Star Wars Squadrons - How to Destroy a Star Destroyer
Star Destroyers are as common in Star Wars squadrons as Womp Rats on Tatooine. Do you want to know how to destroy it? These tips will help you lower your Empire's chances of success.
В Star Wars: Squadrons repeatedly you will need to destroy the Star Destroyer, whether in Campaign Mode or Fleet Mode.
Over time, you will learn how to destroy Star Destroyers as you play more Star Wars: Squadrons , but judging by personal experience, fighting them can be a little frustrating for your first sorties.
Take down the Star Destroyer's shields first
Like other flagships, Star Destroyers are protected by thick shields . You'll need to destroy them before you can start damaging the hull, the Destroyer's subsystems, or the pesky turbolasers.
Understanding the shield and hull integrity indicator
Unless you disable it in the main menu, all capital ships and flagships will have a round shield and hull integrity (health) indicators. Shields ship marked with a green stripe as crescent at the top of the indicator, and general state ship indicated by a white stripe in the shape of crescent at the bottom of the indicator.
Attack the body first
To take down the Destroyer's shields first, you will need to attack the hull. The best place to attack the hull is under Star Destroyer because there are fewer turbolasers on the bottom of the ship.
When attacking a shield redirect your power to weapons systems . Not only will your attacks become more powerful, but you will also be able to:
- ➤Reload your weapons
- ➤Increase your shot
Use any available you secondary weapon with high damage , such as an ion missile or torpedo, a beam gun or a proton torpedo. Homing missiles, such as the Multi-Lock Missile, are easiest to use early on because you can grab them while firing the lasers to ensure a hit.
Once the green crescent is depleted, the ship will be attacked. Usually your allies will report that the shield is down, so you don't have to keep an eye on the meter all the time.
Set up all subsystems
With the shield down, raise the aiming wheel while holding "LT/L2" on the controller or "5" (default) on the keyboard. Select " Flagship systems ". This will highlight all of the Star Destroyer's subsystems, which will help you better identify them in the heat of battle.
Attack shield generators
Star Destroyers can replenish their shields when they are depleted. To prevent this from happening, remove the shield generators, which are spheres located above the bridge .
If you see shield generators after the shield goes down, apply signal to your teammates to concentrate fire on shield generators by pressing "Y/Triangle" on the controller or "H" (default) on the keyboard.
As with the hull, it's worth redirecting the power of your weapons systems as much as possible. Again, rockets are good here too. Grab onto the shield generators and unleash a volley.
It is likely that you will not be able to remove the shield generators from the first pass, and the Destroyer's shields will replenish at least once. Repeat the process to remove them permanently.
Remove guidance system and/or power system
Attack the guidance system
Next up is the aiming system. Remove it and the Destroyer's turbolasers will be far less effective. . Instead of constantly aiming at you, Turbolasers miss most of their shots, meaning you'll take much less damage.
The targeting system is on the middle of the Star Destroyer. This narrow rectangular structure on top of the Destroyer's main body, right in the middle.
Attack the power grid
Alternatively, you can attack the power system, which represents a domed structure under the Star Destroyer . It is located behind the hangar leading to the ship's thrusters.
The destruction of the power grid creates weak spots throughout Star Destroyer. This small open areas through which electricity passes . Attack these weak spots to deal massive damage to the flagship and defeat it.
Basic tactics
Attack different parts of the hull with each run
As the Star Destroyer weakens, the smooth gray parts of its hull will turn black and glow. These parts hulls can no longer take damage . You must attack another part of the Star Destroyer to deal additional damage.
Redirect power to shields
Until you destroy the flagship's targeting system, you'll want to make good use of your ship's shields.
You can redirect power to your shields as a whole by pressing "right" on the D-pad or the top number keys (default) on the keyboard. You can also change the direction of your deflector shield by holding "X/Square" on the controller or using the mouse wheel on PC.
- ➤When approaching the ship, direct all power to the front deflector shield.
- ➤While on top of the ship, balance your shields
- ➤ When moving away from the ship, direct all power to the rear deflector shield.
Drop Y-wing proton bombs
If you have ever watched or played any of the Star Wars , you already know that proton weapons are a high-damage payload used against a variety of objects and ships in a galaxy far, far away. The proton bomb is one of them.
Y-Wings are the best ships to use against Star Destroyers, because they are equipped proton bombs, that can destroy subsystems and the hull. They also have a solid hull, are well protected and have many powerful weapons in addition to a heavy combat load. And that's before you install any modules that you unlock on demand.
Proton Bombs can help bring down a Star Destroyer's shield, but are most useful when that shield is down. Especially if the power system was destroyed and weaknesses were identified.
Kill enemy fighter squadrons
It may seem obvious, but it's much harder to take down a Star Destroyer with a squadron of Tie Fighters and Tie Interceptors buzzing around you.
In Fleet Battles, it's quite obvious that you need to take out enemy fighters first in order to boost morale and turn the tide of battle. However, the campaign mode very bad point to it.
As a general advice focus primarily on enemy fighters in any encounter with a Star Destroyer. Ties and turbolasers are incompatible if you're playing as the New Republic, especially as an A-Wing pilot.
Look out for Corvette capital ships in Fleet Battles
As you increase morale in fleet battles, the tide of battle will change. Every time you push the Empire back and launch an offensive, a Corellian Corvette will spawn.
If you're not in a Y-wing, stay away and destroy enemy fighters while the Corvette and allied bombers take down the shield . Once the shield is down, attack.
You can also hover in Corvette shields for cover . Fly, drive the engine up to the speed of the Corvette and fire the main and secondary weapons.
Remove turbolasers to make room for bombers
Once the shields are down, the Y-Wings are vulnerable to turbolaser fire. Despite the strength of the hull, slow engines can make them easy targets. No matter what ship you're on, you can always attack and destroy the Star Destroyer's turbolasers with quick fire.
Since attacks on Star Destroyers are multi-staged, it's worth focusing on them if you can't damage the flagship's subsystems. They will leave for the next stage, which will simplify the task.
Fighters X-wing can fire longer, but the pilots A Wing are particularly susceptible to the Destroyer's turbolasers and should quickly attack and escape.
Practice against Star Destroyers
If you have any problems, you can go to the main menu and select a workout. There are several options, including the ability to practice your tactics against the Star Destroyer. In addition, you can try different ships and equipment. It never hurts to do a few runs this way, especially to try out different ships and equipment.