Rifter

Rifter The Rifter is a very powerful combat frigate and can easily tackle the best frigates out there. It has gone through many radical design phases since its inauguration during the Minmatar Rebellion. The Rifter has a wide variety of offensive capabilities, making it an unpredictable and deadly adversary. Minmatar Frigate Skill Bonus: 5% bonus to Small Projectile Turret damage and 7.5% bonus to tracking per level.
Structure Structure Hitpoints 336 HP Max Velocity 353 m/sec Inertia Modifier 3.19 Mass 1,067,000 kg Volume 27289 m3 Capacity 130 m3 Fitting powergrid Output 37 MW Low Slots 3 Med Slots 3 High Slots 4 CPU Output 125 tf Launcher hardpoints 2 Turret hardpoints 3 Calibration 400 points Upgrade Hardpoints 3 Capacitor Recharge time 187.5 s Capacitor Capacity 250 GJ Targeting Maximum Targeting Range 22.50 km Max Locked Targets 4 LADAR Sensor Strength 8 points Signature Radius 35 m Scan Resolution 660 mm Shield Shield Capacity 391 HP Shield Em Damage Resistance 0 % Shield Explosive Damage Resistance 50 % Shield Kinetic Damage Resistance 40 % Shield Thermal Damage Resistance 20 % Shield recharge time 625 s Armor Armor Hitpoints 351 HP Armor Em Damage Resistance 60 % Armor Explosive Damage Resistance 10 % Armor Kinetic Damage Resistance 25 % Armor Thermal Damage Resistance 35 % Miscellaneous Tech Level 1 Rig Size Small		Blueprint Rifter Blueprint Required skills Primary Skill required Minmatar Frigate III Spaceship Command I Material Requirements Skill / Industry Industry 1 Material / Mineral Tritanium 22,576 Pyerite 6,082 Mexallon 2,025 Isogen 349 Nocxium 130 Zydrine 14 Megacyte 1 Waste Waste Factor 10% Variations Tech I Rifter Tech II Jaguar Wolf

Summary

The Rifter is the top tier combat ship of the Minmatar race. It is an extremely flexible ship, with a balanced layout of 4/3/3, enabling to fit many different kinds of modules and fill in a large amount of roles. Often hailed as the best T1 PvP frigate by pilots, the Rifter is possibly one of the most popular T1 frigates to fly.

The Rifter in PvP

The Rifter is considered to be one of the best (if not the best) T1 combat frigate of choice for PvP activities. With its ability to fit an impressive amount of weapons, essential PvP modules, and a strong armor tank the Rifter is a first pick for PvP frigate combat by many pilots, new and experienced.

See Also

• Rifter Guide
• Rifter (Fitting)

Additional Images

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Rifter 1

Rifter 2

Rifter with new turret animations