Switch

“	Switch has been designed for combat in highly pressured engagements where controlling large numbers of enemies is key. Switch Pilots will have access to Ordinance that fires an EMP to halt the aggression of enemy Spawns, making it the ideal candidate for dealing with scenarios that could easily overwhelm less capable Ships.	”
	— In-Game Description

General[ | ]

Switch

Basic Information
Faction	Spectre
Tier	9.0
Class	Specialist
Role	Titan
Slot Configuration
Weapon	3
Spawner	1
Armor	4
Shield	4
Special	2
Trigger	1
Resistance	1
Skin	1
Specifications
Health	40,000
Unladen Mass	900 t
Maximum Mass	19,000 t
Firing Arc	270.00°
Cargo	3,500,000 t
Ship Speed	490 m/s
Turning Speed	35.0 deg/s
Strafe Speed	350 m/s
Rear Speed	200 m/s
Acceleration	500 m/s²
Sector Speed	600 AU/h
Hull XP	672,369 XP
Modifiers
Prime Shift Threshold	75%
Charge Rate (Def.)	1%/s
Overdrive	Switch Prime Shift I Progenitor Amp I
Effective Range	2,000-4,800 m
Altairian Damage	+100%
Umbra Damage	+100%
Pharmakon Damage	+100%
Weapon Mass	-30%
Armor Health	+25%
Armor Mass	-55%
Shield Mass	-50%
Shield Recharge	+3% energy/s
Recharge Delay	0 s
Resurgence	20%
Resists	50%
Resists	50%
Resists	50%
Resists	100%
Resists	100%
Resists	100%
AoE Radius	+50%
Spread	+25%
Research
Blueprint
Available in	Liberatus Scarab Cargo
Pieces	8
Requires	Ship Factory XIII, Ship Lab XII
Build
Time	1d 0h
He-3	230,000,000
AM	69,000,000
Craft
Time	0s
He-3	230,000,000
AM	69,000,000
Fragments	900
Repair
Time	Fixed 2h 00m

The Switch is a titan modeled after the cruiser class. Apart from being an effective tank, it can also take control of enemy spawned ships when in Prime Shift.

Like other Tier 9 Spectre ships, the Switch can recharge its shields even after being fully depleted.

Strategy and Setup[ | ]

Advantages[ | ]

The Switch is the go-to tank ship due to its armor health modifier and increased shield recharge rate, which in addition to its large amount of armor and shield slots, enable it to withstand a huge amount of battering.

Its large amount of shield slots also translates to more potential for Prime Shift bonuses, such that the Switch could initiate Prime Shift sooner in combat.

Its most impactful overdrives occur when in Prime Shift (see Switch Prime Shift for details), greatly increasing the ship's speed and giving it the ability to apply various debuffs to enemies, including Phase Hacked, Weapon Disrupted and Stasis. Due to the Switch's innate bonus to weapon spread, it can easily apply said effects to multiple ships in an enemy fleet at once.

When in Prime Shift, it also gains the ability to control enemy spawned ships, a great counter to the Liberatus faction's Broadsider. The ship's innate AoE Radius modifier is also excellent at taking out swarms of spawned ships.

The ship has a 100% innate damage bonus against all Altairian, Umbra and Pharmakon ships, effectively doing twice as much damage to them.

Disadvantages[ | ]

When not in Prime Shift, its base speed is worse than the Ajax, allowing it to be easily kited.

It also has a large minimum range compared to the Tier 8 Titans. However, this rarely becomes a problem as you could use its own spawned ship to trigger Progenitor Amp and thus remove the dead zone.

The Switch has additional spread to its weapons. While this makes it easier to hit fast, agile targets such as spawned ships, this becomes a detriment when facing against stationary ships.

Upgrading[ | ]

Level	II	III	IV	V	VI
SLOT CONFIGURATION
Weapon Slots	4	4	4	4	5
Shield Slots	4	4	5	5	5
Special Slots	2	2	2	3	3
Resistance Slots	1	2	2	2	2
SPECIFICATIONS
Max. Mass	20,000 t	21,000 t	22,000 t	23,000 t	24,000 t
Cargo	3,750,000 t	4,000,000 t	4,250,000 t	4,500,000 t	9,000,000 t
Sector Speed	600 AU/h	600 AU/h	600 AU/h	600 AU/h	780 AU/h
Hull XP	772,349 XP	887,196 XP	1,019,121 XP	1,170,662 XP	1,344,738 XP
MODIFIERS
Overdrive	Switch Prime Shift I	Switch Prime Shift II	Switch Prime Shift II	Switch Prime Shift III	Switch Prime Shift III
Overdrive	Progenitor Amp I	Progenitor Amp II	Progenitor Amp II	Progenitor Amp III	Progenitor Amp III
Armor Health	+30%	+35%	+40%	+45%	+50%
Weapon Mass	-40%	-55%	-60%	-70%	-75%
Armor Mass	-55%	-60%	-60%	-65%	-65%
Shield Mass	-50%	-60%	-60%	-70%	-70%
Resurgence	30%	40%	50%	60%	70%
Shield Recharge	+3% energy/s	+5% energy/s	+5% energy/s	+10% energy/s	+10% energy/s
Resists	50%	55%	55%	60%	60%
Resists	50%	55%	55%	60%	60%
Resists	50%	55%	55%	60%	60%
AoE Radius	+60%	+70%	+80%	+100%	+100%
Spread	+25%	+30%	+30%	+35%	+35%
CRAFT
Time	5h 00m	10h 00m	15h 00m	20h 00m	1d 0h
Mineral Ore	25,000,000	50,000,000	75,000,000	100,000,000	125,000,000
Patterns	20	40	60	140	250

Skins[ | ]

Trivia[ | ]

The Switch is the first Tier 9 ship and the first Tier 9 Titan to be released to players.
Currently the Switch Elite only has 720 AU/h sector speed. It has been fixed in the late August 2020 downtime, reverting to the standard 780 AU/h.
The Switch was originally capable of using Mind Control on the NPC versions of both the Alien Reaper and Ancient Reaper. After the late August 2020 update, it can only control the latter.

Gallery[ | ]

Mk I/II Switch angled HD render
Mk III/IV Switch angled HD render
Mk V Switch angled HD render
Mk VI Switch angled HD render
A fleet of Switches brawling a Liberatus fleet, taking control of some of their spawned Pikes
Switches slowing down a Pharmakon fleet
Switches fighting various Altairian and Umbra ships
Switch Concept Art