

Normally, they’d dispatch your crew before you can whittle their health down. This is especially useful against species like the Mantis, deal high damage in hand-to-hand combat. However, if you’re clever, there’s a way to kill or at least damage them before they make it through.īy opening the airlocks to space, then opening the connections between them and the room with the boarding party, you can actually suffocate enemies.

The blast doors only provide armor so that they must be cut through by enemy units. You can achieve this by upgrading them at least once to blast door status, which allows you to lock enemy boarding parties in or out of specific rooms. Once they’re down, I use the non-penetrative beam to sweep through as many rooms as I can manage.ĭoors as Weapons - Much like in the smashing martial arts film, The Raid: Redemption, doors in FTL can be lethal. I’ll wait for the beam to recharge fully, then fire a laser burst to knock out enemy shields. For example, my personal favorite combo is a set of burst lasers alongside a beam weapon like the Glaive. Instead, your best bet is to mix and match. Drones attack automatically, so it’s tough to time them with enemy shield cycling. Missiles require ammunition and so aren’t always reliable. Each subset has its own advantages and disadvantages, but in the long run it’s best not to rely too heavily on just one. Mix It Up - FTL features a wide range of weapons from lasers, to beams, to autonomous attack drones.
