Talk:Echelon Formation/@comment-72.130.243.182-20140210110941

Second weakest formation. Only One-line is weaker. The reason this is stronger than one-line is because (not including thunder and exactitude) this forms nemesis is the Thunderbolt attack where as one-line's is Swipe. You are far more likely to run into swipe than you are Thunderbolt. Even if you do run into Thunderbolt, most likely your command will be higher than the pirates. Furthermore, Sputtering will attack 2 to 3 positions of a one-line form but only hit 1 of a echelon.

That being said, it's not a particularly useful form except for training begining fleets that can't field many ships. I use it when I'm training trade fleets, trying to build tonnage.

Tengu (ugamehome S1-S2).