---
esi_data:
  fitting_stats:
    cpu_output: 460
    high_slots: 6
    low_slots: 4
    med_slots: 5
    powergrid_output: 800
    rig_slots: 3
  group: Cruiser
  hull_stats:
    hp_armor: 2280
    hp_shield: 2950
    hp_structure: 2100
  name: Orthrus
  race: Unknown
  skill_requirements:
  - level: 2
    skill_id: 3334
  - level: 2
    skill_id: 3332
  type_id: 33818
  velocity: 230
faction: Mordu's Legion
faction_group: Other
image: /33818.png
last_updated: '2026-04-20T03:37:33.905328'
ship_class: Cruiser
source: eve-university
source_stats:
  armorem: 50
  armorexp: 10
  armorhp: 2280
  armorkin: 25
  armortherm: 45
  bandwidth: 25 Mbit/sec
  bonuses: '<b>Gallente Cruiser bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>

    10% bonus to Warp Scrambler and Warp Disruptor maximum range<br>

    ''''''Caldari Cruiser bonuses (per skill level):''''''<br>

    15% bonus to missile damage<br>

    ''''''Role Bonus:''''''<br>

    200% bonus to missile velocity<br>

    50% penalty to missile flight time'
  capacitor: 1,550 GJ
  cargohold: "380 m\xB3"
  class: Cruiser
  cpu: 460
  dronebay: "25 m\xB3"
  externallinks: ''
  extrahold: ''
  extraholdtype: ''
  faction: Mordu's Legion
  forumlinks: ''
  grouping: Pirate Faction Cruisers
  highlights1: ''
  highlights2: ''
  highlights3: ''
  highlights4: ''
  highs: 6
  hulltype: Orthrus Class
  inertia: 0.48
  info: "In YC 116, Mordu\u2019s Legion intelligence reported to command that the\
    \ Guristas pirates were developing new and advanced strike craft capabilities\
    \ using unknown technologies. In response to these reports, Mordu\u2019s Legion\
    \ accelerated a program of ship development that was itself a response to trends\
    \ in capsuleer tactics and warfare. The crash development and manufacturing effort\
    \ resulted in a new family of fast strike ships integrated with one another to\
    \ provide tactical flexibility and firepower across ship class lines.\n\nThe Orthrus\
    \ is at the core of the Legion\u2019s new strike formations and provides the mercenary\
    \ pilots with superior projection of high damage missiles while executing rapid\
    \ attack maneuvers."
  launchers: 5
  lows: 4
  mass: 9362000
  maxlockedtargets: 7
  maxvelocity: 230
  mediums: 5
  powergrid: 800
  quote: Sometimes maintaining order requires stepping beyond the limits of the law.
  quote_attribution: Muriya Mordu
  reqskills: '* {{RequiredSkill|Caldari Cruiser|II}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|II}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Caldari Destroyer|III}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Caldari Frigate|III}}

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|I}}

    * {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Cruiser|II}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|II}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Destroyer|III}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Frigate|III}}

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|I}}'
  scanres: 300 mm
  sensortype: Gravimetric
  sensorvalue: 21 points
  shieldem: 0
  shieldexp: 50
  shieldhp: 2950
  shieldkin: 40
  shieldtherm: 20
  shipid: 33818
  shipimg: Orthrus.jpg
  shipname: Orthrus
  sigradius: 135 m
  structurehp: 2100
  targetrange: 50 km
  tech: F
  totaltraintime: 1d 20h 12m 10s
  turrets: 0
  variations: ''
  volume: 101000
  warpspeed: 4 AU/s
  warptime: 6.23 s
  wikireferences: ''
source_url: https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Orthrus
tech_level: Faction
title: Orthrus
type_id: 33818
validation_score: 1.0
---

<img src="/33818.png" alt="Orthrus" width="300" style="float: left; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 300px;" />

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## Summary

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The Orthrus is the faction cruiser for Mordu's Legion, introduced in the Kronos expansion. Like the other Mordu's Legion ships, it has bonuses for the range of tackle modules, for missile damage, and for missile range.
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## Skills

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As the Orthrus is an expensive pirate cruiser, pilots will want to have excellent support skills and fitting skills before they risk their investment in PvP. Navigation support skills, missile supports, and shield tanking skills will be especially important. Both Gallente and Caldari Cruiser skills should be at IV at minimum, and V in both is desirable given the ship's rarity and value.

As a ship conventionally used to kite, the Orthrus also puts a premium on player (not character) skill. Pilots might want to log time kiting in relatively cheaper hulls such as the Osprey Navy Issue to hone their abilities for the Orthrus.
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## Tactics

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Like the other Mordu's Legion ships, the bonuses on the Orthrus combine to make it an excellent kiting ship in PvP combat, able to tackle targets from long ranges and pepper them with missile DPS while staying out of their own tackle range. Fitted with Rapid Light Missile Launchers, it can kill almost anything that can keep up with it, and flee from almost anything that can kill it. Fitted with heavier missiles, it can muster impressive DPS at range.

The Orthrus's main limitations are its relative fragility and its considerable cost.
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## Notes

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In ancient Greek mythology, Orthrus was a two-headed dog eventually killed by Herakles. Orthrus was the brother of Cerberus.
## Patch History