Non-meta builds that are fun and(or) effective

[snor-laxatives]

Im always curios to find ship builds that are out of the ordinary, but work.  I know there might not be to much hidden out there that hasnt been uncovered, but thought I'd open this up to anyone who may want to share some their favorites.

For example, I've been having a blast flying my double carronade Pyra with gat/mortar sides.
Charge with lesmok and drop their balloons.  While they scramble from that we continue on past and hit with gat/mortar, or keep up with the carronades and sit on um.  Its a great "CHARRRRRRRGGGGGEEEE" build.

EDIT: baddd grammer

[redria]

Double carronade is nice, but I like being able to shoot down with at least one of my front guns while I sit.

Carrondae top right, flame thrower top left. Banshee in slot 3 so that if I am facing a galleon, I can settle in and get triple arcs with carro-flamer-banshee. It is beautiful.

It is also a lot of fun those few times when everything times out perfectly on a junker ram and they shatter like a spire on your nose.

[Mattisamo]

I like to use a junker with flamethrowers on lower deck and 3 carronades up top. Works in pubs at least.

[GeoRmr]

Galleon with typhon hellhound phobos port side, manticore hellhound starboard, phobos aft,  gunner takes heat sink and lochnagar for the flak and burst for the hwacha, bottom deck engineer takes charged for the carronades, top deck engy takes lesmok for the mines.

Desert scrap pyramidion, 3 phobos in trifecta 2 gunners with lesmok incendiary and burst/charged (this is the only build in the game that is more effective with 2 gunners, if you have a good ally this can work on labyrinth as well.)

[GreyTea]

i fly a pyra with a artimus left top carronade right top flamer carronade main deck seems good , get behide them use artimus to take out weapons and engines then balloon fire till they die imagine a beefy squid

[Crafeksterty]

Spire: Double hades, one middle, one left. Heavy flak, Flair.

Player pilot
No player crew, just AI.

F2

Wreck shit

[Dutch Vanya]

Anything on a spire. With one heavy gun and three light guns facing one side it really does have the most variety in loadouts available.

Mines. Always mines.

I might try a pyramidion with gatling gun and mortar some time, but that's new to me and probably won't work.

[GeoRmr]

Spire: Double hades, one middle, one left. Heavy flak, Flair.

Player pilot
No player crew, just AI.

F2

Wreck shit

This made me smile.

[Omniraptor]

Spire: Double hades, one middle, one left. Heavy flak, Flair.

Player pilot
No player crew, just AI.

F2

Wreck shit

I do the same with double-gatling+mortar mobula. Mortar is on top so I can shoot it myself as pilot, just jump up and grab it from below.

[Captain Smollett]

I've been enjoying this one.

Junker with 2 port side mine launchers, front banshee, carronade top side starboard and flamethrower below.

No I have not joined Cake but this is fun and effective (probably not fun for your opponent)

[N-Sunderland]

I've been enjoying this one.

Junker with 2 port side mine launchers, front banshee, carronade top side starboard and flamethrower below.

Party Junker!

[Omniraptor]

Ok, so if mines count as non-meta I'd like to include the awesome mine mobula- 2x flare guns on the sides, 2x mine launchers on bottom, harpoon on top. Hook 'em, then reverse and pull them into your mines. This build needs two gunners for the mine launchers- gunners should bring lesmok, incendiary, and (burst or charged).

[macmacnick]

Junker: Front Artemis, Bottom left and right mines, top left and right mines as well
Junker: Front Artemis, Bottom right Mine, Bottom left Carronade, Top right Light Flak, and top left banshee. (Basically a kill-stealer and fun ship, worked amazingly with four captains, and stole like 5 of Redria's Kills in Anglean Raiders.

[Spud Nick]

Junker with mines on the lower deck carronades on top and a banshee on front. This setup has every damage type in the game.

[Dementio]

Squid - From front to back:
Mercury/Artemis/Hades, Beacon flare, Mine Launcher

1. Snip the enemy from long range or Tar Mine them to rage quit
2. Be invincible

Works with only 1 additional crewmember!
Might not work in 2v2


By the way, double Hellhound side on galleon is op