Talk:Rexler Brath/@comment-27376035-20160114131603/@comment-212.121.145.5-20160114151338

Ion Cannon will arguably do the best damage and additionally has control, yes. Having your target ionized will leave you very likely with a perfectly lined up shot next turn, plus it does one damage in addition to your primary fire.

The Flechette will do the same 1 damage as the ion cannon but only grants another control (stress) if the enemy doesn't have stress yet, so it may fail to do what it's supposed to do (since you can attack with the flechette every turn unlike a normal ship which has to choose which cannon or primary it uses).

The Tractor Beam does no damage (unless you manage to park the enemy on an asteroid, then you have on average 0.5 damage). But you can move the enemy so maybe you either get a better shot (range 1) or he doesn't get a shot back at you (force arcdodge the opponent) or maybe both.

For reliable results, I'd use the ion cannon.