Longboat

Longboat

Ability

The Longboat is a 4x1 ship that can attack up to 5 times. If you miss a ship, or destroy a ship, the ability will stop early. Its cooldown is 6 turns.

Unlocking

Once the player has won 3 battles with the Battle Attacker fleet, they unlock the Rogue fleet, and alongside also unlock the Longboat for custom fleet usage.

Strategies

The Longboat works best with the intelligence of knowing exactly where ships are, so pairing the longboat with revealers such as Electric Eels is beneficial for it. A common strategy for the longboat is to try and damage multiple ships using the same ability, as most ships aren't 5 tiles or more, and the ability would end if you sink a ship, so it is better to damage another ship as a bonus to sinking one.

Trivia

• The longboat used to have a cooldown of 3 turns and could attack as many times as you wanted as long as you didn't miss or destroy a ship, then was nerfed to 4 turns with that same ability, then was nerfed again to its current state.
• It is in old Battle Attacker, Rogue fleets, as well as the removed Naval Intelligence and Brutal Bombardiers fleets.
• The longboat is one of the original ships.
• It is the first ship in the shipyard.