---
esi_data:
  fitting_stats:
    cpu_output: 630
    high_slots: 8
    low_slots: 7
    med_slots: 5
    powergrid_output: 17500
    rig_slots: 3
  group: Battleship
  hull_stats:
    hp_armor: 10230
    hp_shield: 9625
    hp_structure: 11550
  name: Vindicator
  race: Unknown
  skill_requirements:
  - level: 1
    skill_id: 3336
  - level: 1
    skill_id: 3337
  type_id: 17740
  velocity: 132
faction: Serpentis
faction_group: Pirate
image: /17740.png
last_updated: '2026-04-21T01:22:52.931816'
ship_class: Battleship
source: eve-university
source_stats:
  armorem: 50
  armorexp: 10
  armorhp: 10230
  armorkin: 35
  armortherm: 35
  bandwidth: 125 Mbit/sec
  bonuses: '<b>Gallente Battleship bonuses (per skill level):</b><br>

    7.5% bonus to Large Hybrid Turret tracking speed<br>

    ''''''Minmatar Battleship bonuses (per skill level):''''''<br>

    10% bonus to Stasis Webifier effectiveness<br><b>

    Role Bonus:</b><br>

    37.5% bonus to Large Hybrid Turret damage<br>

    100% bonus to Shield Extender hitpoints<br>

    50% bonus to Armor Plate hitpoints<br>

    5% Additional bonus to Reinforced Bulkhead hitpoints'
  capacitor: 6,330 GJ
  cargohold: "850 m\xB3"
  class: Battleship
  cpu: 630
  dronebay: "125 m\xB3"
  externallinks: ''
  extrahold: ''
  extraholdtype: ''
  faction: Serpentis
  forumlinks: ''
  grouping: Pirate Faction Battleships
  highlights1: High Amount of High Slots
  highlights2: High Amount of Low Slots
  highlights3: ''
  highlights4: ''
  highs: 8
  hulltype: Megathron Class
  inertia: 0.083
  info: Basing their design on the Federation Navy's much-vaunted Megathron, the Guardian
    Angels' engineers set out to create a battleship that would instill fear in anyone
    fool enough to square off against the Cartel or its Serpentis protectorate.  Based
    on the reputation this ship has engendered, they seem to have succeeded admirably.
  launchers: 0
  lows: 7
  mass: 105200000
  maxlockedtargets: 7
  maxvelocity: 132
  mediums: 5
  powergrid: 17500
  quote: Visualize the result you want, then obstruct any other possible outcome.
  quote_attribution: To the Victor, the Spoils by CEO V. Salvador Sarpati
  reqskills: '* {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Battleship|I}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|IV}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Battlecruiser|III}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|III}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Gallente Cruiser|III}}

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

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

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

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

    * {{RequiredSkill|Minmatar Battleship|I}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|IV}}

    ** {{RequiredSkill|Minmatar Battlecruiser|III}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|III}}

    *** {{RequiredSkill|Minmatar Cruiser|III}}

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

    **** {{RequiredSkill|Minmatar Destroyer|III}}

    ***** {{RequiredSkill|Minmatar Frigate|III}}

    ****** {{RequiredSkill|Spaceship Command|I}}'
  scanres: 130 mm
  sensortype: Magnetometric
  sensorvalue: 28 points
  shieldem: 0
  shieldexp: 50
  shieldhp: 9625
  shieldkin: 40
  shieldtherm: 20
  shipid: 17740
  shipimg: Vindicator.jpg
  shipname: Vindicator
  sigradius: 400 m
  structurehp: 11550
  targetrange: 87 km
  tech: F
  totaltraintime: 6d 16h 41m 50s
  turrets: 8
  variations: '{{Ship|Megathron}}, {{Ship|Kronos}}, {{Ship|Megathron Navy Issue}},
    {{Ship|Megathron Federate Issue}}'
  volume: 470000
  warpspeed: 3 AU/s
  warptime: 12.1 s
  wikireferences: ''
source_url: https://wiki.eveuniversity.org/Vindicator
tech_level: Faction
title: Vindicator
type_id: 17740
validation_score: 1.0
---

<img src="/17740.png" alt="Vindicator" width="300" style="float: left; margin-right: 25px; margin-bottom: 10px; width: 300px;" />

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## Summary

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The Vindicator is the ultimate Megathron and the be-all end-all of brawling battleships. It features some of the highest DPS of any subcapital ship, bested only by a fully-ramped Leshak or a Marauder, and its Serpentis Web bonus allow it to all but completely immobilize its targets to ensure that damage never misses. It still features the solid armor and hull of the Megathron, but can alternatively be shield-tanked for certain applications (particularly for use in some incursion communities). This unmatched power comes at a price: the Vindicator is one of the most expensive battleships on the market. However, the Vindicator is an extremely valuable and useful ship for multiple forms of PvP, and high-end PvE (Incursions in particular).

In addition to its already terrifying damage, the Vindicator has another potential use. While this use is rarely realized outside of wormhole space combat, a Vindicator's webs (especially if those webs are Abyssal rolled) can be used to slow a target to the point that it can be accurately hit by Dreadnoughts fielding anti-capital weapons.
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## Skills

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Further information about additional or recommended skills to pilot Vindicator for a specific or its common role(s) can be written here.
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## Tactics

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No sub-article about Vindicator roles or piloting tactics. You can write them here.
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## Notes

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## Patch History