Guides

Practical guides for getting more out of STO Academy's tools. More are on the way.

• Getting Started: Your First Build: A walk through every section of the Build Planner, in order, for building your first character.
• Using the Build Planner to Improve Your DPS: The core DPS stats to look for, then how to plan a build, record a real fight, and use the Combat Log Reader to find what to change next.
• Survivability: Hull, Shields, and Resistance: What actually keeps your ship alive, and why raw capacity still matters once resistance stops paying off.
• Choosing an Endgame Ship: What each ship class is actually for, what T5-U and T6 mean, and how to match a ship to how you play.
• Bridge Officer Seating 101: How seat rank and specialization determine which abilities you can slot, in space and on the ground.
• How to Read Your Combat Log Results: What DPS, Peak DPS, Crit Rate, and every other stat and chart in the Combat Log Reader actually measures.