Cheeky swipes (deal more damage with beams)

By aiming beams in between two rooms you can hit them both. Allowing you to deal more damage. Most notably Glaive can deal 15, and Halberd 10, against the flagship. It also allows for more one-shots in the early game.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ftlgame/comments/8nz7gr/the_science_of_cheeky_swipes/

One-shot beam setups

The following combinations can 1-shot every phase of the ez flagship:
(8) 4x Pike
(8) 3x Pike 1x Hull
(6) 1x Pike 2x Hull
(8) 2x Pike 2x Hull
(6)         	  3x Hull
(8) 1x Pike 3x Hull
(8)             4x Hull
(8) 2x Pike              1x Halberd              	(CHEEKY SWIPE)
(8) 1x Pike 1x Hull  1x Halberd
(8)             2x Hull  1x Halberd
(10) 1x Pike             2x Halberd
(10)            1x Hull  2x Halberd
(10) 2x Pike                   		 1x Glaive
(8)        	  1x Hull           	 1x Glaive (CHEEKY SWIPE)
(10) 1x Pike 1x Hull            	 1x Glaive
(10)             2x Hull            	 1x Glaive
(10)                         1x Halberd 1x Glaive (CHEEKY SWIPE)
(12)                            		  2x Glaive
I also marked how much Zoltan shield damage they do in parenthesis.
Thanks to Alcom Isst for compiling the list.

Thomas

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Cheeky swipes (deal more damage with beams)	Thomas 4 years ago
One-shot beam setups	Thomas 2 years ago