yeah my psychic fishermen are meta let’s go

[@ObiwanNekody]

Fisher of men perhaps?😅

[@RottenCabbage]

What cruiser load out would you recommend? Full M slot disruptors with a picket computer? Or have a double S slot stern? Or swap to those all round cruisers (ARC) from your cruiser guide a few months ago?

[@arktheball]

Psionic is my fave!!!

[@KzintiCV]

Just picked up all the DLC I didn't have already. Usually I play for RP but I'm down to try a game breaking build.

[@v999Dior]

you should maybe make a document of the techs that you suggest taking in order

[@SkyForceOne2]

I get that .75x tech cost is usually played in MP, but it still is a bit weird when making claims "in 50 years" when its not on the default setting. It scews stuff

[@jeffreyculbert2093]

Probably still able to be accomplished on the first 50 years on base settings (.75 really has become the standard for experienced players, so calling it base here). Almost everything one can do on .75 in 50 years is also doable on 50 years on 1.0 with maximal optimization play patterns.

[@SkyForceOne2]

@@jeffreyculbert2093 not really if it's gated by tech or especially unity, but then again I haven't played the game in a year or so, it's probably completely different after the 15th pop and unity rework lmao

[@jeffreyculbert2093]

Even before this update most things are doable. What isn’t doable is ALL the optimizations on 1.0. You tend to have to sacrifice 1 element to keep the rush for 5 or 6 elements possible. Tech or unity generally isn’t much of a gate, and even in situations like this where you need a good deal of both 2060 on 1.0 would be about the latest this stuff should be coming online. Usually the folks who have difficulty with maximizing optimization in the first place are the ones who have difficulty hitting these thresholds. The difference between 1.0 and .75 is a lot smaller than people realize at maximum optimization levels, but it’s mostly the Uber competitive crowd that feels this way.

[@danielgolas180]

I played this build before the entropy event, i played it differently tho, i found this build is really nice for pre contact war becausd you get crystal sensor to find victims and pearl divers allow you to spec capital into alloy for early ptoduction, sweet. Ps: However if you do this, empire size kills your progression, staying small and focus ascension is probably better

[@cm60854]

Will you be redoing your cruiser and battleship design videos at some point, given the big changes to weapon slot availability?

[@MontuPlays]

I have done!

[@devistater6558]

I think it'd be really cool if you and Aspec ran a game, each of you play as tall empires forming coalitions with your fan-empires, and either declare a massive war if you two have at-odds empires, or work together against an all 25× crisis

[@peterknutsen3070]

4:07 When are you going to make a tier list of Minister positions from Civics?

[@bryantgodin]

My fav rush buikd is back❤

[@justcallmesomething8089]

Psychic rush never left!

[@Texan8505]

The Shroud Witches remind me of the Night Sisters

[@user-zl5bf9lu1m]

That heart attack rhyme at the start was written by Chef John 😂

[@eric3d2b]

Just curious, do you think there would be a benefit of forcing an ethics switch to materialist shortly after starting? Whispers of the void really likes materialists, and having droids would probably help eventually. Even if they cost alloys.

[@shawnsmall2054]

so, quick question. What would be your pick for the last 2 Ascension Perks for this build? I have Tech Ascendancy, Imperial Perogative, One Vision, Force Projection and Voidborne.

[@theinquisitor8112]

Ah... the old SWTOR trailers and glory days. I miss that time.

[@MontuPlays]

Before the dark days, before the empire

[@tommyc9512]

What do you typically do with your starbases? There are 5 new non-shipyards by 2222 but we never saw what was on them. Just the food module?

[@Greningas]

Damn, i dont have it in me to sweat this much in the first year but i wonder how this build will age, Machine Age or what not.

[@George-lt6jy]

for powered exoskeletons I usually take it and then ban ai workers (if that is what I am going for). I thought the ban blocks techs from this path from spawning, based on my own tests, but taking powered exoskeletons is nice for the resource boost on it's own.

[@TheKarjee]

Were those references to Everybody Loves Large Chests?

[@louiswinterhoff334]

What do you think of the changes made to research?

[@Securia87]

This build is strong. Damn. Need to restart one time, since i need to learn to play the game this way. I have always just expanded alot. Im still "new" to the game. In the game i have right now. Almos thte whole galaxy is my Vassel. I just became the emporer and have total dominans. Economy and Tech is so strong hear. Damn.

[@guythasawesome]

Psionics are my fav glad theyre viable again

[@braize6279]

My Utopian Abundance living standards is greyed out. Says "our empire does not embrace the necessary Egalitarian ideals." Any idea why? I'm definitely Egalitarian

[@sejaljagdish]

Korriban and the sith is from star wars for who don't now

[@garrettcarver8346]

What settings are you using for tech cost? I can't get mine to match up in v3.11.2

[@ma3dhr0s44]

So what are the best covenants in order for this build? Instrument of desire seems really good.

[@MontuPlays]

#1 whisperer #2 instrument or composer #3 the war one, forget the name, khorne analogue. The upkeep increases just sucks and is not worth the bonus Some would disagree and put composer #1 though, and whisperer #2 with instrument

[@groovypanda5416]

Im new to this game I play on console and I mostly struggle with fleet designs and building a good empire.

[@crystalnoles8192]

Hi Montu I remember in your last video you talked about changing galaxy settings and how they change the game, would you ever consider doing a video on your preferred settings and explaining what settings to change to make certain playthroughs more fun/interesting?

[@MontuPlays]

That's a great idea!

[@piotrfijoek1095]

I'm getting a bit tired trying to find all the guides to find good things so I wouldn't doom my civilisation from the start. Thanks Montu for excellent work by gathering all the useful info for so many years. I just want to play good ol' humans and spread Democracy and Liberty across the galaxy without need to min-maxing everything.

[@bartimaeus666js]

His people has got spirit, But they seem a bit confused, they don't seem so sure if they are the Empire or the Republic.

[@jameskurth3560]

Are you playing with mods? I seem to be missing some of the things you're doing. I can't manually select leader traits and don't have a council. To my knowledge the only expansion I'm missing is toxoids. I'm planning to use budding in place of incubators.

[@geefhotmail6311]

Watching these videos I remember like 1/10th of it at most and forget random things while playing. Doesn't matter it was still worth the watch.

[@Stonegoal]

I just stopped at almost halfway and thought OMG this is why I hate the game. I understand the real world and why people do dumb/insane things; there is no empathizing with randomly imposed game balancing mechanics. I just have to mesmerize shit. When I play 4X game just want a power trip, I don't want a gimmick trip.

[@ziggy1732]

psionic has gotta be the most fun meta in this game

[@josebaturamos]

In the wiki they have eliminated the things that being a materialist has penalties, it no longer even says that a fanatical materialist eliminates the possibilities. Have they made it so that fanatical materialists can be psionics without depending on luck or racking their brains?

[@JokeFoMatch]

Nice

[@NP-qf8zu]

Hello @MontuPlays, i've got a problem with this build. Every time when i change my gouvernment type (~Minut 25:00), only two of my council seats are refillable. The other ones are locked, locks are grey(not change to "yellow lock")and cannot be unlocked by clicking on the button. Tool-Tip ahows that i have to redo the agenda "Expand the Council"... Is this a bug and i have to restart or is it "repeareable"? Or is it a new feature? @MontuPlays

[@Discotekh_Dynasty]

Time to return to the old ways.

[@leonardobovo269]

i like that you explained why you picked spiritualist, but isnt necessary for the origin?

[@smoothiemcguffin2721]

wait, people ever stopped using psionics?

[@robertwadsworth3411]

Ah yes the Sith Empire a Theocratic Republic as it should be

[@Drag0nk1ngmark]

Wonder if this rush technique would work for a "jedi" build?

[@preechayarattanadilokchai9135]

I could see another version of this for Dune

[@Charles-wu3lh]

more like 'Cheaters' of the Shroud, amirite?

[@MontuPlays]

Cheaters indeed

[@Charles-wu3lh]

@@MontuPlays Next video needs to be, "how to stop your neighbor's Sith rush"

[@williamclementsii3644]

Just another crisis in the making

[@bgcvetan]

A psionic Systems of Independent Planets.

[@Roger-uw1pj]

What makes disruptors so good? And which DLCs are needed for this? I think I am lacking the 3 latest ones..

[@idfpepe2459]

They ignore shields and armor and hit health of the ships directly, increasing the chance to destroy a ship permanently (if you hit it with something else, like armor or shields get damaged, the ship might surrender and escape via emergency jump, so it can repair and return later, losing health however destroys a ship permanently).

[@RottenCabbage]

Spawned next to a fanatic purifier...

[@IKopylov-ph6nx]

you are a bit wrong:) Vitiate's empire's capital is Dromund Kaas, not Corriban.

[@jonathantanner7083]

Ah yes, the Sith, well known for their utopian living standards, commitment to equality and love of the water.

[@gamingclips1426]

Montu whats the deal with the Stellaris Nexus? Any thoughts on that?

[@MontuPlays]

Good game, needs more players. I hope when it releases fully it gets a good multiplayer community

[@TheCripPlays935]

Stellaris seems harder than before, like I haven't played in like 3 months but I've never seen an aquatic species struggle economically early game, especially being played by MONTU of all people, which is crazy to me, even considering its a rush build.

[@hexazalea1793]

Isn't a an aquatic dark side empire more along the lines of the Rakata?

[@user-gw4oz1rk3i]

How do you change YOUR civics?

[@user-mn2ft4io5g]

I can't get the Shroud to speak with me at the start of the game, any tips?

[@megumin_6548]

Why is Montu making food? I smell an imposter! What did you do to the real Montu?

[@MontuPlays]

Montu is gone. Food is what remains

[@PigPissBeUponThem]

Not having to take the Mind over Matter perk is a massive W for Teachers of the Shroud origin