Karth (Minmatar Commander)

Karth is a commander affiliated with Minmatar.

Biography & Skills

The only survived Valklear Admiral after the entire Minmatar were enslaved by Amarr Empire. Karth's son, who chose to stay on Minmatar, was killed during a bomb raid by the Amarr fleet. In order to avenge his son, Karth commanded a warship and engaged in battle with Faus Akredon and, successfully forcing his warship to collide with an asteroid. Due to the unknown fate of Faus, Karth was wanted by the Empire and had no choice but to flee throughout the galaxy.

Skill Tree

  • (Active) Vengeance
    When your wings receive damage from Direct Fire, you have 11% chance to unleash 1 Counter Attack (Direct Fire) that can trigger Barrage modules).
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    Level Effect
    1 11%
    2 11.7%
    3 12.5%
    4 13.3%
    5 14.1%
    6 14.8%
    7 15.6%
    8 16.4%
    9 17.2%
    10 18%
    11 18.7%
    12 19.5%
    13 20.3%
    14 21.1%
    15 21.9%
  • (Passive) Teamwork
    Increase initiating chance of counter attack by 8.7%.
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    Level Effect
    1 8.7%
    2 10.1%
    3 11.6%
    4 13%
    5 14.5%
    6 16%
    7 17.4%
  • (Active) Containment Tactics
    When your wings receive damage from Direct Fire, increase your Kinetic damage by 7.2% for 2 turns, stackable, maximum 3 stacks.
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    Level Effect
    1 7.2%
    2 7.7%
    3 8.2%
    4 8.7%
    5 9.2%
    6 9.7%
    7 10.2%
    8 10.7%
    9 11.2%
    10 11.7%
    11 12.2%
    12 12.7%
    13 13.2%
    14 13.8%
    15 14.3%
  • (Passive) Camouflage
    When your wings receive damage from Direct Fire, reduce your received Kinetic damage by 1.4% for 2 turns, stackable, maximum 3 stacks.
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    Level Effect
    1 1.4%
    2 1.6%
    3 1.8%
    4 2%
    5 2.3%
    6 2.5%
    7 2.7%
  • (Active) Pursuing Firepower
    Increases chance of initiating Barrage modules by 5%.
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    Level Effect
    1 5%
    2 5.4%
    3 5.7%
    4 6.1%
    5 6.4%
    6 6.8%
    7 7.1%
    8 7.5%
    9 7.9%
    10 8.2%
    11 8.6%
    12 8.9%
    13 9.3%
    14 9.6%
    15 10%
  • (Passive) Inspire
    Increases Firepower by 13% while piloting Minmatar ships.
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    Level Effect
    1 13%
    2 15.1%
    3 17.3%
    4 19.4%
    5 21.6%
    6 23.7%
    7 25.9%
  • (Active) Assault Plan
    During the first 3 turns, all your wings and Commanders gain Quick Response. Additionally, increases damage dealt by Barrage modules by 17.1%.
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    Level Effect
    1 17.1%
    2 18.3%
    3 19.5%
    4 20.7%
    5 21.9%
    6 23.2%
    7 24.4%
    8 25.6%
    9 26.8%
    10 28.1%
    11 29.3%
    12 30.5%
    13 31.7%
    14 33%
    15 34.2%
  • (Passive) Dodge
    Starting from turn 4, your wings gain 4.5% Evasion for 3 turns.
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    Level Effect
    1 4.5%
    2 5.2%
    3 5.9%
    4 6.7%
    5 7.4%
    6 8.1%
    7 8.9%
  • (Active) Head-on Confrontation
    Initiates a duel with enemy wings, that both sides initiate 2 Direct Fires in turn. You have a 80% chance to inflict ECM Jam on the target for 1 turn. Once triggered, this skill will not be triggered again until the turn after the next. Initiating Chance: 26.64%
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    Level Effect
    1 26.64%
    2 27.59%
    3 28.55%
    4 29.5%
    5 30.46%
    6 31.41%
    7 32.37%
    8 33.32%
    9 34.27%
    10 35.23%
    11 36.18%
    12 37.14%
    13 38.09%
    14 39.05%
    15 40%
  • (Passive) Protection
    Once a duel has ended, increase your ships' Armor by 6.3 for 2 turns.
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    Level Effect
    1 6.3
    2 7.3
    3 8.3
    4 9.4
    5 10.4%
    6 11.4
    7 12.5

Strategic Analysis & Fleet Builds

Commanders frequently deploy Karth in fleet configurations as shown below. This commander plays a pivotal role in these community-tested strategies.

Anti Tornado Smasher Reference ID: #ftp18DAwfR33

Ship: Tornado
Lead: Karth
Deputy: Bishop
Formation: Assault
Assault counters Encirclement and Siege but is countered by Intercept.
Agent: Tyrant Command
Increases damage of your primary wing by 6.2 %, Kinetic and Energy Critical Chance by 2.6 % throughout the battle.
Ship Rigs
  • Kinetics: Set Bonus (2): Kinetic damage increased by 10%.
  • Kinetics: Set Bonus (2): Kinetic damage increased by 10%.
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases ship data rate by +17.
Commander Implants
  • Offense: Set Bonus (2): Increases offense in battle by 8%.
  • Offense: Set Bonus (2): Increases offense in battle by 8%.
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases data rate by 17.
Commander Implants
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases data rate by 17.
  • Apotheosis: Set Bonus (2): Increases chance of initiating Active skills by 4%.
  • Apotheosis: Set Bonus (2): Increases chance of initiating Active skills by 4%.

Strong Against:

Ship: Tornado
Lead: Karth / Deputy: Yorlas
Agent: Assault Captain
Increases damage of your wing by 5.6 % throughout the battle.
Formation: Assault
Assault counters Encirclement and Siege but is countered by Intercept.
Ship: Abaddon
Lead: Jamyl I / Deputy: Karishal
Agent: Tactical Control
Inflicts Delayed Response on all enemy Commanders in the first 2 turns, and inflicts Burn (DMG Rate: 44 %) on all enemy wings for 3 turns.
Formation: Encirclement
Encirclement counters Phalanx and Siege but is countered by Assault.

Weak Against:

Ship: Abaddon
Lead: Karishal / Deputy: Falek
Agent: Tactical Control
Inflicts Delayed Response on all enemy Commanders in the first 2 turns, and inflicts Burn (DMG Rate: 44 %) on all enemy wings for 3 turns.
Formation: Intercept
Intercept counters Assault and Siege but is countered by Phalanx.
Ship: Drake
Lead: Haatakan / Deputy: Otro
Agent: Absolute Defense
Reduces damage of your wings and enemy wings by 7.1 % in the first 3 turns, repairs your wings (Repair Rate: 143.9 %) at the beginning of the 4th turn.
Formation: Phalanx
Phalanx counters Intercept and Siege but is countered by Encirclement.

Tactical Notes:
Very High DataRate to Always Act first, mostly wins against All type of Tornados. Will heavily rely on Promotion Lvl | Rigs & Imps. Can also be decent against some Abas (Switch Bishop 3A to Storm)

Tornado Phase Build Reference ID: #-OmFkb-djIWY

Ship: Tornado
Lead: Karth
Deputy: Yorlas
Formation: Encirclement
Encirclement counters Phalanx and Siege but is countered by Assault.
Agent: Superconductive Response Core
In the first 3 turns of the battle, all your Commanders have a 33 % chance to gain Quick Response, and the initiating chance of their Active skills is increased by 1.7 %.
Ship Rigs
  • Phase: Set Bonus (2): Before all your wings receive any damage, if no shields present, all your wings have a 20% chance to gain 1 stack of shield. Each wing can trigger this effect twice at most.
  • Phase: Set Bonus (2): Before all your wings receive any damage, if no shields present, all your wings have a 20% chance to gain 1 stack of shield. Each wing can trigger this effect twice at most.
  • Frequency Amplifier: When fitted by Tornado : During the first 2 turns of the battle, increases chance to initiate Barrage or Active skills of this wing and the Commander with the highest Offense by 6% (additionally increases 6.5% if your wing has higher Firepower than the enemy wing).
Commander Implants
  • Overclocked Neural Link: When fitted by Karth : Increases your Data Rate by 45 and decreases enemy's Data Rate by 20 in the first 2 turns of the battle.
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases data rate by 17.
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases data rate by 17.
Commander Implants
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases data rate by 17.
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases data rate by 17.
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases data rate by 17.

Strong Against:

Ship: Oracle
Lead: Haatakan / Deputy: Chelm
Agent: Absolute Defense
Reduces damage of your wings and enemy wings by 7.1 % in the first 3 turns, repairs your wings (Repair Rate: 143.9 %) at the beginning of the 4th turn.
Formation: Siege
Siege formation is countered by all other formations.
Lead: Faus / Deputy: Jonas
Agent: Drone Assault
Increases Armor of all your drone wings by 4.7. At the first turn of the battle, one of your drone wings inflicts Fire Control System Disrupted on all enemy wings for 2 turns.
Formation: Intercept
Intercept counters Assault and Siege but is countered by Phalanx.

Weak Against:

Ship: Abaddon
Lead: Haatakan / Deputy: Otro
Agent: Swift Vanguard
Increases Offense and Tactics of all your Commanders by 25.5 in battle.
Formation: Siege
Siege formation is countered by all other formations.
Lead: Falek / Deputy: Bishop
Agent: Comm Officer
Increases Data Rate of your Commanders and ships by 4 in battle.
Formation: Siege
Siege formation is countered by all other formations.

Multi Fits Destroyer : Tornado Reference ID: #ZTelyKAZWQbW

Ship: Tornado
Lead: Karth
Deputy: Yorlas
Formation: Assault
Assault counters Encirclement and Siege but is countered by Intercept.
Agent: Tactical Control
Inflicts Delayed Response on all enemy Commanders in the first 2 turns, and inflicts Burn (DMG Rate: 44 %) on all enemy wings for 3 turns.
Ship Rigs
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases ship data rate by +17.
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases ship data rate by +17.
  • Frequency Amplifier: When fitted by Tornado : During the first 2 turns of the battle, increases chance to initiate Barrage or Active skills of this wing and the Commander with the highest Offense by 6% (additionally increases 6.5% if your wing has higher Firepower than the enemy wing).
Commander Implants
  • Apotheosis: Set Bonus (2): Increases chance of initiating Active skills by 4%.
  • Apotheosis: Set Bonus (2): Increases chance of initiating Active skills by 4%.
  • Overclocked Neural Link: When fitted by Karth : Increases your Data Rate by 45 and decreases enemy's Data Rate by 20 in the first 2 turns of the battle.
Commander Implants
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases data rate by 17.
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases data rate by 17.
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases data rate by 17.

Strong Against:

Ship: Abaddon
Lead: Karishal / Deputy: Victor
Agent: Tactical Control
Inflicts Delayed Response on all enemy Commanders in the first 2 turns, and inflicts Burn (DMG Rate: 44 %) on all enemy wings for 3 turns.
Formation: Encirclement
Encirclement counters Phalanx and Siege but is countered by Assault.
Ship: Drake
Lead: Haatakan / Deputy: Otro
Agent: Absolute Defense
Reduces damage of your wings and enemy wings by 7.1 % in the first 3 turns, repairs your wings (Repair Rate: 143.9 %) at the beginning of the 4th turn.
Formation: Phalanx
Phalanx counters Intercept and Siege but is countered by Encirclement.
Lead: Bishop / Deputy: Falek
Agent: Absolute Defense
Reduces damage of your wings and enemy wings by 7.1 % in the first 3 turns, repairs your wings (Repair Rate: 143.9 %) at the beginning of the 4th turn.
Formation: Intercept
Intercept counters Assault and Siege but is countered by Phalanx.
Lead: Chelm / Deputy: Santimona
Agent: Absolute Defense
Reduces damage of your wings and enemy wings by 7.1 % in the first 3 turns, repairs your wings (Repair Rate: 143.9 %) at the beginning of the 4th turn.
Formation: Phalanx
Phalanx counters Intercept and Siege but is countered by Encirclement.

Weak Against:

Ship: Abaddon
Lead: Karishal / Deputy: Falek
Agent: Tactical Control
Inflicts Delayed Response on all enemy Commanders in the first 2 turns, and inflicts Burn (DMG Rate: 44 %) on all enemy wings for 3 turns.
Formation: Intercept
Intercept counters Assault and Siege but is countered by Phalanx.
Ship: Oracle
Lead: Morda / Deputy: Draea
Agent: Omni Dominator
When your Commanders and ships are from 3 different factions, increases chance of activating Active and Barrage modules by 5 % in the first 3 turns of the battle. Additionally, increases damage of Lead Commander by 6.2 % and repair amount of Deputy Commander by 13.3 %
Formation: Assault
Assault counters Encirclement and Siege but is countered by Intercept.
Ship: Tornado
Lead: Karth / Deputy: Yun
Agent: Superconductive Response Core
In the first 3 turns of the battle, all your Commanders have a 33 % chance to gain Quick Response, and the initiating chance of their Active skills is increased by 1.7 %.
Formation: Assault
Assault counters Encirclement and Siege but is countered by Intercept.

Tactical Notes:
Very Strong Fit that can defeat mostly everything. Karth 3B Is dependant on HeadOn Activation, 56% is very decent. Can be buffed more with Response Core Agent. Weakness : Weak to 3A Karth Tornados, or MegaWhale Response Core Agent that buffs with QuickResponse. Shielded builds + control (Reactor Failure can be nasty as well) Tactical Agent can be swapped for more dmg but it covers less fits.

ECM Tornado Reference ID: #_MLzRR5hUqxF

Ship: Tornado
Lead: Vepas
Deputy: Karth
Formation: Assault
Assault counters Encirclement and Siege but is countered by Intercept.
Agent: Superconductive Response Core
In the first 3 turns of the battle, all your Commanders have a 33 % chance to gain Quick Response, and the initiating chance of their Active skills is increased by 1.7 %.
Ship Rigs
  • Firepower: Set Bonus (2): Increases ship firepower by 8%.
  • Frequency Amplifier: When fitted by Tornado : During the first 2 turns of the battle, increases chance to initiate Barrage or Active skills of this wing and the Commander with the highest Offense by 6% (additionally increases 6.5% if your wing has higher Firepower than the enemy wing).
  • Firepower: Set Bonus (2): Increases ship firepower by 8%.
Commander Implants
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases data rate by 17.
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases data rate by 17.
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases data rate by 17.
Commander Implants
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases data rate by 17.
  • Overclocked Neural Link: When fitted by Karth : Increases your Data Rate by 45 and decreases enemy's Data Rate by 20 in the first 2 turns of the battle.
  • Data Rate: Set Bonus (2): Increases data rate by 17.

Strong Against:

Ship: Abaddon
Lead: Karishal / Deputy: Victor
Agent: Tactical Control
Inflicts Delayed Response on all enemy Commanders in the first 2 turns, and inflicts Burn (DMG Rate: 44 %) on all enemy wings for 3 turns.
Formation: Encirclement
Encirclement counters Phalanx and Siege but is countered by Assault.
Ship: Tornado
Lead: Karth / Deputy: Yorlas
Agent: Superconductive Response Core
In the first 3 turns of the battle, all your Commanders have a 33 % chance to gain Quick Response, and the initiating chance of their Active skills is increased by 1.7 %.
Formation: Assault
Assault counters Encirclement and Siege but is countered by Intercept.

Weak Against:

Ship: Abaddon
Lead: Haatakan / Deputy: Falek
Agent: Tactical Suppression Unit
In the first 3 turns of the battle, reduces damage of all enemy Commanders by 7.9 %. Additionally, further reduces Kinetic damage of the enemy Commander with the highest Offense by 6.6 % and Energy damage of the enemy Commander with the highest Tactics by 6.6 %.
Formation: Encirclement
Encirclement counters Phalanx and Siege but is countered by Assault.
Ship: Oracle
Lead: Tovil-Toba / Deputy: Falek
Agent: Absolute Defense
Reduces damage of your wings and enemy wings by 7.1 % in the first 3 turns, repairs your wings (Repair Rate: 143.9 %) at the beginning of the 4th turn.
Formation: Intercept
Intercept counters Assault and Siege but is countered by Phalanx.

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