A bunch of them can.

Just not in all situations.

Merlin, and incursus have no problems taking on the thrasher

Is this a serious question? Any kiting frigate can kill an AC thrasher. The artillery thrasher is the dominant fit.

I've done it with the Slicer and Punisher.

-Liang

Ed: But TD armor thrashers are super annoying.

How do they survive the DPS?

A cookie cutter AC Thrasher with a MSE, Scram, and two gyro or equivalent (rigs), can put out about 440ish DPS with faction ammo. If you pull up a DPS graph on that though you'll see that most of the lethality is confined to 5km or less. At 10km you're doing a massive 70ish DPS. Barrage gets 330ish DPS - but again, at 10km you're doing about half of that. Add in the prevalence of TD on kiting ships out there and you can beat down a Thrasher at range.

Yeah I've been doing my "EFT Warrioring" with EVE HQ. I don't see a way to display damage graphs with that program so I'm kinda fuzzy on the mechanics of ACs in falloff and really have no idea what kind of damage they're capable of at extreme ranges. Thanks for the info.

Any sort of kiting fit that works at 14+ km would do it, and there are a few that fit that bill among the new Attack Frigates (notably Condor and Executioner). However, inside that range, no...unless the thrasher pilot had 200mm autos ~and~ you have a tracking disruptor.

A kiting fit that works inside scram range will never work unless the pilot is too dumb to load barrage.

Any sort of kiting fit that works at 14+ km would do it, and there are a few that fit that bill among the new Attack Frigates (notably Condor and Executioner). However, inside that range, no...unless the thrasher pilot had 200mm autos ~and~ you have a tracking disruptor.

A kiting fit that works inside scram range will never work unless the pilot is too dumb to load barrage.

Let me tell you about TD hookbills. Barrage won't save you.

Let me tell you about TD hookbills. Barrage won't save you.

I was referring to t1 frigates. Navy frigates have a number of kiting options.

Kestrel (LML): Keep the transversal up to avoid the lucky shots because you'll be made of paper. Just make sure to stay within warp disruptor range.

Merlin (150mm Rail w/ CN Iron charges): Transversal is less of an issue here. Kite in the middle of your falloff - any further, dude hits the brakes and you pull out of warp disruptor range.

[Merlin, PVP - kite]
Damage Control II
Magnetic Field Stabilizer II
Nanofiber Internal Structure II

Limited 1MN MicroWarpdrive I
Warp Disruptor II
Balmer Series Tracking Disruptor I, Optimal Range Disruption Script
Small Capacitor Booster II, Cap Booster 200

150mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Uranium Charge S
150mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Uranium Charge S
150mm Railgun II, Caldari Navy Uranium Charge S

Small Processor Overclocking Unit I
Small Ancillary Current Router I
Small Hybrid Locus Coordinator I

"Interesting" fit. Almost no tank at all, no web, a cap booster and only 1 damage mod. I guess you're going for a pure speed tank with the nano and MWD, but with pretty much no tank and the sig bloom from the MWD, if you're hit, you die. And no, the TD will not save you. Not mention 2 fitting rigs for a T1 frig.

I think this fit needs work.