Hello guys :)

I was playing with EFT last night and trying to find an optimal fit for a Cloacky Solo proteus with probably legion booster dualboxing.

So now, i don't have the eft fit with me, but I'll have it soon.

I had two major problem:

1) 4 guns 1 medium neut or 5 guns.
2) full active 1800dps tank or 250+ k EHP with a 200 +/- active tank?
3) with buffer tank i have no drones due to power subsystem that must be used.

Mid slow : cap booster, mwd, scrambler.
with 200navy charge it's cap stable with everything on, or around 15mins, ofc i don't plan to run mwd all the time due to scrambler/blaster setup.

Price is not a problem , the estimated one for my fit was around 3 bil for the ship, plus another probably 2 bil of implants.

Anyone that wanna try with me to find the optimal Solo fit for a cloacky proteus? :)

Other questions where.... how much dps i need to have fun around? with the 4 guns is around 400 dps with 5 it's around 500, buffer or active or buffer/active (small rep) to recover after an engage.

Just a thought: If you use a booster legion you can go full buffer on the proteus and then fit a remote armor repper on the legion to repair between combat.

However considering how well active tanking scales with links the best choice would probably to use a full active tank.

Edit: The proteus is all about melting their face as fast as possible, so go for 5 guns.

But isn't it a bit a of a contradiction?

Melting them as fast as possible, but then using an active tank.
If i suppose to get the **** out very fast. probably a buffer/small rep would be better.
What if i find a ******* ship medium size with rep and i have no neut and i just can't melt it that fast? Probably you would say: GTFO because it's not what a cloacky proteus is for (long engage).

I would like to see you explain better your toughts.
A medium neut can save your ass from a frig tackling you ( **** happens ) that was my primary toughts or can help you to melt another ship with just shutting down everything. How many medium neut cycle I need to shut down a cruiser size ship? Ofc if the guys hasn't a cap booster : /

Well I can see your point, but 250k buffer aint needed either if you goal is to get out fast. And if you go with a legion booster you will only benefit from the resist link when you have a buffer tank, so you will benefit more from a loki booster.

A t1 cruiser has almost 1500 cap with lvl V skills. A medium neut drains 15 per sec. So dont count on neuting out a buffer tanked ship. The real advantage with a neut will be against active tanked ships, but I don't know how big the advantage will be compared to having the 5th gun. Frigs might be a problem, but dont you have drones?

And another thought: if you go with buffer tank, do you really need a cap booster? A web will be very useful instead.

no drones if i fit buffer tank due to change in subsystem and one less turrets if i want drones as well.
capbooster can be avoided in full buffer tank, absolutely, but ppl with neut are very easy to find around, and a scramb of 26km does is job imho.

If you fit for buffer you dont need a neut or drones to deal with frigs as long as you have a web. And get rid of the small repper and use your alt to rep you up between combat. So hammer them down with 5 guns with 3 magstabs. The web will also make it hard for them to escape.

If you fit for active tank you might need a neut or drones to deal with frigs. But in return you will be able to tank quite alot of dmg. So if the fight drags out you still have a chance (until you get blobbed to oblivion).

But then I think about it, the buffer variant might be best for you, however you would benefit more from a loki booster with 3 skirmish links and the armor resist one. Speed is always nice, sig helps you tank ships with large turrets and the scram range allows you to change the Electronics subsystem to the one with extra sensor strength which helps you against ecm drones.

OMG so first it's cloaky (no c).

If you really want to have fun, with a bit of GTFO ability, drop the booster altogether. Like you have said, a cloaky proteus is a sneak in and melt target then GTFO affair. So honestly having a bigger buffer isn't as big of a deal. Extra speed also isn't as huge of a deal. If you have to chase your target down in a cloaky proteus you are doing it wrong. And if you are hoping to use that speed to GTFO of a bad situation it's usually too late anyhow.

A really fun combo instead, is your cloaky proteus and alt in a cloaky neut legion.

1. both have nice buffers
2. the neut legion will help with any tackle. Plus it helps to melt anyone way faster cause you turn off all those nice hardeners. In testing a neut legion can drain a C3 site running tengu (which is generally setup for as much cap as possible due to sleeper neuts) in about 20 seconds? That helps far more in the whole get in kill get out than the booster will.


Overall I've personally felt that OGB alts really only help in a longer engagement. In a short surprise gank it doesnt matter as much.

Would you change anything?

Yeah, you forgot drones.

you need drones. seriously.
that fit is soloable by a stealth bomber for example.
or you run into a cane and it neuts you out before you can kill it and you die without ECs.

about the stealthbomber... hypotetically with overheat of web i have 28km... so i can web him and get out of range point or close enough to scram and then destroy it.
Isn't it true?

Not only tried to fit, but flown the cloaky Prot for almost a year, and always with drones. I do use a Genolution set, it really helps fitting all Gallente ships, and bubbles are very common in wormholes so I'm not eager to use Slaves. I's also argue that Proteus, especially with Legion links, has quite enough tank without them.

DPS with all turrets and 4 turrets+Hob IIs is about the same, but you'll often be in situations where drones start applying their dps before your guns.

Re: web vs cap defense, that is a tough decision. I used to fly with NOS (is enough to fight and win a Pilgrim, which would have soloed me otherwise) and web, but even overheated Void dps is not enough to break a passive Drake for example, so I went for a neut+cap booster.

Here's your fit tweaked to include NOS and drones, no Genos or PG implants version:

[Proteus, Cloacky Solo Blaster]

Federation Navy Magnetic Field Stabilizer
Federation Navy Magnetic Field Stabilizer
Federation Navy Magnetic Field Stabilizer
Corelum C-Type Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane
Corelum C-Type Energized Adaptive Nano Membrane
Corpus X-Type Armor Explosive Hardener
1600mm Reinforced Rolled Tungsten Plates I

Corelum B-Type 10MN Microwarpdrive
True Sansha Warp Scrambler
True Sansha Stasis Webifier

Covert Ops Cloaking Device II
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Heavy Neutron Blaster II, Caldari Navy Antimatter Charge M
Dark Blood Medium Nosferatu

Medium Trimark Armor Pump II
Medium Trimark Armor Pump II
Medium Ancillary Current Router II

Proteus Defensive - Augmented Plating
Proteus Electronics - Dissolution Sequencer
Proteus Offensive - Covert Reconfiguration
Proteus Propulsion - Localized Injectors
Proteus Engineering - Augmented Capacitor Reservoir


Hobgoblin II x5
Warrior II x5
Hornet EC-300 x5


Tank is same (ok 1K more), a teeny tiny bit more mobile, you'll lose 56 turret dps, but gain 99 drone dps, plus GTFO and there is still room for one flight of lights- more dishonour drones (sometimes useful to have two sets), web drones or even salvagers.

But I can't stress the importance of cap defence on a Proteus, especially if you decide to go without drones.