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Shipmaster
Shipmaster is a Banished leader that disruption, denial and board control over raw damage. left unranked in our 2026 tier list, and rated needs mastery.
Win rate
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ranked 1v1, last 30 days
Pick rate
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of 16 leaders
Avg matchNew query
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needs a duration rollup
Ultimate byNew query
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median unlock time
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Blog post coming soon. What is below comes from our tier-list notes until the full write-up is published.
Strengths
- Confuses with cloaking and displacement — great at disorienting the opponent — cloaked units and displacement powers make it hard to read what is actually on the field.
- Some of the best Ghosts in HW2 — leader powers and upgrades push Ghosts further than most leaders can, so his vehicle harassment is a real identity.
- Displacement combos in teams — Displacement works especially well in team games and chained leader-power combos, where one setup creates a window for a teammate.
- Cloaking forces detect — invisible armies make opponents spend time and resources on detection instead of pushing.
Weaknesses
- Tactical Gateway cuts both ways — the teleport can bail you out or strand your army — it is as likely to lose a fight as win one if mistimed.
- Hardly any unique units — outside a few Ghost upgrades he is mostly generic Banished, so there is little the roster itself rewards you for picking him.
- Almost no healing outside Extraction — Extraction is the only leader-power heal, so sustained fights bleed units other leaders could recover.
- No nuke ultimate — his wheel tops out without a big team-fight reset button, so closing a stalled game is harder than on leaders with a true ultimate.
Leader powers
17 powers on the wheel, grouped by the leader point that unlocks them.
1st point3 powers
Banished Raid I
PassiveFaster node capture and a wider infantry sight range.
CovRaidTech1
Banished Raid II
PassiveAdds vehicle speed boosts and node-capturing Ghosts to Banished Raid I.
CovRaidTech2
Teleport
ActiveTeleports your own units from one point to another.
Cooldown 130 seconds0 supply200 power
CovTeleport1
2nd point5 powers
Extraction I
ActivePulls selected units straight back to base and heals them on arrival.
Cooldown 190 seconds250 supply75 power
CovExtraction1
Extraction II
ActiveA wider-radius version of Extraction I.
Cooldown 190 seconds350 supply125 power
CovExtraction2
Scout Mine I
ActiveDrops a cloaked mine that just reveals the area around it.
Cooldown 70 seconds25 supply75 power
CovScoutMine1
Scout Mine II
ActiveA stronger version of Scout Mine I.
Cooldown 70 seconds50 supply150 power
CovScoutMine2
Teleport II
ActiveA stronger version of Teleport.
Cooldown 130 seconds0 supply350 power
CovTeleport2
3rd point5 powers
Advanced Cloaking I
PassiveCheapens Cloaking Generators and Shrouds, and gives the Marauder cloaking.
CovAdvancedCloaking1
Advanced Cloaking II
PassiveA deeper version of the same cloaking tech discount.
CovAdvancedCloaking2
Glassing Beam I
ActiveA player-steered beam that scorches a line across the battlefield.
Cooldown 200 seconds400 supply250 power
CovCleansingBeamPath1
Glassing Beam II
ActiveA wider beam than Glassing Beam I.
Cooldown 200 seconds500 supply385 power
CovCleansingBeamPath2
Glassing Beam III
ActiveThe widest, most destructive beam in the line.
Cooldown 200 seconds600 supply500 power
CovCleansingBeamPath3
4th point2 powers
Displacement
ActiveYanks enemy units out of position to anywhere within range.
Cooldown 180 seconds0 supply500 power
CovDisplacement
Spirit Support
ActiveDrops a support squad — engineers, a Hunter, and a Ranger.
800 supply500 power
CovSpiritSupport1
5th point1 power
Mass Cloaking
ActiveCloaks your whole deployed army and gives it a speed and lifesteal boost.
Cooldown 245 seconds800 supply200 power
CovInvisibleArmy
Ultimate1 power
Tactical Gateway
ActiveShipmaster's ultimate — places a pair of linked teleport gates anyone can use.
Cooldown 270 seconds0 supply800 power
CovSlipstreamRift
Cast frequency — how often players actually pick each power — needs the meta-stats powers query, which is the one tab with no Supabase rollup behind it. Left off deliberately so a leader page costs no D1 reads.
Unique units
Ghost
No trainable exclusives — leader bonuses push Ghost harassment
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